Tenrikyo Women\u2019s Association held its Seminar for Young Women Leaders at Moya 38 on June 7 and 8, 2014. A total of 372 young women leaders from directly supervised chapters and diocese chapters attended the seminar. At the Young Women\u2019s Convention held on November 4 last year, young women renewed their resolve to work tirelessly on the pre-anniversary activities leading up to the 130th Anniversary of Oyasama.<\/p>\n
The objective of the Seminar for Young Women Leaders is to have young women leaders, who have few opportunities to interact with other young women leaders, return to the Home of the Parent, deepen their faith, and raise their awareness as leaders.<\/p>\n
On the first day, the seminar started with the greetings by Association President Harue Nakayama. She first mentioned the guidelines for association activities\u2015\u201cLet all of us Women\u2019s Association members follow the path of making repayment for the blessings we receive\u201d\u2015and emphasized that anyone can make repayment for God\u2019s blessings regardless of their age. After saying that we are only able to live in fortunate circumstances because our predecessors earnestly followed the path of making repayment for the blessings, she told the young women leaders, \u201cI would like you to maintain a sense of gratitude in your daily life and take concrete actions to make repayment for the blessings each day, however small your actions may be.\u201d<\/p>\n
After speaking about how Oyasama urged the performance of the Service in the early days of the path, the president cautioned the listeners that practicing the dance and the musical instruments for the service and performing services that are complete in terms of outward appearance do not constitute the completion of the Service. \u201cWhat is more important,\u201d she explained, \u201cis to have the service performers\u2019 minds and daily actions come into total accord with the intention of God the Parent.\u201d<\/p>\n
She concluded by saying: \u201cIt is important to engage in pre-anniversary activities so that you can show Oyasama the progress you make in your spiritual growth. I would like all of you young women leaders to conduct activities in a manner that will bring joy to God the Parent and Oyasama.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the first day of the seminar, the participants listened to Honbu-jun\u2019in Tomikazu Matsumura\u2019s lecture entitled \u201cThe Kakisage\u2014Living Your Daily Life Based on the Teachings.\u201d On the next day, Honrijin Branch Chapter Chairwoman Yukiko Sugita gave a lecture entitled \u201cThings We Can Do in the Lead-up to the Anniversary of Oyasama.\u201d Group discussions were also held to allow participants to share their thoughts with one another and deepen their understanding of the teachings.<\/p>\n
Ms. Hisa Kontani, who leads the young women in the Hyogo Diocese Chapter, expressed her resolution: \u201cMy friends and I have been encouraging one another to be proactive in administering the Sazuke whenever we find people who are suffering from illnesses. Together with other young women, I would like to make a more conscious effort to engage in salvation work every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms. Satomi Ipposhi, who is Asakura Chapter\u2019s young women leader, said: \u201cI can reach out to other young women anytime and anywhere. The most important thing is to sustain my effort to do so every day. I would like to reach out to other young women and follow the path together with them in high spirits during this \u2018three years, one thousand days\u2019 season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tenrikyo Women\u2019s Association held its Seminar for Young Women Leaders at Moya 38 on June 7 and 8, 2014. A total of 372 young women leaders from directly supervised chapters and diocese chapters attended the seminar. At the Young Women\u2019s Convention held on November 4 last year, young women renewed\u2026<\/p>\n