The Shinbashira’s New Year’s Greetings

May I extend my warmest New Year’s greetings to all of you. I hope you have welcomed the New Year in bright spirits. Last year, we designated “three years, one thousand days” for our decisive drive to prepare for the 120th Anniversary of Oyasama and embarked on the anniversary-related activities.…

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Boys and Girls Association Holds Nurturing Course

Tenrikyo Boys and Girls Association Headquarters held its Nurturing Course on November 25 in East Right Wing 4 of the Oyasato-yakata building-complex. Attending it were 281 people including leaders of the association’s directly supervised church corps and diocese corps. The course sought to provide participants with an opportunity to ponder…

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Convention Calls for Reaching Out and Conveying the Joy of Faith to the Youth of the Path

The Student Nurturers Convention, an annual convention sponsored by Tenrikyo Student Advisory Committee, was held in Jiba on November 25, drawing 730 people, including the student advisory committee chairpersons of the dioceses and directly supervised churches. The convention began with an address delivered by Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs Masahiko Iburi.…

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November Monthly Service Performed

Blessed with mild weather unusual for this time of year–the average temperature in the morning being 56.3F–Church Headquarters November Monthly Service was solemnly conducted on the 26th with the Shinbashira presiding. Followers heading for the Main Sanctuary to attend the Service were greeted by golden ginkgo leaves glittering in the…

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Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps in Taiwan Conducts Training

Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps (TDRHC) in Taiwan, which is Tenrikyo’s only formally organized overseas corps, conducted its second training camp at a recreational facility in Taipei Prefecture on October 10-11. There, 29 local members, mostly corps leaders, were joined by four Disaster Relief Hinokishin Headquarters supervisors, who had been…

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