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가정맹세 (Family Pledge)………………….……………………………….2Schedule ……………………………………..…………………………….4Hoon Dok Hwe ……………………………………………………………6List of Contacts………..………………………………………………….. 17Relevant Websites……………………………………………………….... 18Guideline for 2nd Generation Blessing ……………………………….... 20Application Process for the 2nd Generation Matching and Blessing …… 23
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가정맹세 ( Family Pledge)
일. 천일국 주인 우리 가정은 참사랑을 중심하고 본향땅을 찾아 본연의 창조이상인
지상천국과 천상천국을 창건할 것을 맹세하나이다.
1. Our family, the owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to seek our original homeland and build the
Kingdom of God on earth and in heaven, the original ideal of creation, by centering on true love.
이. 천일국 주인 우리 가정은 참사랑을 중심하고 하나님과 참부모님을 모시어 천주의
대표적 가정이 되며 중심적 가정이 되어 가정에서는 효자, 국가에서는 충신, 세계에서는
성인, 천주에서는 성자의 가정의 도리를 완성할 것을 맹세하나이다.
2. Our family, the owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to represent and become central to heaven and
earth by attending God and True Parents; we pledge to perfect the dutiful family way of filial sons
and daughters in our family, patriots in our nation, saints in the world, and divine sons and
daughters in heaven and earth, by centering on true love.
삼. 천일국 주인 우리 가정은 참사랑을 중심하고 사대심정권과 삼대왕권과 황족권을 완성할 것을 맹세하나이다.
3. Our family, the owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to perfect the Four Great Realms of Heart, the
Three Great Kingships and the Realm of the Royal Family, by centering on true love.
사. 천일국 주인 우리 가정은 참사랑을 중심하고 하나님의 창조이상인 천주대가족을
형성하여, 자유와 평화와 통일과 행복의 세계를 완성할 것을 맹세하나이다.
4. Our family, the owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to build the universal family encompassing
heaven and earth, which is God's ideal of creation, and perfect the world of freedom, peace, unity
and happiness, by centering on true love.
오. 천일국 주인 우리 가정은 참사랑을 중심하고 매일 주체적 천상세계와 대상적
지상세계의 통일을 향해 전진적 발전을 촉진화할 것을 맹세하나이다.
5. Our family, the owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to strive every day to advance the unification of
the spirit world and the physical world as subject and object partners, by centering on true love.
육. 천일국 주인 우리 가정은 참사랑을 중심하고 하나님과 참부모님의 대신가정으로서
천운을 움직이는 가정이 되어 하늘의 축복을 주변에 연결시키는 가정을 완성할 것을
맹세하나이다.
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6. Our family, the owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges to become a family that moves heavenly fortune
by embodying God and True Parents, and to perfect a family that conveys Heaven's blessing to our
community, by centering on true love.
칠. 천일국 주인 우리 가정은 참사랑을 중심하고 본연의 혈통과 연결된 위하는 생활을
통하여 심정문화세계를 완성할 것을 맹세하나이다.
7. Our family, the owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges, through living for the sake of others, to perfect
the world based on the culture of heart, which is rooted in the original lineage, by centering on true
love.
팔. 천일국 주인 우리 가정은 참사랑을 중심하고 성약시대를 맞이하여 절대신앙 절대사랑
절대복종으로 신인애 일체이상을 이루어 지상천국과 천상천국의 해방권과 석방권을
완성할 것을 맹세하나이다.
8. Our family, the owner of Cheon Il Guk, pledges, having entered the Completed Testament Age,
to achieve the ideal of God and human beings united in love through absolute faith, absolute love
and absolute obedience, and to perfect the realm of liberation and complete freedom in the
Kingdom of God on earth and in heaven, by centering on true love.
