One World Crusade Is Marching On

On July 9, Mobile Unit 2 stopped by National Headquarters at 6:00 p.m., and the Washington, DC family was outside to welcome us. Perry [Cordill] and Joy get off the bus and reported our arrival, and President Farley Jones came inside the bus and welcomed us on our return, having the new vans, we all ate dinner together in the basement dining room. The Washington family had prepared a skit for us and we demonstrated the Rally for God we have been doing in each of the southern states.

Mobile Unit 2, at Columbia, South Carolina, on June 28, 1972 — left to right: Beverly Lee, Leslie Elliot, Olivia Kern, Betsy O’Brien [Cordill], David S. C Kim, and John Schuhart

Nearly 70 people as well as guests were attending, and they seemed to enjoy our presentation. Entertainment lasted until 9:30 p.m. and we departed for Wilmington at 10:00 p.m., arriving at 1:30 a.m. July 10 at the church center, where Peter Mullen, State Representative, and David Byer, a new family member were waiting for us.

On July 10 witnessing teams went out in the morning, while the candle-selling teams went out at 3:00 p.m. Peter Mullen went to work at his part-time job, lasting from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Since our finances have been depleted, and having only candle sales for our survival. We put our emphasis on candle selling.

The public meeting was held at 7:30 p.m. in the Yoga center, the downstairs floor of the building our church center is renting. The first night only 3 new people came to hear lectures: Creation, Fall of Man,

and Mission of Christ, given by Izilda [Withers (Nee Lima)], Sam and Margaret.

Mobile Unit 2, One World Crusade, landed at Miami, Florida. All pioneers say hello to all family members in the world on June 24, 1972.

On July 11, Jon Schuhart began artwork on the posters to be sent out to each state representative on our route, with their name, address and date of Crusade inserted in the lower right comer. This they can keep as a special souvenir from all members of our Mobile Unit 2.

The public relations staff had a very hard time getting through to the newspapers, which are influenced and controlled by the DuPont company.

Peter Mullen State Representative of the Unification Church of Delaware USA speaks on TV about the Unification Principle

Candle sellers showed their great ability this evening. Top sales records were made by Ken and Bill, who are both newly converted and picked up by Mobile Unit 2 Crusaders. Thus they provided enough finances for one week to keep our operation going. My and Mobile Unit 2’s special thanks go to those individuals who worked hard to make money for our operation.

On July 12 Peter [Mullen] and Susan Hughes were interviewed for 25 minutes on TV Channel 12, an education television station, and they presented a diagram of the Principle lecture. The station will broadcast it in three nights. At 6:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. the first part of the interview was on TV. Peter Mullen as State Representative explained the Unification Church Interactional, our Master, the Unification Principle, and his mission for the city of Wilmington and state of Delaware. Before our meeting all members enjoyed watching Peter’s appearance on Channel 12, the only TV station in the city.

We received a copy of the TV tape on the Rally for God in St. Louis from Jackie Stock. This is a very precious gift.

8 new people came to the third evening meeting. The three senior lecturers took over, with Part I summaries presented by Perry and Susan, and Part II given by Joy. Our Unit Vanguard arrived at 11:30 p.m. from Richmond, via Washington, DC headquarters.

During the day Peter Mullen made arrangements to interview one of the open-minded ministers in the city, Rev. Ed. Johns of the Trinity United Methodist Church, so Perry and Izilda went to see him. Here is

Unification Principle Chart shown on TV

Izilda’s brief report:

“Rev. Johns is a young, very active minister, and our interview was very successful. We established a friendly relationship and a foundation for Peter and he to get together in the near future. He is a very sincere and goodhearted person, very open to New Age ideal, and anxious to hear the Principle. This interview was very good in showing us how to handle ministers in the future. First they must trust us as and acknowledge our good intentions, and this Rev. Johns now feels towards our movement. He complimented us as being unique in our way of relating, that we knew how to listen, and were very polite in our give and take in comparison with other groups who had tried to sell him their ideas.”

At noon on July 13, a Rally for God was held at Rodney Square, downtown, regardless of rain and a small audience. After the rally all began to witness. Driving our bus with its big signs through the downtown area may be influencing people there as well as in the neighborhood to come to learn more about the One World Crusade. At 6:15 p.m. we again enjoyed Susan’s TV appearance in the second of three showings on Channel 12, the third showing will be tomorrow.

