Oahu Convocation 2026

Honolulu Central SDA Church

February 20-21

Join us for a weekend of fellowship, worship, and spiritual growth as we gather together as a conference family.

  • Friday Evening Program

    7:00 PM | Speaker: Elder Ed Keyes

    “Stronger Salt” | Text: Matthew 5:13

    7:00 PM | Youth Vespers, Upper Room | Speaker: Pastor David Hernandez

  • Sabbath Morning Service

    9:30 AM | Speaker: Elder Ed Keyes

    “Saved to Serve” | Text: Acts 22:14-15

    9:30 AM | Youth Sabbath School, Upper Room

    9:30 AM | Children’s Sabbath School

    Lower level, Children’s Sabbath School Classrooms

  • Sabbath Afternoon Service

    2:30 PM | Speaker: Elder Ed Keyes

    “Brighter Light” | Text: Matthew 5:13-16

POTLUCK ANNOUNCEMENT

Each church will host their own potluck in a designated area as suggested in the survey response. Churches will need to make their own arrangements for food, utensils, etc.  Bring chairs or blankets for sitting. Trash cans will be provided. Make sure your church members are aware of your plans.

PA’INA (After Party)

An opportunity to gather, fellowship, and eat following the conclusion of the Sabbath afternoon service. Please bring a clutural dish to share!

PARKING INFORMATION

Honolulu Central SDA Church - 2313 Nuuanu Avenue

Community Church of Honolulu - 2345 Nuuanu Avenue

Hawaii Baptist Academy | Middle School Campus - 2429 Pali Hwy

*Please plan on dropping off guests at Honolulu Central SDA and arrange for transportation or walk from your parking location. Shuttle service is not available.

Elder Ed Keyes, Arizona Conference President

Guest Speaker

Ed Keyes serves as the president of the Arizona Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Prior to his current position, he has served as pastor, evangelist, church planter, academy teacher, administrator, ministerial secretary, executive secretary, and president while working in the Potomac, New Jersey, Oregon, Arizona, and Nevada-Utah Conferences. He has conducted evangelistic meetings, weeks of prayer, and training seminars in more than half the conferences in the North American Division. His foreign mission trips include the Middle East, Cuba, Mexico, Russia, Thailand, and the Philippines.

  • Ed Keyes was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, where the street life of the inner city was his daily life. Attending 5,000-student William L. Dickinson High School, he had experiences that would later translate into some amazing sermons.  Truly, God spared his life many times as he lived on the wrong side of the law and had numerous brushes with death.

    ​​His mother, a Free Will Methodist, and his father, a Southern Baptist, taught him to believe in God.  But he was more consumed with living a fast-paced life on the streets with his brother and two sisters.

    ​​On April 24, 1981, he gave his life to Christ and was born again. He first attended the Church of Bible Understanding and then returned to the Baptist Church. A year later, he attended a Prophecy Seminar held in a local firehouse near Atlantic City, NJ, and joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

    ​​As a paramedic in Atlantic City working to save lives, he felt called to save souls.  He began college studies at Washington Adventist University and married his best friend, Lillian.  They have served the church in team ministry for more than 38 years.

    ​​Ed and Lillian Keyes are blessed with two wonderful children. Andrew graduated from Thunderbird Adventist Academy, Southern Adventist University, and Loma Linda University Medical School. He currently practices Family medicine in Chattanooga, TN. He is married to Rhina, a nurse who teaches at Southern Adventist University. They have one son, Benjamin Edward, and a daughter, Emma Evilyn.

    ​His daughter Becky also graduated from Thunderbird Adventist Academy and Southern Adventist University. She completed her Master's Degree and is a speech therapist in Trenton, GA. She is married to Dr. Harrison Filler, a dentist who runs his own practice in Georgia. Becky and her husband celebrated the birth of their son, August Keenan Harrison, in March of 2025.

Pastor David Hernandez, Associate Pastor of Escondido Seventh-day Adventist Church for Southeastern California Conference

Youth/Young Adult Speaker

David Hernandez is a passionate youth and worship pastor currently serving at the Escondido Seventh-day Adventist Church, where he has faithfully ministered for the past six years. He is deeply committed to investing in the next generation, creating meaningful spaces where young people can encounter Jesus and grow in their faith. Mission trips have played a transformative role in his own life, and he is passionate about providing students with opportunities to experience life-changing moments through service and outreach.

David holds a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from Pacific Union College and a Master of Divinity from Andrews University Seminary.

He is happily married to his wife, Jill, and treasures time with family and friends. Whether sharing a meal, traveling, cooking new recipes for loved ones, or enjoying sports, David values meaningful connection and community in every season of life.