INSIDE THIS ISSUE

June, July Schedule ........... 2

Family Sunday .................. 3

Faith Enrichment Seminar 3

Teaching from Kyoten ...... 4

I Think ............................... 4

Teaching of Rev. Kodama . 4

Airshio[e’rshio] MISTAKE, HUMBLENESS

I would like to apologize to you. I put the wrong date for the Konko Missions in Hawaii community service day at Kuakini Medical Center on the last page of the May Airshio in the section of 2011 Family Sun-day Activity. I put "July 24", but I would like to correct to "July 17".

One of the readers told me this mistake. So I could recognize, correct, and apologize. Otherwise I would cause more confusion. I really thank you the reader.

I have to admit that I sometimes couldn't acknowledge someone who pointed out my mistake in the past. I couldn't say sorry even though I felt I should say so for my fault. My good heart said to me, "You should say sorry." At the same time the other one insisted, "Don't apologize!" I had two hearts. I can realize that my other half tried to find the reason to avoid saying sorry and tried to blame someone else even though it was my mistake like misplaced anger. I need to chal-lenge myself to take the negative heart within me because I know it is not Kami's heart within me.

I think the other half is my ego and conceit. I don't want to lose and I want to believe I am wiser, smarter, better, or more experienced. I want to say "I am right, you are wrong!". I completely forget that "I am allowed to do so because of Kami-sama." As long as I can keep, "I am allowed to do this because of Kami-sama," I can stay away being arro-gant.

When I take a look at the life of Konkokyo's Founder, Ikigami Konko Daijin, he apologized to Kami-sama while bedridden with an illness when he was a farmer. That experience turned to one of his biggest

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While he was bedridden due to a fatal illness at age 42, he apologized to Kami-sama for his ir-reverence and shortcoming committed unknowingly since he was ordinary farmer.

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turning point. While he was bedridden due to a fatal illness at age 42, he apologized to Kami-sama for his irreverence and shortcom-ing committed unknowingly since he was or-dinary farmer. He did his best to follow the local religious rules in his era more than any-body else in his village. The people believed that they shouldn't admit their mistake to a deity when they were sick. They needed to say, "I am right. Kami-sama, you are wrong." and needed to win the wrangle. They thought they would die if they lost the argu-ment with the deity. Ikigami Konko Daijin apologized to Kami-sama instead of following the common rules of that era.

He was very humble and trusted in Kami-sama so that he could express his apology while his father in law argued with Kami-

sama. He also apologized for his father in law. As a result he was able to recover from his illness and gained the trust of Kami-sama. He was able to start a new relationship with Kami-sama because of his humbleness.

If I didn't want to acknowledge my mistake, it would cause a regretful situation. Through sincere apology we will be able to minimize a problem when we make a mistake. It is an opportunity to gain trust from not only peo-ple but also from Kami-sama.

P.S.

We changed the time of “Drug Education” for Family Sunday Activity from 11 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on August 7, 2011.

Short Teachings from Various Material

-Become a good per-son who doesn't blame others.

-Repay an obligation of earth.

-People save human-ity.

-There is the work and power to save.

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Note: All church services will be held on Sunday, unless specified.

5th 9:00a.m. Monthly Service for the Founder and Successive Spiritual Leaders

12th 9:00a.m. Sunday Service & One for the Goyo

17th (Fri.)—19th (Sun.) KMH Faith Enrichment Seminar

19th 9:00a.m. Sunday Service―Family Sunday

26th 9:00a.m. Half Year Appreciation Service and Monthly Service for our Ancestors

3rd 9:00a.m. Sunday Service & One for the Goyo

10th 10:00a.m. Monthly Service for the Founder

and Successive Spiritual Leaders & Back to School Service

17th 9:00a.m. KMH Community Service Day

24th 9:00a.m. Monthly Service for our Parent Kami and our Ancestors & Shintokai Meeting, Birthday Sunday

31st 9:00a.m. Sunday Service & One for the Goyo

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Short Teachings from Various Material

-Be good at be de-lighted and gratitude.

-As we practice faith, we can feel delighted what we couldn't real-ized before.

-Are we appreciating enough and all time when we should?

-Let 's appreciate our sense to find blessings in our daily living.

-I am very happy to eat food and also be able to feel delicious.

-Let us use our body to help others so that our body would be happy, too.

-If we can hand on the truth of the Konko faith to others who are in trouble, they as well as we are saved.

-Be prepare to live and stay positive. Try not to stay negative.

-Hardships could be our good nutrition for our life. We can ad-vance our faith.

-We don't know about death and life. That is Kami-sama's area.

Topic: “Faith of Ikigami Konko Daijin”

Guest Speaker: Rev. Hiroshi Takebe Director of the Konkoyo Research Institute

Date: June 17 - 19, 2011

Venue: Konko Mission of Honolulu

Program:

Friday, 4p.m. - 6p.m. Konko Daijin's Image of the World

Saturday, 9a.m. - 12p.m. Relationship between Kami and Human Being

Saturday, 1p.m. - 4p.m. Kami's Care

Sunday, 1p.m. - 4p.m. Being with Kami: Trial and Proof

Family Sunday Activity

The Konko Mission of Honolulu Shintoka held their Family Sunday Activity at

Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden on May 15, 2011. The members of the Konko

Mission of Honolulu from the young to the elderly and their friends joined us

for fishing and relaxation.

