Special Activities for a Successful Fourth Anniversary of Foundation Day

[Ken Doo]

Friday, October 21, 2016

Dear Pastors and Leaders,

Don’t you feel that this year has gone by so quickly? The great 40th Anniversary events for Yankee Stadium and Washington Monument have been successfully completed. We’ve received the grace of the four great holy items. In the public sphere, the campaign for US President will mercifully soon be over. And most importantly, just 40 days from today, we will welcome True Mother back to Washington DC and to New York to share True Parents’ vision of peace and America’s anointed role in the providence of God.

Back in August at the time of the 4th Seonghwa anniversary, True Mother asked the leaders of many nations to share our strategic plans and goals for 2020. She blessed us and told us to take those plans home and work on taking the next steps toward implementation. We started that process with the District Pastors in Washington DC, and with the National Council in Dallas. Most districts have already discussed the plan and made local goals and commitments. That’s important, of course: without local ownership, any plan is only aspirational.

We’ve just received the attached memo and reminder from our International Office that it’s time to step up and declare our national commitment to this plan—and to the wider 2020 vision—by holding formal ‘kickoff meetings’ around the country. As you can see, the official start date is November 1, which also marks 100 Days until the Fourth Anniversary of Foundation Day. This is the beginning of the “Second Half” of our seven-year journey to 2020 that True Mother announced right after True Father’s holy ascension in 2012.

Please study the attached memo which gives clear and helpful guidelines for these kickoff ceremonies. In addition, HQ will be providing artwork materials that will be helpful for you in planning these simple but important events. Note the option to perform the kickoff ceremony in advance of November 1, with Sunday, October 30, as a good choice. Many communities are already planning to use that Sunday to observe the two upcoming Holy Days, True Children’s Day and KaeCheonIl. It should be pretty straightforward to add the additional recommended components from the memo into these programs. Let’s keep it simple and uplifting!

As always, we want to quickly make a clear report of our events, so please collect and submit the following information on the same day: place and date of ceremony, number of people attending, and some photos with the official banner. It will be great if two or three people from each community can also send a short (50-75 word) representative testimony of their own commitment and inspiration.

Moving forward from that day, please encourage all members to join us in making a national 100 day condition of devotion in preparation for the 4th Anniversary of Foundation Day, February 9, 2017.

Thank you again for your steadfast support and loyalty,