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1st Anniversary of Cheon Jeong Gung Museum Opening Ceremony, and the 45th Day of All True Things
Dae Mo Nim
June 13, 2007
True Parents doing mansei at the end of the '1st Anniversary of Cheon Jeong Gung Museum Opening Ceremony, and the 45th Day of All True Things', June 13, 2007, Cheon Jeong Gung Museum.
June 13, the '1st Anniversary of Cheon Jeong Gung Museum Opening Ceremony, and the 45th Day of All True Things' was held magnificently with True Parents and True Children at Cheon Jeong Gung Museum. Ambassadors of Peace, elder members, National Messiahs, and pastors of around 1,500 members from around the world attended this special event. In the morning, there was a Pledge Service and a Commemorative Service, then, in the afternoon from 1 o'clock, the Commemorative Luncheon was held. At the Commemorative Service, in their Special Address 'Value and Meaning of the Family Pledge' True Parents told to publish this message as a 'Peace Message'.
Rev. Chung-hwan Kwak, International President of IIFPU, was the emcee for the Pledge Service. True Parents came to the stage at 7:00 a.m. and lit the Holy Candles. Then there were the bows from Representative Families of each levels, reciting of the Family Pledge, Representative Prayer offered by Rev. Kwak and his wife, and after the cutting of the Holy Cake by True Parents there was the partaking of the Holy Food. The Service ended at 7:40 a.m. with 4 cheers of Eok-mansei offered by Rev. Sun-jo Hwang, President of FFWPU Korea.
The Commemorative Service started at 10 a.m. and Rev. Hwang was the emcee. Before starting the Service, the attendants watched a short movie of the Opening Ceremony of Cheon Jeong Gung Museum (June 13, 2006) from last year. After that, True Parents came to the stage and the Service began. After the bow, the Cheon Il Guk Anthem (Holy Song 'The Gloriousness') was sang by everyone and a Representative Prayer was offered by Rev. Do-sun Lim, General President of FFWPU-Japan.
After the prayer, Rev. Kwak, in his Commemorative Address, briefed the attendants about the 'Day of All True Things' and the 'Opening Ceremony of Cheon Jeong Gung Museum' and then read the Peace Message 'Cheon Il Guk is the Ideal Heavenly Kingdom of Eternal Peace' (June 13, 2006, Special Address from the Opening Ceremony of Cheon Jeong Gung Museum).
Also, in his Congratulatory Address, Mr. Bong-ho Kim, Former Vice Chairman of Korean Parliament, said that True Parents have dedicated their life for world peace and expressed his strong determination that he will do his best to help True Parents' wish.
After the Congratulatory Song by La Strada Ensemble and the presentation of flowers to True Parents, there was the presentation of Universal Peace Federation Flags. These Universal Peace Federation Flags were presented by True Parents to the representatives of 12 regions (Korea, Japan, North America 1st Region, North America 2nd Region, Asia, Oceania, South America, Africa, Middle East, Europe 1st Region, Europe 2nd Region, and East North Continent) that represent over 200 countries.
After presenting the Universal Peace Federation Flags, True Parents gave his speech. True Parents said, "To establish the True God's Family, it is essential to go through 8 stages. To interpret the content of the Family Pledge is more precious than anything else so I would like to explain it now." After reading the first part of the special address of 'Value and Meaning of the Family Pledge', True Parents told Rev. Hyo-yul Kim (Peter Kim) to read rest of the address. After the Hoondok of the special address, True Father emphasized to read this special address continuously and to publish it as a 'Peace Message'.
After his speech, True Father told True Mother to sing, and with her beautiful voice, True Mother sang 'My Motherland' and 'Want to Visit'. After True Mother's beautiful singing, Rev. Chang-shik Yang, North American Regional President, gave the 4 cheers of manse and ended the Commemorative Service.
The Congratulatory Luncheon was then held from 1 p.m., with True Parents and True Children.