The August Monthly Service was conducted on the 26th with the Shinbashira presiding. With the Service day falling on the last weekend during the summer vacation, the Sanctuary was filled with adults and their children. At 9:00 A.M. the Shinbashira and the other Service performers left the Staff Quarters to…
The Shinbashira led the July Monthly Service at Tenrikyo’s headquarters on the 26th, which was the first fine day after a very wet week. In attendance, among others, were many young boys and girls who had come to participate in the Children’s Pilgrimage to Jiba scheduled to start that afternoon,…
The June Monthly Service was performed in the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters on the morning of the 26th. The Service began with the Shinbashira’s prayer in which he offered heartfelt thanks for the boundless providence through which God the Parent became openly revealed in the world in order…
The May Monthly Service was conducted on the 26th in the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. The weather in the Home of the Parent was cloudy in the morning, and the temperature during the Service remained relatively cool, reaching a high of…
The April Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was solemnly conducted on the 26th with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. The weather was overcast and relatively chilly for this season of the year–the average temperature in the morning being 50.4ºF (10.2ºC). For the sake of warmth, many people in…
The March Monthly Service was conducted in the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters on the 26th with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. Since the Service fell on Sunday, there were a lot of pilgrimage groups that returned to Jiba from near and far, and the precincts of Church…