Dear Moiliili Hongwanji Members and Friends,

I hope this email finds you well within the Compassionate Light of Amida Buddha. I would like to invite you and your family to our Sunday Service on November 13, 2022, at 9:00 am. 

MOILIILI HONGWANJI EITAIKYO SERVICE:

*We hold the Sunday Service in a hybrid setting. You can join us either in person or via Zoom.

Monthly Remembrance – Please contact the office if you’d like to honor your loved ones who passed away in the month of November. 

• Opening Remarks
• “America the Beauty” by the Happy Strummers
• Kansho (Temple Bell）
• Offering of Lights and Flowers 
• Vandana & Ti-Sarana
• Remembrance
• Sutra Chanting: “Twelve Homages” (*Service Book (PDF) is available online from here.)
• Gatha: “Namo Amida Butsu” 
• Dharma Message: Rev. Ai Hironaka (Lahaina Hongwanji Mission) 
• Gatha: “Living Gratefully” 
• Reading: “Shinshu Pledge (I)”
• Nembutsu 
• Recognition of Veterans
• Acknowledgments & Announcements

In-Person: Anyone is welcome to attend in person. Refreshments after the Service.

Online: Please click the Zoom link* to join in the service starting at 9:00 a.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Feel free to invite your family and friends to our Sunday Service. Your donation is greatly appreciated.  <Donate Now>
• Request for Altar Flowers: We are always in need of flowers for our Temple and Columbarium altars. If you have flowers that are long-lasting or tall greens to share, please bring them to the temple by 4:30 pm on Thursdays or by 8:00 am on Fridays. Ginger and heliconia are good examples. Thank you for your help.
• November 20 – Regular Sunday Service: Speaker Rev. Toshiyuki Umitani 
• November 27 – Regular Sunday Service: Speaker Rev. Toshiyuki Umitani (Temple annual clean-up is postponed to 2023 Spring) 
• White Way Broadcast every Saturday at KZOO Radio (AM1210) from 7:45am-8:00am Listen to KZOO Radio Online (Click “Listen to KZOO” on their website) – 11/12 Speaker: Rev. Alan Urasaki (Former Supervisory Chaplain at Federal Detention Center)
• Archive of the White Way Radio Broadcasts 
• Dharma School Dana Food Drive: Donations will be sent to the Hawaii Foodbank.  Please drop off at the temple office by 12/20.  
• 11/18 – Kauai District Online Nembutsu Seminar “A look at Shinran Shonin’s Life and Thought” with Rev. Dr. Miyaji Takashi (Flyer attached) 
• 11/19-20 – Maui District Online Nembutsu Seminar “Change or Die” with Rev. Bob Oshita (Flyer attached) 
• 12/4 9:30am – Hawaii Buddhist Council Bodhi Day Service at Jodo Mission of Hawaii.  Speaker Roshi Michael Kieran of Palolo Zen Center.  Hybrid Service.
• 12/10 – Online Seminar “Never Alone: Shin Buddhism and End-of-Life Care” by Rev. Tatsuo Muneto (Flyer attached)

Toshiyuki Umitani
Resident Minister, Moiliili Hongwanji Mission