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Blessed Children Blessing Workshop June 6th – 8th, 2008 Dickson Valley Camp and Retreat Center, IL
SCHEDULE
Friday , June 6 th PM
3:00 – 7:00 Arrivals, Registration, Dinner
7:30 Orientation
8:00 INTRODUCTION- WHY BE BLESSED? [Schanker]
9:20 Introductions by Group
10:00 Close [Group Leaders Meeting]
11:00 Lights Out
Satur day, June 7 th AM
6:40 Hoon Dok Hwe
7:00 Morning Service
7:30 Break, Clean-up
8:00 Breakfast
8:40 GOD’S IDEAL FOR THE BLESSING [Windman]
9:50 Group Discussion
10:45 THE FALL: ORIGIN OF FAMILY BREAKDOWN [Hunter]
PM
12:00 Group Discussion
12:30 Luncheon
1:20 Activity
2:40 Break
3:00 RESTORING GOD’S FAMILY AND LINEAGE [Windman]
4:30 Group Discussion
5:30 Dinner/ Preparation for Evening Program
6:30 INTERNAL GUIDANCE / REPENTANCE [Hunter]
Written Confession / Counseling
8:00 Break
8:30 Testimonies/ Evening Program
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10:00 Close [Group Leaders Meeting]
11:00 Lights Out
Sun day, June 8 th AM
6:40 Hoon Dok Hwe
7:00 Morning Service
7:30 Break, Clean-up
8:00 Breakfast
8:45 FOUNDATION FOR THE BLESSING- Q & A [Windman]
10:10 Break
10:20 CLOSING SESSION
Special Presentation- Rev. Inguk Seo
Testimonies
Reflection, Evaluation
Graduation
PM
12:30 Luncheon & Clean Up
Lecturer/Presenter: Rev. Nate Windman- Education Pastor, LA Family Church
Workshop Director: Rev. Inguk Seo- Director of BC Blessing,
SungHwa Department, FFWPU- USA
MC & Coordinator: David Hunter- Director of Youth Education,
FFWPU Education Department
Coordinator: Jario Gavin- Chicago Youth Coordinator
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Hoon Dok Hwe
Meeting of Man and Woman
Man is born to meet woman and woman is born to meet man.
Man and woman together are born to combine with a higher
level of love which is God's love. Neither man nor woman can
touch God's full love alone. If a man or a woman alone tried to
unite with God's full love, it would just be a one-sided love.
Three-dimensional and spherical love couldn't be approached.
The utmost purpose of life is to be born of love, to be raised up by love, to live by love, and to
bequeath love to the future generations. The most valuable task in your family is to fulfill the
command of love-the center of the universe.
When two people who love each other give and take in a reciprocal relationship, consoling each
other when they are sad, sharing joy when they are happy, helping each other when they have
difficulties, and going forward together before God, this is married life founded on God's love.
The purpose of marriage is to unify the world of heart and to perfect the love of man and woman.
Therefore, to say that you have married is to proclaim that you will prove this. If you have realized
the perfection of love and the perfection of heart through marital life, we can say that you have
realized the ideal of a family. If you have realized this, then at the time of death without a doubt
you will be able to go to heaven.
You must think that marriage is not for your sake, but for your partner. It is wrong to desire to
marry a handsome or beautiful person. If you have understood the basic principle that people are to
live for the sake of others, you should know that you will marry for the sake of your spouse. No
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matter how ugly the person may be, you should be determined to try to love him or her more than
you love a beautiful person. This is the basic perspective of marriage.
The person, who establishes that his partner, i.e., his wife, looks a certain way, is essentially
mistaken. In the same way as not exactly knowing how one's face looks, one cannot say, "This is
the right face," of my beloved wife. Just as his face changes, his wife's face also changes
constantly, depending on her state of mind. Thus she appears different every time. Further, her
appearance also depends upon the observer's state of mind. If an observer remembers the smiling,
happy face, that image becomes the wife's image.
If you think that your spouse is lovely, even if her eyes are unseemly, all will look pretty and
beautiful. Therefore, depending on whether or not you have a loving mind, the person can look
beautiful or ugly. There can be the instance where even if one looks quite unseemly in daytime,
one could look beautiful at night. This is because a loving mind contracts and expands, back and
forth.
When a man and a woman meet, the love between them becomes deeper and deeper as they have
give and take of understanding, relating to each other their respective circumstances. Try thinking
that my fiance is unique and the best companion and shout it out. If that happens, that fiance will
become the best lover.
