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the historic beauty of Keawala'i Church
Although the Makena area housed a healthy native Hawaiian population through the
mid 1800s, many of the streams began to run dry and arable land become harder to find.
Much of Makena's population decided to pull up roots and move elsewhere, and Keawala'i
began a long slide into disrepair. In the years after World War II Keawala'i was pillaged by
thieves, and many of the original prayer books were lost. It was during this time that the
fledgling community banded together and decided to breathe life back into the church, and
after a half-century of periodic renovations, Keawala'i today is as beautiful as it must have
been at its height. Services are still conducted in the native Hawaiian language at 7:30am
and 10am on Sunday mornings, although visits to the church grounds are possible at any
time of day.
