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2011 Jodo Shu Calendar

Live the Jodo Shu style each and every day, sharing in the love and

compassion of Amida Buddha year round with the messages of distin-

guished priests. Calendar is for January through

December 2011 Free calendar is available.

Please order your calendar now before we run out

Please call Jodo Mission

of Hawaii at 949-3995 by November 10.

Jodo Mission of Hawaii 1429 Makiki St.

Honolulu HI 96814

Address Service Requested

JODO MISSION OF HAWAII

BULLETIN - NOVEMBER 2010

(#1168-1110)

JODO SHU CHIEF ABBOT SHUNEI TSUBOI PASSED AWAY

Our Jodo Shu Chief Abbot Shunei Tsuboi (81st Chionin Monzaki) passed away on September 6th. He was 95 years old. Official Jodo Shu funeral was held on October 8th at Chionin Temple in Kyoto. Bishop Gensho Hara represented Hawaii Jodo Shu at the official last rite. We will offer prayer for Chief Abbot Tsuboi at our O-Juya Ser-vice on Sunday, November 14, 2010, at 10 a.m.

LAYPERSONS’ & FUJINKAI CONVENTION

The 21st Layper-sons’ Association and 22nd Hawaii Rengo Fujinkai Conventions were successfully held on Maui on September 17-19, 2010. About 80 peo-ple participated (30 from neighbor islands) in committee meetings, Fujinkai and Laypersons’ General Meetings, “Bridging the Gap” panel discussion. It was decided the next Layperson’s and Fujinkai Conventions will be held on Kauai in 2012.

THANK YOU to Donald Fujii, President of the Laypersons’ Association and also served as Co-Chairperson of the Convention with Yayoi Hara. They did a wonderful job of co-ordinating all the transportation to the hotel in Lahaina as well as to the three temples on Maui (Lahaina, Kahului and Wailuku) to attend the various meetings and services. They also made onolicious foods, including fresh caught papio, and served us breakfast, lunch and dinner. Also, the fellowship with all the members of the three temples as well as from the other is-land temples on the Big Island, Kauai and Oahu.

THANK YOU also to Valentina Watson who led the Fujinkai ladies in a discussion about the future of the Hawaii Rengo Fujinkai (statewide Fujinkai). Oahu has agreed to con-duct the next Hawaii Rengo Convention meet-ing on Kauai. Laypersons and Fujinkai Convention delegates continued the YBA Convention workshop held in June of this year on the topic of “Bridging the Gap”. A panel consisting of Lyn Yamamoto (Wailuku) first briefly re-capped the YBA workshop, followed by pres-entations by panelists Iris Nitta (Kahului),

Mark Nakamura (Hilo), Melanie Matsui (Haleiwa), and Sam Gushiken (Koloa). The fol-lowing is a summary of their presentations and discussions that lists general gaps, problems and issues that arise because of these gaps, and sug-gestions/ideas to start bridging those gaps.

I. Communication/language/cultural gaps: Lack of communication between Kyodan, Fujinkai, and ministers, between members of other temples, and between temple and the greater community. = Sermons need to be relevant to our community and today as well as to younger generation (i.e. explain why we chant and offer incense). Make sermons pertinent to what is going on in the world. = Members can contribute to newsletters and temple bulletin by submitting articles and essays. = Making newsletters (i.e. Pure Land Life, Hawaii Buddhism) available online and inviting community to activities online and via local newspapers.

II. Gaps between people: Not enough new people coming in (as well as loss of members who do not come any more). = New people should be made to feel welcome = Hold extra curricular activities for members and invite friends to join such activities as golf club, sake tasting, and cooking classes. = Hold classes on Buddhism, not only for the members but for the general public.

III. Age and generation gaps: = Hold activities to create an environment of sharing (i.e., Haleiwa has craft day, in which the Fujinkai teaches craft such as rug making). Do you have any suggestions for new or differ-ent activities that would bridge the gap?

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MOCHI (Dec. 29) ORDER FORM おもち注文表 Deadline for order is Thursday, December 9, 2010

注文締め切り１２月9日

LIMIT: 5 pounds per family

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

Order accepted by: _______________ Date accepted: _____/_____/_2010 (In person/ Mail / Phone)

Received by: _______________ Date paid: _____/_____/_2010 (Cash / Check# )

PLEASE PRINT NAME 名前 HOME PHONE NO. 電話番号

OKASANE おかさね

$3.25/SET 3” SIZE

KOMOCHI こもち

$3.00/POUND

TOTAL 合計

SETS

LBS

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MOCHI

With the New Year just around the corner it is once again time to order our delecta-ble mochi. This year, we will be selling Okasane and Komochi. Please fill out the mochi order form above. The deadline to submit your mochi order form is Thursday, December 9th.

