Calendar
When:
February 18, 2024 all-day
2024-02-18T00:00:00-10:00
2024-02-19T00:00:00-10:00
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.)

February 2024 Services

February 25

  • 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)
  • Rev. Sol Kalu in robes in front of Hawaii Betsuin hondo doors9:30 a.m. English-language service with Rev. Sol Kalu
    (In person and via Zoom, see Zoom connection details.)
Prior Services
photo collage of a few photos from the Feb. 3, 2019 Scout Sunday Service

Scout Sunday 2019 photo collage (click to enlarge)

February 4: Scout Sunday

  • Rev. Shingo Furusawa8:00 a.m Japanese-language service with Rev. Shingo Furusawa (in person only)
  • Rev. Charlen Kihara small photo9:30 a.m. English-language service with Rev. Charlene Kihara
    (in person only — see the Feb. 4 Betsuin Bulletin for possible alternative online services)
    This is a special Sunday Service with high attendance by the scouting ohana and several scouting-related program elements.

February 11: BWA Dana Day

  • Rev. Blayne Nakasone Sakata8:00 a.m Japanese-language service with Rev. Blayne Nakasone Sakata (in person)
  • Rev. Shingo Furusawa9:30 a.m. English-language service with Rev. Shingo Furusawa

    Message: “Let Us Reflect on Ourselves When Practicing Dana”

    (In person and via Zoom, see Zoom connection details.)

February 18: George Takei

  • Rev. Tatsuo Muneto8:00 a.m Japanese-language service with Rev. Tatsuo Muneto (in person)
  • 9:30 a.m. English-language service with guest speaker George Takei
    (In person and via Zoom, see Zoom connection details.)

    “What Buddhism Means to Me”
    a talk by special guest George Takei,
    actor/author/civil rights activist/influencer

    See also: An Evening with George Takei (also Feb. 18)