June 2018 The Newsletter of Mililani Hongwanji Mission Volume 41 Issue No. 6

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1 June 2018 The Newsletter of Mililani Hongwanji Mission Volume 41 Issue No. 6 3 Sun 9:00 AM Family Service (No Dharma School) 9 Sat 1 PM--3 PM OUHHBWA Open House 10 Sun 7:30 AM Ki-Aikido Car Wash Fundraiser 10 Sun 9:00 AM Joint Memorial & Family Service (No Dharma School) 10 Sun 10:15 AM BWA Meeting 10 Sun 12:00 PM Oahu Lay Association Meeting at Mililani Hongwanji 13 Wed 7:30 PM Kyodan Board of Directors Meeting 17 Sun 9:00 AM Gannenmono Service, Guest Speaker: Rev. Gene Sekiya (No Dharma School) (Father's Day) 24 Sun 9:00 AM Family Service (No Dharma School) 1 Sun 9:00 AM Family Service: Guest Speaker-Dr. Jeff Wilson (No Dharma School) 3 Tue 10:00 AM Wahiawa Skilled Nursing Facility Visitation 8 Sun 7:30 AM Ki-Aikido Car Wash Fundraiser 8 Sun 9:00 AM Joint Memorial & Family Service (No Dharma School) 8 Sun 10:15 AM BWA Meeting 11 Wed 7:30 PM Kyodan Board of Directors Meeting 15 Sun 9:00 AM Family Service (No Dharma School) 22 Sun 9:00 AM Family Service (No Dharma School) 26 Thu 7 PM--9 PM Public Bon Dance Practice 29 Sun 9:00 AM Family Service (No Dharma School) Religious Services Meeting After Service Mililani Hongwanji Regularly Scheduled Monthly Meetings/Programs/Activities Meeting/Program/Activity Day(s) Time Period Contact No. Contact Person Location Adult Day Care Weekdays 8:00am - 5:00pm Trece White Educ. Bldg Bon Dance Class Tuesdays 7:00pm - 9:00pm Myra Fujino Temple BWA Meeting 2nd Sunday 10:15am - 11:15am Diane Yoza Educ. Bldg Crochet Group (max) Mondays 9:00am - 11:00am Rev. Fujimoto Educ. Bldg Flower Arrangement 1st & 3rd Tuesdays 8:30am - 12:00pm Carrie Kawamoto Temple Judo Club Mon & Wed 5:30pm - 7:30pm Chad Yasumura Educ. Bldg Judo Club Thr & Fri 6:00pm - 7:30pm Chad Yasumura Educ. Bldg Judo Club Sundays 1:00pm - 3:00pm Chad Yasumura Educ. Bldg Ki-Aikido Club Mon, Wed, Thr 7:30pm - 8:30pm Eric Nonaka Educ. Bldg Kyodan Board Meeting 2nd Wednesday 7:30pm - 9:30pm Rev. Fujimoto Temple Line Dance Class (wait listed) Wednesdays 9:45am - 12:00pm Nora Hahn Temple Lotus Connection (card making) Last Thursday 9:00am - 11:00am Carrie Kawamoto Temple Mindful Meditation 1st Friday 7:30pm - 8:30pm Stephen Chinen Temple Morning Service Mon, Tue, Wed 8:00am - 8:30am Rev. Fujimoto Temple Music Jam Session 2nd & 4th Fridays 7:00pm - 8:00pm Rene Mansho Temple Parkinson's Support Group (max) 2nd Tuesday 9:00am - 12:00pm Rev. Fujimoto Temple Qi Gong Class Tuesdays 7:30pm - 8:30pm Carrie Kawamoto Educ. Bldg Thursday Gang (maintenance) Thursdays 7:30am - 1:00pm Lester Ogawa All Areas Weekly Family Dharma Service Sundays 9:00am - 10:00am Rev. Fujimoto Temple Note: Schedule subject to change without prior notification. As of 5/20/18 Temple activities should be posted as soon as possible on the MASTER CALENDAR located on the bulletin board for inclusion in the Dharma Connection calendar and for general temple planning.

