Category: Monthly Service Prayer

Before God the Parent, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto, I, Owen Osamu Nakao, Pastor of Tenrikyo Pearl Church, pray with reverence:

God the Parent, You have nurtured and guided us over many long years since You created humankind out of Your desire to see human beings live the Joyous Life. Also, coinciding with the arrival of the Promised Time, you accepted Oyasama as your living shrine and revealed the truth of the creation in detail, taught the service, showed us free and unlimited blessings, and guided us toward the path of the Joyous Life. We are forever grateful for these blessings and we express our gratitude day and night as we spiritedly apply our efforts toward the path of single-heartedness with God.

Today is the day we are granted to conduct the March monthly service. The service performers will unite their hearts to perform the seated service and Teodori joyously and in high spirits. Please accept our prayers as we brothers and sisters of this Path have looked forward to this day and have gathered before You to sing the Mikagura-uta.

Due to Your blessing, ten persons from Pearl Church helped in the Tenri Cultural Center Hinokishin Day on February 20th in which the Japanese Garden, the Hawaii Tenri Bunko Library, the Judo Hall, the rain gutters and the cultural center grounds were mowed and cleaned. Every Friday, Sakura Academy conducts Japanese language class here at Pearl Church with six students and on Tuesdays, three persons did yard work, tree trimming and maintain neglected sidewalks for the elderly and disabled. We give thanks for these many opportunities to contribute and walk the path of spiritual growth and the joyous life.

Today marks the one year anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan on March 11th last year. We pay tribute to those who lost their lives, to the survivors who endured their loss and struggled in wake of the disaster and to the heroes who came from far and near to lend that helping hand. We pray that through our good works and through your providence that they have hope and inner strength that will overcome their despair and suffering.

We pray that Your continued guidance will strengthen us into worthy Yoboku, striving with a single heart for the salvation of others. We hope that our efforts will bring joy to You and peace in this world where all people help one another. With our minds in unity towards the Truth of the Jiba, we would like to spiritedly perform the March Monthly Service today, in this 175th Year of Tenrikyo.

In union with the congregation, I pray for these blessings.

Before God the Parent, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto, I, Owen Osamu Nakao, Pastor of Tenrikyo Pearl Church, pray with reverence:

God the Parent, in this month of Thanksgiving, we are very grateful for Your constant protection and gradual instruction that guides us on the path to spiritual growth. In gratitude, we are all striving for the sake of single-hearted salvation while leaning on the ever-living Oyasama.

Today, for this November monthly service at Pearl Church, we give thanks for being kept alive by your divine grace and being blessed by your love and protection. The service performers will now unite their hearts to perform the seated service and Teodori joyously and in high spirits. Please accept our prayers as we brothers and sisters of this Path have looked forward to this day and have gathered before You to sing the Mikagura-uta.

Through your blessing and guidance ten persons from Pearl Church attended the Church Headquarters October Grand Service. Also, two persons from Pearl Church attended the church headquarters October Grand Service. One person returned Jiba for the month of October. Also due to Your blessing we are near completion of the rain barrel project to utilize rain water to water plants and wash the vehicles. We give thanks that an average of three persons are helping yard work for the elderly and disabled in our community. Although we did not actively participate in the Trick or Treat for UNICEF activity, we are encouraging people to make donations through the UNICEF collection boxes. We thank you deeply to these wonderful blessings.

In this eleventh month of the 174th year of Tenrikyo, we vow to continue to work together engaging in hinokishin and salvation work with a unity of mind and encourage as many people as possible to return to Jiba. We pray for the victims and survivors of conflicts and disasters in the world; that they may have faith and resolve to overcome their grief and suffering.

We pray that Your guidance will strengthen us into worthy Yoboku, striving with a single heart for the salvation of others. We hope that our efforts will bring joy to You and peace in this world where we all help one another as brothers and sisters. With our minds in unity towards the Truth of the Jiba, we would like to spiritedly perform the November Monthly Service today.

