$100K FOR 100 YEARS

Help us raise $100,000 for our centennial!

FIVE CENTENNIAL PROJECTS:

  1. Beyond the Banyan Tree

  2. A Multi-Media Reach

  3. Center for Social & Environmental Justice

  4. Sanctuary Cooling

  5. The Organ and Carillon

We need to reach our $100,000 goal by the end of 2023. Click below to donate and learn more. Mahalo for your generosity!

For a limited time: Donations of $500 or more will have the opportunity to choose a beautiful quilt as a thank-you gift. Scroll down for video and instructions!

Hover your camera or click to donate.

While online donations save us time and money, checks are always welcome as a fee-free way to donate.

  • Make check payable to: Church of the Crossroads

  • Write in memo line: "Crossroads 100 Years"

  • Mail to: Church of the Crossroads, 1212 University Avenue, Honolulu HI 96826

Your name and donation amount will be published in the total Centennial Fundraiser tally unless explicitly requested with an accompanying note. There will likely be a delay for paper check amounts to show up in the online Zeffy campaign database, due to the need for manual entry.

Our Goal Progress:

Quilt ‘Mahalo Gifts’ for Large Donors

In celebration of our 100th anniversary, Ellen Godbey Carson designed and created beautiful art quilts as a heartfelt way to thank generous donors, with 100% of proceeds to benefit Church of the Crossroads.

How to purchase:

  1. Note down the number of the quilt (bottom right corner)

  2. Call or email our office with that number to check if quilt is still available

  3. Write check payable to “Church of the Crossroads

  4. In the memo line, write quilt number and “100th anniversary”

  5. Mail check to: Church of the Crossroads, 1212 University Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96826

Your donation is tax-deductible minus the fair market value (FMV) of the quilt.

Example: Tax deduction for the Sakura Kimono Quilt would be $1300 (donation receipt of $1,600 minus the quilt’s FMV of $300).

  • Kimono quilt donations start at $1,000 (FMV $300)

  • Hawaiian quilt donations start at $500 (FMV $200)

  • “Slippah” quilt donations start at $500 (FMV $100)

Your donation is received with deep gratitude and will help move Church of the Crossroads into our next 100 years. Mahalo!

  • 1. Beyond the Banyan Tree

    Our beloved banyan tree has welcomed generations to Crossroads. Many a heart was wrenched recently when she toppled. But the space that she cleared with her graceful fall allows for a new welcome in a new century—perhaps a single tree, a grove, even an intentional meditation space. Funds will help us plan, plant and maintain our sacred gateway to Crossroads.

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  • 2. A Multi-Media Reach

    The pandemic helped us realize digital technology’s importance in the 21st Century. Our nimble response has enhanced our ministry and broadened our reach well beyond Hawaiʻi. Upgrading our wifi and audiovisual systems to unify our gathering spaces—the Sanctuary, Weaver Hall, Ross Davis, the Courtyard, and Zoom—will improve the delivery of our mission, not only for worship services, but also for community events on our campus.

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  • 3. Center for Social & Environmental Justice

    100 years ago, young people from Mid-Pacific and McKinley high schools fulfilled their vision of creating an intentionally interracial church. That same spirit is behind Crossroads’ new Center for Social and Environmental Justice, a bridge to diverse, progressive groups celebrating our Peace and Justice mission. Funds for this project will renovate Scudder Makai as a welcoming space of forward thinkers, spiritual journeyers, and energized activists.

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  • 4. Sanctuary Cooling

    In 1935 when the Crossroads cornerstone was laid, there was no freeway. From our roof one could see all the way to Waikiki, and University Avenue was just two lanes. Tradewinds cooled our place of worship then, but now our sanctuary is much warmer. While air conditioning would help, we are a green congregation that values architectural integrity. We want to use new technology to cool our gathering place without A/C.

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  • 5. The Organ and Carillon

    The sounds of an organ and carillon have been essential to this church’s life for decades. Sadly, airborne salt has wreaked such havoc on our organ’s digital components that it needs to be replaced along with the carillon. Music is an important part of Crossroads. A new organ and carillon will bless Sunday’s worshippers while extending our 100-year-old joyful song to the broader community.

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