1) THE YOUNG OON KIM MEMORIAL EVENING, SUNDAY OCT 16th

2) CALL FOR TESTIMONIES ABOUT YOUNG OON KIM

3) " HOW CAN UTS SERVE? " PORTLAND (AUGUST, 2005)

4) UTS ALUMNI "BEST" SERMONS SITE

5) MICHAEL HERBERS: "THE VOICE AND THE WORD" ORDERING INFORMATION

6) SECOND CHUN HWA DANG RETREAT

7) FIVE NEW YOUNG JIN MOON SCHOLARSHIPS

8) UTS PROFESSOR, IN CHINA PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT FORUM

9) CELEBRATION OF DR. KIM'S 90th BIRTHDAY

10) 2005 EDUCATORS CONFERENCE OCT 7-9

11) BUILDING YOUR NETWORK

12 ) WARRIORS OF THE HEART

1) THE YOUNG OON KIM MEMORIAL EVENING, SUNDAY OCT 16th

The Young Oon Kim Memorial Evening will take place at the Arbor Ballroom in Washington, D.C. from 4pm - 7pm on October 16th, 2005. All UTS alumni and friends are welcome to attend this memorable evening honoring the missionary and scholarly achievements of Dr. Young Oon Kim.

W. Farley Jones will present an overview of Dr. Kim's life and work. Theologian and educator, Dr. Lonnie McLeod, will speak on the contextualization of Divine Principle found in Dr. Kim's work. A delicious buffet and musical entertainment will ensure an enjoyable and memorable evening for all who participate. Two UTS Alumni Awards will be presented, one for Distinguished Achievement (to honor alumni whose achievements in their profession, career or vocational pursuits and service to society bring honor and distinction to UTS), and one for Distinguished Service (in recognition of loyalty and commitment in service to UTS. Alumni, faculty, staff, students or friends of UTS are eligible).

This event launches the Young Oon Kim Scholarship Fund, which will benefit the education of second generation from FFWPU and ACLC in the larger Washington, D.C. area who will pursue a Masters Degree at UTS and return to lead youth ministry in the area.

The "New Outlook" Window Campaign also provides an opportunity for giving, especially relevant as an energy conserver in this time of increasing fuel prices.

Tickets $40 per person. Watch for your invitation in the mail. Please send replies ASAP. Contact Gillian Corcoran: 845-752-3000 ext. 233 walk4peace@earthlink.net

2) CALL FOR TESTIMONIES ABOUT YOUNG OON KIM

Do you have a precious experience with Dr. Young Oon Kim that you can share as an inspiring testimony? If so, please email it to Gillian Corcoran at walk4peace@earthlink.net.

The UTS alumni relations office is planning to print these testimonies to honor Dr Young Oon Kim. She touched so many hearts in such a special way. This should be available for the 2nd Annual Young Oon Kim Memorial event in 2006! 3) "HOW CAN UTS SERVE?" PORTLAND (AUGUST, 2005)

"Feedback from the Field and How to Serve the Church Community Better" Portland, Oregon

Feedback comments prepared by Ron Barrett (ronabarrett@yahoo.com)

Another way of asking the essential question is, "In what manner can the UTS be beneficially relevant to our American movement?"

What fundamentally is the UTS? A religious educational institution:

• Provider of religious knowledge through an academic curriculum, experience based wisdom, practical training, and academic research.

• Facilitator of relationship building among and between current students and alumni. • Desired target clients:

o Seminary students

o Church managers

o Blessed central families

o Individuals

o Peer theological institutions

Seminary Students

• What do we want our seminary graduates to have learned (knowledge) and skills developed to succeed during their careers?

• What are the possible career paths of seminary graduates?

• How is the UTS experience preparing students to succeed in each career path?

• What are UTS’ strengths; development areas?

• What does UTS do to facilitate relationship building among and between current students and alumni?

Church Managers

• What are the challenging issues commonly faced by church managers?

