End of the Year CARP Workshop in Chamarande, France

End of the Year CARP Workshop Chamarande, France, 30. December – 1. January 2017 question: “We have always been taught about the truth and the goodness. What about beauty?”. The WS attendees were really inspired by the theme of beauty. We could notice that all of us second generation members have a really strong sense of feeling beauty, either in nature, in music or art, or in other people. The afternoon was dedicated to short activities. First there was a dancing activity. Takayuki WADA created a small dancing choreography for the WS and taught it to us. Then there were cooking, games, decoration and self- preparation activities to prepare for the New Year’s Eve party. We decorated the WS house as if it was a grand gala. With the cooking activity, we prepared the buffet for New Year’s Eve dinner.

T Finally, the New Year’s Eve Gala he end of year CARP WS was members to attend the WS. Four among started at 8 pm with the buffet. More the opportunity for CARP them were visiting from STF. people joined and we were nearly 60 members to gather and celebrate On the December 30th, we started by a people. It was a great joyful time to the new year together. The brief presentation of the motto and had celebrate the new year as brothers and motto of the WS was: “Reveal your a short ice-breaking game to introduce sisters. There was music for those that inner beauty”. It was chosen in ourselves as there were new people wanted to dance and games. accordance with this period of festive from STF who visited the French On January 1st, we woke up and started atmosphere. Indeed, the tradition wants community for the first time. We also the day with hoondokhae time. After us to get externally prepared for the end honored True Parents country by that we cleaned the house and prepared of the year by dressing beautifully, playing “Yut” which is the tradition in the room for the first Sunday Service of decorating the house, buying presents, Korea. There was a strong fighting the year. The WS ended at noon, after etc. … We usually spend a lot of spirit to win the game. The WS the Sunday Service. money and tend to become members showed their determination materialistic. The goal of the workshop This WS was a success thanks to all the and hope with their incredible shouts. participants that created a really was to remind us not focusing too much on external matters, but rather make On the December 31st, we started the brotherly atmosphere. Everyone took this time of reflection on the year that day with a hoondokhae time on the part at all the activities with joy and just ended and on the upcoming year. Is theme of the True Person. Then we had good humor. We could gather and the real beauty expressed by the nice a conference from our CARP leader, celebrate the end of the year with a clothes we wear or the richness of our Franz-Pol LADOUCE, who talked vertical relationship with God and True hearts? about our perception of beauty, which Parents and we are ready to start a new is different for each one of us. Franz- year with great determination! AJU! The WS took place at Chamarande and Pol also asked us to discuss on the we were around 50 second generation