BUDDHIST CHURCH OF FOWLER THE WHITE PATH MONTHLY BULLETIN VOL. 473 JULY 2018 JULY 2 (Mon) 7:00 p.m. Golf Club Meeting 5 (Thurs) 7:00 p.m. Obon Practice 10 (Tues) 7:00 p.m. Board Meeting 14 (Sat) 7:00 a.m. General Church Clean Up 14 (Sat) 10:00 a.m. BWA Meeting 21 (Sat) Fowler Obon 7:00 a.m. Set up Stage, Booths, Chairs, Lanterns Food Prep 5:00 p.m. Food Booths Open 8:00 p.m. Dancing Begins 22 (Sun) 10:00 a.m. Obon, Hatsubon & Monthly Shotsuki Memorial Service FROM: BUDDHIST CHURCH OF FOWLER NON-PROFIT ORG 210 S. 9 TH STREET U.S. POSTAGE P.O. BOX 335 PAID FOWLER, CA 93625 FOWLER, CA PERMIT NO. 10 TIME VALUE
OBON HATSUBON MEMORIAL SERVICE COMBINED WITH JULY SHOTSUKI SERVICE The annual Obon Service will be on Sunday, July 22 at 10:00 a.m. This service will combine the Hatsubon (first Obon) Service and the Shotsuki Memorial Service for the month of July. Reverend Brian Nagata will be our guest speaker. Obon is a time to remember and honor all those who have passed on before us. It is to appreciate all that they have done for us and to recognize their continuing influence on our lives today. The names of the Hatsubon members are: James Yamamoto Edward Hirasuna Jim Yanagihara Edith Arase Shirley Honda Howard Matsumura Ayako Shimizu Lillian Kuda Mikio Uchiyama Shizue Nakamura Yoshio Ideta Pete Nakayama The Shotsuki names for the month of July are: Hiroshi T. Mayebo Torao Sera Noriyuki Arasuna Sumiko Doi Kama Toyama Futayo Okamura Kazuo Otani Kuma Kato Kichiro Takemoto Yakichi Honda Sadao Onaka Sato Kurata Shizuko Tokubo Masami Matsuoka Dorothy Kanenaga Tom Mukai Setsuko Asakawa Masao Sakoda Kazu Wada Yumi Onaka Shizue Fujikawa Joe Yoshimura CHURCH TOBAN FOR JULY District III Rijiis: Kimihiro Sera Kevin Nagata Toban: Aiko Kamine
GENERAL CHURCH CLEANUP All members please help with general church clean up on Saturday, July 14th at 7:00 a.m. THANK YOU Thank you to our Obon dance instructors, Leslie Arzola- Guerra and Lindsay Guerra., FOWLER OBON The Fowler Obon will be on Saturday, July 21 st beginning at 5:00 pm. Dancing will begin at 8:00 pm. In preparation for Fowler'Obon, set up will begin at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 21th. All members are asked to come and help with set up and tear down. Food preparation can begin as soon as set up is completed. Dharma School and Jr YBA families are asked to help with set up also. Thank you for your assistance and cooperation. ALL MEMBERS July 21 th 7:00 a.m. Yagura stage set up Decorate Yagura SCHEDULE OF LOCAL OBONS June 30 July 7 July 14 July 21 July 28 BWA NEWS Visalia Reedley Fresno @ FDC Fowler Parlier BWA will be selling somen and sushi plates at the Fowler Obon. Call Aiko Kamine if you are able to help on Friday. All ladies are asked to come on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. to prepare the somen and sushi. The next BWA meeting will be held on Saturday, July 14 at 10:00 a.m. following church clean up. ALL MEMBERS: Yagura stage take-down and clean up will take place immediately after the Obon activities.
June 2018 Donations Memorial Day Service In Memory of Seiichi & Sumiye Kageura $ 30.00 The Sera Family $ 450.00 Russell & Ted Kageura $ 25.00 Howard & Satomi Hiyama $ 20.00 Gary & Arlene Keithley $ 10.00 Jan Yoshimoto In Memory of Hitoshi Pete Nakayama $ 1,000.00 The Nakayama Family $ 100.00 Jason Crawford & Shotsuki Shannon Nakayama $ 50.00 Chuck Ideta Correction to the $ 50.00 Michael & Nancy Sharp June White Path $ 50.00 Greg & Patricia Miyake $ 50.00 Ken & Kim Miyake $ 50.00 Jim & Tina Clarey In Memory of Shizue Nakamura $ 20.00 Betty Nakayama $ 3,000.00 The Nakamura & $ 20.00 Shizue Sakoda Okada Families $ 100.00 Chappell McCullar, LLC $ 25.00 Shig & Aiko Kamine White Path $ 25.00 Michael & Nancy Sharp In Memory of Hitoshi Pete Nakayama, 49th Day Memorial $ 250.00 M/M Keith Nakayama Special Donations $ 250.00 M/M Gerald Nakayama $ 300.00 Fowler Ikebana Class $ 100.00 Tom & Marilyn Noda Swartz March, April & May 2018 $ 100.00 Ben Nakayama $ 100.00 Alex & Roberta Araki $ 100.00 Mike & Kristin Rademaker Ikebana Donation $ 100.00 Fowler Fishing Club In Memory of Joe Yoshimura Rummage Sale Proceeds $ 300.00 Ann Yoshimura $ 35.00 Mrs. Aiko Takeda Gary & Sandra Yoshimura Ikebana Donation Don & Marsha Yoshimura $ 20.00 Carol Guerra Nikkei Foundation Fundraiser
Fresno Buddhist Dharma Center 2690 E. Alluvial Avenue, Fresno 93720 2:00pm Asian-Flair Food, Beverages & Dessert booths open 4:00pm Carnival Games, Bake-Walks, Taiko Drums, Food 7:30pm BON Dance, Memorial Ceremony, Taiko Drumming OBON Dance... Join in on the fun! No experience necessary! Honor a loved one with a personalized lantern Call for info! Raffle! (559) 442-4054 info@fresnobuddhisttemple.org www.fresnobuddhisttemple.org Reedley Obon Festival Sat., July 7, 2018 Reedley Buddhist Church 2035 15th Street - Reedley, CA (on the church grounds) Food for Purchase - 5:00 PM Vendors include: Yoshi s chicken bowls & beef sticks, Lolo s shaved ice, BWA somen, & Jr. YBA mochi ice cream. More food vendors will be added! Dancing begins - 8:00 PM Featuring Fresno Gumyo Taiko Everyone is invited to dance! Hatsubon/Obon Service - July 8, 2018-10:00 AM Questions? - go to www.reedleybc.org or email reedleybc@gmail.com
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