Examples are:

o Spiritual guidance

o Counseling

o Organization management

o Organization growth planning

o Staff development

o Fellowship strengthening

o Community outreach

o Career path advancement

o Continuing education, refresher course education and training

• What resources can UTS provide, sponsor or reference to address these challenging common issues? Resources include:

o Education and training seminars (local, video, webcast)

o Publications by UTS

o Suggested reading lists

o List of other resource providers, organizations related to specific topics

Blessed Central Families

• What are the challenging issues commonly faced by blessed central families? Examples are:

o Husband-wife relationships

o Parenting-child relationships

o Tribal messiah outreach and development

o Life goal-setting

o Financial management

o Public-mission / private-life balance and development

o Intra-church member relationships

o Multi-organization demands upon families for support

o Continuing education and training

• What resources education and training seminars can UTS provide, sponsor or reference to address these common challenging issues? Resources include:

o Education and training seminars (local, video, webcast)

o Publications by UTS

o Suggested reading lists

o List of other resource providers, organizations

Individuals

• What are the challenging issues commonly faced by individuals? Examples include:

o Maintenance and development of personal life of faith

o Communication skills

o Relationship skills

o Understanding of practical DP application

o True Father’s life and True Family

o Psychological discipline (attitude and behavior)

o Continuing education and training

• What resources education and training seminars can UTS provide, sponsor or reference to address these common challenging issues? Resources include:

o Education and training seminars (local, video, webcast)

o Publications by UTS

o Suggested reading lists

o List of other resource providers, organizations

Peer Theological Institutions

• What is the desired standing the UTS wants to have with peer theological institutions (relationship with peers, UTS reputation) within the next five years?

• What are the initiatives, measures and milestones to achieve the desired standing?

Summary

The Unification Theological Seminary can be beneficially relevant to our American movement (seminary students, church managers, blessed central families, individuals, peer theological institutions) by:

• Providing religious knowledge through an academic curriculum;

• Providing experience based wisdom and practical training through education and training seminars (local, video, webcast), UTS publications, suggested reading lists, and lists of other resource providers and organizations related to specific topics;

• Excelling in academic research;

• Facilitating relationship building among and between current students and alumni;

• Improving UTS’ reputation and strengthening peer theological institution relationships.

4) UTS ALUMNI "BEST" SERMONS SITE

http://www.uts.edu/alumni/sermons.php

A suggestion from Bob Spitz (UTS’86) prompted UTS to make a place where alumni can share their "best" sermons. I hope that you can all send in your favorite sermon to serve our UTS alumni now over 1500 strong and serving in 40+ nations. Please forward to alumni@uts.edu

5) MICHAEL HERBERS: "THE VOICE AND THE WORD" ORDERING INFORMATION

Thanks for the notice in UTS bulletin about my novel. I think the ordering info got left out because I had a couple of local inquiries. Please add next time.

"The Voice and the Word"

lulu.com

enter "herbers" in the search box

click on book title to download or order print copy

Thanks,

Mike Herbers (UTS’78)

6) SECOND CHUN HWA DANG RETREAT

The second Chun Hwa Dang Retreat, guided by Hyung Jin Moon, will take place at UTS on Saturday, October 22, beginning at 5 a.m. and ending with dinner that night.

The first Chun Hwa Dang Retreat, in August, was well-received. In response to the positive interest in Chun Hwa Dang, Mr. Moon has upped the attendance to 80 for this second retreat. Registration as soon as possible is advised.

Location: UTS, Barrytown

Schedule:

On-Site Arrival and Registration Time: Friday evening, October 21, between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.

There are no other retreat activities scheduled Friday evening; we recommend getting to bed early. Dinner on Friday evening is on your own. The Seminary dining room is one cost-effective option; it is open from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Retreat Sessions begin Saturday, 5 a.m. and conclude with dinner at 5:30 p.m. Three meals are included—breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday. Coffee/tea breaks are included on Saturday.

Registration fee:

Regular: $70 Full-time student: $60

The registration fee covers: Retreat sessions, three meals and coffee/tea breaks, Chun Hwa Dang Workbook. The fee does not cover accommodations. Age limit: 18 years old and up.

There is no early-bird rate. There is no group registration this time; each person needs to have a separate registration. You may register online at http://www.uts.edu/events/chd_retreat/chd_register.php Registrations can also be made by contacting Susan Herrman, at shhananim@yahoo.com, or 845-752-3000 x238, or fax 845-758-2156. You can pay by check, or Susan can take your credit card information.

If you would like accommodations at UTS, which is a cost-effective way to go, please contact Mr. Cliff Yasutake to make your reservation. E-mail Cliff at utsfin@uts.edu, or call 845-752-3000 x250.

Our friends may note that the first Retreat was two and a half days long and this one is only one day. Mr. Moon's academic schedule renders it difficult to do more than one day during the fall. We understand that he intends to convene retreats of a variety of time periods and sizes. We are confident that this event, while shorter, will be very rewarding. One new feature from the first Retreat is a Participant Workbook that Mr. Moon is preparing.

