1) NORTH DORMITORY

2) NEW MOON CANDLELIGHT LABYRINTH WALK THURSDAY DECEMBER 1st AT 7 PM

3) PEACE INITIATIVES ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA- A REQUEST

4) A GENERAL NEVER DIES OR FADES AWAY BUT PRAYS CONTINUALLY FOR KINGDOM-BUILDING ON EARTH

5) UTS ACADEMIC CALENDAR

6) ICE BOATING AND NATURE CLUB

7) ASSOCIATION OF THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS

8) FAREWELL TO DR McLEAN

9) FFWPU – NATIONAL LEADERS MEETING, DEC 21-23 AT UTS, AN EMERGING STRATEGY FOR SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

10) A YAQUI WAY OF KNOWLEDGE

1) NORTH DORMITORY

UTS President Dr Hendricks says that on December 3rd John Jackson is coming back to UTS to complete the North Dorm work. John Jackson (UTS’05) relocated his family back to Little Rock, AK after graduation and a summer of work. In the near future the Development Office will announce the date of the North Dorm Dedication Ceremony and provide a list of the donations which made this renovation possible.

2) NEW MOON CANDLELIGHT LABYRINTH WALK THURSDAY DECEMBER 1st 7 pm

Come and walk the labyrinth - great way to prepare for year's end. New moon in Sagittarius (see attached info) Wrap up and bring a flashlight!

NEW MOON IN SAGITTARIUS THURS. DEC 1 2005 10:01 am

Sagittarius represents idealism, faith, enthusiasm, the quest for meaning, and a generosity of spirit. These are the qualities one needs to get through this darkest time of the year when the days shorten, the nights lengthen, and all becomes dark and cold. Even the slanting sun shines with a brightness that is tentative and not quite warming enough. As the earth retreats into its annual death cycle, so must we also turn within, and seek the wisdom of the dark time. This darkness calls out to our souls, asking us to face the fallibility of human life and its connection to the death of all things in the natural world. Mortality, something we fear and deny more than anything else in life, shows us our inate connection with all things in nature; we are, after all, just another species. To negate this fact, humans reach far beyond this stark reality to create the Sagittarian endeavors of religion, science, and grand philosophies of beingness, that exist outside the realm of the natural world.

This is the time of year when we move our activities indoors, creating more time to contemplate the deeper meaning of life. Most of us live over-committed, complicated lives, with guilt and/or income-generation as our primary motivator. Though we have precious little time in our current incarnation, it is still hard to say no to work, family or group activities that we don't find personally meaningful. There are so many "shoulds" planning our daily schedule. This is the New Moon to work on the shoulds and guilt trips that keep us from questioning what we are expected to do.

Think of your job. For many people, the work they do for money is not the work they do for spiritual enlivenment. We are told from a young age that we cannot support ourselves doing work we love, especially if that work is artistic and/or spiritual. This is a great day to do ritual about revisioning your beliefs about work. Use this time to reconsider how to be generous with your time and love, while figuring out a way to fill your life with work and activities that feed your spirit.

This means turning off your TV and tuning into the broadcast channel of existence. This particular part of the Sagittarian spectrum is all about questioning, postulating, and reaching for universal truths that exist outside the boundaries of spiritual/academic dogma and rhetoric. Isn't it interesting that over on the other end of the Sagittarian spectrum are the religious, political, economic, and educational institutions telling us what to believe, what to think, what to do and how to act. This is the paradox of Sagittarius: it seeks meaning, finds what it thinks is the truth, institutionalizes that truth for the masses, and then uses all its energy to stop adherents from searching for deeper truth and meaning. ©2005 Lisa Dale Miller

3) PEACE INITIATIVES ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA

We want to compile the most up-to-date information about our movement's peace initiatives on the Korean Peninsula in the World & I Special Report to be distributed on True Parents' Birthday, February 3.

WFWP creates the best reports I've seen about reconciliation work. I have reports of tour groups going to North Korea and Pyonghwa Motors activities in 2002 and 2003, but nothing since then. Others must be doing something.

Help spread the appeal for information about:

- Father's proposal to transform the DMZ into a peace park or peace zone (The DMZ Forum is applying to have it declared a UNESCO site; surely somebody is actingon Father's proposal.)

- The interfaith center our movement is building near the Potonggang Hotel in Pyongyang (It was originally announced as a Unification Church building, but the definition seems to have expanded, and there is word that construction has started.)

- The joint art exhibit by artists from both South and North Korea (Photos of representative artwork would be especially welcome.)

