At Our Next Movie Event, Fun and Food for the Entire Family

Please mark down Sunday, September 24, on your calendar. On that date, please join us for a family-friendly documentary and our Maui fundraiser lunch with delicious chicken pot pie. This all happens following the September 24 Sunday service, and we will meet in the Annex Hall.

We expect to begin serving around 11:30 to 11:45 a.m., following the Sunday service.

About Carving the Divine

The award-winning documentary shows the challenges and tradition of the living historical discipline of carving of wooden religious images in Japan. The director, Yujiro Seki, lived in San Diego for some months and have visited our Temple. During Covid, he interviewed our former Minister, Rev. Kenji Akahoshi, now retired.

Recommendation from
Rev. Marvin Harada, BCA Bishop

"Carving the Divine is more than a movie about amazing wood sculptors of Japan. To me, the movie is about the Master-Apprentice, or the Master-Disciple relationship, and how this is still being transmitted in the traditional manner... stern, but yet ultimately kind, in training the apprentice to be a true artist in both skill and spirit."

Rev. Marvin Harada
Bishop, Buddhist Churches of America
Co-Director, BCA Center for Buddhist Education

Chicken Pot Pie as Fundraiser for Maui Wildfire Relief

The lunch served as part of the movie will be the Temple’s much loved home-style chicken pot pie. We will shortly confirm these prices, but we believe the fundraiser donation for each lunch will be $10. Take-home frozen pies, ready to be baked for an easy dinner, will be available via pre-order. Again, wait for the confirmation, but we believe the price for a full pie will be $20.

Stay Tuned! More Details Follow

We will be sharing more information about this event for the whole family.