God is supposed to select your partner
Man was created to meet a woman who could make
him happy, and woman was created to meet a man
who could make her happy. Furthermore, their
meeting should transcend the two of them and be an
event that God and all creation watches and enjoys.
All existent beings in this world will mobilize for the
sake of this couple, and will want to be governed by
them. The birds will sing for them. The butterflies
will flit about and dance for them. God will rejoice, humans will rejoice, and all nature will rejoice.
If the human ancestors had met in this way and started human history from this meeting, then the
world would have become the original ideal of creation.
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From the viewpoint of the Principle of Creation, God and the parents created the spouse. Therefore,
in following the law of re-creation, it is essential that God and father and mother, not ourselves,
select the spouse. It is our covenant, following heavenly law, to accept that our husband or wife
will emerge from there. This is the Unification Church's standard of marriage. Therefore, in the
Unification Church, following the Principle, God and then Father are supposed to select your
spouse. Your fathers and mothers who live in the fallen world do not know the Principle. They do
not know. They do not follow any rules. Do you understand?
But Rev. Moon of the Unification Church knows the standard that can establish the order centering
on this Principle, and the covenant which must be followed to fulfill the law of heaven. This is the
theory of the ideal of creation, and, following this standard, centering on this ideal, your Blessing
will be under God's protection. In this way, Father, as the True Parent and representing your
parents, can proceed correctly with your Blessing. This is Unification Church's view of marriage.
God's Blessing is absolutely public. That Blessing is not for the individual or family only, nor for a
nation only, nor for the world only. God's Blessing is for the entire cosmos.
What is the Unification Church's Blessing? It is not just a man and woman meeting each other and
just getting married. Rather, centering on God and the True Father, they meet and receive the
Blessing. Because the first man and woman united wrongly and were chased out, man and woman
together must do well and work to restore everything.
None of you should take a stance centering
on yourselves. If there is a compass in you,
that compass should always point to God.
You are to turn your compass all the way
to where it points to God. When you turn
the compass to point to yourselves, there
will be harmful side effects. How great are
those side effects? Those whose
compasses are turned to center on the self
will, after a while, reach a condition where
they might die. If you look at them after
about three weeks, their eyes will stick to the insides of their sockets. When you look at this
alternative, you must find your partner centering on God.
The place of Blessing is the most precious place. The time of Blessing comes about only once in a
lifetime and its results last through eternity. In that most precious place, you must decide to go over
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this barrier with the most precious person by absolutely following the True Parents. Then heaven
will come down in this place. In this way you must become the most valuable, substantial being
who was molded by heaven and stands before heaven.
When receiving the Blessing, if anyone has a person to whom he wishes to be matched, and thinks
in his mind, "I would like to be matched with this one," he is insulting God. That is to repeat the
same action as Adam and Eve falling in the Garden of Eden. When Adam and Eve fell at the top of
the growth stage, they did not know with certainty that they were to become each other's spouses.
They were not sure. Without knowing, they unwittingly brought about that result through Satan's
temptation. You must move away from that road.
So can anyone go to the Blessing
knowing his own spouse? Can he go forth
having already decided beforehand his
own spouse? Heaven is supposed to
decide the spouse and the parents are
supposed to decide. God, who is Adam's
father, is supposed to decide. Seen from
this viewpoint, the traditional Korean
marriage ceremony corresponds to the
law of heaven. In that tradition, you
absolutely cannot marry without the
consent of the parents. This is absolute.
Therefore, those sons and daughters who have in mind some persons they would like to marry
should report right away to their parents. Before saying that they like someone, they should receive
the parents' approval. When the parents approve, it is all right to make friends with that person. It is
not a sin to become friendly with someone after reporting about it. But unreported relationships
cannot be recognized.
If you do anything like marrying amongst each other, you will not become a new ancestor but
instead will bring about disastrous results. Therefore, in the Unification Church, freely having love
affairs is absolutely not allowed. You must entrust everything to God.