2 What is YOUR Relationship With Amida Buddha? On most mornings, I start my day either in front of my Ōbutsudan or the temple meditating and chanting Shōshinge. For me, it is my time to develop and maintain my relationship with Amida Buddha. On Sundays, many of you go to church services to hear a sermon and sing. That is how many cultivate their relationship with their faith. In the Jodō Shinshū, chanting doesn t give us any super natural powers, nor does it rectify any wrong doings, or grant our petitionary prayers. What it does do is open our hearts and minds to accept our faith and allows us to express our faith and gratitude to Amida Buddha. For Shinran, our faith does not exist without chanting. In his writings he states, The True Faith is necessarily accompanied by the utterance of the Name. In essence, Shinran makes the recitation of Nembutsu an existential condition to which chanting and Nembutsu recitation is not a practice, but an exclamation of our appreciation and gratitude for the deep awareness that the Buddha will always embrace us and not refuse us. It is the true essence of our faith and allows us an active role in living a life of appreciation and gratitude. Our compassion deepens and with it comes a better understanding of our place in the world. That place is in being one with Amida s Primal Vow. It is through the recitation of the Nembutsu that we develop and nurture our faith. It is in the active hearing and recitation that we take away each Sunday, this religious experience, that gets nurtured and we have the opportunity to take it home and implement it into our own lives, and then we get a deeper sense of what true gratitude is. True gratitude is rooted in the Nembutsu and allows us to be mindful and see much more than the tip of the iceberg. We become awaken to the karmic conditions both seen and unseen that were just right for the situation to happen. Nembutsu allows us and reminds us to slow down in life and see all that life offers us in this crazy world we live in. It allows us the opportunity to savor the moments both large and small in life. Let us seize the moment and let us together nurture our relationship with Amida Buddha through the Nembutsu. Rev. David Fujimoto 2

3 Aloha Mililani Hongwanji Ohana! We must treasure our ministers as they strive to guide us and help our temples to thrive with all the changes that surround us every day. While our Hongwanji theme for this year is, Embrace Change: Harmony - Accept Differences, it truly exemplifies the colorful differences we experience meeting different ministers, and how much we appreciate their care and compassion, which leads me to share with you a bright spot in our Oahu District. On April 23rd, our Oahu District Kanji (District Chairperson) Rev. Kojun Hashimoto of Wahiawa Hongwanji, and Rev. Mariko Nishiyama of Pearl City Hongwanji, met with our Lay Leaders from Aiea, Mililani, Pearl City, Wahiawa, Waialua, and Waipahu, to talk story about ministers concerns and sangha and temple issues. Interesting, inspiring, eye-opening, and we also laughed a lot. Everyone enjoyed our 2-hour session and are looking forward to our next opportunity to share our appreciation to our ministers. The Bon Dance Planning is going gangbusters and I am personally so happy that we can enjoy chicken hekka and fried noodles and kalua pig and cabbage on Friday night! Of course, the food trucks on Saturday night are a treat too! The Craft Fair is back and we always love the Silent Auction, and Country Store! Mahalo to all the volunteers and hope many more will sign up for this year! You might have missed a fun night at Mililani Hongwanji on April 21 when we celebrated Mililani Town s 50th Anniversary with good food, good company and awesome fireworks! Mahalo to organizer, the ever-faithful June Asato. The Gotan-e Service on May 20th, 9:00 AM, at Waipahu Hongwanji was a huge success with the touching speaker, Laurie Rubin, and the wonderful songfest led by Ministers Hashimoto, Nishiyama, Yagi, Fujimoto, and Soga! Shinran Shonin was probably so happy to see his followers emphasizing the meaning of Jodo Shinshu through the dharma service and singing gathas. Hana Hou! Let s do it again. We had soooo much fun at our Oahu Lay Association Buddha Bowling Bash on May 20th, at Aiea