7) FIVE NEW YOUNG JIN MOON SCHOLARSHIPS

On September 21, the Young Jin Moon Charitable Foundation granted Unification Theological Seminary granted five Young Jin Moon Scholarships for qualified applicants in the 2005-06 academic year.

The Young Jin Moon Award is in the amount of $17,000, to be applied toward tuition and fees for two years full-time study at UTS. The criteria for receiving this award includes:

• Agreement with the purpose of the award, which is to train qualified members to work towards improved church management through professional training and by exercising ownership and responsibility.

• Successfully completing course work in designated subjects, including: Management Leadership Marketing Public relations To be considered for one of these prestigious awards, the applicant must fill out and return to the UTS Admissions Office, an application form along with the $25 fee, two recommendation letters, two passport size photos and an original undergraduate transcript. Forms and more information about applying to UTS can be found on the website at www.uts.edu To answer any further questions, please contact Henry Christopher, Admissions Director at admissions@uts.edu or call (845) 752-3000 ext. 200.

8) UTS PROFESSOR, IN CHINA PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT FORUM

Dr. Mark P. Barry, UTS Lecturer in Management, just returned from Shenyang, China, where he represented IIFWP at the Forum for Peace and Development of Northeast Asia, hosted by Beijing University's Center for Korean Studies from September 21-23.

This conference, the fifth annual such meeting, included former government officials and academic experts from the countries represented in the Six Party Talks: the United States, China, Russia, Japan, North and South Korea. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss informally and candidly, in an off-the-record setting, the present situation in North Korea and the policy of each respective nation.

Coincidentally, the Fourth Round of Six Party Talks had just concluded two days earlier in Beijing with the issuance of a Joint Statement of Principles. The participants therefore were able to evaluate the Joint Statement and assess the future of the Six Party Talks. Other topics discussed were the role of international NGOs in North Korea, and regional economic cooperation and North Korean economic development.

Dr. Barry notes that 25% of Shenyang's 8 million population is Korean, it being only 150 miles from the North Korean border.

9) CELEBRATION OF DR. KIM'S 90th BIRTHDAY

The first President of UTS, Dr. David S. C. Kim, will celebrate his 90th birthday on November 12, 2005, at UTS.

Dr. Kim began his tenure as the UTS founding President in 1975, and served with distinction for 19 years. In the process he was instrumental in establishing the New Ecumenical Research Association (New ERA), the Rose of Sharon Press, the Global Congress on World Religions, and the National Council on Church and Social Action. He also guided the school through its course of obtaining its Absolute Charter from the New York State Education Department (1990). Dr. Kim was also one of the five charter members of the Unification church, its first foreign missionary (to Wales) and one of its first missionaries to the United States (1959). Dr. Kim is best remembered, however, for his effervescent spirit and loving personal guidance to the students and faculty. The 90th Birthday will provide an opportunity for all those whose lives David Kim touched to offer back their love, stories and congratulations.

10) 2005 EDUCATORS CONFERENCE OCT 7-9

Education that Connects the Home, Church and Community

Center for Education at UTS

Barrytown , New York

October 7-9, 2005

Friday - Sunday

This year's theme is not only timely, it is pushing our envelopes into where God is calling us to be, with Education that Connects the Family, Church and Community .

Attendees at previous Educators Conferences will notice innovations this year. For example, we have gone beyond the "North American" environment to embrace our brothers and sisters from Europe, South America, Africa and Asia. We built it and you are coming!

We have replaced the Theme Panels with a time slot for special meetings. This is a great time for teams from churches or regions to connect with each other and share experiences, insights, ideas and brainstorming for when you get back home. We also have set aside plenary time for the Blessed Family Association, an essential framework for developing our personal, family and community ministries.

Most exciting of all, we are creating two intensive General Sessions, one featuring Rev. Dr. Michael Jenkins and the other Rev. Dr. Lonnie McLeod. These will be fully dimensional experiences including great music featuring Chris Alan, Cindy Yokpore and Joshua Cotter, images, drama, and inter-active work for all participants. We are investing a lot into it and are so excited about what's going to happen there.

We are beefing up Friday night by moving the musicfest there. Last year's musicfest went on for hours, with one of our youth testifying later that he realized the spirit of his parents' generation through the experience. It is an informal event, open-mic and guitars to go 'round, and those whose voices give out are welcome to settle in with old and new friends, displays and refreshments.