Through the Blessing, you will form close relations of love centering on God. But if there is a
person who says, "I am that kind of person," but presents himself outwardly only himself, heaven
will never support him. In the Unification Church there cannot be any love affairs. They will not be
recognized by heaven. Those who had each other in mind will never be Blessed to each other.
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The ideal spouse from the viewpoint of God
The ideal spouse comes later. The self has to be thought of first. How to perfect yourself is the
most important thing. The ideal spouse means putting the will of the spouse first, but the perfect,
ideal family cannot come about unless it first is decided that you can become the perfect subject or
the perfect object.
The reason the Unification Church until now does not give the members the Blessing right away,
but makes them do fundraising instead, is in order to make them aspire for the parents' vertical
love. The reason we tell you not to worry about fiancés is because once you fulfill the vertical love,
the fiancé appears automatically.
One year contains four seasons. There is fall,
summer, spring and winter, but if a person
likes only the flowering spring and does not
like the cold and dark winter, he will never
know the true value of spring. The winter is
an absolutely necessary season for the
coming of spring. The fruit that is born in the
fall began its life in the spring, but the fruit
by itself cannot break the thick shell. The
ground holds the right moisture for the seed,
and it freezes due to the cold of winter. It becomes loose when spring comes and by the swelling
heat breaks the thick skin. Only then does the form of life that was inside the fruit begin to sprout.
Therefore, winter is absolutely necessary for the coming of spring.
In order for a spring-like woman to pass through summer and winter, she has to meet an autumnal
man. A woman who corresponds to spring has to pass through summer in order to meet an
autumnal man, and the autumnal man has to pass through winter in order to meet the spring-like
woman. Therefore both ultimately will pass through all four seasons.
Even if you receive the Blessing in the future, you must make relations with your spouse only after
making relations with his or her parents. Before anything, you must long for parents. You should
feel that without parents there is no night or day or world and that your own existence has no value.
A heart of love and adoration for your parents should dominate your daily life. After that, you can
be a son and daughter of Heaven.
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When I am matching people one after another, I try not to look clearly at the contours of a person's
face, if possible. I rather look at two persons for a while, and check what kind of feeling comes. It
is as if there is a measuring device for minds, and I compare the two without delay. If when I look
at the two, instantly and without self-awareness, I feel as if they are becoming one, then it is
precisely a match made in heaven, a perfect match.
When you marry, you want to receive a good-
looking person, a good-looking woman, right? If
everybody thinks like that, well, how many
among you are good-looking? Thus you must
think differently or you will not be able to go
over the way of suffering. When the eyes hate
something, if you can say, "You eyes! That is the
road of thorns which you have to go through, but
let's see what we don't want to see, and let us
love as God loves," those eyes are beautiful.
Other people cannot see in that way.
God thinks in this way. God is the world champion in appearing in disguise. You should think that
the person who appears as your beloved spouse is a son or daughter of God, whom He truly loves,
and that therefore He may come disguised as the ugliest person. If you love your husband or wife
with those eyes, it has the same significance as loving God's son and daughter.
All people are brothers and sisters. If there is a deformed person among one's brothers, it is
brotherly love to sacrifice for that person. Again, if one's parents are in the same situation, it is the
way of the filial son to obey and sacrifice for those parents. This is the general rule. Let's say that
there is a child who is not only ugly but also so short that others will not even look at him. But his
parents will feel the utmost pity for that child. It is the nature of a parent to love that child with the
heart of God more than anybody else.
Right attitude toward Matching
If that happens, the young men and women might rejoice in the fact that they are getting Blessed,
but it is a big problem for Father who has to take responsibility for it and take care of everything. I
feel the same way as when I was being tortured by the Japanese during their occupation of Korea.
You should think about it. To make connections of love over national boundaries for 12,000 young
men and women from 83 countries might be easy in words, but in actuality, how easy is it? What
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kind of benefit does Father gain by doing this work? In order to Bless 6,000 couples, Father was
always tired. I have rested a little since the Blessing ceremony ended.
