The Shinbashira delivered his New Year’s address at the New Year’s meeting of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters conducted in the Assembly Hall following the evening service on January 4. The meeting was attended by 683 participants, including resident staff members of Church Headquarters, head ministers of directly supervised churches, superintendents of…
On January 1, the New Year’s Day Service marking the beginning of the 176th year of Tenrikyo was conducted in the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. This year also marks the first year of the “three years, one thousand days” pre-anniversary period…
The last Monthly Service of 2012 was conducted at the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters on December 26, with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. In the Service prayer, after mentioning that Instruction Three was announced in October at the Autumn Grand Service, the Shinbashira went on to say,…
The November Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters took place in the Main Sanctuary on the 26th with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. In the Service prayer, after expressing appreciation for God the Parent’s boundless protection, the Shinbashira said: “All of us Yoboku will purify our minds according to…
The Autumn Memorial Service was conducted on September 27 with the Shinbashira presiding. The Memorial Service began in the Main Sanctuary with the reading of the prayer, which was followed by a performance of the Eight Verses of the Yorozuyo and the Twelve Songs. The Shinbashira then proceeded to the…
The September Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters took place in the Main Sanctuary on the 26th with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. In the Service prayer, the Shinbashira thanked God the Parent not only for becoming openly revealed upon the arrival of the Promised Time and conveying the…