- Actual responses by Korean residents in Japan who have participated in our movement's educational programs about North-South Korea issues (We have only limited reports about what speakers have said at 2004 & 2005 rallies in Seoul.)

- North-South Korean student interaction (We have only a report from a 1999 program in Beijing. Has there been nothing since?)

- A report on the Little Angels' visit to Pyongyang in 1998 that describes how the North Koreans responded to them (Unification News published a report that focused only on the potential for developing businesses; Julian Gray wrote a great report on the Pyongyang children's group that went to Seoul in 2000 to reciprocate the exchange.)

- Any other peace initiatives related to the Korean Peninsula done in True Parents' name.

Respond preferably by email. 300 dpi photos are vital. If necessary, we'll pay for books or publicity materials, pay for shipping, pay for translations.

Sincerely,
Joy Pople
Managing Editor
IIFWP World and I Special Reports
joypople@yahoo.com

4) A GENERAL NEVER DIES OR FADES AWAY BUT PRAYS CONTINUALLY FOR KINGDOM-BUILDING ON EARTH

On Saturday, November 12, Unification Theological Seminary hosted a joyous "National Celebration" honoring Dr. David S.C. Kim...

...the Seminary’s first president, on his 90th birthday. Some 160 guests packed the UTS main dining hall including North American Continental Director Dr. Chang Shik Yang (UTS ’96); American FFWPU President Michael Jenkins (UTS’77); past and present UTS administrators, faculty, staff and students; and friends from as far away as Portland, Oregon. Mrs. Eui Hong Kim, Dr. Kim’s wife of sixty-three years and former UTS "First Lady," was by his side, as always, supporting her husband and Mr. Hyun Soo "Harry" Kim represented the Kim’s four sons and one daughter who provided the delicious Korean lunch.

The three-hour luncheon included innumerable highlights. The first was an impressive thirty-minute documentary, "Let Us Celebrate Our Past and Look Forward to the Future: A Tribute to the Work of David S.C. Kim." Alternately humorous and touching, the film covered Dr. Kim’s public work in America from 1972-1994, mainly focusing on his activity as the founding president of UTS. Milestones such as the Seminary’s inaugural convocation and first commencement exercises came to life in the video as did memories precious to a generation of seminarians such as President Kim’s "fireside chats," oratorical contests, and visits of Rev. Moon. A complete two-hour version of the documentary, edited by Yuichi and Jennifer Tanabe, is available from IOWC for $40 c/o Susan Herrman, 30 Seminary Dr., Barrytown, NY 12571 (shhananim@yahoo.com).

Dr. Chang Shik Yang’s congratulatory remarks to Dr. Kim, which included his reading of a tribute from Rev. Chun Hwan Kwak, International Chairman of FFWPUI, were a second highlight. Dr. Yang noted that Rev. Kwak wrote on behalf of Rev. and Mrs. Moon, then in Mali, Africa, who were "remembering" the day. In one of the luncheon’s most moving moments, while reading Rev. Kwak’s words of how President Kim had attended True Parents from the beginning of the movement and how his "great achievements" had brought them "comfort," Dr. Yang was overcome with emotion and had to pause. Dr. Yang termed President Kim a "historical treasure of our movement" and led all participants in a bow to him which he said was customary in Korean tradition on such occasions. Though noting that 90th birthdays were rare and that he, in fact, had never attended one before, Dr. Yang "as a Korean younger brother" expressed confidence that he would attend a 100th birthday in ten years, given President Kim’s "incredible energy."

Mr. Hyun Soo Kim, Dr. Kim’s second son, spoke brief congratulatory remarks which offered those attending insight into the Kim family. After joining the Unification movement in early 1954 and being one of the early members with Rev. Moon at the founding of HSA-UWC, Dr. Kim became its first overseas missionary, to England and Wales (1954-55). He then worked full-time in Seoul Headquarters before departing for the United States in 1959, leaving behind his family who could not join him until 1970. In words that testified to the family’s sacrifice and offering, Hyun Soo stated, "My father loves his spiritual brothers and sisters more than his biological children. You know that. I do not have any complaint [about this] but [only] respect."

