April Sermon & Women's Association Pilgrimage

Sermon by Moses Nakao

Thank you to you all for your support and kind offerings.  Please read Moses' sermon as he describes his experiences at MHQ and Jiba and how he came to a self-realization.

The photo show the Pearl Church group with friends and well wishers.  Five including baby Sadie depart that day.  They will be joining five others who are already in Jiba.  Bon Voyage and a safe return!

Our next major activity is the All Tenrikyo Hinokishin (Community Service) Day at Honolulu Zoo on Saturday, May 1st, from 9am-11am.  We will be providing a bento lunch so please let me know if you're coming!

Owen

Monthly Service this Sunday!

With all the negativity going on in the world: war, gang and domestic violence, drugs, graffiti and neglected children; we cannot sit idly by. Please join us in conducting the service for universal salvation!
From scripture we read:

April Monthly Service
Sunday, April 11, 2010, 10am
Tenrikyo Pearl Church
1634 10th Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii 96816
U.S.A.
Earth, the third planet from the Sun
Milky Way Galaxy

Rev. Owen Nakao

Sazuke Count

Dear Members and Friends,
Our Sazuke count for January (20) and February (39) was well below the pace we need to maintain to achieve our goal of 750 Sazuke for 2010.  We need to average 62.5 per month to reach our goal.  Fortunately for March our count is 86 so we can catchup.  If you have administered the Sazuke in March, please email me.

Someone asked me once, why do we need a goal?

A goal helps us to focus and refocus our energies on what is important in our faith and to act with a unity of mind.  Those of us who have received the Truth of Sazuke are called yoboku which is literally translated as "useful timber".  This in turn means, one who uses the Sazuke.  To administer the Sazuke of healing, I believe is a fundamental way to salvation, which is the joyous life and the joyous life world.  The Sazuke cannot be administered to yourself, it can only be administer to another person.  When we administer the Sazuke and sing "Ashiki harai...," our hands make a sweeping (away) motion which means to get rid of our ills (our bad things) such as our self-centered thinking.  It turns our attention away from our self and redirects it toward trying to help (or asking God to help/save) the other person! This is the KEY!  If you can understand this and act on it, you've come a long way on your spiritual growth!

Rev. Owen Nakao

Spring Memorial Service

We will be conducting the Spring Memorial Service this Sunday, March 28th at 8am at Pearl Church.  Please join us honoring your ancestors and predecessors of the Pearl Church path.

Rev. Owen Nakao

Homestay Students at Pearl Church

Nineteen students of the Tenri Kyoko Gakuen (High School) English Junior class participated in their Study Abroad Program trip to Hawaii.  Two of the students, Ayane Kaneko and Mariko Inui (standing on the right) stayed at Pearl Church for home stay from February 3 - 10.  Good luck in your studies and hope to see you two again!