Bowl, followed by food and relaxation at Aiea Hongwanji, brought out 45 participants! That s 10 more than last year. What a great feeling to hang out with members young and old from our Oahu Temples. Memorable! Next event is July 2nd, Metta Mini Golf! Hope to see you there! Fellowship and fun, we re proud to be Hongwanji! Finally, we are asking for resolutions for our upcoming Lay Convention and the Bishop Selection Committee has started the nomination process. Stay tuned! We are always very grateful for your support for Mililani Hongwanji and interest in spreading the dharma! Me ke aloha pumehana, In gassho, Rene President s Corner Rene Mansho 3

4 Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii HEADQUARTERS UPDATE (Go to Mililani Hongwanji s website for complete update.)( COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL CONCERNS From: Dean Sakamoto, Chair of the Committee on Social Concerns The Office of the Bishop and the Committee on Social Concerns (CSC), together, have been in contact with temple ministers and presidents for flood damage assessments on the Island of Kauai and Oahu and for volcanic disaster related impacts on the Island of Hawaii. While we have not received reports of any temple damages, unfortunately, we have been advised that some temple members from Kauai have been impacted by the flood and several temple members on the Island of Hawaii have been impacted by the volcano disaster. Omimai, a Japanese custom that is often used to enquire (inquire) and call or visit someone who is ill, such as when visiting someone in the hospital. The CSC uses the term Omimai to reach out and respectfully express our concern to a member (or a temple) who have experienced some type of unexpected hardship such as property damage from a disaster. At the May 5th Board of Directors meeting, the CSC reported the following Emergency Disaster related actions (coordinated with the Office of the Bishop): A. A donation of $4,000 to Kauai Hongwanji Council (KHC) with KHC to determine and distribute funds to organization(s) and/or individual(s) working towards flood disaster relief efforts on Kauai. Suggested list of organizations was provided by CSC to KHC. B. A donation of $1,000 (via Kapaa Hongwanji) to the Hanalei Nihonjin Kai Cemetery (5013c) damaged by flood. Kapaa Hongwanji will coordinate and distribute funds. C. Omimai of $500 to a Kapaa Hongwanji member affected by the flood (property flooded). D. Omimai of $500 to a Kapaa Hongwanji member affected by the flood (property flooded). E. Omimai of $500 to a West Kauai Hongwanji member affected by the flood (property flooded). F. A donation of $1,100 to the Hawaii State VOAD (Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster) The Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii continues to assess the volcano disaster impacts to our members (and temples), and because of the unpredictable nature and the potential damages that an active volcano may cause, this assessment will take some time as conditions continue to change over time. We have initially requested the Hawaii Island temple ministers and presidents at Puna Hongwanji and Hilo Betsuin to keep the Office of the Bishop and the CSC informed as information becomes available, and also to provide assistance to those in need to the extent that a temple or a member is able to provide. At this time, the CSC is not planning to set-up a special collection and will rely on available funds from the Social Welfare Fund which is replenished through donations from annual Social Concerns fund drives. We are grateful for the generous donations from our members and the CSC will continue to monitor the fund balance to ensure that a minimum level remains available in the fund, especially considering the 2018 Hurricane season will approach soon. It is understandable that members may want to make a donation with good intentions to help, and our Hawaii Island committee representative, Mr. Ken Okimoto, advises: Before you donate, pay attention to what kinds of donations are requested; be sure who or what responsible group is willing and able to handle your donation; don't just donate whatever to whoever. Monetary donations are usually quicker, easier to coordinate, and allows maximum flexibility for the recipient to meet unmet