Annual Remembrance Ceremony 2025

 

This year the Annual Remembrance Ceremony took place Sunday evening, October 5th.  The beautiful evening ceremony was surrounded by candles and took place both in front of the Temple and in the cemetery. 

The Annual Remembrance Ceremony is a time to honor deceased loved ones, our spiritual lineage and those who are interred in the Shao Shan Temple Cemetery.

This ceremony also includes elements of the Japanese Obon Ceremony - a time to honor the ancestors and to invite them to be with us for a celebration.

A new cemetery gate was completed just in time for the Remembrance Ceremony.

Garden Work Day/Closing /Harvest Potluck 2025

 

 

On a October 4th, we gathered to for a garden work day, season-closing ceremony and a harvest potluck.  We filled buckets with the harvest of carrots,and beets and more.  Work time was followed by a Garden-Closing Ceremony - expressing gratitude for all that had made the garden possible and apologies to all beings harmed in the gardening process. This was followed by a delicious Harvest Potluck.