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<\/a><\/p>\nThis year, the seminar is being organized on three occasions with a limited number of participants for each seminar in order to enhance the interaction among the participants. This was the first of the three seminars.<\/p>\n
On day one of the seminar, Women\u2019s Association President Harue Nakayama took the podium and addressed the participants. After thanking them for their efforts in various activities leading up to the association\u2019s 100th Anniversary Convention, which was held in April, she spoke about the Shinbashira\u2019s address at the convention. She said: \u201cCommemorating the 100th anniversary means that the association is starting anew this year and setting out on a new chapter of its journey. . . . In the next 100 years, our association must achieve a higher level of spiritual growth than in the last 100 years.\u201d She then spoke about the day of origin of the association and the attributes and roles given to women and told the participants, \u201cIn order to fulfill our role of nurturing others with a warm heart, I would like you to inquire into the teachings and cultivate strong faith while you are young.\u201d After explaining this year\u2019s guidelines for association activities and how to conduct young women\u2019s activities, President Nakayama concluded her address by saying, \u201cI would like you to take joy in being entrusted with your important role as a young women leader and promote your activities by working closely with all your members so that you can take vigorous steps in the first year of the association\u2019s new journey.\u201d<\/p>\n
Next, Committee Member Hiroko Kasai spoke about young women\u2019s activities. This was followed by a lecture by Amaura Chapter Chairwoman Emiko Kinoshita, which was entitled \u201cThe First Step in Sprinkling the Fragrance.\u201d On the second day, Furusato Chapter Chairwoman Masako Yamada gave a lecture entitled \u201cImplementing the Teachings in Our Daily Life.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the seminar, the participants were divided into seven groups and engaged in group discussions. On the first day, the participants were given a common theme, \u201cMy Own Faith,\u201d and shared the day of origin of their family\u2019s faith and their implementation of the teachings in the course of their daily life. On the second day, they discussed different ways of sprinkling the fragrance on their friends and explored different ideas on how to approach the young women who attended this year\u2019s commemorative convention and get them involved in young women\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n
Noriko Himi, the young women leader of Asakusa Chapter, said: \u201cI personally found the words of other young women leaders\u2014who are around the same age and in the same role as I am\u2014to be very convincing and easy to settle in my mind. I would like to follow the path each day while keeping my mind sensitive to other people\u2019s feelings and taking joy in having the opportunity to serve as the young women leader of my chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On June 5 and 6, Tenrikyo Women\u2019s Association held the Seminar for Young Women Leaders at Moya 12. A total of 66 participants from directly supervised chapters and diocese chapters deepened their faith through lectures and group discussions. Young women leaders have only a few opportunities to meet and interact\u2026<\/p>\n