24+ Matching and Blessing Preparation Workshop - Neumühle Training Centre, Bad Camberg, Germany

F As a result, when it came to the final everyone to give us some feedback and rom the 8-11 December we held ‘Question and Answer’ session, where answer several questions – either in a “24+ Matching and Blessing it is usual that questions are submitted paper form on online. We had many Preparation Workshop” in our to a panel of core staff members, there responses and these will prove very European Seminar Centre, were not enough questions to require useful for planning subsequent Camberg, Germany. This was a joint that approach, and they could easily be meetings. venture between the European Second dealt with by the workshop directors. Generation Department and the European Blessed Family Department, Of great help were several very honest Here are just a couple of appreciative led by the ESGD. responses to questions that had been comments: submitted by people who had gone One hundred parents and children over quite a difficult path to find the right “I had a very good experience. I could twenty-four years old, supported by partner, but who are now very happily experience the Heavenly Parent in a twenty staff, met to focus on matching married and enjoying blessed family more peaceful and natural way, and and blessing. Many different situations life. this didn’t happen to me in while. This were represented: those who are just was the best Blessing workshop I have coming to consider matching; some There were lectures on the meaning and attended so far. I have always loved who have tried a number of matches values of the blessing from William Camberg’s Holy Ground. There was a but have not found ‘the one’ yet; and Haines and David Hanna, and a very good atmosphere and a supportive others who have had the painful morning of lectures from Geros Kunkel environment and sometimes i felt we experience of a blessing that has not on the development of the Cheon Il were connected to Cheong Pyeong worked out. Guk standard by True Parents, and the Holy Ground. It is truly a Cheon Il Guk role of ‘heart’ in our relationships. Jane culture forming. I felt hope for the This was the second such workshop for Toresen and Orlande Schenk between older children and their parents, and future, much more than before coming. them explained the parents’ matching Many lectures and testimonies touched this time we again held some joint process and gave tips on using the sessions but also some sessions for my heart and I had lot of time to website and how to prepare one’s forms converse with God too. Many things I children and parents separately. As a and photos. new feature we could offer personal could have done better and I noticed I appointments with someone from the We will hold the next such workshop in could have opened myself a bit more team of matching supporters that has June with a Parents’ Matching sincerely and have had more talks with been developing over the last two Convocation scheduled for late May. people. I noticed some points I should

work on. Overall I felt much more were many conditions (behind it). I just In my daily life it’s just so easy to determination and hope.” could gain so much. I could solve my forget my value or what it is I am own problems and struggles with this actually living for, and when it’s “My reflection about the blessing workshop and God’s help. I really important to say what we have to say in workshop is, that this workshop was a could confront some of my fears and this world. I can say that this workshop really special one. I felt really cared was impressed how many amazing motivated me to be more myself and from the staff and I am thankful for the people we still have in our church. I always to check if I am honest with elder 2nd gen. that are still so involved came to the realisation again that God myself and with God - to tell God when in workshops and really caring about is always there - we just have to invest something is not okay, and not to us younger people; I felt much support. and start forgetting the past and what suppress the real feelings we have in The atmosphere was special and just so we could not reach. Instead we should our self.” much guided from God. For me this work on what good we can do. workshop had the feeling that there