The New Year’s Day Service ushering in the 162nd year of Tenrikyo was performed in the Main Sanctuary of Church Headquarters from 5:00 a.m. on January 1. It was still dark outside when the throngs of followers, including many families, assembled for the Service. The Service commenced with the Shinbashira’s…
Following Church Headquarters’ evening service on January 4, about 700 Church Headquarters’ officials, head ministers of directly supervised churches, superintendents of dioceses, members of the Assembly, and committee members of Tenrikyo associations gathered in the Assembly Hall to attend the annual New Year’s meeting. To commence the meeting, Director-in-Chief of…