Temple Calendar 2018
JUNE 2018
02 6:30/7:30 Lahaina Shingon Obon
03 9:30am Sunday svc
10 9:30am Monthly Mem svc
10 1:00pm VIDSTA mtg, KHM
13 7:00pm Kyodan mtg
12-14 hnl Ministers’ State Seminar
14 10:00am Shinkokai
17 9:30am Fathers’ Day svc
24 9:30am Sunday svc
28 9:30am MADCC presentation
29-7/1 HI Jr YBA State Conv
30-7/1 MHM MHM Garage Sale & Bazaar
Jul svc: 7/1 mem, 7/8 cancel,7/15,7/22cancel,7/29cancel
Monthly Mem: 7/1, 8/19, 9/9, 10/7
8/10&11 LHM Obon (8/4-Sat - setup,8/12 cleanup;
practice 7/24, 7/31, 8/7)
9/1-9/3, 2018 Joint Conference/Ala Moana Htl
10/13 LHM Fall Bazaar
8/30-9/1, 2019 World BWA Conv/SFO
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