80th All-Tenrikyo Nioigake Day

Thank you to those who came out for the all Tenrikyo Nioigake Day held on this past Labor Day at Stadium Park.  About 80 people attended of which 18 were from Pearl Church.  About half of us went door to door nioigake while the other half clean the park as Hinokishin.

A Caucasian man approached us at the park and exclaimed, “I was just thinking, ‘wouldn’t it be great if a group of people volunteered to clean the park today,’ here you are! Would you mind if I borrowed your cleaning equipment?” And he joined us in cleaning the park!  It was an awesome day.  On door to door I partnered with Setsumi, we administered sazuke three times!  There was a lot of paper & plastic trash that day at the park, so the cleaning was dramatic.

Thank you to you all.  We just made the world a better place!
Rev. Owen Nakao

Bazaar Mahalo & the All Tenrikyo Nioigake Day

Due to God the Parent‘s blessings, Oyasama‘s guidance, the support of Bishop and Mrs. Hamada, and the sincere hinokishin efforts of everyone we were able to conduct the 42nd Annual Bazaar with joy, gratitude and unity of mind in good weather with a few occasional showers. Thankfully there were no major accidents or injuries.

I would like to thank all of you for your sincere hinokishin!

The financials are not out yet, but judging by the crowd, I’m sure we did very well!

The “bazaar mahalo party” will be held after the Mission Headquarters monthly service during the luncheon on Sunday, September 16th at about 11:45. Please join us.

Next up is our annual All Tenrikyo Nioigake Day which will be the 80th year to be held at Moiliili Old Stadium Park on Monday, Labor Day, September 3rd, 9am – 11am. Refreshments served at 11am. Those who wish to do nioigake will canvass the neighborhood and those who wish to do hinokishin will clean the park! Please dress appropriately (recommend hinokishin t-shirt if cleaning the park and bring rakes and dust pans).

Rev. Owen Nakao