Calendar
When:
January 7, 2024 all-day
2024-01-07T00:00:00-10:00
2024-01-08T00:00:00-10:00
Where:
In person at Hawaii Betsuin and often via Zoom too
1727 Pali Highway
Honolulu
HI 96813 (enter parking from Lusitana St.)
Contact:
Betsuin Office
(808) 536-7044
Services

cropped view of the main altar

Service Notes

  • Hawaii Betsuin offers in-person services and the English-language service is also available online via Zoom. Please join us!
  • The English-language service has switched from 10 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. as of October 8, 2023.
  • Refreshments are offered after services in our Social Hall.
  • offertory box graphicWe have an Online Offertory Box if you would like to donate by debit/credit card or PayPal. (See our Donate Online page for additional options.)

January 2024 Services

January 28 (board installation and membership meeting / NY Party follows)

2024 NY Party flyer - 1/28/24 11:30 a.m.

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  • Rev. Hasebe in robes outside hondo at Bon Dance 2018 (square thumbnail image)8:00 a.m Japanese-language service with Rev. Yuika Hasebe (in person)
  • Annette Kam9:30 a.m. English-language service
    Guest Speaker: Annette Kam
    (In person and via Zoom, see Zoom connection details.)

    Annette Kam is the author of Wait, Don’t Die Yet!, “a complete guide to all things no one really wants to think about (but everyone needs to know!) before, during, and after a loved one’s passing.”

    More about Annette Kam
    Annette Kam retired in 2015 after 42 years as an R.N. at Kapiolani Medical Center. She is past president of iFoG, informed Fibromyalgics on Guaifenesin, a non profit organization she founded in 2001 to help fibromyalgia sufferers regain health. In 2020, she stepped down as President after experiencing 2 years of unforeseen heartwrenching challenges that could have been avoided when her father-in-law and subsequently her mother-in-law passed away. Feeling the calling to educate others to help them avoid what she had experienced, she pivoted her focus to assisting others in preparing for the passing of a loved one for a smoother transition and to allow time for grieving. She wrote her book “WAIT – Don’t Die Yet!” that has been featured on TV, radio, podcasts, and in numerous publications. She has also been doing presentations for the past 3 years that have impacted change by educating the public. Her book to date has reached 38 states and 12 countries.
Prior Services

January 1 (Monday)

New Year’s Day Service at 10 a.m. with Bishop Toshiyuki Umitani and Rimban Yuika Hasebe.

January 7

  • Rev. Shingo Furusawa8:00 a.m Japanese-language service with Rev. Shingo Furusawa (in person)
  • Rev. Hasebe in robes outside hondo at Bon Dance 2018 (square thumbnail image)9:30 a.m. English-language service with Rev. Yuika Hasebe
    (In person and via Zoom, see Zoom connection details.)

January 14: Martin Luther King Jr. Service

MLK Image: OTFW , editor Eugenio Hansen, OFS, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  • Reverend Toyokazu Hagio8:00 a.m Japanese-language service with Rev. Toyakazu Hagio (in person)
  • Rev. Shingo Furusawa9:30 a.m. English-language service with Rev. Shingo Furusawa
    (In person and via Zoom, see Zoom connection details.)

January 21: Hoonko (Shinran Shonin Memorial Service)

Shinran statue facing the sunset in the background

  • Rev. Shigenori Makino8:00 a.m Japanese-language service with Rev. Shigenori Makino (in person)
  • Rev. David Fujimoto9:30 a.m. English-language service with Rev. David Fujimoto
    (In person and via Zoom, see Zoom connection details.)