Sunday Service

Family Dharma Service

Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin Family Dharma services are held weekly on Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m.  Dharma School follows immediately after the Family Dharma Service. 

We now have hybrid in-person and Zoom Sunday Services!

Below is the Zoom information for our regular Sunday Services:

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93470607158?pwd=NTdqRDBaUmhSQ2VXZHM5ZzdGOEZGUT09

Meeting ID: 934 7060 7158

Passcode: HHHB 

Please contact c.gervais@hilobetsuin.org for more information.

HHHB’S IN-PERSON AND ZOOM SERVICES


SUNDAY SERVICE SCHEDULE

August 2024


8/04 9:00 a.m. Family Sunday Service & Hiroshima Peace Memorial Service

(Speaker: Mr. Steve Yoshida)


8/11 9:00 a.m. Family Sunday Service

(Speaker: Rimban Kazunori Takahashi)


8/18 9:00 a.m. Family Sunday Service and Monthly Memorial

Welcome Tea for Rev. Blayne Nakasone Sakata

(Speaker: Rev. Blayne Nakasone Sakata)


8/25 9:00 a.m. Family Sunday Service & Pet Memorial Service

(Speaker: Dr. Kim Kozuma)



The monthly memorial service for August will be held on Sunday, August 18, 2024. If you would like the

minister to call the name of your deceased family member(s) who passed away in the month of August

please let our office know.


Zoom Link, ID, and Passcode (Hilo Betsuin Services)

https://zoom.us/j/93470607158?pwd=NTdqRDBaUmhSQ2VXZHM5ZzdGOEZGUT09

Meeting ID: 934 7060 7158

Passcode: HHHB



8/24 2:00 p.m. The World is Waiting for Buddhism and Shinran Shonin: Joy of the Nembutsu

Speaker: Rev. Gene Sekiya of Hongwanji International Center

Registration: https://forms.gle/fDZmLGBZuW1AHata8


For more information about the Online Buddhist Education Series, please visit:

https://hongwanjihawaii.com/blog/2023/11/19/triple-celebration-buddhist-ed/

Hongwanji Major Services:

Hoonko (Founder Shinran Shonin’s Memorial Service/January)

Spring Higan (at Spring Equinox/March)

Gotan-e (Founder Shinran Shonin’s Birthday Service/May)

Obon (Gathering of Joy/July)

Autumn Higan (at Autumn Equinox/September)

Eitaikyo (Sangha Memorial Service/October)


Other Special Services:

Hanamatsuri (Birthday celebration for Shakyamuni Buddha/April)

Eshinni/Kakushinni Day service (Memorial service for Shiran Shonin’s wife and

daughter/April)

Bodhi Day (Celebration of Prince Siddhartha’ attainment of enlightenment as

Shakyamuni Buddha/December)


Monthly Memorial service

Scout Sunday service

Gakuen (Japanese school) service

Dharma School Awards service

Honor the Graduates service

Mother’s Day Appreciation service

Father’s Day Appreciation service

Keirokai &Intergenerational service

4-H Sunday service

Pet Memorial service

Veterans Appreciation service


BIBF (Big Island Buddhist Federation) joint service

Hanamatsuri (1 st Sunday in April)

Bodhi Day (1 st Sunday in December)


New Year’s Eve Service: December 31, 2023 at 9am

New Year’s Day Service: January 1, 2024 at 9am