KMH Faith Enrichment Seminar

Parents’ Day Potluck

Party on May 29, 2011

TEACHING FROM KONKOKYO KYOTEN

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TEACHING OF REV. MASAYUKI KODAMA

I want to become rich in one year rather than two, three, or five

years because I like the easy way. Just like the saying "easy

come easy go." This teaching tells us what we think may be the

easy way is actually going to be harder in the long run.

Kami-sama recognizes our effort because Kami-sama is our Prin-

ciple Parent. Kami-sama supports us as the Parent. We need to

do our best for our wish and then Kami-sama can take care of

things beyond our human power; Kami-sama and we could work

together. Our wish should be accepted by Kami-sama in order to

work smoothly together. We as a child of Kami-sama can gain

trust from Kami-sama through our atitiude. That's how we can

grow the small amount for the future.

We want immediate benefits, however; it is not a guarantee for

an anxiety free life. Kami-sama's trust guarantees our future

prosperity.

I THINK...

"Don't think of becoming rich in one year. Become pros-

perous over two, three, or five years. The future is long.

The small amounts you save will grow. But the money

you gain in one stroke will soon disappear," imparted

Konko‑ Sama.

[Konkokyo Kyoten Gorikai I Teachings of Konko Daijin, Ichimura, Mitsugoro 3

# 12 page 58, Konkokyo Honbu 1987]

I do not know what the other religions or teachings call or mean

by their religious way of life. But in our teaching, our religious way

of life (Shinjin) means a life if creating Ikigami (man with sincerity),

of creating good health, and of creating wealth. If we say we can

not be, follow, or live a religious way of life, or that we can not un-

derstand our religious way of life, we are saying that we cannot

create Ikigami, good health, and wealth.

On the other hand, if we look at what is man's work, we find

good health, and wealth. Therefore, man's work and our reli-

gious way of life is the same thing.

In this respect, if we do not want to be religious it means that

we do not wish to work. Conversely, if we work we must be reli-

gious. The important thing is to believe and his religious way of

life of creating Ikigami, good health, and wealth with sincerity.

There is another important point. That is this relisious way of life

and work are all done as an "Orei" (in gratitude) to Kami-sama

and to help Kami-sama in Kami-sama's work.

Translated by Mr. Norman Kobayashi

On April 9, 1972

Just by being able to help at home, to help a friend, and to help

at church enable one's sincerity to grow. Even if we do not re-

ceive any money nor receive any praise for helping, merely help-

ing others makes our sincerity grow in stature.

Whether other people help or don't help, when you notice

something that should be done, you should do it in order to fur-

ther the growth of our own sincerity. Kami-sama likes those who

help others.

We should pray for the others so that they too will help at

home, help or feel dissatisfied because others do not help.

Translated by Mr. Norman Kobayashi

On April 23, 1972

Reverend

Masayuki Kodama

(1903-1973)

Founding minister of Konko Mis-sion of Honolulu.

Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1903. Ordained Konkokyo minister in 1926, and moved to Honolulu for missionary work in 1928. Estab-lished Konko Mission of Honolulu in 1929. Interned for 2 years and sent back to Japan. Served at the Headquarters of Konko-kyo while staying in Japan. Re-turned to Honolulu in 1950 and devoted himself to missionary work until passing away in 1973. He fostered disciples such as Rev. Haruko Takahashi (Established Konko Mission of Wahiawa), Rev. Santaro Sonoda (Established Konko Mission of Waipahu), Rev. Kiku Horibe (Established Lihue Propagation Hall), and Rev. Takiyo Nakai (Established Konko Mission of Wailuku).

[In Memory of The Late Rever-end Masayuki Kodama Konko Mission of Honolulu 1988]

Therefore, man's work and our religious way of life is the same thing.

KONKO MISSION OF HONO-

LULU

Daily Prayers:

Weekdays

5:30 a.m.

7:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

7:30 p.m.

Sunday

5:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

(Subject to Change)

7:30 p.m.

2011 Family Sunday Activities

June 19 Nutrition by Ms. Tsugumi Matsunaga

July 10 Back to School Service at 10 am

July 17 KMH Community Service Day at Kuakini Medical

Center at 9:30 am

Aug. 7 Drug Education by Mr. Gary Shimabukuro

at 10:30 am

Sep. 25 Lecture "Meguri" by Rev. Yomisu Oya

Nov. 6 Yard Sale

Dec. 18 Year End Potluck Party

KONKO MISSION OF HONOLULU

1728 Liliha Street

Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

Phone: 808-533-7173

Fax: 808-521-7423

Konko-Honolulu@hawaii.rr.com

KONKOKYO

Konko Missions in Hawaii Church Directory

Konkokyo Hawaii Center

Administrative Office

1744 Liliha Street Suite 304

Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

(808) 536-9078

E-mail: kmhcenter@hawaiiantel.net

Konko Mission of Hilo

58 Huapala Lane

Hilo, Hawaii 96720

(808) 935-3239

Konko Mission of Waipahu

94-106 Mokukaua Street

Waipahu, Hawaii 96797

(808) 677-3716

E-mail: konko.waipahu@gmail.com

Konko Mission of Wahiawa

207 Muliwai Avenue

Wahiawa, Hawaii 96786

(808) 621-6667

E-mail: konko-wahiawa@hotmail.com

Konko Mission of Hanapepe

c/o Rev. Setsuko Okuno

1544 Molehu Drive

Honolulu, Hawaii 96818

(808) 423-7707

Konko Mission of Wailuku

2267 Mokuhau Road

Wailuku, Hawaii 96793

(808) 244-4738 7 (808) 242-7603

E-mail: yasutake-maui@hotmail.com