Even though I continue matching past midnight, past two o'clock, and even stay up all night, my
eyes cannot get tired. You must be steadfast in this place. Yesterday and today, I have not slept
many hours-maybes only one hour. I cannot sleep while I am taking responsibility for others' lives,
taking care of the most important matter of people's lives, which comes about only once.
Those who pray for themselves are selfish people. Rather you should think, "I entrust everything to
You, God. I will receive anyone. Only do as You will. If You tell me to die alone of old age, I will
do that too." This is the most comfortable thinking for your minds.
First of all, you really need to long for
the parents. My motivation for life is the
True Parents. My entire hope is True
Parents, all my ideal and the base of my
happiness is True Parents. Unless you
attend the True Parents with this
standard, you cannot find salvation.
If someone prays, "There is a special
gathering for the Blessing at this time.
Heavenly Father, it does not matter who
becomes my spouse, but please let the
person be among the ones whom You can be happy with. If it is a person I know, it will be that
much better." Since this prayer is open, it will transmit to heaven. If you are going to pray, you
should pray like that.
Among the people who pioneered the Netherlands, there is a person named Teddy. I asked him
whom he wanted to be Blessed to, and he said that while he was in America he knew a person who
was truly loyal and followed God's will. When I asked who she was, he said her name was Pauline.
She joined the Church at 34 and had been a member for 8 years, and she was in a trinity with a
member named Doris. She was one of the three revolutionary fighters for our Will.
When Teddy was working for God's will in America with her, he had a lot of results gained from
enduring and pioneering. But they seemed to have had happy moments, too. Also, he said that he
knows very well that she has been pioneering alone in the most difficult environment for ten years
until now. Having heard that she had not married yet, he asked me if he could marry her.
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When Father saw this, did he feel good or bad? At first I did not feel good about that because
Father wanted the young man to hold a beautiful, young girl. Father would have felt better if he had
received a woman who could make him burst with hope for a good future, who is a flower among
flowers the more one looks at her, who will spread fragrance among fragrances so that one could
say that she is one's love day and night. But since he was already far away from my thinking, I felt
bad. However, the fact that he wanted to prepare a strong foundation for God's will, for God's
citizens, and for the three million citizens of Holland made me feel good. Also in order to do that,
he said in effect that he has to become a man who is able to elevate the dignity of woman. I saluted
him for his desire to do that work.
The International Marriage (Exchange Marriage) that God wants
The international marriage didn't take place by accident. The traditional mission of the children of
those couples first is to annul the difference between East-West and North-South resulting from
authority, knowledge and economic power, and next, on this foundation, is to build a lofty Mount
Everest of love.
The quickest shortcut to bring the unity of the
races is international marriage. A man and a
woman selected from two totally different
cultural and environmental backgrounds are
to become one with the love of God. This is
complete harmony and unification.
We are to realize such an ideal. In order to
accomplish a great work, we should find the
gigantic power of love. Such a great power
only comes from the utmost power of love.
That is not the love played fast and loose with societal and environmental changes. Only the utmost
love can transcend the boundaries of nationality, race, culture and knowledge.
Nowadays many members of the Unification Church participate in international marriage,
transcending national boundaries. There are many couples who cannot communicate with each
other because of the language barrier; they are willing to invest all their lives and youth. For whom
do they invest their precious youth? The world is blocked up by the national barriers, so they want
to break down those walls. By walking such a suffering course earlier than others, we are to
establish God's foundation, on which all the races and nations can be united. If a person accepts
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such a course with gratitude, he or she will be considered a victorious one historically and
universally.
This is a story about a German sister. For the Blessing, she asked to marry an African. Racial
discrimination still exists in American society, but she married an African to understand the
meaning of true love. She thought of God's concern, regardless of the prevailing social views. To
have such a mental attitude is to feel keenly God's Will and His love. The mind to look at everyone
as part of one's family has great value.
The Japanese are told to marry anyone except a Korean; that is the Japanese disposition. I know it
clearly. You don't know how contemptuously Father was treated in Japan. Even if I beat and broke
the bones of Japanese, that would be no way to end my resentment. However, because I realized
God's love and the universal law, I can forgive and Bless you; otherwise my eyes would flare with
resentment. I can never forget the situation in which I was on the verge of death, bleeding from
severe torture. Is it easy to gather such descendants, and make them God's children?
