Even as the "one team" philosophy espoused by the late Father Kenneth A. Bray enjoys a wider appreciation these days, the ‘Iolani Raiders Booster Club plans to give digital life to its inspirational message with a commemorative service and an ambitious documentary.

Bray is the Episcopal priest and revered coach (1932-52) who introduced athletics to the school and with it a message of teamwork and humility that the school still preaches.

Through the independent documentary and the commemorative service, the independent booster club hopes to make the history behind the "one team" philosophy come alive for athletes of the current and future generations much as the documentary "442 — Live With Honor, Die With Dignity" has for the famed regimental combat battalion of World War II, according to Harris Nakamoto, club chairman.

Church services to honor the memory of Father Bray and Eddie Hamada, one of Bray’s successors and prominent disciples of the "one team" philosophy, will be held Saturday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.

The 4:30 p.m. service is being held this month to commemorate the lives of Bray (1953) and Hamada (2010), who both died in January.

St. Luke’s occupies land that was once the site of Bray’s home and where many of his players stayed when ‘Iolani School still occupied a Nuuanu campus, officials said.

Bray sold the site to St. Luke’s in 1952 prior to his death, and some of his former students have held positions there, including warden.

A spokesman said completion is expected this year on a video documentary about Father Bray and his "one team" philosophy. The project, for which more than $50,000 has been raised through donations, has been three years in the making.

Local filmmaker Tom Coffman has been commissioned to do the documentary, and interviews with several dozen past players and coaches have been conducted.

"We thought it important to capture the words of these living legends, the old-timers who played under Father Bray," Nakamoto said. "When they talk about Father Bray and their shared experiences, they are priceless. You can talk story amongst yourselves, but to capture and preserve it on film is something else."