Uncle George played the slack key guitar and sang vocals during the prelude and the sacrament portion of the service, as the congregation shared in the symbolic breaking of bread and wine—representing the body and blood of Christ.
When I was growing up, in Kealia, we attended Puka’ana Church (A United Church of Christ) across the street, about a football field away from our home. All 26 cousins, uncles, aunties, and our grandparents would sing Hawaiian Hymns and play Hawaiian music every Sunday.
This song was written for my dear friend, Mele Anna Meyer, and her two sons Jeffrey and JJ Pritcher who lived in Leleiwi near Keaukaha in Hilo, Hawaii.