Today's Verse
When understanding comes to all of you, Tsukihi will assuredly save you. (XI:14-15)
New Year’s Festivities Observed
New Year’s Day Service New Year’s Day Service of Church Headquarters, ushering in the 164th year of the Teaching, was conducted in the Main Sanctuary, with the Shinbashira presiding and large numbers of followers attending in the four worship halls. It commenced at five o’clock on the relatively mild New…
The Shinbashira Addresses New Year’s Meeting
At Church Headquarters’ annual New Year’s meeting held on January 4 after the evening service, the Shinbashira addressed 660 Church Headquarters’ officials, head ministers of directly supervised churches, superintendents of dioceses, members of the Assembly, and committee members of Tenrikyo associations. Speaking on activities of churches in particular, the Shinbashira…
From Shiawase o yobu kokoro by Eiji Ozaki: The Truth of Arising Occurrences (4)
On the Path of the Heart, Everything Comes to Bear on the Self Says a Divine Direction: Sah, this path is a path for the mind alone, the mind alone. I cannot tell you to do this or that. Though I cannot tell you, listen and understand well.…
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…