February 2012 Monthly Service
February is Valentine's Day month. For those of us who are single and seeking a relationship, it's a good time to express your attraction to that special someone and who knows, it made end up into marriage. But alas, sometimes it's not that simple and you need to be prepared for "you're not for me" or vice versa, "Sorry, but I'm not for you." Love is such a finicky thing and a lot depends on what God has in store for you and whether you are ready for it or not.
２月１４日はバレンタインスデーです。独身たちは好きな人にプレゼントさしあげます。もしかしたらお互いすきになって毛紺するかもしれない。しかし、あいじょうはそんなかんたんでわありません。せいしんてきにじゅんびしてるかしら？また、かみさまのおもわくもあります。
For those of us who already have that "significant other," it's a good time to reaffirm our love and commitment and not take him or her for granted.
もう結婚してるばいはおたがいのあいじょうとどりょくあたりまいとおもいないで、かんしゃするときです。
And that's one of the keys to a happy life: not taking anything or anyone for granted. And I believe this is part of the message conveyed by our recent speaker Mrs. Toshie Toriumi, who will be sharing her final Part 2 of her remarkable life in her faith experience speech this Sunday.
それがひとつのようきゆうさんのKeywordとおもいます。なんでも、だれでも、あたりまいとおもいないように。 これがこんどの鳥海敏江さんのお話のPointとおもいます。 先月のつずきPart 2のお話していただきます。
Please join us in prayer for universal brotherhood, of gratitude and joy.
どうぞ、よろずたすけのつとめをさんかに来てください。 感謝、つつしみ、よろこび。
Sunday, February 12, 2012
日曜日、２月１２日
10:00 a.m.
午前１０時
Tenrikyo Pearl Church
天理教パール教会
1634 10th Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii U.S.A.
Ph: 808-734-1449
Sincerely,
どうぞよろしくおねがいいたします。
Rev. Owen Nakao
パール会長中尾オウエン
BGA Leadership Camp and Annual New Year Park Cleanup & BBQ Picnic
Dear Members and Friends,
Thank you to all of you for coming out to help at the leadership camp and park cleanup. From Pearl Church there was one participant at the camp and eight at the park cleanup
The leadership camp and park cleanup was blessed with 8 participants including 5 girls and 3 boys of which 2 were first timers. There was a good mixture of experienced and beginner participants which enhanced the camp for all involved. The experienced campers helped out the first timers and newer leaders.
We would like to thank leadership workshop conductors Ms. Jennifer Kakitani (communication skills) and Mr. David Inouye (teamwork & general leadership skills) for conducting their workshops. The workshops provided opportunities for leaders to develop their skills as well as fine tune some skills. With different workshop conductors from previous camps, the leaders were exposed to different styles and different outlooks. Thank you Jennifer and David!
Also special thanks to Lt. Matthew Matsuoka for inviting us for a tour of the Barbers Point Coast Guard station in which camp participants got to see actual rescue equipment such as helicopters and planes first hand and up close. They also saw a video of rescue operations. Lt. Matsuoka, a helicopter pilot, said that Tenrikyo played a big role in his life especially in joining the Coast Guard, where he could literally "save people".
The Moiliili Stadium Park Cleanup and BBQ picnic went without a hitch with an estimated 70 participants. There were some new faces in among the participants and as always, is so hopeful to see small toddlers, working so hard to clean the park. A lot of white and man made trash littered the park and you could tell what a big difference we made in beautifying the park. It was a good time to reconnect with members of other affiliations. Thank you to the YMA for setting up the canopies, tables, chairs and help with the BBQing!
Sincerely,
Rev. Owen Nakao
January Grand Service １月大祭
Happy New Year Everyone!
Taeko and I would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for your dedicated hinokishin efforts and sincere offerings in support of Pearl Church during this past year. Mahalo nui loa!
We will be conducting the January Grand Service this Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 10am. The January Grand Service is to commemorate Oyasama's withdrawal from physical life on January 26, 1887, when she "stepped out" (of her body) to "level the ground (for world salvation)."
2011 Report
- Our monthly service attendance average was 20.8 in 2011, down from 24.5 in 2010.
- The sazuke was administered 435 times. Up 7 times from 418 times in 2010.
- The highlights of 2011 were: Boy's & Girl's Association Spring Camp in March (4 adult volunteers, no children attendees), the Hawaii Convention (11 attendees), the Children's Pilgrimage to Jiba (6 attendees); the annual Tenrikyo Bazaar (16 volunteers) and the completion of a rain barrel system utilizing rain water for plants and car washing. Numbers are based on attendees from Pearl Church only.The Hawaii Convention held on May 28-30 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village provided opportunities for members to share their faith with followers from around the world and learn different aspects of the teachings. Members from Pearl Church held key positions in conducting and contributing to the success of the Convention.
- We are now in the second year of the three-year, one thousand days before the mission headquarters 60th Anniversary on May 17, 2014 and the Pearl Church 80th Anniversay in the same year (date to be set). We would like to set goals for spiritual growth in order that we may commemorate the anniversary in a manner befitting our maturity and the number of years since establishment.
- In looking forward to 2012 we would like to again resolve to administer the sazuke this year is at least 500 times to remain focused on our mission as yoboku (useful timber: those who are using the sazuke) in buidling the joyous life world. Please send me an email everytime you administer the sazuke so that we may record the event.
- Also, in addition we would like to schedule service (hand dance & narimono) practices every 4th Sunday at 10am. Please make every effort to attend as we work toward our 80th Anniversary in 2014.