The remainder of the luncheon turned into something of a heavenly banquet l___ Dr. Kathy Winings, the luncheon’s emcee, read a selection of greetings and congratulations from those unable to attend, including Dr. Shimmyo, the seminary’s second president, and Dr. M. Darrol Bryant, who credited Dr. Kim with setting him on his Dr. Kathy Winings, the luncheon’s emcee, read a selection of greetings and congratulations from those unable to attend, including Dr. Shimmyo, the seminary’s second president, and Dr. M. Darrol Bryant, who credited Dr. Kim with setting him on his___ourse in interfaith reconciliation. Dr. Hendricks, Dr. Mickler and Dr. Wilson presented Dr. and Mrs. Kim with a 2’ by 3’ framed portrait of them both standing on the front circle on Commencement Day, 1985, which will hang permanently at the Seminaourse in interfaith reconciliation. Dr. Hendricks, Dr. Mickler and Dr. Wilson presented Dr. and Mrs. Kim with a 2’ by 3’ framed portrait of them both standing on the front circle on Commencement Day, 1985, which will hang permanently at the Semina___ang and Rev. Jenkins then presented a beautiful trophy and plaque on behalf of the American movement. There were songs, including such President Kim favorites as the "Belvedere Song," sung by everyone, and "Edelweiss," sung by ang and Rev. Jenkins then presented a beautiful trophy and plaque on behalf of the American movement. There were songs, including such President Kim favorites as the "Belvedere Song," sung by everyone, and "Edelweiss," sung by ___. President Jenkins offered a toast, and tables dismissed individually for the wonderful buffet lunch during which there was an open mike for testimonies.

Numerous brothers and sisters took advantage of this, each "filling-in" gaps and offering unique slants on President Kim’s career and lives he touched. Farley Jones offered congratulations on behalf of the Seminary Board. Dr. Wilson offered thanks on behalf of the Seminary faculty, the many scholars President Kim touched, and the couples he married including his own. Others thanked President Kim for suggesting their matches. Martin Porter noted President Kim’s role with the International One World Crusade and Joy Pole remembered spiritual warfare in which as a bus-team commander, President Kim protected his "heavenly soldiers." There were remembrances of another kind of warfare (actually, fun) on the UTS tennis court. Randy Remmel and Phillip McCracken gave testimony of their efforts to attend President Kim, Randy by maintaining President Kim’s original mission house in Portland, Oregon and Phillip by assisting the Kims at their Poughkeepsie, New York residence. Dr. Dietrich Seidel offered thanks on behalf of the Seminary’s original faculty, including those deceased whom President Kim always remembers. Others expressed appreciation for President Kim’s hospital visits or support when they had serious health problems. HSA Controller Eric Holt offered thanks for handmade birthday cards which always included words of inspiration and, "most importantly," twenty-dollar bills.

President Kim’s remarks were the final highlight of the celebration. After expressing thanks for a well organized, comprehensive program, he launched into a trademark "Kingdom-building" discourse. Replete with references to spirit world, psychology, America’s current crop of Sunday morning evangelists, Unification optimism, East-West relations, and ideal families, President Kim’s core message concerned leadership. As the only-son of an only-son and, thereby, predisposed to get what he wanted and not follow instructions, President Kim stated that his leadership style was to figure out what Rev. Moon wanted ahead of time. He said that he was not a leader "waiting for instruction" as then it was "too late." This, of course, required spiritual sensitivity. Nevertheless, in this vein, he advised all present to be "thinking" leaders, not "blindly-following" leaders.

After his remarks, President Kim passed out several of Professor Young Oon Kim’s books as gifts which, he said, would please her. He concluded with a short Hoon Duk reading from True Parents’ world speaking tour after which he led guests in singing "Hand-in-Hand" and final manseis. There was still time for photos in the Seminary’s front circle. On leaving, everyone remembered once again why they like David S.C. Kim.

Contributed by Dr. Michael Mickler

5) UTS ACADEMIC CALENDAR

UTS Fall Term ended Nov 18th after examinations. The Winter Term will commence January 10, 2006. UTS is moving toward a semester system and will modify the class plans in 2006 to reflect that shift.

6) ICE BOATING AND NATURE CLUB

The technology consultant at UTS, John Spurr, also happens to be a main organizer of the Barrytown Ice Boating club which uses the lagoon during the winter when the Hudson River is iced over. The UTS students can learn about ice boat sailing, a unique chance to experience a traditional sport of the historic Hudson Valley.

