Please join us for the
173rd Annual Meeting of the Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society
Saturday, April 26, 2025 10:00 a.m.
In-person at Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives in Honolulu and online via Zoom.
Please register for meeting and lunch HERE.
NOTE: We are holding our Group Photo and Roll Call at the beginning of our meeting so that the kids can join us and then go off and enjoy planned activities!
- 9:30 a.m. Registration, professional family photos (with dress-up options), coffee.
- 10:00 a.m. FORMAL GROUP PHOTO, FAMILY ROLL CALL, Annual Meeting in-person and online via Zoom – Call to order, See Proposed Slate of Trustees (2025-2026) and agenda, proposed bylaw changes below. Keiki activities including printing press, dress up, and games.
- 11:00 a.m. Catered Hawaiian lunch to follow. $25 per adult and $12.50 for keiki 12 & under. Professional family photos (with dress-up options). RSVP HERE
- 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. FREE Guided Tours for ENROLLED members. Book HERE. (FREE Guided Tours Tuesday – Saturday- 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00 BOOK HERE).NOTE: Select the options at the bottom “HMCS Enrolled Member” for $0.
Keep checking our website HERE for more information on week-long activities! We look forward to seeing you here! Questions? Please email Elisabeth Case, Director of Society & Community Relations at [email protected] or call (808) 447-392
HAWAIIAN MISSION CHILDREN’S SOCIETY
PROPOSED SLATE OF TRUSTEES 2025-2026
Nominating Committee Members:
Lindsay Mist – Chairman (Member)
Mary M. Feidler (Member)
Elizabeth Lentz Hill (Member)
Patricia Morgan (Trustee)
Wendy R. Peterson (Trustee)
Trustees Up For Re-election:
1. Hauʻoli Akaka
2. Doug Askman
3. Mary Balding
On the Agenda..
Re slate of Trustees, what was proposed was to reinstate/renew the terms for the Trustees that were up for re-election (see attached).
Approved for re-election without objection, and nominees accepted the re-election: Hauʻoli Akaka, Doug Askman, Mary Balding
NO changes to other Trustees or Board Officers at this time.
Re the Bylaw change, it was surrounding language for Article 6, Section 2. This was also passed by the Board without objection:
Current verbiage
Article 6. Section 2. Society Relations Director. The Society Relations Director shall be a paid staff member who reports to the Executive Director/Executive Team. The Society Relations Director position is intended to maintain the genealogies of enrolled members and positive public relations with the society’s members. Additional duties and details may be described in a job description.
Proposed Amendment
Article 6. Section 2. Society Relations. The Society Relations role is intended to maintain the genealogies of enrolled members and cultivate positive public relations with the society’s members. This position shall be a paid staff member who reports to the Executive Director or assigned Supervisor. Additional duties and details may be described in a job description.
Partners in Change, Then and Now: Visionary Women
This yearʻs “Partners in Change, Then and Now” theme will focus on the “Visionary Women” – the female leaders in our community who continue to envision social, economic and educational benefits for Hawaiʻi’s people. The Missionary women – who were considered equal partners in the mission – and their contemporary Native Hawaiian women, were all visionary in their contributions that continue to serve present-day Hawaiʻi. These progressive women embraced education, science, technology and diplomacy, and their efforts led the creation of hospitals, schools, and universal healthcare, which was unheard of in the 1800s.
Learn more about Partners in Change: Then and Now – “Visionary Women” HERE.
Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives is pleased to announce a special History Theatre presentation: “Visionary Women”
Thursday, April 24, 2025, on site at 553 S. King Street, Honolulu. Book your tickets HERE.
This special event brings to life the stories of four visionary women who made significant contributions to Hawaii’s history through authentic actor portrayals. Read more HERE.
Food and cocktails will be served beginning at 5:00 PM, with performances starting at 6:00 PM. Tickets are $45 per person, including a bento box and one complimentary drink.
Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives is pleased to announce the next installment of the
Archives and Inquiry Virtual Speaker Series
Tuesday, April 22, 2026 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Hawaiian Standard Time on Zoom.
Dr. Lilikalā Kame’eleihiwa is a Senior Professor at the University of Hawaiʻiʻs Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. Trained as a historian, she is also an expert in Hawaiian cultural traditions, and in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement, and has served as executive producer of the 2005 DVD Natives in New York, Seeking Justice at the United Nations, and as co-scriptwriter of the 1993 award winning documentary An Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation.
Breakfast on the lanai
with Board Chair, Patricia Morgan
Friday, April 25, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Please join us Friday, April 25, 9:00 a.m. for a light breakfast of pastries and coffee with our Board President, Patricia Morgan and Executive Director, Phil Acosta. Bring any questions you have, we have time to talk!
RSVP by email to Elisabeth Case, Director of Society & Community Relations at [email protected] or call (808) 447-3927.
A View of [Hawai’i] and its high Mountain [Mauna Kea]” March 30, 1820 by Samuel Ruggles. He drew this while on the Thaddeus on the first sighting of land in Hawaii after their 164 day journey from New England.[/caption]
Make Your Appointments NOW!
Special “White Glove” Tours & Family History in the Archives
Friday, April 25, 10:30 a.m.
Collections:
Friday, April 25, 10:30 a.m. , OR 12:30 p.m. — Join a special “White Glove” Behind-the-scenes tours with Susan Pelfrey, Curator of Collections. Email for appointment [email protected]
Archives:
Friday, April 25, 10:30 a.m. , 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 a.m. — Curated Archives Appointments with Kyle Hart, Curator of Archives/Librarian. Email for appointment [email protected].
Image: Among the temporary artifacts on display are Western-style garments fashioned from the bark of the wauke plant and stitched with native fibers from the olonā plant. Western-style kapa wear was a transitional mode of dress for many Hawaiians in the early 19th century.
Donʻt Miss Our Temporary Exhibits in the
Levi Chamberlain House
on view now through April
Drop-In Tuesday – Saturday 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
The Chamberlain House holds exhibits of collected and preserved documents and artifacts that provide insight into Hawaiʻi’s history from 1820 through 1863. During this time, Protestant missionaries, Hawaiian aliʻi, and other members of the Hawaiʻi community were known to collaborate on this site.
Currrently on display are our kapa, writing instruments, and more! Drop-In Tuesday – Saturday, 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. to view SPECIAL temporary displays on view in the Levi Chamberlain House. FREE 4/22-4/26 for Enrolled Members, or $10 for non-enrolled members, check-in at the Gift Shop cashier.