Enchilada Sale
Some of you may have heard already that we’ll be having an enchilada sale on June 20th. You’ll have the opportunity to pre-order, and pre-pay for “homemade style” beef or vegetarian enchiladas.
Each order of two beef or three vegetarian enchiladas
will cost $15.00 and they come in a container ready for the freezer or microwave.
Order forms will be available beginning May 1st through June 6th. Proceeds will be used to help our church cover general expenses.
If you have any questions or would like to help, please send me an email (sdbusa2001@gmail.com).
Thank you very much for your support.
To pre-order and pay with a credit card for your enchiladas, please click on the button below.
Select "Open link in new tab", click on See Events, followed by Get Tickets, Get Tickets (again), and you will see the order form.
DHARMA SCHOOL CORNER
SLO Dharma School’s recent activities included observing Earth Day with students making bee hive starters and pollinator seed bombs. They honored their mothers on Mothers’ Day by making cootie catcher with words of gratitude written on the
sections.
Like other Dharma Schools, our 6 students will be taking a summer break and will resume classes in September.
Hopefully, other children will enroll in our program. If you have children ages 4 to 15 who may be interested in learning about Buddhism through hands on activities, contact Denise Marie or Gary.
While the 1920’s saw the establishment of various organizations associated with SLOBC, the 1930s was a period of growth for the church. Although a Japanese language school, Nippongo Gakkuen, was established in 1924, a school in Los Osos followed in 1930. Paul Kurokawa established the all Japanese Boy Scout Troop in 1931 and the Bukkyo Fujinkai (later the Women’s Auxiliary) had 47 members in 1933. A chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League was established in 1934.
Two important celebrations were held during the year: Fukiyose or Harvest Festival in the fall after the crops were harvested; and the Japanese language schools’ year end program. Sometimes, the Fukiyose had as many as 200 attendees and the celebration lasted into the late night.
The ministers assigned to SLOBC during the 1930s were Rev. Chizo Kaku, Rev. Kodo Saiki, Rev. Giko Yamamoto and Rev. Onoyama. The temple was incorporated as a non-profit organization on January 4, 1939 and a new temple building and minister’s residence were built on the property in 1940. Church membership grew to 150 in 1940.
The temple was closed from 1942 to 1946 due to the enactment of Executive Order 9066 when Japanese and Japanese Americans were removed from the West Coast and incarcerated in 10 internment camps. The temple was used as a storage facility for members’ property and Ernest Vollmer Sr. voluntarily took care of the church. On August 20, 1946, Rev. Kenshi Iwao and his family volunteered to reopen the temple and a family obutsudan belonging to Yoshio Nagano was loaned to the temple. Only 15 families returned to San Luis Obispo County from the internment camps..