Today's Verse
What do you think this path is about? It is to cleanse the heart of everyone in the world. (XVI:56-57)
Interdisciplinary Course on Vertical Mission Held
Interdisciplinary Course on Vertical Mission, which used to be called Vertical Mission Institute, was reorganized at the Home of the Parent by the Boys and Girls Association Headquarters with the aim of understanding the dramatically changing social environment in which children live and discovering ways to nurture the Boys and…
Group Pilgrimages Organized
During the week surrounding Church Headquarters’ November Monthly Service Day, many dioceses and directly supervised churches organized their respective group pilgrimages to Jiba. On November 25, Mie Diocese organized a Besseki pilgrimage joined by 4,600 people. The diocese had installed in January this year a committee for promoting missionary work…
New Head Ministers Assemble at the Home of the Parent
The 52nd Meeting for Newly Appointed Church Head Ministers took place on November 27 and 28 at the Home of the Parent, drawing 265 head ministers appointed between May and October this year, as well as their spouses. This biannual meeting provides new head ministers and their spouses with an…
Completion of South Right Wing 1 of the Oyasato-yakata
Construction work on South Right Wing 1 of the Oyasato-yakata building-complex was completed on November 30. On that day, a thanksgiving service was performed in the Main Sanctuary of Church Headquarters in order to offer thanks to God the Parent for the successful completion of the construction work. The service,…
November Monthly Service Conducted
The November Monthly Service was conducted at Tenrikyo Church Headquarters on the 26th of November with the Shinbashira presiding. Since the Monthly Service fell on a Sunday, the congregation was composed of an unusually large number of families and pilgrimage groups, who not only filled the four worship halls, the…
Tenri Seminary Marks Its 100th Anniversary
A ceremony to commemorate Tenri Seminary’s hundredth anniversary was held on November 25 in Church Headquarters’ Dining Hall 2. Both the Shinbashira and the former Shinbashira were present at the ceremony, which was attended by about 4,000 people including students and graduates of the Graduate Seminary, Junior Seminary, and Daini…