In union with the congregation, I pray for these blessings.

Before God the Parent, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto, I, Owen Osamu Nakao, Pastor of Tenrikyo Pearl Church, pray with reverence:

God the Parent, You have nurtured and guided us over many long years since You created humankind out of Your desire to see human beings live the Joyous Life. Also, coinciding with the arrival of the Promised Time, you accepted Oyasama as your living shrine and revealed the truth of the creation in detail, taught the service, showed us free and unlimited blessings, and guided us toward the path of the Joyous Life. We are forever grateful for these blessings and we express our gratitude day and night as we spiritedly apply our efforts toward the path of single-heartedness with God.

Today is the day we are granted to conduct the March monthly service. The service performers will unite their hearts to perform the seated service and Teodori joyously and in high spirits. Please accept our prayers as we brothers and sisters of this Path have looked forward to this day and have gathered before You to sing the Mikagura-uta.

Due to Your blessing, ten persons from Pearl Church helped in the Tenri Cultural Center Hinokishin Day on February 21st in which the Japanese Garden, the Hawaii Tenri Bunko Library, the Judo Hall, the rain gutters and the cultural center grounds were mowed and cleaned. Every Friday, Sakura Academy conducts Japanese language class here at Pearl Church with six students and on some Tuesdays, 4 persons did yard work, tree trimming and maintain neglected sidewalks for the elderly and disabled. In addition we were able to hold a successful garage sale on March 6 as a fundraiser in support of the Hawaii Convention. We give thanks that many people came to make purchases and many members contributing hinokishin time and material. We give thanks for these many opportunities to contribute and walk the path of spiritual growth and the joyous life.

Just three days ago, we experienced a major earthquake and tsunami in the Miyagi area in Japan in which hundreds have passed away for rebirth and many people suffering from the devastation. We pray for the victims and survivors that they may have hope and inner strength that will overcome their despair and suffering.

We pray that Your continued guidance will strengthen us into worthy Yoboku, striving with a single heart for the salvation of others. We hope that our efforts will bring joy to You and peace in this world where all people help one another. With our minds in unity towards the Truth of the Jiba, we would like to spiritedly perform the March Monthly Service today, in this 174th Year of Tenrikyo.

In union with the congregation, I pray for these blessings.

Before God the Parent, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto, I, Owen Osamu Nakao, Pastor of Tenrikyo Pearl Church, pray with reverence:

God the Parent, You have nurtured and guided us over many long years since You created humankind out of Your desire to see us live the Joyous Life.  Also, with the arrival of the Promised Time, you received Oyasama as your living shrine and revealed the truth of the creation in detail, taught the service, showed us free and unlimited blessings, and guided us toward the path of the Joyous Life. We are forever grateful for these blessings and we express our gratitude day and night as we spiritedly apply our efforts toward the path of single-heartedness with God.

Today is the day we are granted to conduct the February monthly service.  The service performers will unite their hearts to perform the seated service and Teodori joyously and in high spirits.  Please accept our prayers as we brothers and sisters of this Path have looked forward to this day and have gathered before You to sing the Mikagura-uta.

Due to your blessing we have completed another month of spreading the teachings and engaging in salvation work bringing the joy of faith to the people in the community. We give thanks that we were able to contribute and assist at the recent Boy’s and Girl’s Association Leadership Camp and the New Year BBQ Picnic held last month with twelve persons attending from Pearl Church. We give thanks for the HARP Seminar held at Mission Headquarters in which two persons attended from Pearl Church.  We give thanks that an average of four persons are helping with tree trimming and yard work for the elderly in our community. We also give thanks to be blessed two home stay students from Tenri Kyoko Gakuen who came not only to learn English, but also plant seeds of sincerity by engaging nioigake and hinokishin.  We continue with resolve to make sincere efforts in our daily lives to truly follow the Divine Model of Oyasama.