needs. It is the donor s responsibility to research an organization or a fund is valid and will be used for disaster relief efforts before a donation is made. If any assistance is needed, please contact the CSC. I would also like our members to know that the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii is an official member of the Hawaii VOAD (Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster). The Hawaii VOAD consists of non-profit organizations, faith-based groups, and partner government agencies. Please visit: for information. Also, information on the Puna lava flow can be found at Disaster preparedness is everyone s responsibility. HONGWANJI JOINT CONFERENCE Don t miss out! Two hundred eight of your fellow members have signed up for the first ever Hongwanji Joint Conference from September 1st to 3rd at the Ala Moana Hotel. But don t worry there s always room for you! Registration is open until July 20th. Forms are available on the Hongwanji website or from your temple president. The theme, Embrace Change Harmony (Accept Differences) gives you the opportunity to select from a wide variety of workshops. Express harmony in music with taiko, chanting, ukulele, and gatha singing. Deepen your awareness of harmony in Buddhism by learning Buddhism through contemporary songs, by attending a panel of ministers who will speak on peace and harmony in Buddhist teachings, by participating in a discussion of Monshu Kojun Ohtani s new book, or by taking a photography session and learning to see with fresh vision. You can explore harmony in society in workshops on issues being addressed by our social concerns committee, on LGBTQ awareness, on green Hongwanji, and on Islam in a panel presentation by members of the Manoa Mosque. These are just a sampling of the workshops available. We hope you ll take advantage of these opportunities to deepen your awareness and sense of interconnectedness. We are so fortunate to have so many people willing to share their skills and knowledge with us. Of course, in addition to services and workshops, there s the opportunity to talk story with your friends from across the state. Saturday night is a free night, and the Okinawan Festival is just down the block at the Hawaii Convention Center. Sunday night is our banquet with great food and good entertainment. It s a weekend not to be missed see you there! 4

5 All women of the temple are welcome to the Open House see president Diane Yoza or membership chair Joyce Ogawa for more details. RSVP requested. The BWA student exchange program for 2019 is now seeking applications. Every other year, we send two female delegates to Japan as exchange students in compliance with a resolution adopted during the Third World Buddhist Women s Convention held in Honolulu in June The stated aim of the resolution was nurturing future leaders for Jodo Shinshu women s activities through exposure to Buddhist culture in Japan, oriental culture and youth movement and as a mission of good will. See flyer below for more information. The big events coming up are the Joint Conference at the Ala Moana Hotel on September 1-3, 2018 and the World Convention in San Francisco during the Labor Day weekend in Federation President Lois Toyama will be at the open house with more details on these events. Coming up in July, the BWA will be taking our Bon Dance to the Wahiawa long term care visitation on July 2. Don your hapi coats and come and help the shut-ins enjoy this festive summer tradition. Meet at temple at 9:30 to carpool or see you at the Wahiawa Hospital grounds at 10 am. Everyone is reminded to start preparing for the Country Store at the Mililani Bon Dance. Baked goods, crafts and other goodies. Our Hanafuda Hawaii products will be available. More details to follow. BWA 40th Anniversary Luncheon 5

