Second generation education

Moscow, Easter 2013

Where are we at?

What did we expect/hope for when we joined?

True love through the Blessing Meaningful life Good lineage What is our reality?

Mixture of happy and unhappy marriages Many leave or disillusioned 2G too Why is it like this?

Matchings, poor marriage guidance and support Misunderstanding and misapplication of the Principle Lack of support and education of 2G in family and church

What is to be done?

Better marriage preparation and support Where from?

Proper understanding and application of the Principle Where from?

Good 2G education Spiritual and moral education Community of faith

Why do we call them the 2G?

Change of lineage What does this mean?

What is lineage?

Great-grandparents Grandparents Parents Children Grandchildren Great-grandchildren Our identity is socially constructed by relationships Most significant relationships are familial To reveal ourselves is to tell our story, where we come from Our identity comes from our lineage

What should be our lineage?

God God is Love

Life Lineage Identity

Husband

True Love

Wife

God’s love should be fully expressed through Four Realms of Heart and

Three Great Kingships Child of God Family

Society Nation World God’s love would cascade through generations

Identity :

“God is my father” “I can possess the love of God” “I can inherit God’s kingdom”

Way of life

: living for sake of others Hospitality to strangers

What is fallen human lineage?

Satan

Identity: Confused

Husband

Corrupt Love

Wife

Way of life: mixture of good and bad, selfish and unselfish

Child

Family Society Nation World Fallen nature Fallen traditions “People are deluded into believing that the lineage of the enemy is the lifeline upon which the world depends.” Father

An acquired identity

What is the reason humankind has yet to escape from the snare of sin? It is because people are born inheriting the false lineage of Satan from the outset. However, this is not an innate, principle-based blood connection bestowed by Heaven. Rather it is an acquired relationship that exists in violation of the principle. It was brought about by human error.

True Father, Peace Messages

In other words, though human beings have been reduced to the position of orphans who have lost their parents through the Fall, the fundamental relationship of parent and child endowed by Heaven remains intact. Human beings, through the Fall, have become ignorant beings who live in a vegetative state, unable to recognize their own Father even though He is right there within and beside them.

Therefore, all human beings belong to the fallen lineage regardless of who they may be, and they must without exception be born again through the conversion of lineage. This is the only way to be restored into the originally intended blood relationship bequeathed to us by God.

True Father, Peace Messages

You should have the following experience and realization. First, you should substantially feel, "I'm born again and have received new life, and I'm God's son or daughter who leads a new life through the love of True Parents." Second, "I'm a qualified citizen of God's land." Third, when you look at the nation and world, you should feel God's mercy and think, "God handed down this world to me, so l as God's child have a right to possess this world." True Father Change of lineage is change of identity from “child of Satan” to child of God

What is most important?

“Listen, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Love God and teach your children

Two goals of 2G education

Establish their true identity as children of God Develop original mind and conscience Live in the Principle and see the world through the eyes of the Principle Find their place in God’s providence Establish a strong 2G community Inclusive Exciting, interesting, enjoyable, active Best friends Want to marry another 2G

How to do that?

Starts in the family Husband-wife loving relationship in daily life Act of conception and growth in womb 8 days ceremony Daily life Prayer, reading, playing Relatives Family is not enough “It takes a village to raise a child.” African proverb

How to do that?

Starts in the family Supported by the community Creche Sunday school Activities Birthday parties Summer camps Community is not enough

How to do that?

Starts in the family Supported by the community Supported by the country Workshops Educational curriculum Blessing education Advanced programs Nation is not enough

How to do that?

Starts in the family Supported by the community Supported by the country Supported on international level STF, DONE, YSI Advanced workshops and programs Cheongpeong GOP programme Blessing preparation

Overview of 2G in Europe 4193 Second Generation in Europe (2012)

780 Germany 700 United Kingdom 470 Austria 400 France 240 Italy 120 Czech Republic Rest less than 100

800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0

Overview of 2G in Europe

Female Male Unspecified

Second generation activities

Sunday school, summer camps – varies a lot HARP Local, national, international workshops DONE Post high school education 3 months STF Post high school education, 10 months fundraising, witnessing, humanitarian projects University chaplains in UK Student service in London

European 2G Blessings

600 individuals blessed Still together True Parents matching – 68% Parent’s matching – 95% Total 82% Proportion over 18 blessed – about 30% Twice a year blessing preparation workshop and parents convocation Where do the 30% come from?