There is so much more, that we hope the web site conveys, including the Educators Worship Time with Dr. Chang Shik Yang, the early morning prayer and study with Rev. Phillip Schanker, the Labyrinth walks with Gillian Corcoran, the new Nature Trails at UTS with Henry Christopher--in the lovely fall weather--and, most of all, YOU! The real richness of the EC comes from the grassroots folks who are not just talking the talk but walking the walking and doing the do at home and in the local church and community. Here is where the energy and vision really explode.

We invite you to share in what has become the major venue for educational development in our American movement.

On behalf of the Steering Committee,

Tony Devine (UTS’99) Dr. Tyler Hendricks (UTS’78)

11) BUILDING YOUR NETWORK

Excerpt taken from Brian Tracy's book - A Treasury of Personal Achievement

At every crossroad in your life there is usually someone standing there pointing you in one direction or another. The courses you take in school that shape your career are often at the recommendation of a counselor or friend. The occupation you select, the job you take, and the key steps in your career are largely determined by the people you meet and talk to at those critical decision points in your life. The books you read, the audio you listen to, and the seminars you attend are most invariably the result of a suggestion from someone you respect. It is likely that every change in your life is strongly influenced by other people in some way.

According to the Law of Probabilities, the greater the number of people you know, the more likely it is that the right person at the right time and in the right place will be available to give you the help you need to move more rapidly ahead in your life. The more people you know, the more doors of opportunity will be open to you, and the sounder the advice you will get in making the important decisions that shape your life.

Dr. David McClelland did a 25-year research study into the factors that contribute to success. He found that, holding constant for age, education, occupation, and opportunities, the single most important factor in career success is your "reference group." Your reference group is made up of the people with whom you habitually associate and identify. These are the people you live with, work with, and interact with outside of work. You identify with these people and consider yourself to be one of them. They consider you to be one of them as well.

The starting point in the process of assembling a positive reference group is the development of a deliberate and systematic approach to networking, which you can apply throughout your career and life.

People like to do business with people they know. They like to socialize and interact with people with whom they are familiar. And they like to recommend people they trust. Fully 85 percent of the best jobs in America are filled as the result of a third-party recommendation. The best net workers are never unemployed for long.

One of the biggest mistakes that people make when they begin networking is scattering their time and energy indiscriminately and spending their time with people who can be of no help at all. Even if they attend organization or community meetings, they often end up associating with people who are neither particularly ambitious nor well-connected.

When you network, you must be selfish with how you spend your time and apply your energy. You want to become all you can over the course of your career. You want to rise as far as you can. Any success you could ever desire will require the active involvement and help of lots of other people. Your job is to focus your energies and attention on meeting the people who can help you, and the only way you can do this is by not spending time with the people who cannot help you at all.

When you network, your aim is to meet people who are going places in their lives. You want to meet people who are ahead of you in their careers and in their organizations. You want to meet people you can look up to. You want to meet people who can be friends, guides, and mentors. You want to meet people who can help you move into your ideal future more readily. For this reason, you must sort people into categories: helpful vs. unhelpful, ambitious vs. unambitious, goings somewhere vs. going nowhere. Remember, your choice of a reference group in your networking will determine the success of the process.

You begin your networking process at your place of work. Identify the top people in your organization. Make these people your role models and pattern yourself after them. One of the best ways to start networking is to go to someone you admire and ask for his or her advice. Don't be a pest. Don't tie up several hours of his or her time. Initially, you should ask for only a few minutes, and you should have two or three specific questions.

When you talk to a successful person, ask questions like, "What do you think is the most important quality or attribute that has contributed to your success?" and "What advice would you give to someone like me who wants to be as successful as you someday?" You could also ask, "Can you recommend a particular book, audio program, or training program that would help me move along more rapidly in my career?"

There is a Law of Incremental Commitment in networking. According to the law, people commit themselves to helping you, or associate with you, little by little over time. In some cases, the chemistry won't be right, and the person with whom you would like to network will not be interested in networking with you. Don't take this personally. People get into or out of networking for a thousand reasons. However, if there is good chemistry, if you like the person and the person likes you, be patient and bide your time. Don't rush or hurry, just let the networking relationship unfold without over eagerness on your part. If you try to go too fast, you scare people away.

Instead of asking your superiors for more money, ask for more responsibility in your job. Tell your boss that you are determined to be extremely valuable to the organization and that you are willing to put in extra hours in order to make a more important contribution.