6 A big MAHALO to all our Dharma School students and families for making this session a great year of learning and fun! Our last month of Dharma School was full of cool activities. We started off the month with a beach day at Aunty Gay s beach house in Waialua (thank you Aunty Gay!). We dined on grilled hotdogs and veggies made by master grillers Roger and Xander Babcock, and delicious desserts including strawberry shortcake and yummie peanut butter mochi made by Susan Koito. It was a fun day at beach for all! students to assemble a wonderful gift. While we did not have class on Mother s Day, our students already had their Mother s Day gifts made and ready to give thanks to Stephen and Susan Koito (Brennan, Courtney and Dayton s grandparents) who provided kits and supplies for our On May 20th, many of our families attended the Oahu District Gotan-e service and Songfest at Waipahu Hongwanji. It was a good time to meet and visit with families from other Oahu District temples. We enjoyed singing and performing selected gathas in our Sangha groups. Also during the program, the DSTO Poster Contest winners were recognized. We are happy to share that the Mililani Hongwanji Dharma School students did outstanding in all of the categories! Here are the list of our talented artists: Division I. Preschool/Kindergarten Division II. Grades 1-2 1st Place: Dayton Uehara 1st Place: Brennan Uehara 2nd Place: Sarah Noia 3rd Place: Brooklyn Terayama 3rd Place: Hayli Tamashiro Division III. Grades 3-5 Division IV. Grades 6-8 1st Place: Courtney Uehara 3rd Place: Dymin Kakazu 2nd Place: Maya Nakamoto 3rd Place: Diandra Thomson Division V. Grades nd Place: Chloe Oshiro Honorable Mention: Xander Babcock Congratulations to all of our students! Be sure to look out for their posters, which will be making the Oahu District Bon Dance circuit this summer. Our last day of Dharma School on May 27th was filled with recognitions and awards, Dharmachakra pizza and yummie ice cream sundaes a great way to celebrate a successful year. We will be starting up the new school year on August 26th with our annual Rally Day. Until then, we wish all our Dharma School families a fun and restful summer! 6

7 Mililani Hongwanji A Shin Buddhist Temple Minister: Rev. David Fujimoto Kyodan President: Rene Mansho Mail to: P.O. Box Mililani, HI Location: Kaloapau Street Mililani, HI Phone: dharma.connection@gmail.com Weekly Services on Sundays, 9:00 am Visit us at mililanihongwanji.org Joint Memorial Service for the families of the following will be held on Sunday, June 10, 2018, 9:00 am Robert Asato Chiyoko Chinen Miyuki Guerrera Tadayoshi Hamasaki Nobuko Harada Matsukata Hayashi Akira Hayashida Shugeno Hironaka Matsue Honda Yone Honda Isaburo Iida Peggy Imamura Toshio Ishihara Miyuki Iwamoto Susumi Iwamoto Katsuji Kushimi Gary Matsumoto Matao Matsumura Please call the minister at and/or dharma.connection@gmail.com if there are corrections or additions to the published list. Families may call the minister to schedule special family memorial services for their loved ones. For 2018, special memorial years are observed for loved ones who passed away in: st Year th Year rd year rd Year rd Year th year th Year th year th year th Year Ryoichi Nakamura Shizue Nakamura Tsutsumu Nakauchi Elsie Nunotani Walter Nunotani Satoru Ota Shoji Saito Kikue Sakado Kim Say Ume Tashima Tsune Ueki Kimi Watanabe Miyuki Watanabe Asayo Yamashita Beatrice Young James Young Noboru Yoza WCCHC Adult Day Care at Mililani Hongwanji Aloha! We would like to let everyone know that we are accepting applications for Adult Day Care enrollment. Do you know anyone caring for a loved one that needs respite or help caring for their loved one throughout the day? We are welcoming new clients. For any interested new applicants, we are offering tuition assistance. Please contact our ADC Director Trece White for more information at (808) We are OPEN at Mililani Hale 5 Days a week Monday thru Fridays from 8am-5pm; with early drop off available as early as 7am. Minister s Private Visitation Are you unable to come to the temple? Please call Rev. David Fujimoto at to request a private visit. The minister would love to reach out to you and be the bridge between you, the temple and the sangha! Memorial Services Mililani Hongwanji conducts memorial services in honor of those who have passed away. The Shotsuki Memorial Service is a general memorial service which are held monthly to remember members and friends who passed away during the month in which the memorial service is held. These services are held primarily for those individuals that do not fall in the yearly service interval cycle. Nenki Hoyo Memorial Services are memorial services which are held separate from the monthly memorial services in yearly intervals. These