Mochi is to be picked up on: Wednesday, December 29, 2010

From 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm And to those who would like to learn and make mochi with us, we will be making mochi on Wednesday, December 29th from 7:00 am. This is a fun and memora-ble experience for all, especially families (a family who makes mochi together sticks together). Please come and join us. We look forward to seeing you.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sunday School We welcome children to join our Sunday School. Let’s enjoy studying Onembutsu by doing various activities.

11/28/10 at 10:30 am

Sewing Circle

No Sewing Circle for November, December, and

January

Fujinkai Meeting (Women’s Association)

11/7 8:30 am

YBA Meeting

No YBA Meeting in November

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O-Juya Family Service Will be held on Sunday,

November 14 at 10:00 a.m. Please do not forget your sweet treats to share with everyone. (But not leftovers from Halloween.)

MOCHI ORDERS We apologize that we must limit the amount of mo-chi each family can order. This is due to the lack of man-

power needed to complete the many orders we receive and yet keep our prices down. If we can have more help, we can make more mochi. Mochi order form on page 3.

New Format for Front Page Due to regulations from the US Postal Service, we have had to change the format of the Bulletin’s front page. Hope you like the new format.

Meet Our New Minister Aloha everyone. It is nice to meet you.

I am a new minister of Jodo Mission of Hawaii. I arrived on October 11. My name is Yasuhiro Watanabe. I came from Abiko City, Chiba Prefecture. I had a birthday on September 3rd and I am now 35 years old.

I attended the graduate school of Waseda University and majored in applied econom-ics, especially the corporate governance system of Japanese firms. So I am familiar with Japanese econ-omy, history and cul-ture.

Then I made up my mind to be a Bud-dhist minister. I want to contribute to many people to improve their lifestyle. I met a minister of Jodo Mis-sion and talked to him about my thoughts. He was willing to accept me and I became his apprentice. Thanks to my master Koyo Hasuike, I began training as a minister and became qualified in December 2008.

Now, I’ll try my best to work with all members of Jodo Mission of Hawaii and to practice St. Honen’s teaching and Nenbutsu chanting. Thank you for your attention. NAMU AMIDA BUTSU.

Rev.Yasuhiro Watanabe wxyz151a@gmail.com

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MAHALO NUI LOA Thank you, thank you to everyone who volunteered their precious time to make our annual Bazaar held on October 17, a great success. It was an event of dedicated members and friends who unselfishly came for days to prepare the merchandise for the Bazaar. The preparation involved the do-nations by members and friends; the col-lecting/storage of these donations, the sort-ing, displaying, pricing, selling and the overall clean-up; the parking attendants; the planning and coordination of every phase of the Bazaar; the pre-Bazaar prepa-ration, i.e., the buying of foods for the pickles and meals for the volunteers for the whole week; and all the other incidentals that come with a great project.

It may have been a little overwhelming but the camaraderie, the fellowship, the renewing of old friends; the meeting of new friends, the sharing of stories and meals more than anything overcame all the sweat and hard work. Thank you again for your tremendous sacrifice to this Bazaar, another winner. ARIGATO!

BAZAAR NEWS

Lots of people and lots of things!

♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ Jodo Mission of Hawaii Kids’ Choir “Malama”

First Kids’ Choir Class will begin on Sunday, November 14, 2010, at 11 a.m. Any child ages 5 to 8 years old can join. They will sing mainly Japanese songs and Buddhist gathas. Practice will be in Japa-nese. ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫

Ki-Aikido

Are you interested in learning more about Ki-Akido. If so, please contact Lokahi Ki Society at www.LokahiKi.com or tele-phone (808) 372-7724 for chil-dren & adult classes. Contact per-son: Eric Kahalelehua

Lots of interesting things.

Two happy volunteers helping with the Plant Sale were Vivian Aoki and Carol Yanagihara. Both working hard in the hot sun.

Obituaries The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends its sincere condolences to the family members and loved ones of the following members who have recently left this world for the Pure Land. Mike Shigeo Hara 89 Yoshio Higashihara 95 Fumiko Nishimura 90 Yoko Watanabe Griner 77 Masumi Yano 78 Raymond Chikara Kanzaki 88

Jodo Mission Office Hours:

Monday to Saturday 8am—5pm

Sunday & Holidays 8am—3pm

Rev. Yubun Narashiba Head Minister Rev. Kanjun Nakano

Resident Minister

Rev. Dwight Nakamura

Retired Minister Page 6

What is “Perpetual Memorial Service?” (Eitaikyo)

This record of a perpetual memorial ser-vice and is called Eitaikyo in Japanese. When the date of death occurs for a person listed on this record, the ministers pray for that individual during the morning service. The prayers will continue each year for as long as Jodo Mission exists. Anyone can be included in it. You may put your own name on the list, too. This also helps when it is difficult to have memorial services. We also welcome you to attend the morning service at 8:30am.