Henry Christopher announced the opening of the Barrytown Nature Club today, which is open to all members of the Red Hook/Barrytown community and of course to the UTS students to learn of the wildlife and plants which are abundant on the Barrytown property. Mr. Christopher is making a unique contribution to the UTS Barrytown community by working closely with the Red Hook Chamber of Commerce, the Town Supervisor and the Historical Society

7) ASSOCIATION OF THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS

Dr Tyler Hendricks is attending a Presidential Leadership Intensive Week from Dec 4-9 hosted by the ATS

This week-long event for presidents is designed with a three-year curriculum that gives attention to leadership, institutional finance, development, personnel, governance, legal issues, endowment management, conflict, student recruitment and retention, and cases about theological school leadership. Presidents are encouraged to attend three consecutive years, and priority is given to persons in the first five years of the presidency who have attended the New Presidents Seminar. The Intensive exposes presidents to experts in these various subject areas, provides a structure and time for sustained peer interaction, and offers a genuine break from on-campus responsibilities to reflect on their work. Many of the chapters in the forthcoming Handbook for Seminary Presidents were chosen to support the curricular themes of the Presidential Intensive. This annual event, held in Santa Fe, NM, limits participation to 40 registrants (many of whom bring their spouses), plus a group of experienced presidents who serve as worship leaders and small group leaders throughout the week.

ATS is the leading organization for theological schools in North America. More information can be found at their web-site www.ats.edu Director of Development, Robin Graham will be attending a February conference on Development and Institutional Advancement. More information can be found at http://www.ats.edu/leadership_education/development.asp

8) FAREWELL TO DR McLEAN

On Dec 16th at the annual Christmas Luncheon UTS faculty and staff will say goodbye to Dr. Roderick McLean who has serve UTS as Field Education Director and Assistant professor of Ministry. Dr. McLean is a long time friend of the Unification Movement, and his departure will be more of an "au revoir". With his wife, he is planning a move to Little Rock, AK. We hope to keep in touch with him through our UTS alumni in that great state. We wish him Godspeed. His e-mail address is rmclean@uts.edu

9) FFWPU – NATIONAL LEADERS MEETING, DEC21-23 AT UTS. AN EMERGING STRATEGY FOR SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

UTS will host a major meeting of the FFWPU leadership Dec 21-23. This is a very important and seminal event for UTS. Discussions have been underway between UTS and FFWPU national leadership at the UTS Board level since the Young Oon Kim Memorial Evening on Oct 16th. On that night the Young Oon Kim Scholarship Fund was launched. Donations and pledges were received of over $12,000 to sponsor the education of the next generation of leadership. The Mid-Atlantic UTS Alumni Association is leading the way. They will identify the grant recipient and help raise additional funds from local alumni, friends and the community. The goal is to finance the education of students for 2 years of graduate study at UTS. The model emerging is similar to the ROTC where full scholarships are awarded often including full room and board, plus a monthly stipend. In the case of UTS education, room amd board and personal expenses, the total would be about $20,000 per year per student. The graduate is expected to return to the sponsoring community and serve for 2 years. This starts a significant process of succession planning for the leadership of the Unification Movement in the USA.

Based upon the success of the DC Young Oon Kim Memorial Evening the UTS Director of Development approached the Westchester Community and discussed a January public launch of the Young Oon Kim Scholarship Fund for Westchester with a local event. Discussed was Westchester being a local model to be easily replicated elsewhere in local communities throughout the USA. Also discussed was the Westchester UTS alumni providing the leadership for the YOK Scholarship Westchester Fund.

It was agreed that there is a need for additional, practical leadership skills training to become part of the UTS education as part of academic program e.g. seminar planning and management; how to build teams; how to run a meeting; public relations and communication; and practical use of unification "theological constructs". We agreed that practical training could also be enhanced by "case studies" training drawn for UC experience and other models. Such hands-on skills which can be effectively used in the field would greatly enhance the perceived value of a program of scholarships for 2nd gen. The UTS Finance Office has prepared restricted accounts for both the DC Scholarship Fund and the Westchester Scholarship Fund. The incoming student scholarships will be in place for Fall 2006.

10) A YAQUI WAY OF KNOWLEDGE

"Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow it, you must not stay with it under any conditions. To have such clarity you must lead a disciplined life. Only then will you know that any path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you to do. But your decision to keep on the path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition. I warn you. Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. This question is one that only a very old man asks. My benefactor told me about it once when I was young, and my blood was too vigorous for me to understand it. Now I do understand it. I will tell you what it is: Does this path have a heart? All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. They are paths going through the bush, or into the bush. In my own life I could say I have traversed long, long paths, but I am not anywhere. My benefactor’s question has meaning now. Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn’t, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn’t. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you…the path without a heart will turn against men and destroy them. It does not take much to die, and to seek death is to seek nothing. For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel looking, looking, breathlessly".

Don Juan, The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, Carlos Castaneda

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