separate private services can be held before, on or after the memorial dates. It is a personal opportunity to gather as a family to encounter and listen to the Buddha Dharma and remember your family members and friends who have passed on and through these services, we are able to reflect on all that we have received from them in our daily lives. It also gives families the opportunity to reconnect with members they otherwise would not see during the course of the year. Monthly Joint Memorial Service Change Mililani Hongwanji will be holding it s monthly joint memorial service on the SECOND Sunday of each month. This is to accommodate various events that come up during the year. Please plan accordingly. 7

8 Summary of Mililani Hongwanji Meeting, May 9, 2018 Approved Kyodan funding for Eshinni-Kakushinni Endowment Fund. BWA to coordinate individual temple member donations. MHM will provide various support to Ewa Hongwanji for their Bon Dance. The Bishop Selection Committee started the nomination process. Nominations Committee Chair Earl Nishimoto will provide a workshop on leadership to the BOD prior the June meeting at 6:45 pm. Dean Sakamoto shared the need to have a temple Disaster Preparedness Plan. Green Hongwanji Survey 2018: Draft Response discussed. Operations: Looking for a volunteer to update the Membership Booklet for new members. Newsletter to have a new calendar format. Religious & Temple Activities: Looking for guest speakers. During major services, will call on major groups for oshoko. Shoshinge chanting will continue M-T-W at 8:00 am. Facilities: Proposed Organizational Structure diagram distributed for discussion. Duane Izumi drafted a Safety and Security Manual. New contract drawn up for ADC, effective August 1. The very successful Silent Auction will be celebrating it's 8th year of success at our Annual Bon Dance. Beginning in 2010 when we started at $50.00 up to our higher point of over $3,000 in 2016, your very generous donations have contributed to much success. Please keep in mind your new or gently used donations - appliances, gift cards, homewares, fashion items and more are always welcome. You can call Chari Watanabe at or at: charijean@aol.com. Mahalo in advance for another great year! 8

9 FOOD-BORNE GERMS: BE-GONE (Food Handlers Safety Certification Class) 41 degrees F. to 135 degrees F.; 4 hours lapse time; discard time; wash, rinse, and sanitize; wash hands up to elbows; certified kitchen; food handlers safety certificate. Do you recognize these bits of information? If not, you might want to take the Department of Health Food Handlers Safety Class, especially if you are directly involved in the preparation and cooking of food here at Mililani Hongwanji. Classes are held at the Sanitation Branch of the Department of Health, Halawa Valley Street, Aiea, Hi, (same entrance to the Animal Quarantine Station). Call for more information. Classes are held Monday through Friday. Two 2-hour classes are offered, one at 9 am and the other at 1 pm. And the classes are free. Beginning September 1, 2018, a person with a Food Handlers Safety certificate must be present at all food preparation and cooking stations. All work must be done in a certified kitchen. Mililani Hongwanji has a certified kitchen. To register on-line: Click: Food Safety Education Click: Oahu The ANSI (American National Standards Institute) offers accredited online courses. To see a list of organizations that offer online courses that are ANSI-accredited, please visit: prgid= &statusid=4 The following people have received their Food Handlers Safety certificate card: Rev. David Fujimoto Dennis Kawamoto Nora Hahn Arynn Ishikawa Warren Hahn June Asato Diane Yoza David Baker Andrea McCreavy (Ki-Aikido parent) Even if you feel you don t need to be certified, you will learn many safety tips that you could use in your own kitchen. For example, store hot food immediately in the refrigerator; don t let the food cool down first. If you do take the class and receive your certificate, please let our minister, Rev. David Fujimoto know. We are keeping a record of all who received certificates so Mililani Hongwanji will be in compliance come September 1, Certificates are valid for 3 years. So, hop on the Food Handlers Class Safety train,.all ABOARD!! 9

