Update on Missed Sermons & Prayers

• The Gulf Spill July 2010 Prayer
  
  
• The BGA Camp & General Meeting June 2010 Prayer
  
  
• WA 100th Anniversary Jiba Pilgrimage May 2010 Prayer
  
  
• Importance of the Service by Carl Nakao March 2010 Prayer
  
  
• The Soul is Eternal January 2010 Spring Grand Service

July Monthly Service Prayer and Sermon

Thank you to you all for your support and sincere offerings.  Please see attached for this month's prayer and sermon.
Rev. Owen Nakao

July Monthly Service Prayer and Sermon

Monthly Service Reminder and the Gulf Oil Spill

What's going on in the Gulf of Mexico?  Why is the oil leak still happening?  What is God's message in all of this? Should we be concerned?
This and much more in our sermon after the July Monthly Service.

Join us in gratitude and prayer for a resolution to the oil spill crisis and peace in this world!

Sunday, July 11, 2010, 10am
Tenrikyo Pearl Church
1634 10th Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Planet Earth

Rev. Owen Nakao

Hawaii One-month Spiritual Development Course

Just a reminder that the deadline to apply for the Hawaii One-month Spiritual Development Course is this Sunday.  If you are still thinking about entering the course, please let me know.  It will help you to lay the foundation of your faith.

On one of my nioigake, the person seemed to have a lot of issues with himself and with life.  He asked me what is faith?  Faith is nothing! Does it bring dinner to the table?

I said yes it does!  Faith does bring dinner to the table.  He asked, "How?"  Think about the person working hard at his job... things may not being going to well with him, perhaps he broke up with his girlfriend, maybe his boss got on his case even though he was trying his best and now he feels like quitting. But you know what, faith will help him.  Faith will tell him not to give up... to keep working hard no matter what because in the end God will help him go through his tough times with meaning and resolve.  If he quits his job, he cannot bring dinner to the table.  His faith will help him keep his job or look for another job and bring dinner to the table. He had to think about that for awhile.

Resolve?  There's nothing like a person on a mission.  You can see it in their eyes and the way they act.  Nothing's going stop them.  I think this is when human beings are at their best.  How can we attain this state of mind.  First we must find out where we came from, how we came to be.  For what purpose were we created?  How should we live our life?

These and many other treasures await you on your spiritual journey.  The Spiritual Development Course will lay the foundation for your spiritual journey...

Rev. Owen

Monthly Service this Sunday!

The Boy's and Girl's Association Spring Camp and General Meeting was held about two weekends ago and I still feel a sense of great accomplishment.  I would like to thank the many volunteers who did essential hinokishin in making the camp possible.  Thank you very much!

Some people may think that a camp is just to have fun, but really it's much more than that.  The significance of the Tenrikyo BGA camp and general meeting will the topic of our sermon this Sunday after the service for universal salvation:

Sunday, June 13, 2010, 10am
Tenrikyo Pearl Church
1634 10th Avenue
Honolulu, HI  96816
USA

Photo shows seven of thirteen participants from Pearl Church who attended the camp.

Rev. Owen Nakao