Rev Levy Daugherty’s visit to the Association of British Clergy (A.B.C) Meeting

Rev Levy arrived at Heathrow accompanied by his wife, Claire, and granddaughter Tilania. I had set my alarm to arrive early to welcome them, but instead awoke as their plane was landing! Dreading being late, as that would have been very disrespectful I practically flew to Heathrow, arriving just as they were emerging with their luggage, to my relief!

That seemed to set the tone for their visit, everything flowed smoothly, despite the intensity of visits crammed in to keep their granddaughter interested. Even when we arrived at Shepherd’s Bush to look for a taxi to take us to Lancaster Gate there was a taxi parked nearby. When I asked him if he was free, he told me that he had been waiting! Unfortunately, I was so focussed on reaching our destination in time that I didn’t ask him “How come?”

Our meeting was in the evening. Rev Nathaniel Oyinloye was our M.C and kept the spirit moving well. John O’Neill opened with prayer and Rev Levy introduced his talk with an inspiring song, that was beautifully sung. There were 36 people present, 6 Ministers plus their wives a Christian Charity worker and supporting members. The topic of his talk was Our Lost Inheritance, focussing mainly on the 3 Blessings and Family Values. It was a deeply thoughtful, interesting, humorous and provocative address. He included his wife and granddaughter by asking them to do the Bible readings. When I spoke to our Minsters afterwards they told me that they had found it very inspiring and interesting and looked forward to hearing more when we would meet in January. I must express gratitude to the W.A.I.T. team who did a great job catering for us, and everyone who supported and helped us, from the members to our technical team.

Rev Levy presented the truth freely, sharing the immanence of God’s Principles of Creation in our lives, and the immediacy of God’s presence in our daily life – closer to us than breathing, because it is His energy that causes us to breathe. On being told that his son did not believe in God, he agreed with him because he did not believe in that God, he believed that God was simply LOVE.

When accompanying Ministers in Korea on a Workshop he felt upset that some were not following the schedule and complained about it to True Father. But Father responded by saying that he should not be judging their actions, his responsibility was simply to love the Ministers unconditionally.

A spiritualist lady told Claire that she saw Rev Moon with her whenever they met and that she saw that Rev Moon was creating a new race of people, whose DNA was different, making them purer, more sensitive and loving.

Rev Levy spoke about the significance of the Blessing, the 40 days and 3-day ceremony in a way that Christians could understand, and that helped our members to appreciate and understand more clearly as well.

There was a discussion about perfection afterwards, with many valid points being raised, but essentially it is about the development of our hearts, toward God – loving Him with all our heart, mind and soul, and loving people as ourselves, with no self- centredness.

On Sunday at South London Community Church Centre Rev Levy spoke, powerfully and yet humorously, about Creating a Divine Race through the Blessing, emphasising that parents should love their children so that they don’t look elsewhere for acceptance. He was like a breath of fresh air as he shared the value and significance of the Blessing and how important it was to share the Blessing and our values, the need to bless all people, even 7.3 billion as requested by True Mother. He said that even homosexuals appreciate their values to the extent that they are adopting children so that they can leave a legacy of their values for future generations. The question I had to ask myself was how much am I doing to leave a God–centred legacy for future generations?

Claire Daugherty shared about how to gain extra spiritual help, by explaining about angels, their purpose, and how angels work to support us. We gave out books called “Circles of Angels,” that clarified how to work with the angels and that gives very good guidance on how to grow spiritually. It was gladly received as we need as much help as we can get to grow spiritually and fulfil our responsibilities.

A number of members expressed that Rev Levy and Claire had revived their spirits, giving them new hope and inspiration. The message that Rev Levy and his wife, Mrs. Claire Daugherty, shared with us had the power to inspire and motivate us because they have been through the fire in their own family and personal relationships. But no matter how difficult their situations they never gave up, but kept absolute faith in God, True Parents and their Blessing, and fought to overcome all obstacles; and have emerged victorious as a united, loving couple and family. They are the only couple I know of who have been crowned King and Queen of their tribe by their extended family and clan.