Rev. Hōkai “Smitty” Smith, Kyoshi Ordination

Rev. Noriko Kawai, Interfaith Hospice Care, Tokudo Ordination

Rev. Sharon Sasaki, Tokudo Ordination

Arturo Rubio, Certified Minister’s Assistant

Kaytee Sumida, Minister’s Assistant

Bill Teague, Certified Minister’s Assistant, married into a Jodo Shinshu family and he and wife Joyce became more involved when they started taking their daughter to Dharma School in the early 1980s. Bill appreciates being part of an authentic living tradition suffused with Buddhist values.

Yukari Williams, Certified Minister’s Assistant