The 30th English class of Shuyoka (the three-month Spiritual Development Course) began in the Home of the Parent on April 1 as part of the 756th session of Shuyoka, which has a total of 766 students. This year, there are 20 participants from five countries: 14 from the U.S.A., 3 from Nepal, 1 each from Canada, the Philippines, and South Korea. Their instructors are Rev. Owen Osamu Nakao, head minister of Pearl Church in Hawaii, and Rev. Lena Reiko Okada, wife of the head of Shimagahara Hawaii Mission Station located in Tenri.

Rev. Nakao serves as the homeroom instructor and teaches the classes on The Doctrine of Tenrikyo and the service dance, while Rev. Okada teaches the classes on The Life of Oyasama and the Mikagura-uta, The Songs for the Service.