The Mission Headquarters will be conducting a cleanup Hinokishin Day at Tenri Cultural Center on February 21st to beautify the Center so that we may spread the fragrance of the teachings to the community.  The Cultural Center serves the public through the Tenri Bunko (Library), the Judo club, the Bazaar, Saturday Japanese School and other functions.  May we be resolved to participate with as many people as possible with joy and sincerity.

We pray that Your guidance will strengthen us into worthy Yoboku, striving with a single heart for the salvation of others.  We hope that our efforts will bring joy to You and peace in this world where we all help one another as brothers and sisters.  With our minds in unity towards the Truth of the Jiba, we would like to spiritedly perform the February Monthly Service today, in this 174th Year of Tenrikyo.

In union with the congregation, I pray for these blessings.

Before God the Parent, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto, I, Owen Osamu Nakao, Pastor of Tenrikyo Pearl Church, pray with reverence:

God the Parent, because of Your love for all Your children, You exhaust Your mind in every kind of way (Ofudesaki IV: 63).  Out of Your parental love, You laid down the path of world salvation, teaching us the truth of human creation.  We are truly grateful for Your protection, for saving us, drawing us to the Path, and allowing us to walk toward the Joyous Life.

The twenty-sixth of this month commemorates the 125th Anniversary since the day when Oyasama shortened Her physical life by twenty-five years because of Her deep parental love that wished for the spiritual growth of Her children.  

As we look forward to this New Year, we remember and give thanks for your deep parental love through the blessings of miraculous healings, people returning to Jiba and the many people who have attended the various church activities.  Last year, Twenty-two persons returned to Jiba of which fourteen returned during the Women’s Association 100th Anniversary in April, an average of twenty-four persons attended the Pearl Church monthly service, six persons participated and helped at the Boy’s & Girl’s Association Leadership camp, twenty persons attended and helped at the BGA New Year Park Cleanup and BBQ Picnic, six persons helped at the all Tenri Cultural  Center  Cleanup  Hinokishin,  eight persons  from  Pearl Church  attended  the  Boy’s  and Girl’s Association

Oyasama Birthday Activity, forty-nine persons from Pearl Church attended the All Tenrikyo Hinokishin Day at Honolulu Zoo, twelve persons attended the Young Men’s Association-Women’s Association-Young Women’s Club Joint General Meeting, nineteen people attended or helped at the Boy’s and Girl’s Association Spring Camp, twenty-five persons attended the annual Tenrikyo Picnic, the Pastor of this church led the Children’s Pilgrimage as the BGA chairman, twenty persons helped at the Annual Tenrikyo Bazaar, eighteen persons participated in the All Tenrikyo Nioigake Day, seven persons participated in the Boy’s and Girl’s Association Trick or Treat for Unicef activity and adult leaders participated in the Boy’s & Girl’s Association Leaders Fun Camp. An average of four persons helped with the weekly yard work on neglected sidewalks and yards of the elderly and physically challenged throughout the year, as well at the Tenri Cultural Center and tree trimming at the mission headquarters.  The Sazuke was administered a total of 418 times in 2010.  We were able to begin monthly musical instrument practice with an average of six persons attending and the exterior repainting of the Pearl Church building was completed with all Hinokishin hands. We give thanks for this past year’s participation and in gratitude and resolve we look forward toward ever greater joy in this New Year.

The service performers, bearing in mind this precious day the portals were opened will express their appreciation and perform the January Grand Service at this church.  We children of the Path have gathered to remember the hardships Oyasama faced and sing the Mikagura-uta.  Please accept our sincere prayers.

In looking forward to this new 174th Year of Tenrikyo we church members and yoboku will devote ourselves to mastering the Service as Oyasama taught us, administer the Sazuke, engage in nioigake and salvation work, return to Jiba with as many people as possible and work towards the success of the Hawaii Convention.  May You, God the Parent, continue to guide us with Your warm parental heart to allow us to convey the path of the Joyous Life to the people around us.

