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<br /> <br />ONO: If you have a hundred membership congregation— <br /> <br />DARROW: The membership is, if I recall, it’s not very large. I think it was 30. <br /> <br />ONO: Oh. <br /> <br />AUDIENCE: Thirty five. <br /> <br />DARROW: Thirty five. <br /> <br />ONO: Thirty five. Okay, thank you. <br /> <br />DARROW: Thank you. <br /> <br />GONZALES: Thank you, Jeff. <br /> <br />DARROW: Thank you. <br /> <br />GONZALES: I’d like to ask the applicant to come forward, please? Can I get you folks to raise <br />your right hand, please? Do you swear and affirm to tell the truth before the Planning <br />Commission today? <br /> <br />KNIGHT: I do. <br /> <br />THOMAS: Yes. <br /> <br />GONZALES: All right. State your name, area you reside in, and go ahead. <br /> <br />KNIGHT: Good morning. I am the Reverend Dr. William Knight. I serve as senior pastor of <br />Open Arms Metropolitan Community Church. I reside in Hilo. <br /> <br />THOMAS: And I am Susan Thomas, and I am the chair of the building committee for Open <br />Arms Metropolitan Community Church, and I reside in Pāhoa--so we’re having it in HPP. <br /> <br />GONZALES: Go ahead. It’s your time. <br /> <br />THOMAS: Okay, we are applying for this special use permit. The church has been in existence <br />since 2005, and we’ve been renting facilities, moving here and there. We now meet in the <br />Ainaola Longhouse, and we’ve been raising funds and looking for a place to be for several years <br />now, and we are hoping that this will be our home. Like was stated, we have 35 members, and <br />just look forward to having our own place to worship and come home instead of setting up and <br />moving our little chairs around, and things of that sort. <br /> <br />KNIGHT: Basically, what we’re trying to do is we’re trying to stop having church in a box, and <br />having church one place. <br />5 <br />EXHIBIT C <br /> <br /> <br />