2013 Annual Obon Festival - Southern Alameda County Buddhist ChurchNEW

Annual OBON FESTIVAL hosted by Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church

EVERYONE IS INVITED! Please come and enjoy Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church's Buddhist Festival of Obon. We will have Buddhist Dancing, Japanese Music, an O Nami Taiko Drum Performance and Japanese Foods. �An enjoyable event for everyone!!!

Colorful kimono-clad participants gather for the Obon dance - a memorial day for our departed beloved ones and a day to give thanks to them.� With deep felt joy and gratitude, we honor and remember our deceased loved ones whose very existence made our own lives possible.

Saturday August 10, 2013���

Food Sales:� 5:00 pm � 6:00 pm��� Bon Dance: 7:00 pm

Place: Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church, 32975 Alvarado Niles Rd., Union City, CA 94587

Telephone:� 510-471-2581

Website: www.sacbc.org

Obon Dance Practices
At 7:30 pm on 7/29, 7/30, 8/01, 8/05, 8/07, 8/08 in the Sangha Hall at SACBC.��� Dance Practices are Free and OPTIONAL � need not practice to attend and join our Obon Dance.� EVERYONE is invited to DANCE!������������ �����������������������������

Sunday August 11, 2013 - Obon Buddhist Service
Sunday, August 11, 2013 at 10:00am SACBC will conduct its Annual Buddhist Spiritual Services for all our beloved ones called Obon Service.� Those who lost their beloved ones are especially welcome. We will conduct a special service for them called Hatsubon (First Obon Service). We have invited a guest speaker, Rev. Fumaki Usuki, from West Los Angeles Buddhist Temple.

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