Campaigns & Major Events
The Day of Hope Tours, the 21 day speaking tour, and 40 day speaking tour, Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium, Washington Monument, the 50 state speaking tours, True Father, True Mother, True Children speaking tours; all these campaigns and much more engaged most of the members in a full out effort to share Father’s vision to the world. VIP guests were invited to speak and attend, clergy of every religion and denomination were invited and participated. City officials and other important politicians participated or sent in letters of support. These were exciting times!
My memories from Israel trip December 2003
by Bengt de Paulis Submitted July 24, 2018 17th Dec Early December we got information about a peace rally in Jerusalem. Since the Finnish church sponsored part of the trip cost, I could afford to go on the 17th and be in the rally in Independence park on the 22nd Dec....
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My reflections as the Swedish representative in Korea of the Cheon Seong Gyeong translation Team
by Bengt de Paulis I started in March 2008. It was a very gentle start by IngMarie, Sweden's national leader, asking if I could translate some of the CSG content. It was Elke, older Swedish sister who had hinted I might be able to take some of the load. I started with...
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The Beginning: Working with New Future Photo in 1976
by Ken Owens During the 1976 Yankee Stadium campaign, I was on a MFT team working the streets of New York. Since I had a camera, I asked to work with the church photographers for the event. I was given permission and went to Belvedere where New Future Photo was based....
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After going to Korea writes article in newspaper
by Robert Brown February 25, 2018 Robert went to Korea in 2003 for two weeks when Father asked for 1200 Americans to work for reunification of Korea. At the time he worked for the main newspaper of Ventura, California, the Ventura County Star. He was given permission...
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Father challenges guests with blunt talk
Sam Harley shares about bringing ministers and other guests to hear Father speak in Los Angeles.
read moreSweeping streets of NY before Yankee Stadium
by Susana Ginze September 3, 2017 Susana shares how New Yorkers wanted to know what we were doing sweeping the streets.
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I was there… Yankee Stadium
by Greg Davis August 30, 2016 I was there…Yankee Stadium June 1st, 1976: I joined at a volatile time in history. Just in time (by three months) to participate in TF speech in MSG and on to Yankee Stadium and Washington Monument. I was so grateful to have assisted, on...
read moreGangs running wild at Yankee Stadium
By Robert Brown Yankee Stadium Rally, June 1, 1976 Many of us MFTers spent the night inside the Yankee Stadium hallways the night before True Father’s Yankee Stadium rally. Our job was to secure the place so no one came in planting bombs or to prepare an ambush. We...
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Yankee Stadium, God loves all America
by Gary Abrahams August 31 After spending a year in Japan and Korea all of the American's on the First Global Team were sent back to America in order to prepare a foundation for The Yankee Stadium "God Bless America Rally". We were sent to Barrytown and to an...
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21 City Tour in Atlanta, Georgia
by Trevor Brown August 21, 2016 As young members, we went to campaign in Atlanta before the 21 city tour event in 1973. We went witnessing in the city center before the IOWC members arrived, and it was really tough. We had to sell the tickets for all three nights. We...
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