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DECEMBER 2013 & JANUARY 2014 EVENTS
DEC: 1-7th Rohatsu Sesshin 6a-8p (on the 7th till midnight)
8th Fujinkai Meeting 10am
Jodo-E, Monthly Service & Memorial 11am
Potluck Luncheon 12pm
10th Directors’ Meeting 7:30pm
12th Essence of Zen Study Group 7:30pm
15th Garden Cleaning/Omigaki/Goeika-Osame 9am
22nd Dr. Kato’s Buddhism Lecture in Japanese 10am
25th Christmas Day - temple closed
28th Mochigome Washing 8am
29th Mochitsuki 7a-4p - volunteers needed !!!
31st Year-end Service 4pm
JAN: 1st Shusho-E: New Year’s service 10am
2nd - 4th - temple closed
14th Board Meeting 7:30pm
19th A Day of Zazen: One Day of Sitting Meditation 7:10a-5p
Dr. Kato’s Buddhism Lecture in Japanese 10am
20th Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday - temple closed
26th Fujinkai Meeting 1pm
Monthly Service & Memorial 2pm
Annual Temple Members General Meeting 3pm
New Year’s Party 5pm
ROHATSU SESSHIN 臘八接心
Rohatsu Sesshin is soon to be here once again. This annual one week-long zazen sittings will start on December 1st and go through December 7th. Sitting will start at 6am and go throughout the day until 8pm. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served for those who can stay. Please join in for whatever time you can. The sesshin culminates on the last day, Saturday, where we sit until midnight and have a short service in the Hondo. Hope to see you there!!! If you wish to attend, please email webmaster@zenshuji.org
MOCHITSUKI RAFFLE
Join in the December Mochitsuki Raffle which will be drawn on Mochitsuki Sunday, December 29, 2013 @ 3:00pm. Tickets are only $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. Tickets are on sale now at Zenshuji Office. They will also be available at the Garden Cleaning and Omigaki on December 15th, and 29th Mochitsuki Day. Winners need not be present.
Prizes are:
1ST PRIZE: Framed Oshogatsu Furoshiki (Decorated with traditional okasane mochi and other good luck symbols) See it @ Zenshuji.
2nd PRIZE: 5# TAMAKI GOLD KOME
3rd PRIZE: 5# TAMAKI GOLD KOME
4th PRIZE: 5# TAMAKI GOLD KOME
5th PRIZE: 5# TAMAKI GOLD KOME
6th PRIZE: 5# TAMAKI GOLD KOME
7th PRIZE: 5 Piece Glass Tumbler & Pitcher
8th PRIZE: 5 Piece Glass Tumbler & Pitcher
Come and look at the framed Oshogatsu Furoshiki and buy your raffle tickets. You can’t win if you don’t buy so buy a ticket and take your chance!
MOCHITSUKI & MOCHI ORDER
We will have the annual end-of-the-year Mochitsuki (mochi pounding) at Zenshuji on Sunday December 29th from 7am to 5pm. We need a lot of muscle power to pound a lot of mochi rice. Please help us whenever you can. If you are ordering mochi, please mail/hand in the mochi order form below by the 23rd. Every year we have people asking to buy but they did not order. Remember, we order the mochigome (mochi rice) by the order form counts. Please help us to be more accurate. Order As Soon As Possible.
One pound of small mochi = $4; Okasane-Mochi 1 set = $7
We also have Mochigome washing on Saturday, December 28th from 8am.