Today's Verse
As your minds become spirited step by step, there shall be rich harvests and prosperity everywhere. (I:8-9)
April Monthly Service Performed
On April 26, Tenrikyo Church Headquarters conducted its Monthly Service in the Main Sanctuary with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. After expressing gratitude for God the Parent’s loving concern, the Shinbashira said in the Service prayer, “We Service performers as well as church head ministers and other Yoboku will…
94th Women’s Association Convention
On April 19, Tenrikyo Women’s Association held its 94th annual convention. About 45,000 members attended the event. At 8:00 a.m., the start of registration was announced. Groups of members, mostly led by a member bearing their chapter’s burgundy banner, filed into the Inner Courtyard one after another. Staff at the…
Large Number of followers Celebrate Oyasama’s 214th Birthday
Approximately 70,000 followers, including many from overseas, returned to Jiba to celebrate the 214th birthday of the everliving Oyasama, “our beloved Parent,” on April 18. […]
Installation Service for New Head at Philippines Center
On April 1, the installation service for Rev. Makoto Hamada as the fourth head of Tenrikyo Philippines Center in Manila was conducted. The event, which was also the center’s April monthly service, drew about 110 people, including Overseas Department Head Yoichiro Miyamori and Asia I Section Chief Shoji Sato. The…
This Month’s Message: Honesty
Oyasama took three unhulled grains of rice in Her hand and then placed them one at a time in the palm of Izo Iburi’s hand, saying: “This is early rising, this is honesty and this is work.” Anecdotes of Oyasama, no. 29 Let us think about honesty. The importance of…
Tenri Health Care University Opens
On April 3, Tenri Health Care University held its first ever entrance ceremony in the university’s auditorium in the presence of the Shinbashira. It was established by consolidating and reorganizing Tenri Nursing School and Tenri School of Medical Technology into a single university. The new university will assume the task…