Separate services will honor Lili‘uokalani

The public may attend a commemoration service at the Schofield Barracks Soldiers Chapel at 10 a.m. today, and two services at the Cathedral of St. Andrews on Sunday, honoring Queen Lili‘uokalani.

A car pool will leave for the chapel at 8:45 a.m. today from St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 1679 California Ave. in Wahiawa. If going in private cars, members of the public will need to show a photo ID/driver’s license, car registration and insurance documents. Call the church at 524-2822.

Hawaii’s last reigning monarch gave the Soldiers Chapel, built in 1913, to the Army. The current chapel was constructed in 1920 by combining a standard Army chapel of the era with parts of Lili‘uokalani’s commissioned church.

The chapel originally sat some distance away from its existing location and was moved in 1925 to its current site, part of the Historic District at Schofield Barracks. The church has changed very little since the 1920s, and the aim is to always keep its original look and feel.

Also, the Cathedral of St. Andrew is celebrating the 179th anniversary of Lili‘uokalani’s birth at its 8 a.m. service Sunday, featuring speaker Thomas Kaulukukui Jr., chairman of the Liliuokalani Trust, at 229 Queen Emma Square. Most of the music and Scripture will be in Hawaiian. All who are baptized in any denomination are welcome to receive Holy Communion.

Later in the day a Hawaiian choral evensong will be held at 5:30 p.m, including music composed by the queen.