Our English-language Sunday service on April 14 is a combined Dharma School / Adult service at 9:30 a.m. We are very fortunate to have Reverend Blayne Higa deliver both the children’s and adult dharma messages. The title of Rev. Higa’s talk is “The Value of Sharing.” See below for more about Rev. Blayne.

Please join us for the 9:30 a.m. service, then stay for refreshments and the Green Fair afterwards in the social hall. At this Earth Month event, affiliated groups will host environmentally themed “booths” with things to learn, make, and buy (the BWA MiniMarket will be open). The themes are pollinators and “Go Local.”
More about the Green Fair »

About Rev. Higa

Rev. Blayne Higa was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii and is a graduate of Waiakea High School.

He recently completed his Master of Divinity degree at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, California with a focus on Shin Buddhist ministry and chaplaincy. He previously served as Assisting Minister of the Moiliili Hongwanji Buddhist Temple and as Assistant Chaplain for the Pacific Buddhist Academy in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Before entering the ministry, he spent over 17 years in non-profit fundraising and in state government. He holds a Master of Public Administration degree as well as a Certificate in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.

He is a past President of the Moiliili Hongwanji Board of Directors. Former First Vice President and Chair of the Committee on Social Concerns for the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii. He also previously served on the Advisory Council for Project Dana and on the Board of The Interfaith Alliance Hawaii.

Rev. Blayne received Tokudo ordination in 2012 and Kyoshi certification in 2018 from the Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha.