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5/25/2023 – Cemetery Visitations Schedule

Please contact the Office if you have any questions. (Contact)

5/21/2023 – Gotan-e/Fujimatsuri Service

5/13/2023 – Eden Bazaar – June 10 & 11

5/12/2023 – Busshin Newsletter – June 2023

June 2023 Issue

5/24/2023 – Race, Place and Religious Labor – A Book Launch Event.

A conversation between Dr. Scott Mitchell and Chenxing Han to celebrate the launch of “The Making of American Buddhism”… (More Information)

5/12/2023 – LIBRARY PREPARES EXHIBIT ON JAPANESE AMERICANS THROUGH ALAMEDA HISTORY

The Alameda Free Library will be displaying a new exhibit to honor the history of Japanese Americans in Alameda. The exhibit, “Overflowing with Hope: The Hidden History of Japanese Americans in Alameda,” documents the wartime removal of the Japanese community through images, testimonies, artifacts, and long-hidden stories… (Article Link)

5/7/2023 Family Dharma Service

5/7/2023 – May Shotsuki Memorial Service

5/7/2023 – Dharma School T-Shirt and Tote Bag Sale

Support the BCO Dharma School by purchasing a T-Shirt and Tote Bag

Children and Adult T-Shirt Sizes Available.

5/5/2023 – Buddhist Temple of Alameda Vacationland Bazaar

Sunday June 25, 2023 – Noon to 6pm – Alameda CA

Flyer Link

5/4/2023 CBE Updated – Center for Buddhist Education

5/1/2023 – He grew up in California. Now, he’s forced to live in his birth country — a place he’s never known

For more information about Phoeun You, please contact Jun Hanmamoto, BCO Outreach Committee

4/30/2023 Dharma Family Service

5/15/2023 – Strings of Hope: the bandura and koto for Ukraine – Online Concert

…Our digital series of NextGen Geijutsuka is proud to co-present with the Ukrainian Heritage Club of Northern California in a special program that shares in the music of two countries : Ukraine and Japan, joining in friendship and hope for the Ukrainian people. It also celebrates the cultural music of two cultures hoping to continue and thrive in the U.S. They play an important role in sharing the beauty of these art forms with the wider world in a collaborative way.

This is a program of music and stories of Ukrainian people and of their heritage, from Ukraine and Sacramento, featuring Ukrainian bandura teacher and performer Ola Herasymenko Oliynyk, and her students Sofiia Ishchuk and her father Dmytro Ishchuk who will be tuning in from Ukraine, and Caterina Biscardi, who is of Ukrainian and American descent. Fundraiser for Ukraine, Registration required…   Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto

5/6/2023 – Dharma School Field Trip

NOTICE: We have SPACE AVAILABLE for BCO SANGHA MEMBERS!!!

  • Visit the 442nd Nisei Exhibit
  • Attend the Service with Rev Harry Bridge
  • Free admission to the USS Hornet Aircraft Carrier Museum in Alameda

Flyer Link

4/23/2023 Dharma Family Service

4/16/2023 – Pets Memorial Service

4/13/2023 – IBS Spring Update

4/11/2023 – J-SEI Flavors of Spring

Order Tickets (LINK)

J-Sei’s Flavors of Spring!
Friday, April 28th, 6 to 9 pm
Berkeley City Club

The last day to purchase is Tues, April 18. (Order LINK)

4/9/2023 – April Shotsuki Memorial Service

4/9/2023 – Family Dharma Service

4/8/2023 – SACBC Sakura Jams – Dance Party

Tonight!!! @ 7pm

Join BCO’s Rev Harry Bridge and others on Saturday April 8th at 7p for a night of fun and music.

4/7/2023 – BCO Connect – Newsletter from the Buddhist Churches of America

4 /7/2023 – Busshin Newsletter – May 2023

May 2023 Issue

4/7/2023 – OBWA Cookbook – Recipes Submission

We want to offer our current members the opportunity to submit their recipes….

4/6/2023 – Eden JACL Bento Sale – LAST DAY TO PRE-ORDER !

  • Choice of Chicken or Saba (Fish) Bento
  • LAST DAY TO PRE-ORDER – Friday April 7th
  • Pickup Date is Sunday April 23rd @ Eden Township Japanese Community Center, San Lorenzo, CA
  • Click Here to view flyer

Online Ordering Button

4/5/2023 – Grief, Translation, and the Wonder of Friendship

  • April 11, 2023 – Event Featuring Chenxing Han… (Link)

4/2/2023 – Hanamatsuri Service

  • Special guest Rev Kodo Umezu

4/2/2023 – Hanamatsuri Service  – April 2, 2023

Special Guest Rev Kodo Umezu

Please help our planning for this event by letting us know that you will be attending.

  1. Click on the RSVP Link, or
  2. Send a email to OfficeBCO@gmail.com, or
  3. Call the Church Office (510) 832-5988

Thank you, See you Sunday.

3/27/2023 – Pets Memorial Service – Sunday April 16 at 10:00am

 Pet Card Form

Our pets are very important members of our families. In remembrance of our beloved family pets, we will have a Pets Memorial Service on Sunday April 24 at 10:00am as part of the Dharma Family Service…

Pet Card Form (Click Here)

3/27/2023 – one long listening – New Book by Chenzing Han

More Information

Dear friends,
I hope these first few months of 2023 have brought rest, festivities, kinship, solitude—and whatever else nourishes you—in good measure. I’m writing to share that my second book, one long listening: a memoir of grief, friendship, and spiritual care will be coming out on April 11, 2023, with the independent nonprofit publisher North Atlantic Books…. (Letter Click Here)
Warmly,
~Chenxing

3/26/2023 – Spring Ohigan Service

3/10/2023 – BCO Connect – Newsletter from the Buddhist Churches of America

3/12/2023 – 850|800 Joint Service – March 12th

850th Anniversary of Shinran Shonin’s Birth
800th Anniversary of the Establishment of Jodo Shinshu Teachings

The Buddhist Churches of America, Bay District will be conducting the Joint Services of the 850th Anniversary of Shinran Shonin’s Birth & the 800th Anniversary of the Establishment of Jodo Shinshu Teachings on March 12, 2023 at the Palo Alto Buddhist Temple from 10 AM.

  • 10am March 12th –  Live Stream Watch Party at BCO – Oakland Hondo
    • Refreshment 9:30 – Main Hall
    • Broadcast Viewing 10am – Hondo
  • 10am March 12th – Zoom Video Stream
  • 10am March 12th Live at Palo Alto Buddhist Temple – Palo Alto
    • RSVP Requested to attend.
    • Lunch Reservation Deadline February 26th

3/10/2023 – Busshin Newsletter – April 2023

April 2023 Issue

2023 – Play – Sentimental Journey – A Nisei Life in Song

Saturday March 18, 2023 – 12:30pm Berkeley

3/5/2023 – Shotsuki Memorial Service & Adult Dharma Service – March 2023

3/5/2023 – Dharma Family Service

2/28/2023 – BYR 6: BCA Summer Youth Retreat

June 25 – July 1, 2023 at the Jodo Shinshu Center

Flyer Link

We are hosting the 6th annual BCA Youth Retreat (BYR) from June 25 – July 1, 2023 at the Jodo Shinshu Center.
Please be sure to share this event with your high school age youth groups at your temple.

2/23/2023 – BCA J.A.M.S. 2023

Jodoshinshu Artists & Musicians Showcase

YouTube

  • Note: Rev. Bridge also has a piece in the BCA J.A.M.S. (Jodoshinshu Artists & Musicians Showcase) video, as do BCO members Shirley Muramoto & Brian Wong and many other BCA members.

2/23/2023 –  2023 BCA Eitaikyo Service

YouTube

  • BCA Eitaikyo Music Service is now available – our very own Rev. Michael Endo is the chairperson, and Rev. Harry Bridge performs with Miharu Okamura & KO-HA in one of the musical offerings.