Together with everyone present, I pray for these blessings.

Before God the Parent, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto, I, Owen Osamu Nakao, Pastor of Tenrikyo Pearl Church, pray with reverence:

God the Parent, we are grateful for Your constant protection and gradual instruction that guides us on the path to spiritual growth. In this last month of this 173rd year of Tenrikyo we are all striving for the sake of single-hearted salvation while leaning on the ever-living Oyasama and we give thanks for the many and
continuous blessings we have received throughout the year.

Today, for this December monthly service at Pearl Church, the service performers will now unite their hearts to perform the seated service and Teodori joyfully and in high spirits. Please accept our prayers as we brothers and sisters of this Path have looked forward to this day and have gathered before You to
sing the Mikagura-uta.

Through your blessing the repainting of Pearl Church was finally completed on November 24, nineteen persons attended the thanksgiving dinner held on November 25 and also, two junior leaders and three adult leaders from Pearl Church participated in the Boy’s and Girl’s Association Leaders Fun camp held at the mission HQ on November 26 through 27. In addition, an average of four persons helped with the weekly yard work on neglected sidewalks and various private yards as well as the Tenri Cultural Center throughout the year. The Sazuke was administered a total of 23 times for the month of November and a blessing service was
conducted for a place of business on December 2. We thank you deeply for these blessings.

In the remaining days of this year we vow to work together engaging in hinokishin and salvation work with a unity of mind and continue to encourage as many people as possible to return to Jiba.

We pray that Your guidance will strengthen us into worthy Yoboku, striving with a single heart for the salvation of others. We hope that our efforts will bring joy to You and peace in this world where all people help one another as brothers and sisters. With our minds in unity toward the Truth of the Jiba, we would like to spiritedly perform the last monthly service of the 173rd Year of Tenrikyo.

In union with the congregation, I pray for these blessings.

Before God the Parent, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto, I, Owen Osamu Nakao, Pastor of Tenrikyo Pearl Church, pray with reverence:

    God the Parent, in this month of Thanksgiving, we are very grateful for Your constant protection and gradual instruction that guides us on the path to spiritual growth.  In gratitude, we are all striving for the sake of single-hearted salvation while leaning on the ever-living Oyasama.

    Today, for this November monthly service at Pearl Church, we give thanks for being kept alive by your divine grace and being blessed by your love and protection.  The service performers will now unite their hearts to perform the seated service and Teodori joyously and in high spirits.  Please accept our prayers as we brothers and sisters of this Path have looked forward to this day and have gathered before You to sing the Mikagura-uta.

    Through your blessing and guidance seven persons from Pearl Church attended the Mission Headquarters October Grand Service. Also, four persons from Pearl Church attended the Tengen October Grand Service on October 23rd and four persons attended the church headquarters October Grand Service.  A total of three persons returned Jiba for the month of October.  Seven persons from Pearl Church, “trick or treated” for UNICEF in Waikiki.

     Also due to Your blessing we are most happy to report that we are near completion of The Pearl Church exterior painting project with numerous people contributing to see its completion.  We give thanks that an average of four persons are helping with tree trimming and yard work for the elderly in our community. We thank you deeply to these wonderful blessings.

    In this eleventh month of the 173rd year of Tenrikyo, we vow to continue to work together engaging in hinokishin and salvation work with a unity of mind and encourage as many people as possible to return to Jiba.  We pray for the victims and survivors of conflicts and disasters in the world; that they may have faith and resolve to overcome their grief and suffering.

    We pray that Your guidance will strengthen us into worthy Yoboku, striving with a single heart for the salvation of others.  We hope that our efforts will bring joy to You and peace in this world where we all help one another as brothers and sisters.  With our minds in unity towards the Truth of the Jiba, we would like to spiritedly perform the November Monthly Service today.

    In union with the congregation, I pray for these blessings.