There is nothing so impressive to a boss as an employee who continually volunteers for more responsibility. Many people have the unfortunate goal of doing as little as possible for as much money as possible. But not the winners. The winners realize that if all you do is what you're being paid for today, you can never be paid any more in the future. The person who continually volunteers for extra assignments and does more than is expected gains the respect, esteem, and support of his or her boss.

Whenever you do something nice or helpful for others, they feel a sense of obligation. They feel like they owe you one. They have a deep subconscious need to pay you back until they no longer feel obligated to you. The more things you do for people without expectation of return, the more they feel obligated to help you when the time comes.

We have moved from the age of the go-getter to the age of the "go-giver." A go-giver is a person who practices the Law of Sowing and Reaping, always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, "What's in it for me?"

The surprising thing is that the more of yourself you give away with no direct expectation of return, the more good things come back to you in the most unexpected ways. In fact, it seems that the help we get in life almost invariable comes from people whom we have not helped directly. Rather, it comes from others who have been influenced by people whom we have helped directly. Therefore, since you can't control where your help or assistance is coming from, you must establish a blanket policy of giving with complete confidence that it will come back to you in the most powerful ways.

Whatever your job or occupation, there are trade and industry associations, business associations, and service clubs that you can join and network in. Excellent net workers are among the best-known and most respected people in the community. To reach that status, they followed a simple formula. They carefully identified the clubs and associations whose members they can help and support and who can help and support them in return. Then they joined and participated. When you consider the various organizations you could join, remember that you should select no more than two or three. Target the ones with the members who you think can be the most helpful to you. When you join, your strategy should be to familiarize yourself with the various committees of the organization. Then, volunteer for the committee that engages in the activities that are most important to the organization, such as governmental affairs or fundraising, and get fully involved in it.

You will find that the members of the key committee are usually key players in the business community as well. By joining the committee, you create an opportunity to interact with them in a completely non-threatening way. You give them a chance to see what you can really do outside of the work environment. And you contribute to the committee as a peer, not as an employee or subordinate. In any committee, 20 percent of the people do 80 percent of the work. In any association, fully 80 percent of the members never volunteer for anything. All they do is attend the meetings and then go home. But this is not for you. You are determined to make your mark, and you do this by committing yourself wholeheartedly to voluntary activities that move the association ahead. And the key people will be watching and evaluating you. The more favorable the attention you attract, the more your fellow members will be willing to help you when you need them.

Networking helps fulfill one of your deepest subconscious needs: getting to know people and being known by them. It helps fulfill your need for social interaction and for friendly relationships. It also broadens your experience and perspective. It opens doors of opportunities for you. It increases the number of people who know and respect you. It makes you feel more in control of your career. And it can be one of the most exciting, fulfilling experiences of your life.

12 ) WARRIORS OF THE HEART

By Danaan Parry
http://www.earthstewards.org/ESN-Danaan.asp

"Sometimes I feel that my life is a series of trapeze swings. I'm either hanging on to a trapeze bar, swinging along, or, for a few moments in my life, I'm hurtling across space between trapeze bars.

Most of the time, I spend my time hanging on for dear life to my trapeze-bar-of-the-moment. It carries me along at a certain steady rate of swing, and I have the feeling that I am in control of my life. I know most of the right questions and even some of the right answers. But once in a while, as I am merrily (or not so merrily) swinging along, I look out ahead of me into the distance, and what do I see? I see another trapeze bar swinging towards me. It's empty, and I know, in that place in me that knows, that this new trapeze bar has my name on it. It is my next step, my growth, my aliveness coming to get me. In my heart-of-hearts, I know that for me to grow, I must release my grip on this present, well-known bar to move to the new one.

Every time it happens to me, I hope I won't have to grab the new bar. But in my knowing place, I know I must totally release my grasp on my old bar, and for some moment in time, I must hurdle across space before I can grab onto the new bar. Each time I am filled with terror. It doesn't matter that in all my previous hurdles across the void of unknowing, I have always made it. Each time I am afraid that I will miss, that I will be crushed on unseen rocks in the bottomless chasm between the bars. But I do it anyway. Perhaps this is the essence of what the mystics call the faith experience. No guarantees, no net, no insurance policies, but you do it anyway because somehow, to keep hanging on to that old bar is no longer on the list of alternatives. And so for an eternity that can last for a microsecond or a thousand lifetimes, I soar across the dark void of "the past that is gone; the future is not yet here." It's called transition. I have come to believe that this is the only place that real change occurs. I mean real change, not the pseudo-change that only lasts until the next time my buttons get pushed."

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