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JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2025 EVENTS

Below schedule is subject to change without advance notice.

JAN:      1st       Shusho-E   10 am   Facebook Live

              2 - 4    Temple closed

              14th     Board Meeting   7 pm

              20th    Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Temple closed

              26th    Fujinkai Meeting 9 am

                          Monthly Service & Memorial   10 am   Facebook Live

                          Annual Temple Members General Meeting   11 am

                          New Year’s Party    12:30 pm

                          Rev. Miyazaki Farewell Party     1:00 pm

FEB:       2nd     Setsubun-E (Bean-Throwing Ceremony)   11:00 am

              11th    Directors’ Meeting   7 pm

              16th    Fujinkai Meeting  10 am

                          Nehan-E & Monthly Service & Memorial   11 am   Facebook Live

              17th    Presidents’ Day - Temple closed

SERVICE VIDEOS

You can watch our services on videos on Zenshuji Facebook. Services are held in person and via Facebook Live. Go to Zenshuji Facebook for the video of the latest service.

Happy New Year!

Thank you very much for all your support to Zenshuji last year. We wish you a wonderful and healthy new year! And thank you for continuous support for Zenshuji.

2025 Membership Form　年会費書

SETSUBUN - Bean Throwing Ceremony

Setsubun service on Feb 2nd is to celebrate the changing of the Winter Season to the Spring Season.  In the homes, a ‘mame-maki’ or bean throwing ceremony is held to drive out the evil spirits.  The beans are thrown and meant to pierce the devil’s eyes.  

Darumas are sold at the Setsubun Service as a symbol of Good Luck.  On the back side a message is written such as Good Family Health, Successful Business, etc. and the Darumas are blessed and taken home.  Come early to purchase and have your Daruma message blessed. Also fund-raiser raffles will follow the service. Raffle tickets are $20.00 donation per book or $2.00 donation per ticket, 10 tickets per book.

If you were born in the year of the Snake and would like to be a bean thrower on stage, wearing Kamishimo (Japanese traditional costume) or without, please call the temple at (213)624-8658.

Setsubun-E

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