FROM: BUDDHIST CHURCH OF FOWLER NON-PROFIT ORG 210 S. 9

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P.O. BOX 335 PAID FOWLER, CA 93625 FOWLER, CA PERMIT NO. 10 TIME VALUE

BUDDHIST CHURCH OF FOWLER

THE WHITE PATH

MONTHLY BULLETIN VOL. 473 JULY 2018 JULY

2 (Mon) 7:00 p.m. Golf Club Meeting 5 (Thurs) 7:00 p.m. Obon Practice 10 (Tues) 7:00 p.m. Board Meeting 14 (Sat) 7:00 a.m. General Church Clean Up 14 (Sat) 10:00 a.m. BWA Meeting 21 (Sat) Fowler Obon 7:00 a.m. Set up Stage, Booths, Chairs, Lanterns Food Prep 5:00 p.m. Food Booths Open 8:00 p.m. Dancing Begins 22 (Sun) 10:00 a.m. Obon, Hatsubon & Monthly Shotsuki Memorial Service

OBON HATSUBON MEMORIAL SERVICE COMBINED WITH JULY SHOTSUKI SERVICE The annual Obon Service will be on Sunday, July 22 at 10:00 a.m. This service will combine the Hatsubon (first Obon) Service and the Shotsuki Memorial Service for the month of July. Reverend Brian Nagata will be our guest speaker. Obon is a time to remember and honor all those who have passed on before us. It is to appreciate all that they have done for us and to recognize their continuing influence on our lives today. The names of the Hatsubon members are: James Yamamoto Edward Hirasuna Jim Yanagihara Edith Arase Shirley Honda Howard Matsumura Ayako Shimizu Lillian Kuda Mikio Uchiyama Shizue Nakamura Yoshio Ideta Pete Nakayama

The Shotsuki names for the month of July are: Hiroshi T. Mayebo Torao Sera Noriyuki Arasuna Sumiko Doi Kama Toyama Futayo Okamura Kazuo Otani Kuma Kato Kichiro Takemoto Yakichi Honda Sadao Onaka Sato Kurata Shizuko Tokubo Masami Matsuoka Dorothy Kanenaga Tom Mukai Setsuko Asakawa Masao Sakoda Kazu Wada Yumi Onaka Shizue Fujikawa Joe Yoshimura CHURCH TOBAN FOR JULY

District III Rijiis: Kimihiro Sera Kevin Nagata Toban: Aiko Kamine

GENERAL CHURCH CLEANUP

All members please help with general church clean up on Saturday, July 14th at 7:00 a.m. FOWLER OBON The Fowler Obon will be on Saturday, July 21st beginning at 5:00 pm. Dancing will begin at 8:00 pm.

In preparation for Fowler'Obon, set up will begin at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 21th. All members are asked to come and help with set up and tear down. Food preparation can begin as soon as set up is completed. Dharma School and Jr YBA families are asked to help with set up also.

Thank you for your assistance and cooperation.

ALL MEMBERS July 21th 7:00 a.m. � Yagura stage set up � Decorate Yagura ALL MEMBERS: Yagura stage take-down and clean up will take place immediately after the Obon activities.

THANK YOU

Thank you to our Obon dance instructors, Leslie Arzola-Guerra and Lindsay Guerra., SCHEDULE OF LOCAL OBONS June 30 Visalia July 7 Reedley July 14 Fresno @ FDC July 21 Fowler July 28 Parlier BWA NEWS

BWA will be selling somen and sushi plates at the Fowler Obon. Call Aiko Kamine if you are able to help on Friday. All ladies are asked to come on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. to prepare the somen and sushi.

The next BWA meeting will be held on Saturday, July 14 at 10:00 a.m. following church clean up.

June 2018 Donations

Memorial Day Service In Memory of Seiichi & Sumiye Kageura30.00$ The Sera Family 450.00$ Russell & Ted Kageura25.00$ Howard & Satomi Hiyama20.00$ Gary & Arlene Keithley10.00$ Jan Yoshimoto In Memory of Hitoshi Pete Nakayama

1,000.00$ The Nakayama Family100.00$ Jason Crawford &

Shotsuki Shannon Nakayama50.00$ Chuck Ideta Correction to the 50.00$ Michael & Nancy Sharp June White Path50.00$ Greg & Patricia Miyake50.00$ Ken & Kim Miyake50.00$ Jim & Tina Clarey In Memory of Shizue Nakamura20.00$ Betty Nakayama 3,000.00$ The Nakamura &20.00$ Shizue Sakoda Okada Families

100.00$ Chappell McCullar, LLC25.00$ Shig & Aiko Kamine

White Path25.00$ Michael & Nancy Sharp In Memory of Hitoshi Pete Nakayama,

49th Day Memorial250.00$ M/M Keith Nakayama

Special Donations 250.00$ M/M Gerald Nakayama300.00$ Fowler Ikebana Class 100.00$ Tom & Marilyn Noda Swartz

March, April & May 2018 100.00$ Ben Nakayama100.00$ Alex & Roberta Araki 100.00$ Mike & Kristin Rademaker

Ikebana Donation100.00$ Fowler Fishing Club In Memory of Joe Yoshimura

Rummage Sale Proceeds 300.00$ Ann Yoshimura35.00$ Mrs. Aiko Takeda Gary & Sandra Yoshimura

Ikebana Donation Don & Marsha Yoshimura20.00$ Carol Guerra

Nikkei FoundationFundraiser

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