The power of love is greater than that of
atomic bombs. Love resurrects a man
with new life, but an atomic bomb just
kills a man. It brings not creation but
punishment and destruction. The United
States and the U.S.S.R. possess atomic
bombs which can destroy the earth tens of
thousands of times, but they cannot
bring forth world unity because atomic
bombs are weapons which kill, having
nothing to do with love's power to
endow race with new life. True love, not
the force of arms, is absolutely necessary for the unity of the world. Temporary unification is
possible by force but it would be like living on an active volcano-we would never know when it
was going to erupt.
Members of the Unification Church are trying to realize world unity through the weapon of love.
We know how difficult building the Kingdom of Heaven is. The Kingdom of Heaven cannot be
established by a general and ordinary method. Without having the conviction to sacrifice oneself
for the sake of the whole by knowing God's heartistic situation we cannot build the Kingdom of
Heaven. When we act with such conviction, God has to help and bless us. Eternal happiness lies in
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the person with whom God always dwells. The conclusion is that God's love and eternal happiness
are with the person who wants to establish an eternal Kingdom of Heaven.
We should go over the racial level and finally overcome the whole world with this thought. This is
why the Unification Church claims that the five races must be one in the future. Because God's
love is one, interest and affection cannot differ wherever God created land. Interracial marriage is a
symbol of God's love and will. Love is considered not to have any national boundary, even by the
secular world. How much more is it true in God's dominion? It is fundamentally different from the
tragic connection of love made by the history of force. God's love seeks not just individual well-
being and benefit; it is a devotional way of love for the world and all humankind.
From now on, all of your close relatives will try to serve Father. At that time, I will visit the
internationally married couples first, for they are the ones who accomplished the heartistic
revolution.
The Tradition of the Blessed Central Family
The word Blessing did not start with the
Unification Church. From after the Fall,
throughout the course of history, in the
core of His mind God was hoping
always and moving forward. We must
know this! God was walking the way of
suffering until now, waiting for that one
day to realize that hope, but he had not
yet found that day.
In order to welcome this day, God had to chase countless saints and sages to the way of death and
had to lead with patience for 6,000 years in order to raise victorious sons and daughters. If we think
of God's situation, how thankful is the day and how good is the day and how happy is the day!
Suppose the person appeared who could make such a day. The entire universe would shake and
heaven and earth would celebrate.
Blessed families do not come to exist by their own power. Instead, they have a historical
significance coming from God and Father. They came into being not by their own decision but by
another's. Right there lies God's desire. Owing to Father, the Blessed families exist. Creating the
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Blessed families was what Jesus came to do as well. God desires a family with the standard which
exceeds the standards that God has known thus far.
The Blessed families represent the whole. The Blessing is a promise for the future world. The
Blessed family, as the family in which God dwells, should be in the position to share the Blessing
with humankind.
Young Blessed Couples should establish a majestic tradition and extend it to the family, tribes,
peoples, nations and world. To prevent anyone from destroying the tradition, you should establish
it in the most difficult situation.
Father's life was a series of miserable situations; therefore, I have many contents about which to
talk and weep. That's the fun of human life--that the shining tradition is buried in it.
Blessed families shouldn't say habitual words such as "Love me only" or "You are mine."
Whenever a wife has time, she should set up a very serious condition to make her husband not be a
selfish man. A husband also should do the same to make his wife unselfish. They should help and
lead each other with their utmost energy. The people who have the responsibility to give courage to
each other and to lead or be led by each other are husband and wife-the family.
Blessed families should love the world,
nation and tribe more than their own
families, and they are to love their
relatives and their fellow Blessed
members. If there's such a family, it will
be recognized easily, even among the
thousands of people and ten thousands
of families. In the family where the
husband and wife are completely one,
the attitude of loving the nation, world
and heaven is expressed naturally. In
this way, the husband and wife should be one.
