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Today's Verse
November Monthly Service Performed
On November 26, Church Headquarters conducted its November Monthly Service in the Main Sanctuary, with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. It was a balmy autumn day with very little wind, where the mild sunshine illuminated the colored tree leaves in the precincts as well as in the mountains stretching…
2009’s Fifth Lecture for Mothers Held
The Lecture for Mothers, hosted by the Women’s Association, was held on the afternoon of November 26 at Tenri City Auditorium, drawing 964 people. The lecture was held five times this year, drawing a total of 4,894 people. The lecturer was Mrs. Yoko Fukuda, wife of the head minister of…
Students Advisory Committee Draws Some 800 to Students Nurturers Convention
On November 25, Tenrikyo Students Advisory Committee organized the Students Nurturers Convention in Dining Hall 2. The convention was attended by approximately 800 members of students advisory committees of directly supervised churches and dioceses. At the convention, Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs Yoshitaro Ueda began his address by saying: “The Students…
National Taiwan University and Tenri University Co-host Religious Studies Symposium in Taipei
On November 21 and 22, National Taiwan University and Tenri University co-hosted a symposium entitled “Comparative Studies of Religions in Taiwan and Japan.” This symposium, held in Taipei, was organized with the aim of further developing religious studies in Taiwan and Japan through academic exchanges between the two universities. Representing…
The Autumn Grand Service for the 172nd Year of the Teaching
Followers Pledge to Take Steady Steps toward Single-hearted Salvation with Renewed Minds On October 26, the Autumn Grand Service was conducted at Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant, commemorating the Teaching’s day of origin when God the Parent became openly revealed in the world for the…
Young Men’s Association Holds 85th Convention
On October 27, the day after the Autumn Grand Service, the 85th Tenrikyo Young Men’s Association Convention was held in the Inner Courtyard of Church Headquarters, drawing some 13,000 participants including association members from both within the country and from overseas. At last year’s convention–commemorating the 90th anniversary of the…