Sincerely,
Rev. Owen Nakao
あけましておめでとうございます。 ことしもどうぞうよろしくおねがいいたします！
パール教会１月大祭
１月８日
午前１０時から午後１時まで
住所：1634 10th Avenue
Tel: 734-1449
パール会長より
Mochi pounding tomorrow, 明日もちつき
For those available and willing, please come out and help with the mochi pounding tomorrow (12/30), 9am at Tenrikyo Mission Headquarters of Hawaii. Join in this amazing cultural activity, fun for the whole family! Help with pounding, kneading and forming!
明日はもちつきです！
１２月３０日午前９から
天理教ハワイ伝道庁
２９２０ Pali Highway
持ちつき、丸めるのてつだいお願いいたします。
Rev. Owen Nakao
パール会長
中尾オウエン
New Home Stay Student and Year end – New Year Schedule
Hi, ya all!
We're hoping everyone is enjoying this happy holiday season in the sharing of joy and good will. Please do so with health and safety.
Everyone, please welcome Shoko Kazaoka from Osaka (originally from Hyogo Prefecture) who will be studying English in Hawaii for 6 months. A non-Tenrikyo follower, she will be attending the Institute of Intensive English. Please introduce yourself when you have the chance. English only please to enhance her educational experience.
12/26 9am Yohaishiki at Mission HQ and MHQ general cleaning
12/30 7am Mochi pounding at MHQ
12/31 9am Pearl Church general cleaning
1/1 7am Pearl Church New Year Service
10am MHQ New Year Service
1/14 9am MHQ Adopt a Highway cleaning Hinokishin. No children under 12.
Wishing everyone a happy holiday season and joyous new year!
Rev. Owen & Taeko Nakao
今年も年末の楽しい季節がやって来ました。 皆さまいかがお過ごしでしょうか。 どうぞ元気で新しい年をお迎えください。
さて、
パール教会では英語学校のホームステイの学生さんをお預かりしています。
笠岡しょう子さんです。神戸市出身で６カ月間英語の勉強に来ています。天理教の方ではありません。どうぞ英語で話しかけてあげてください。
年末年始のスケジュール
１２/２６日 ９時より 天理教ハワイ伝道庁 遥拝式、 年末大掃除
１２/３０日 ７時より 伝道庁にて、餅つき
１２/３１日 ９時より パール教会 大掃除
１月 １日 ７時より パール教会 元旦祭
１０時 伝道庁 元旦祭
１月１４日 ９時 伝道庁よりＰａｌi High way 清掃ひのきしん （１２歳以上から 大人対象）
パール会長
中尾オウエン
December 2011 Prayer & Sermon
Thank you everyone for your support during the past year! We are thankful for the many blessings shown by God the Parent and by the congregation!
For many who attended the service it was a time to experience the joy of communion with God and share in the experiences of people who went through and survived very difficult times. Thank you to the speakers Carl Nakao and Yasue Uegawachi and all who contributed to making the service possible. Mahalo!
Wishing you all a happy holiday season!
Rev. Owen and Taeko Nakao
Please read "Saved from Cancer" by Carl Nakao and "Surviving the Atomic Blast in Hiroshima" by Yasue Uegawachi. And this month's prayer.
December Monthly Service 2011
As we approach the end of 2012 I have been pondering our accomplishments for the year... Have we all accomplished our goals and resolutions for the year?
Also, this past December 7th we commemorated the 70th Anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack which ignited the war with Japan and ended with atomic bombs dropping on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
Some of you may not know that Mrs. Yasue Uegawachi our regular monthly service attendee is a atomic bomb survivor. She will share with us some of her experiences on that fateful day in this month's sermon. And also a few words of gratitude from Mr. Carl Nakao.
Monthly Service
December 11, 2011
Sunday, 10am
Tenrikyo Pearl Church
1634 10th Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii 96816
Phone: 808-734-1449
パール教会月次祭
１２月１１日
午前１０時から午後１時まで
住所：1634 10th Avenue
Tel: 734-1449
パール会長より
November Monthly Service Reminder パール教会月次祭お知らせ
Some of you may know that the suicide rate in Japan is one of the highest in the world and in the U.S., although not as high as Japan, suicides are increasing. What drives people to take their lives? We would like to explore the possible causes and what we can do to prevent suicides in our sermon at this month's Pearl Church monthly service.
Sunday, November 13, 2011, 10am
1634 10th Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii
Ph: 734-1449
Sincerely,
Rev. Owen
日本では近年自殺がとても多いです。アメリカではそんなに多くないですが、増えています。なぜ自分の人生を止めたい気持ちになるのでしょうか？
今月のお話はこのことについてお互いに考えさせて頂きたく思います。
パール教会月次祭
１１月１３日
午前１０時から午後１時まで
重症1634 10th Avenue
Tel: 734-1449
パール会長より
October Grand Service at Pearl Church
We'll be commemorating the beginning of Tenrikyo by conducting the October Grand Service at Pearl Church.
When we sing the first verse of the daily seated service, what are we saying? "All ills sweep away and save us, please, Tenri O no Mikoto."
We make a sweep away motion with our hands in the area of our heart. Which implies cleaning our heart. "Purify the mind" is the title of our sermon which covers the essence of the Tenrikyo teaching which
prepares our mind to receive the Truth.
In the Ofudesaki we read,
"There is nothing I cannot teach. But there is no one who listens with a purified mind."
Sunday, October 9, 2011, 10am
Sincerely,
Rev. Owen Nakao
September Monthly Service 2011
Giving is an essential part of our life of faith. We call it contribution and dedication. How does contribution and dedication play a part in our daily faith? Why is it important? That and more as we remember the victims of the 9/11 attack. Please join us in our quest to bring peace and joy to the world in the Service for Universal
Salvation this
Sunday, September 11, 2011, 10am
Tenrikyo Pearl Church
1634 10th Avenue
Sincerely,
Owen Nakao
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