Blessed families are to bear dual crosses respectively, from the day of their Blessing. The man
should be responsible for the woman's world as well as for his own; the woman should be
responsible for the man's world as well as for her own. During this they shouldn't leave any
condition for Satan's accusation. You should know that this is the way for Blessed families to
follow.
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List of Contacts
Education Department 3224 16th St. NW, Washington, DC 20010(202) 319-3200 Fax (202) 319-3201Rev. Phillip SchankerVice [email protected]
Sheila SongAssistant to Rev. [email protected]
David P. HunterDirector of Youth [email protected]
S ungHwa Department 4 W. 43rd Street New York, NY 10036(212) 997-0050 ext. 123Naokimi [email protected]
Rev. Inguk SeoDirector of BC [email protected]
Blessed Family Department 6106 Tamar Drive Columbia, MD [email protected]: (410) 997-6450Fax: (410) 997-5134
Hiromi [email protected]
Nari Stephens & Amedea De GrootBFD Administrative [email protected]
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Relevant Websites
* BC Blessing Department Website http://bcblessing.familyfed.org
*Education Department Website http://www.familyfededucation.org
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*Blessed Family Department Website http:// www.familyfed. org/bfd
*International Matching Website for Blessed Childrenhttp://www.bcmatching.org
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Guidelines for 2 nd Generation Blessing
＝ Before the Blessing Ceremony ＝
1) Cheon Il Guk Standard：Through True Parents’ matching in December 2004, the Cheon Il Guk Blessing Standards were established. (These are qualifications for attending True Parents’ matching)A. Purity: 2nd Generation who have kept their pure lineage, through abstaining from sexual intercourseB. Absolute Faith: Resolved to accept True Parents’ matching with absolute faithC. Exchange Blessing: Willing to accept an exchange (intercultural, international) Blessing, for the sake of the ideal of humanity becoming one familyD. Public Activities: Resolved to live for the sake of others through public activities for over three yearsE. First time Blessing: Receiving the Blessing for the first time (having never broken a Blessing or matching by True ParentsF. Health: Health mind and body
※ In December 2005, there was a “2nd Matching”(tentative title) held at the same time as
the matching based on Cheon Il Guk standards.
※ There is a need for confirmation of Cheon Il Guk standards after the Special Amnesty
(standards A and E are related to the Amnesty, whereas B, C and D are the candidate’s
attitude toward the Blessing)
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※ Strict observance of the Cheon Il Guk standard is necessary, along with educating all
candidates to keep the same standard as a goal.
2) Age of Candidates：17 years and up. In the Sunghwa Department (2nd Generation Department), the
candidates are classified as follows, with the 7-year formula course as a standard. A. 24 years old or younger (student): Focus more on education and starting the 7-year course, rather than Blessing and starting family life 1. 21-day workshop standard 2. Starting and working on completing the 7-year course (STF, CARP, MTF)B. Over 24 years old (working 2nd generation): Support them receiving the Blessing and starting family after confirmation of intention and faith guidance. 1. Principled view of marriage 2. Willing to take responsibility for starting family 3. Guidance for life of faith after Blessing
3) Recommendation Process (Qualification）A. 21-day workshop education standard 1. 21-day workshop standard (a. Unification Principle, b. True Parents’ Life Course, c. The Significance and Value of the Blessing) 2. 1 year or more of STF training (together with a recommendation by a local leader) is recognized as equivalent to a 21-day workshop
3. For high school students only, participation in Jr. STF and a recommendation by a local leader is treated as a condition that substitutes participating in a 21-day workshop* Based on the 70-day workshop tradition = make the standard of attending a 21-day workshop a requirement before the Blessing.* Acceptance of educational curriculums of affiliated organizations (such as the Sun Moon University Theology and Pure Love Departments) as being equivalent to a 21-day workshop will be decided based on contents of the curriculum.
