Temple Calendar 2019
JULY 2019
02 7:00pm Lahaina Jodo Obon Practice
03 6:00pm LHM Kiatsu
04 holiday Independence Day
06 6:30/8:00 Lahaina Jodo Obon
07 9:30am Monthly Memorial Svc
10 6:00pm WM Buddhist Graveside Obon Svc
17 7:00pm Kyodan meeting
11 10:00am Shinkokai
13 Lanai Lanai Hongwanji Obon
14 cancel Sunday Svc
19,20 6:30/7:30 Kahului Hongwanji Obon
21 9:30am Sunday svc
24 6:00pm LHM Kiatsu
26,27 6:30/7:30 Makawao Hongwanji Obon
28 9:30am Sunday Svc
30 7:00pm LHM Obon Practice
AUGUST 2019
02,03 8:00pm Wailuku Hongwanji Obon
04 7:00am LHM Obon setup
06 7:00pm LHM Obon Practice
07 6:00pm LHM Kiatsu
09,10 6p/7:30p LHM Obon
11 7:00am LHM Obon cleanup
14 7:00pm Kyodan meeting
15 9:30am MADCC presentation
17 6:30pm BSC Satellite Seminar, KHM
18 9:30am Sunday Svc
21 6:00pm LHM Kiatsu
25 9:30am Monthly Memorial Svc
25 tentative VIDSTA Kickoff Picnic
26 7:00pm Hongwanji Council meeting, KHM
8/30-9/1 World BWA Conv/SF0
Sept 8 Honpa 130th at WHM
9/21 PEACE DAY
10/19 LHM Autumn Fest
10/27 LHM 115th Anniversary
11/9,10 LHM Seminar-Rev Hiroshi Abiko,BCA
Please call Lahaina Hongwanji for more information (808) 661-0640
Services
• REGULAR SUNDAY SERVICES: Sunday services are scheduled the first four weeks of the month, unless
cancelled and announced in the monthly newsletter. Service begins at 9:30 a.m. Duration of service
is approximately one hour.
• MONTHLY MEMORIAL SERVICES: One Sunday each month will be designated as a time when families
and friends of the deceased will have the opportunity to observe the passing of a loved one who
passed away in that particular month. Instead of a "public" family service, families observing
"special memorial anniversaries" are encouraged to arrange for a private home or temple service
with the resident minister.
• ANNUAL EVENTS and OBSERVANCES: (See calendar for dates)
January• New Year’s Eve Service (Dec. 31st … Jan. 1st)
• New Year’s Party and Installation of Kyodan officers & Buddhist Women’s Association (Fujinkai)
officers and General Membership meeting
• HOONKO SERVICE, 3rd Sunday (memorial honoring Shinran Shonin)
• Monthly Memorial Service - as scheduled.
• Shinkokai Service – as scheduled.
February
• Honpa Hongwanji State Legislative Assembly (Giseikai)
• Monthly Memorial Service, as scheduled.
• Shinkokai Service – as scheduled.
March
• SPRING OHIGAN SERVICE (annual celebration of spring equinox)
• Annual Bazaar
• Monthly Memorial Service
• Shinkokai Service – as scheduled.
April
• HANAMATSURI SERVICE, 1st Sunday. (commemorates birth of Shakyamuni Buddha)
• BWA’s ESHINNI/KAKUSHINNI DAY SERVICE (in honor of wife & daughter of Shinran)
• Monthly Memorial Service
• Shinkokai Service – as scheduled.
May
• GOTAN-E SERVICE, 1st Sunday (commemorates birth of Shinran Shonin)
• Monthly Memorial Service
• Shinkokai Service – as scheduled.
June
• Mid-year Temple Cleanup and Omigaki (polishing of brass religious articles)
• Annual Obon Service and Festival, 2 nights. (sometimes in July or August, contingent on schedule
rotation with Maui Buddhist temples)
• HATSUBON coincides with Obon (1st obon following death of a family member)
• Shinkokai Service – as scheduled.
July
• Monthly Memorial Service
• Shinkokai Service – as scheduled.
August
• Monthly Memorial Service
• Shinkokai Service – as scheduled.
September
• AUTUMN OHIGAN SERVICE (annual celebration of autumn equinox)
. Monthly Memorial Service
• PEACE DAY OBSERVANCE - as scheduled.
• Shinkokai Service – as scheduled.
October
• Monthly Memorial Service
• Shinkokai – as scheduled.
November
• EITAIKYO (Sangha Memorial) SERVICE, 4th Sunday (to honor those in whose memory special donations
were made to the Eitaikyo fund, the purpose of which is to ensure perpetuation of the temple)
• Annual visitations to hospital, Hale Makua, etc.
• Monthly Memorial Service
• Shinkokai Service - as scheduled.
December
• BODHI DAY SERVICE, 1st Sunday (to celebrate the enlightenment of Shakyamuni Buddha)
• BWA (Fujinkai) Memorial (for BWA members who passed away during the year)
• Year-end Cleanup and Omigaki
OTHER AVAILABLE SERVICES (officiated by Resident Minister)
Columbarium (Nokotsudo)
Funeral Services
Home & Hospital visitations
Infant’s Initiatory Rites
Memorial Services
Weddings