Introducing the FFWPU International Headquarters' Blessed Family Department

Family Department, clockwise from lower left: Katsuyoshi Motoyama, the team leader; Seung-man Bang, the department director; Min-sook Joo and Moritada Oyamada, office staff members

Our True Parents have said that we must live a life of one tradition, one bloodline and one life of resemblance as we approach the age of Cheon Il Guk in this era after the coming of heaven. In order to live and attend True Parents, blessed couples and blessed children must emulate the life of True Parents, who are the embodiment of our Heavenly Parent.

True Parents have emphasized that we must resemble the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind from start to finish. Therefore, the Family Department of the FFWPU International Headquarters came into being during the time approaching the third anniversary of Foundation Day in the fourth year of Cheon Il Guk for the victory of vision 2020.

The vision we strive for in the Family Department is “the substantial settlement of the family-type Cheon Il Guk, through one tradition, one lineage and through one resemblance centered on the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind.” Our mission is the establishment of the blessing culture, by fulling the mission of tribal messiahs through inheriting the tradition of family messiahs, revitalizing the blessing to bless all people of the world, branding the blessing, fulfilling the three great blessings based on absolute sex, and the realization of a common heart.

The important tasks under the Family Department’s purview include the eight major holy days and stages of the life cycle from birth to Seonghwa. Other central tasks of the department are managing the church

traditions and religious traditions and rites, which entails bequeathing the tradition through blessed families’ genealogy. They include creating a member database and family tree for church and tribal management and assistance. They cover bequeathing the Seonghwa culture and establishing and running the International Seonghwa Council to spread and inculcate the culture. This area entails management of the Seonghwa Ceremony.

Management of the Holy Wine Ceremony and Holy Items are also among our essential tasks, as is the management of True Parents’ Blessing. Other responsibilities are managing the rules and regulations of international blessings and increasing the efficiency of the blessing process generally by developing a web site. Managing the Blessing Council and the International Council for the Development and Succession of the Culture and Value of the Blessing are also among our important tasks. We are also tasked with strengthening our ability to produce and propagate good educational material. Additionally, we are to manage the international council to revitalize the international headquarters hub and the networking between FFWPU regions. Strengthening communications and reporting in order to understand the current situation of blessed families is another task we have, as is managing a reporting system to share best practices.

Global developments

Concurrent with the establishment of the Family Department within the international headquarters, all thirteen regions established Family Departments and appointments of Family Department directors took place.

The Family Department within the international headquarters and those in the regional headquarters are working together centered on True Parents on tasks related to blessed families to create a system to enhance efficiency. The FFWPU International Headquarters’ Family Department is fulfilling a significant role as the headquarters for all Family Departments. This is a great expression of deep love from True Parents toward all blessed families, and it is also a great blessing.

True Mother has said that the FFWPU International Headquarters’ Family Department is connecting the 7.3 billion people of the world through true love, true life and true lineage as it passes on the tradition of the blessing, revitalizes blessing activities and cultivates blessed families that take responsibility and as they work together with the leaders of the thirteen regions for the fundamental goal of FFWPU — the substantial realization of Cheon Il Guk.

We will develop a Family Department that will earn trust and respect as we create the culture of heart and shine a light upon the world. We will do this through embodying a heart of filial piety toward Heaven by which love will overflow and people will live for the sake of others and forgive one another.

We doing our best in order to realize the dream of the substantiation of Cheon Il Guk, in which all humankind will believe in and give glory and praise to True Parents by 2020.

Those working in the FFWPU International Headquarters’ Family Department will march forward together with the Family Departments of the thirteen regions centered on True Parents in order to realize True Parents’ great dream.