WestRock Family News for June 23, 2013

Era of the Victory, Liberation, and Completion of June 23, 2013 the True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind

Weekly Greeting Table of Contents . Weekly greeting Dear Brothers and Sisters and Testimonies . Sermon Notes There are two points I would like to express. . Light Thought for the day First, I am happy to announce our 4 new council members! Congratulations! . Testimony They are: Dominic Barber, Ten-Seng Guh, Genie Kagawa, and Chris Perkins . Providential News . Quote for the And I want to express special gratitude to those who ran but were not chosen this time. Week Sang Moo Borneman, Eric Erstlin, Anthony Ferrantello, Benjamin Hack, Jack . Announcements LaValley, Matthew Learey, Kimiyo Matthews, Eimasa Miura, Andrew Morris Julia and David Okamoto, Francisco and Jean Rondon, Kathy Ross, Chohei Shimizu, and Matthew Strater

That fact that you were willing to run and serve our community makes you all champions!

This year we had one of the largest candidate fields ever - a total of 20. And the vote difference between the 3rd and 4th place was just one.

Thank you and God Bless!

Second; I want to thank everyone for your investment of heart and active effort in supporting the current 40-Day “SHARING THE BLESSING – with a heart to serve.” I am looking forward to hearing news as to how our Heavenly Parent will work through us during this period.

Today I went to downtown White Plains together with 4 of our local sisters to hand out flyers and to talk to people about our upcoming “Bookmarks for Peace” program (this Sunday afternoon at Belvedere). Just a few minutes ago (having just returned home) one woman called. She was very excited about the program – but wanted to know how to get to Belvedere and wanted to know how much it was going to cost, since she was planning to bring her friends. I told her she would not have to pay anything – we just want her to come and help us make bookmarks. Ten minutes later she called me back and gave me detailed instructions as to how I should revise our flyer – so that people would know that it was free and more readily come.

I met another person today whose church hosted True Father during the 50 State tour. He told me how upset the members of his church were – that their pastor allowed Father to speak in their church. But he seemed to be very happy that he met us and he took our card.

Brothers and sisters, please work with your local pastor and fellow church members during this time period (and beyond). If we take a little bit of time each day to talk to a few people, if we hand out a piece of literature or give them our card with the website on it – heaven will find a way to work.

I know it’s not easy. A couple of days ago as I was going out to do some shopping for the office, Lydia, my wife, confronted me at the door – handing me 2 invitation cards saying, “find 2 people to give these to.” At the moment I was quite upset with her, but I managed to swallow my pride and I was able to do it. It really wasn’t hard. The hard part was overcoming myself.

So, it’s natural to feel a bit rebellious or even unhappy when we are asked to do something. But if it is something good in God’s eyes, and if we can manage to find a way to actually do it – good things will happen. And so let’s all get over individual selves and let’s decide to hand out a fe cards each day. (If you don’t have cards – let me know, I have 2,000, each with blank space for your name, and your local church or small group information). I would be happy to share these with you.

God Bless You Andrew Compton

Sorry, I was not able to download the audio for this week’s sermon to the Soundcloud account.

Light Thought for the Day:

American Idol My wife left me a note saying I should try out for “American Idle.”

But the joke is on her because she spelled it wrong — hey, wait a minute!

(For those of you who don’t know English so well - the word “Idol” is someone we admire. The word “idle” which is pronounced the same, but spelled differently – means someone who is lazy, who is not doing anything)

Testimonies/reports

If you have a testimony or report to share please send it to me.

Dear Rev. Compton,

In your monthly newsletter for District 2 you asked for reports. Here is one.

For the past 8 years I have been studying Father’s teaching materials and I have uncovered a particular teaching from Father outlining God’s original plan, His original blueprint for the Ideal of Creation. It is the original plan that was in God’s mind before He created. This is what Father has said many times in his speeches.

I need help to draw this plan for us to see and understand. According to Father, knowing and having this plan in front of us can guide us to solve the major problems of all of the fields of study. It is actually a picture of LOGOS. In addition, it is the plan on which the Home Church system is based. It is based on the 4 position foundation, the pair system of subject and object and plus and minus, with the Family is its basic system. The plan includes the various levels of the creation. Father said that we should all know this blueprint,.

For five years I have been presenting papers concerning God’s concept of His Ideal of Creation to the participants of the International Symposium on Unification Thought in Japan.

I also have a website about my researching Father’s words: NewCosmicSpring.org Under the research tab you will find one paper about God’s Blueprint for the Ideal of Creation.

This is a very serious project I am working on.

Question: Are there any intellectual and computer savvy members looking for something to be involved in concerning computers and Father’s words? Since the conceptual plan/blueprint is three dimensional in form, it would be good in an animation as well as in explanations of its components.

Kindly let me know. James Rigney

Providential News

 True Mother is in Hawaii. There is a Divine Principle Workshop taking place that includes members of the True Family

 The 20-20 Providence has begun! We are now in a 100 day period of devotion leading up the anniversary of True Father’s ascension, to share the DP with others – and to inspire them to work with us to build God’s Kingdom! o From Saturday June 22 we begin a special 40-Day of Sharing the Blessing! Everyone is invited to make special effort during this time to reach out to others with an invitation to learn more about our movement and the Divine Principle

Quote for the Week

“With love alone can we transform the kingdom of hell into heaven.”

Sun Myung Moon, The Way of Tradition, Vol 1, pg 111

Announcements Announcements

Outreach There is a new Website being prepared by National HQ for guests that you can check out – it’s: www.dplife.info

Check out our NY District Website www.familyfedny.org. guests can now become our friends.

 Bookmarks for Peace: 

Help create 1,000 bookmarks to raise funds for the children of Haiti Join in an afternoon of CREATIVITY, MUSIC, SNACKS, and….the JOY of building a better world by living for the sake of others! Sunday, June 30 from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Location: the Belvedere Estate 723 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591 Community.

Opportunity for Youth to Study in Korea: o Summer 21-Day and 40-Day workshops at Cheongpyeong. Financial help is available for transportation. See the email that was sent to you for details (or call Rev Compton) o SunMyung Moon University: Scholarships are available. See email that was sent to you for details, (or call Rev Compton)

Elections for the WestRock council: Final voting is today. If you can help to count the ballots – let Rev Compton know.

Please consider getting involved with Sunday service – make it something you can be proud of. Here are some opportunities for serving your community for Sunday Service- Ushers and greeters- contact Daryl Clarke

Set up preparation and clean up- contact Dominic Barber Music and worship- contact Jack LaValley or Dominic Audio-Video support- contact Charles Patterson Coffee table- contact Charles Patterson

Camp Sunrise Summer Camps Are Back! To register and/or obtain more information about these camps, go to the BFA website found at www.campsunriseny.org and click on “sponsored programs.” Please try to register early! Other Looking for a summer job: Nikolai Corley is preparing to join the Generation Peace Academy and is in need of a job. He is well qualified (can drive, knows computers, has leadership experience). If you have any work for him, please contact him.

Prayer WestRock Prayer by Conference Call: Sunday 7:45 to 8:10 am You are welcome to join us.

Conference Call to pray for the Sick: Please join us in prayer at 9:45pm on Wednesdays

Next Ahn Shi Il: Monday July 1, 2013

MAKE IT A GREAT WEEK!