Music presentation at Wilmington Center, Delaware

At the evening meeting the summary and conclusion lectures were presented to 23 new people by the three regular lectures. Though it was hot and mosquitos constantly bothered the audience they stayed wide awake for three hours and even participated in our light meal, having no argument or questions, hopefully indicating their silent acceptance of the message. The State Representative and his two members seemed to like the lecture presentation very much. We were glad to have Hugh Spurgin of Philadelphia come with a new contact.

On July 14 after prayer meeting, some of the members had a very beneficial Yoga lesson from David Byer, who is an instructor.

The second Rally for God was held at Rodney Square to attract news media. A reporter from the Morning News and Evening Journal came, and pictures were taken, but it was not put in the paper.

Twelve new people attended the evening meeting, listening to the one-day conclusion lecture. While the

conclusion was being given at the church center, Peter and Susan were on the air for a question and answer session through the phone on WILM, on the Burk Hulley Show, to explain the Unification Church, our Master, and One World Crusade. It lasted 45 minutes, so our visit and work is now widely known to the city of Wilmington, and state of Delaware. This later made our candle sales door-to-door more successful, as residents had heard about us on radio or TV or seen the bus, and so bought candles without hesitation. The power of news media in influencing the public mind must be recognized again, even in a small operation like Mobile Unit 2.

On July 15 four new contacts came to the evening conclusion lecture. One of the several prospects, Frank Breyer, expressed his desire to join our church after hearing conclusion two nights. State Representative Peter Mullen was very glad to have a new member during our Crusade.

On July 16, Sunday, at 5:00 a.m. our pledge service was held downstairs in the Yoga Center, and everyone went back to sleep until 9:00 a.m. After brunch free time was given to all members.

Four of them went with me to see “Fiddler on the Roof”, a film based on the life of a Jewish family in Russia. Three members went to a Yoga pot-luck dinner to meet contacts, some went to the river for swimming and the rest of them relaxed, finishing their own business.

At 7:30 p.m. we had a special turkey dinner, which we enjoyed with ten of our contacts. We sang New Age songs and invited guests to also sing. Later a testimony was given by Carl Hagen.

The family looked very happy and relaxed, ‘without anxiety or disturbance during the evening. At 11:30 p.m. the guests left, and we concluded our 7-day Crusade here in Wilmington.

Mobile Unit 2 Lecturer, Susan Hughes speaks on TV about Master

On July 17, from 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. we had a serious group discussion to solve the problem of the kitchen, where negligence caused loss of $40.00 cash. The meeting expanded to deal with the sensitive area of personal feelings toward a negative member, one newly converted. After a long session the group developed tremendously in areas of others’ feelings, the necessity of conformity to the unit rules, norms and culture, and the problem of communication which created some form of clique in the unit. For the first time, the entire group participated, involved with seriousness and honesty in finding a solution to the group problem.

After brunch we sent the Unit Vanguard to Trenton, New Jersey, in advance; before we departed we presented several gifts to Peter and David Byer and Nan Christ: a church signboard, a lecture series on cassettes, a Unit group picture, a poster and 150 contact cards, two permanent members and 12 good prospects for special prayer support, plus lots of publicity to the city of Wilmington and the state of Delaware. We left after group pictures were taken, at 5:00 p.m.

During the seven-day Crusade we held a Rally for God two times, and though it was not in the newspapers, several contacts. were made who came to lectures. We were fortunate that we could get on educational TV Channel 12 to present our program in three consecutive nights. Also we were on the Burk Hulley Show to answer questions from the audience over phones.

During our seven-day Crusade all experienced a nearly 4-hour session of group dynamics in which all of us tried to solve the existing problems in the Mobil Unit, also trying to help other brothers and sisters who are definitely not conforming in some way or other to the structure and function of Mobile Unit 2, thus creating hostility and anxiety. Also deeply sensitive feelings were expressed to other members with sincerity and real concern. More such sessions of problem-solving may be greatly beneficial in helping all members in their social and spiritual growth.

Since we are returning to normal program of seven-day Crusade, weekly family meetings to improve our Unit function and operation have been restored. Also morning prayer meetings will be conducted by small groups, to give all a chance.

Rally for God at State Capitol of Delaware.

As far as future work in Wilmington, Delaware is concerned, Peter Mullen already has two young people who are very enthusiastic and dedicated in Principle work. During the Crusade two young people accepted the Principle officially, and a few more from the 150 contacts will definitely come. With all this potential, it is safe to predict that Wilmington Unification Church with Peter Mullen will be one of the strongest church centers in America.