B. 2nd Generation Blessing Workshop (Must have attended no more than 2 years prior to the Blessing）
C. Individual Interviews: 1. Headquarters Interview (confession) / 2. Field Interview (with district director）
D. 7-day Fast: 7-day fast (also applies to parents’ matching candidates) * Three 3-day fasts or a 21-day breakfast fast (In case of health problems)
4) Forms of MatchingA. True Parents’ Matching: Mostly for Cheon Il Guk standard matching and “2nd Matching” candidates 24 years old or younger.
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B. Parents’ Matching: Active support and cooperation (through Parents’ Convocations and headquarters introductions), mostly for candidates over 25 years old
＝ After the Blessing Ceremony ＝
5) 40-day separation devotion period and starting familyA. 40-day separation: A period of separation, to offer gratitude and devotion to Heaven. (This is not an indemnity condition or a condition to separate Satan. This is a time to focus on my vertical relationship with Heaven, rather than the relationship with my spouse.) * For the December 2004 Blessing, True Parents asked candidates to observe a 50-day separation period. However the tradition of 40-day separation periods for 2nd generation families remains the same.
B. Marriage Life: Should start only after enough dialogue among spouses has occurred and there is an understanding between both families. (Differences between men and women and between cultures should be taken into consideration)
<Guidelines concerning married life> 1. Devotion Period (40-day separation) 2. Developing a brother-sister relationship (heart) with spouse (enough dialogue and understanding, creating a heartistic relationship between the two families.) 3. Preparing the realm of the heart of husband and wife (expressing affection and skinship, developing communication) 4. Starting married life (marital relations and planning family life) * Guidance for the first day – sanctification of mind, body and environment, wearing holy robes, bow and prayer of gratitude
C. Family Life (living together) : * In February 2005, True Parents directed to start family after completing the formula course and school. => With the 7-year course as a standard, it is recommended to start family life after 25 years of age.
6) Cheong Pyeong 40-day workshop：In February 2005, True Parents directed Cheon Il Guk families to attend a Cheong Pyeong 40-day workshop.
=>In August 2005, there was a special 40-day workshop for Cheon Il Guk families. The purpose was for the couples to realize their providential missions as Cheon Il Guk families. A. Cheong Pyeong 40-day workshop => Each family should attend B. Cheon Il Guk Family Education (proposal) – Each nation should organize regular education, step-by-step education, and international exchange => In the future, a proposal and plan for after-Blessing family education will be prepared
7) 2 years and a half formula course (30-month public activities)
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：In February 2005, True Parents directed Cheon Il Guk families to devote 30 months to public service => this should be a policy for 2nd generation families A. For students = Starting or continuing the 7-year course B. For working 2nd generation = Helping the 7-year course process (by guiding Jr.STF and 2nd generation students) * In the future, there will be youth movements * The course to become a Cheon Il Guk central family (to be done with spouse)
Application Process for the 2 nd Generation Matching and Blessing
The application to receive the Blessing should be turned in to the District office, to which the candidate belongs, and to the SungHwa Department (2nd Generation Department). Therefore, please confirm to which District he/she belongs beforehand. There are several materials to be turned in. (Please download all documents at the BC Blessing Department website- http:// bcblessing.familyfed.org )
1. Blessing Application Form2. Family Introduction Form.3. Matching Report Form. (For Parents’ Matching - Those who got matched by their parents must submit right after they got matched officially)4. Interview and Confession Form signed by District director. 5. Two 8" x 10" photos of each person. One photo of head and shoulders only. One of whole body. Indoors, plain background. 6. Graduation certificate from a Blessing Workshop 7. Completed AIDS test 8. Certificate of Physical Exam (For True Parents' matching) 9. Signed Confirmation of Qualification for True Parents' Matching (For True Parents' matching) 10. Blessing fee (standard fee per person for USA, $2,000. If candidates are going to
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Korea for the Blessing, the fee is $1500), Please use 'Payment Form' of blessing fee Re-blessing fee is $500. Make checks to "HSA-UWC" with notation: Blessing Fee for (name of person to be blessed)
Where and how to submit forms and Blessing fees
1) By mail: SungHwa Department Rev. Inguk Seo 4 West 43rd Street New York, NY 100362) By email: [email protected] (For Electronic pictures, the resolution must be more than 1MB)
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