2/15/2023 – Day of Remembrance Community Map Project – Executive Order 9066

Saturday, February 18, 2023 – 2:00 pm

Flyer

Join us for the opening reception for our Day of Remembrance Community Map Project on Saturday, February 18th, featuring a performance from Emeryville Taiko and a community panel about the role of art, memory, and place in the movement for civil rights.

This project is in honor of Day of Remembrance on February 19th, which marks the day in 1942 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, giving the U.S. Army the authority to forcibly remove and incarcerate Americans of Japanese ancestry residing on the West Coast during WWII. 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry were impacted, and had to abandon their jobs, their homes, and their lives to be sent to one of ten concentration camps scattered in desolate, remote regions of the country…. Flyer Link Here

Other Day of Remembrance Events – Click Here

 

  • Contact Jun Hamamoto for more info at OfficeBCO@gmail.com

2/14/2023 – BCA National Council Meeting – Public Events

The Buddhist Churches of America (BCA) will be holding the National Council Meeting. These events/meetings will be attended by the designated leaders of Temples/Churches in the BCA. 

A few of these events/meetings will be “Open to All” to attend.  We encourage BCO Sangha members to attend these “Open” meetings. They will be held presented via Zoom Meetings.

February 18, 2023

February 23, 2023

February 26, 2023

These are online events open to the public. We encourage BCO Sangha members  to participate.

4/2/2023 – Nichi Bei Day with the Athletics – Baseball Game

Sunday April 2, 2023 – 1 pm

Flyer (Link)

To order tickets: Website https:/nichibei.org/athletics

2/12/2023 – Dharma Family Service

2/12/2023 Shotsuki Memorial Service – February 2023

2/5/2023 – Dharma Family Service

1/7/2023 – An Interfaith Vigil of Remembrance & Call for Liberation

3/12/2023 – 850|800 Joint Service

850th Anniversary of Shinran Shonin’s Birth
800th Anniversary of the Establishment of Jodo Shinshu Teachings

March 12, 2023 – 10am – Palo Alto Buddhist Temple

The Buddhist Churches of America, Bay District will be conducting the Joint Services of the 850th Anniversary of Shinran Shonin’s Birth & the 800th Anniversary of the Establishment of Jodo Shinshu Teachings on March 12, 2023 at the Palo Alto Buddhist Temple from 10 AM.

More information – Link

1/29/2023 – Dharma Family Service

1/22/2023 – Dharma Family Service

1/19/2023 JSEI Crab Feed – February 26, 2023

32nd Annual J-Sei Crab Feed
Sunday, February 26, 2023

1/15/2023 – Ho-onko Service – Honoring Shinran Shonin

1/8/2023 – Shotsuki Memorial Service – January

1/8/2023 – Dharma Family Service

1/6/2023 – Lincoln Square Park Campaign

Friends of Lincoln Square Park is working with the City of Oakland to raise funds to build a 22,000 square-foot recreation center to replace an old, overcrowded facility. As part of this project, it is seeking to interview people who grew up playing at the park or went to Lincoln School next door. It has many Chinese American interviewees, but wants to interview the Japanese Americans, Filipino Americans, and others who were part of the scene. To find out more about the campaign, visit www.friendsoflincolnsquarepark.org; if you would like to be interviewed or want to find out more about the project, please contact Grant Din at grant@friendsoflincolnsquarepark.org. Thank you!

https://www.friendsoflincolnsquarepark.org/

1/1/2023 – Dharma Family Service – New Year’s Day Service

2023 – Forever Young Reunion Dance Party

SACBC -Southern Alameda Co Buddhist Church – Union City

January 14, 2023 – 7 to 10pm

Flyer

12/31/2022 New Year’s Eve Message from Rev Bridge

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12/12/2022 – Busshin Newsletter – January 2023

January 2023 Issue

2023 – Play – Sentimental Journey – A Nisei Life in Song

Saturday March 18, 2023 – 12:30pm Berkeley

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