How to apply Stop by the office, and fill out the applica-tion form. Each name costs $200. After the application is accepted, the name will be listed on the record.

Wedding Services, Baby Blessings, House Blessings are available

upon request.

If you are planning to get married or know someone who is planning a wedding or if you would like to renew your wedding vows, you are welcome to recommend our Temple. To pledge eternal love between husband and wife to Amida Buddha is very important. Baby Blessings: May Amida Buddha’s love surround our children with love. House Blessings: May your new house, apartment, home be blessed. Please call for an appointment.

Rev. Yasuhiro Watanabe Resident Minister

1 Gensaku Nakagawa The Nakagawa Family Hidetsugu Kanai Sadao Hedani Masao Takeda 2 Koichi Yoshiumi The Yoshiumi Family Koichi Nakamura Jiro Masuda Kenjiro Ishii Tari Sato 3 Fuji Yoshisaki The Yoshisaki Family Tsurue Hayase 4 Kiichi Saiki Kanji Kimoto Emi Taira 5 Kanichi Iwamoto The Iwamoto Family Matsutaro Tanimura The Tanimura Family Yuriko Sano Yasuichi Hamasaki Katajiro Yamamoto 6 Kinroku Morita The Morita Family Jihei Shimokawa The Shimokawa Family Tokizo Fujita Tomi Tominaga 7 Taeko Mizuno Mizuno & Ota Family Tadahito Sakuda The Sakuda Family Shoichi Hisamura Kimiko Nobuji Hatsue Gonhata Aki Ikeda Kenji Sano 8 Machida's Baby Masao Uno The Uno Family Bansuke Tomai The Tomai Family Tsutomu Hanano Kazuo Gonhata Kazo Kubota 9 Iwao Iwamoto The Iwamoto Family Natsu Kanemoto The Kanemoto & Miyamoto Family Otome Sugiyama

Yoshio Kanehira Mildred Asako Tsuda 10 Yoshisuke Miyakawa The Miyakawa Family Shinayo Kano The Kano & Watabe Family Rev. Myoshun Hayashi The Hayashi Family Shuichi Ota Clarence Katsuji Morimoto 11 Tsuru Teramoto The Teramoto Family Tamotsu Sugiyama Soyo Nishida Yonoichi Kitagawa Herbert H. Kano 12 Tomohei Tejima The Tejima Family Sueji Yano 13 Matsujiro Tsurusaki The Tsurusaki & Inada Family 14 Shiro Fukunaga 15 Gentaro Arita The Arita Family Toyomi Moritsugu Kana Teruya Enosuke Kawasugi Rosalie Katsuko Nishimura 16 Tora Otani The Otani & Yanagihara Family Shosaku Yagi The Yagi & Okada Family Kazuo Hayashi The Hayashi Family Koichi Ono The Ono & Yamada Family Mitsuko Yanagihara Fumi Miyamoto 18 Jinkichi Tanaka The Tanaka & Noda Family Kimie Hashimoto 19 Onsho Chinen The Chinen Family Saku Fukuda The Fukuda Family Mamu Iwasaki Yaeko Uesugi 20 Naka Iwamoto The Iwamoto Family Totaro Nomiyama Toyo Terada

Yoshi Yamanaka Taru Namihira 21 Bishop Kyokujo Kubokawa 22 Wasa Hamada The Hamada Family Shina Karamatsu The Karamatsu Family Minnosuke Ebisugawa Mamoru Tatei Fusae Oshita Paul Shigeyuki Sakuda 23 Matsue Inoue The Inoue Family Sano Matsumoto Yutaka Matsumoto Yoshiichi Takemoto Kinji Yamamoto Takami Aoki 24 Tatsuo Tsuda Yonezo Kitagawa 25 Tadao Nakamura Matsuyo Yamamoto Tsutomu Kuniyuki 26 Asako Yamamoto Kieko "Kay" Fuse Miyoko Matsumura Noboru Tarumoto 27 Chisaburo Azuma The Azuma Family Jane Hatsuko Higa Hisako Kurakake 28 Tameno Fujimoto The Fujimoto Family Hatsuo Murao 29 Junichi Oki Heizo Furukawa

30 Tsuma Ishida The Ishida & Aimoto Family Shizu Shigeoka Usanosuke Otani

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