Last Modified : 2011-12-09 6:35 am
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Pilgrimage to Jiba for 174th Year Autumn Grand Service
On 26th October, the Autumn Grand Service in the 174th year of the Teaching was performed joyously in Jiba, the hometown of all humankind, to which a great number of followers of the Path returned from every corner of the world.
17 pilgrims from different cities in our region including Brisbane, Melbourne, Cairns and Auckland returned to Jiba prior to the Autumn Grand Service and stayed at their affiliated followers’ dormitories or churches. On 25th, they attended the “Overseas Department Seminar”, joined the “Dinner Party for Overseas Followers” sponsored by the Overseas Department, and shared a memorable time with many other followers from various countries.
On the following day, the day for the Autumn Grand Service, they worshipped at the Autumn Grand Service, which was performed in commemoration of the day of origin of the founding of the Teaching, listened attentively to the sermon delivered by the Shinbashira, and reaffirmed their resolution toward the next milestone. After the Grand Service, they assembled and took a commemorative group photo in front of the Black Gate.
During this period, Ms. Aki Umamoto (Sakurai/Shinkyo: living in Cairns) and Ms. Kayoko Wallis (Sumoto/Taiten: living in Cairns) received the truth of the Sazuke.
Tenrikyo Students Assoc. of Oceania Held “2011 Students of the Path Hinokishin Day”
On 11th and 24th September, the “2011 Students of the Path Hinokishin Day”, sponsored by Tenrikyo Students Association of Oceania, was lively held in Sydney and Brisbane respectively.
The “Students of the Path Hinokishin Day” is a unified event sponsored by Tenrikyo Students Association, and held once a year with the purpose that students of the Path, regardless of their dioceses, church affiliation and so forth, spiritedly engage in hinokishin activities on the same day at their respective places by inviting as many friends as possible, share their feeling of joy and gratitude for being kept alive by God the Parent, and spread it to the local community as well as to the world. With this objective, the event was held in Sydney for the first time, whereas the one in Brisbane marked the second, continuing from the previous year.
In Sydney, the event was held on 11th September where 11 youths including boys and girls participated in hinokishin which started right after the monthly service of the Tono Sydney Fellowship, to pick up rubbish from the streets and the park in the neighbourhood of the fellowship under the blue sky. Meanwhile, hinokishin in Brisbane was conducted on Saturday, 24th from 10 a.m. where 11 university and high school students picked up rubbish in high spirits from the streets around the Calamvale Community College which is located near from the Centre, and shared the feeling of joy and gratitude together.