Attendance at Cheongeong International High School summer workshop

Attendance at CP University Students Workshop 2012

USA Germany UK France Sweden Austria Norway Spain 20 17 12 (5 from my Sunday School) 5 3 3 2 1 Ireland Monaco Italy Bulgaria 1 1 1 1 Total on workshop 80

Sunday school in North London

25 years Sunday School 5 age groups Creche Pebbles Stones Rocks Junior HARP Senior HARP HARP service Local and London-wide Annual Summer Camp for children

Curriculum

Curriculum for younger children 3 year curriculum - 6-15 years 150 lessons Old Testament, New Testament, Completed Testament Repeat 3 year cycle Bible stories and learning from them Age appropriate materials Testimonies from older 2G

Why the Bible?

Identity is constructed as a narrative We conceptualise ourselves and reveal an explain ourselves in terms of stories We want to find ourselves in the story of God’s providence That story is contained in the Bible It is important for the stories to be told correctly

Initiation into the providence

“What we should stress from now on in the field of education is tradition, education and practice. You must know the tradition. You must respect our tradition. You must educate focusing on the tradition.” (TF 1991) “Practice enables the tradition to extend itself. What is the extension of tradition? Not me as a person. But in the tradition, you can find God’s providence of restoration and providence of salvation. You should clearly understand this. You should educate people about it clearly.” (TF 1992)

The providence is Biblical

“The tradition is God and True Parents tradition. We must educate people with the tradition of True Parents. If people go through their education correctly, then they will reach the God of providential history.” (TF 1992) “People can never find the path that leads to life without understanding the particulars of the providence of restoration. Herein lies the reason why we must study the Principle of Restoration in detail.” (D.P. 187)

If you know who you are you will know how to live If you know your place in God’s providence you will know what to do with your life

Results

90% of North London 2G still involved with church About 1/4 go to STF About 1/4 attend Cheongpeong 40 days summer workshop 8% of second generation at Cheongpeong in 2011 came from North London Most get blessed

Sunday school in Sweden

67 second generation aged 4 to 29 years old.

64 are members 24 have been on STF or similar programmes (36%) 14 are blessed. (One is probably broken) All the rest seem happy 26 went to GOP in Korea for one year Many attend Cheongpeong 40 days workshop 2G teach Sunday School

Tim Atkinson

Primary school teacher for 30 years Teaching Sunday School for 20 years Trained second generation to teach Produced best developed curriculum Sunday school manual 7 courses 270 lessons Lesson plans Activities Worksheets Games

Ages 3 – 5 years old

My Book of God - 91 lessons Old Testament stories - 27 lessons

Ages 6- 8 years old

New Testament – 34 lessons My Journey in Life - 32 lessons

Ages 9-11 years old

True Parents’ Lives & the Early Church - 41 lessons The Principle Main Points - 50 lessons

Age 12 years old Twenty-one Virtues

Sunday school schedule (2 hours)

Half bow to God and TP. Teachers and children bow to each other Songs Donation Register Greet each other Short message Games 45 minute lesson Snacks

Child-centred religion

“Listen, my people, to my teaching, and pay attention to what I say. I am going to use wise sayings and explain mysteries from the past, things we have heard and known, things that our ancestors told us. We will not keep them from our children; we will tell the next generation about the Lord’s power and his great deeds and the wonderful things he has done. He gave laws to the people of Israel and commandments to the descendants of Jacob. He instructed our ancestors to teach his laws to their children, so that the next generation might learn them and in turn tell their children. In this way they also would put their trust in God and not forget what he

has done, but always follow his commandments.” Psalm 78:1-7

Don’t forget

Families have children No Sunday school Families won’t come to church Families won’t join church Church will disappear If you don’t invest in your future you won’t have one