The second annual Blessed Children's 21-Day Workshop at Belvedere

Summer, 1981 saw the second annual Blessed Children’s Workshop at Belvedere.

The workshops are part of the program of the Blessed Children’s Organization, founded by Father in 1980. Last summer’s workshop was under the direction of Ye Jin, whom Father asked to lead the Organization. During the summer of 1981, the workshop was led by Heung Jin, vice president of the Organization, since Ye Jin was not in the country.

About twenty elder blessed children attended the 21-day workshop, including three of Father’s children: Heung Jin, Hyun Jin and Kook Jin. The program included lectures and tests on the Divine Principle, practice lecturing, guest speakers discussing topics like home church, our foreign missionaries, our work against Communism, and the role of blessed children.

Highlight of the program was street preaching at 34th St. and 8th Avenue in Manhattan, at the corner in front of the Deli Sun. To set the standard, Father’s sons, Heung Jin, Hyun Jin and Kook Jin, volunteered to go first. As a result, a crowd of Church members gathered to watch, which, in turn, caused more and more people to stop and listen.

Heung Jin Moon street preaching (Photo by Michael Shea)