10 General Donation Mililani Hongwanji Bon Dancersize Class Mililani Hongwanji Line Dancing Class Mililani Hongwanji Qi Gong Class Parkinson's Support Group Linda Nagai James & Karen Nakasone Gloria Okada Gloria Okada Dennis & Michele Oshita Eric & Judy Sadoyama Ellen Yee (April 17, 2018 to May 21, 2018 ) IMO Umeno Okada & Ayako Taniguchi on Mother's Day Joint Memorial Service Thomas & Gertrude Akamine Tony & Annette Bacalso Twila Castellucci Melvin & Eileen Hayase Debra Hiyakumoto Larry & Patsy Hiyakumoto Harry & Itsuko Honda Betty Migita Dennis & Michele Oshita Carol Saito Bert Saito & Family Sadae Tagami Richard & Gail Taira Margaret Tanabe IMO Toku Hayase IMO Chester K. Saito IMO Marie Meyer IMO Toku Hayase IMO Shigetoshi Yoshino IMO Shigetoshi Yoshino IMO Yeiichi Ukita & Kenneth Imamura IMO Bert Migita IMO Shigeru Oshita IMO Chester K. Saito IMO Chester K. Saito IMO Toni Suehiro IMO Zenyei Taira IMO Yoshio Tsuyama & Bessie Tsuyama In Gratitude. Namo Amida Butsu ESHIN-NI KAKUSHIN-NI ENDOWED CHAIR A primary purpose of the BWA is to support the propagation of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism throughout the world. Jodo Shinshu Buddhism was founded by Shinran Shonin with the support of his wife Eshin-ni. The foundation of the Hongwanji School was laid by their daughter, Kakushinni. The World Federation of Jodo-Shinshu Hongwanji-ha Buddhist Women s Associations wishes to promote the vision and passion of Eshin-ni and Kakushin-ni and to honor them by establishing an Endowed Chair in Jodo Shinshu studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley. The total fundraising goal is $3 million. Our Hawaii goal is $11,000. We are asking for your support to help us honor these two important women and their contributions to Jodo Shinshu Buddhism. The BWA will be collecting the funds and sending our total donation to BCA. We will include a list of temple members who donated. Checks should be made payable to: Mililani Hongwanji BWA. Please send this form with your donation by December 31, For more information, contact June Asato. TEMPLE MEMBER: AMOUNT: 10

11 Wednesday Line Dance Classes celebrated their 1st anniversary on May 16 with a morning of line dancing, a Flash Mob scene, and a MAHALO luncheon. We thank Mililani Hongwanji for allowing the use of their facility to promote exercise, FUN, and socialization within the community. Class registration is currently closed at a maximum of 76 members. If you are interested in being put on a "wait list" please contact norayhahn@gmail.com. Again, we wish to extend our deepest gratitude to Mililani Hongwanji and our dancers for making this program a success. Sachi Morikawa, Head Instructor; Laurie Tsuneda, Assistant; Warren & Nora Hahn, Sponsors. Rev. David Fujimoto, recipient of BWA Scholarship Songfest at Waipahu Hongwanji MTA Senior Fair. Oahu Lay Association Buddha Bowling Bash Aiea Bowl 11

12 EWA HONGWANJI MISSION N E W S L E T T E R Renton Road Ewa, Hawaii Mail: P.O. Box 60549, Ewa, HI June 2018 Calendar (Note: no English Service in June) June 2 (Sat) 8:30 am Yagura construction ~ manpower needed, please come and help put up the yagura, lunch included 4 (Mon) 7:00 pm Bon Dance meeting 9 (Sat) 8:30 am General clean-up ~ yard work, window cleaning, sprucing up the temple for Bon Dance, lunch to follow 15 (Fri) 8:30 am Pre-O bon preparation ~ put up food booth, electrical work, receive baked goods, etc, lunch included 16 (Sat) 8:30 am O bon preparation ~ decorations, set up chairs, spam musubi making, receive baked goods 5:30 pm Food Booth opens 6:00 pm Hatsubon Service 7:00-10:00 pm Bon Dance July 21 (Sat) 9:30 am Before service Clean-up 22 (Sun) 11:00 am English Service We are still seeking volunteers for our Bon Dance work days. Please let us know if you will be able to lend us your kokua ~ or S M I T H Windcatchers Honor your ancestors with windcatchers attached to lanterns which we will hang around the yagura. Cost is $10 each, pre-orders only. Send your names by June 9 to Myra at myra.nohara@gmail.com or text to Payment may be made at any of our work days or at the Bon Dance. Don MAHALO for your Donations Donations ~ Hanamatsuri Service Mrs. Jean Abe Mrs. Fujie Fukeda Ms. Myra Nohara Clyde & Claudia Tokumoto Ernest & Ruth Wakimura Ms. Rae Wakimura Yemiko & Amy Yamamoto