Dear Buddhist Church of Parlier Sangha, Family and Friends,

Happiness is March! March is such a beautiful and delicate time of the year, with fresh beginnings, surrounding us at every turn.  The blossoms open up like popcorn and before long, turn into summer's harvest. Hope your March is as grand as can be.  

Looking at our calendar this month, things are really hopping with a full slate of activities at our church.  There is something for everyone so come on down and enjoy spending time with us!

Today, Sunday, March 1st, the Parlier BWA will be busy preparing for their bi-annual yard sale.  All the members will be setting up for next week's sale.  Thanks to Denise, Barbara and Carol for spearheading the fundraiser.  The BWA thanks everyone for their donations and time for this endeavor where proceeds go towards activities planned throughout the year. 

We will be having an omigaki on March 15th starting at 8:00 a.m. At this time we will clean and polish all the onaijin adornments.  We will also be asking all able bodied members to come and help spruce up the inside and outside of our temple.  Spring Cleaning - such a good feeling!

On March 22, the Parlier BWA will be assisting the Fowler BWA  with the annual CCBWL Conference. It will be held at our temple with Fowler hosting the event.

Another event to look forward to in March will be our Spring Ohigan Service. As always with our major services, we will be having an otoki, this time a tofu potluck.  It's always fun to try out new dishes and flavors.  Please join in on the fun and good food.  We promise you will enjoy it all.

We've had more Tim and Satoshi sightings at our temple.  They come in quietly and take care of so many things on the church grounds.  Tim is always updating our security systems as well as repairing or replacing outdated equipment.  Satoshi is constantly cleaning up "debris" left behind by the neighborhood dogs. This is an ongoing problem and Satoshi graciously comes to clean the premises. The dana of these two are truly appreciated and we can never say thank you enough.  Thank you, thank you, Tim and Satoshi!  

Enjoy the warmer weather in the coming month.  Hope you can celebrate with much joy and happiness! 

In gassho,

Buddhist Church of Parlier