For the holidays, Volunteer Ministers of the Church of Scientology Seattle helped prepare food boxes for Seattle families in need of some extra help. There is no reason for Seattle families to go hungry, they say. All it takes to feed our neighbors is available. With Food Lifeline, all it takes is a bit of help. The 22 Volunteer Ministers who took part in this month’s volunteer effort are part of a force of more than 13,000 volunteers who contribute their time... Read more
The Colombian government has recognized the Catholic Church, Greek Orthodox Church and the Church of Scientology for their continued aid to Venezuelan refugees on the Colombia border. Life has been harsh for the refugees in the border town of Cúcuta. Fleeing the humanitarian crisis in their native Venezuela, some 1.2 million have made the arduous trek west to Colombia, seeking a better life. Colombia has been hard-pressed to provide for the needs of these people, and nonprofits and religious organizations... Read more
Scientology Network’s VOICES FOR HUMANITY announces a new episode featuring African anti-drug activist Barry Paul. A trailer for the episode can be watched on Youtube. Read more
Published courtesy of STAND (Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination), by a STAND blogger who explains why he loves being a Scientologist. Why do we read the news or put it on the tube, turn on the radio while we drive or have it fed to us on the internet? Why do we sign up for special “Newsletters” or requests “for more information” or talk over the fence to our neighbors? We want to be informed, we want to be in the know.... Read more
Scientology Network’s Documentary Showcase presents Australia: The Wild Top End Friday, October 25 at 5 and 8 p.m. ET/PT. The film is an epic journey through some of the wildest and most beautiful landscapes on Earth, providing a rare glimpse at archeological treasures dating back over 50,000 years. Few places on Earth remain as wild and pristine as the Top End of Australia. It is a land that time forgot. A place with some of the richest wetlands and oldest rainforests... Read more
Published on the Scientology Newsroom, this article describes the grand opening of the new Church of Scientology Mission of Panama in the heart of Panama City. Scientology Welcomed to the Crossroads of the World With a recorded history spanning five centuries in one of the most beautiful lands on Earth, Panama City has everything. Surrounded by volcanic peaks, rainforests, and rivers, more than 50 skyscrapers carve out a skyline mere blocks from the 17th-century Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Church.... Read more
Scientologist John Logothetis answers the question, “How does it feel to be a Scientologist,” and describes how and why he became a Scientologist. Published courtesy of STAND (Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination) Since I have been a Scientologist for over 20 years, I feel I’m very qualified to answer this question. I’ll answer it with one word and then I’ll elaborate. Liberating. When I was 10 years old, I remember thinking: “God, why are there so many rules for so many things?... Read more
Join the Hollywood Village monthly neighborhood cleanup at the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre on Saturday, October 19. Hollywood Village is a community coalition of people of all faiths, ideologies, political preferences and backgrounds, working together to make Hollywood beautiful, safe and clean. Anyone wishing to take part in the next Hollywood Village Cleanup is invited to join the team Saturday, October 19, at 5930 Bronson Avenue at 9 a.m. Read more
Some 1,000 firefighters, 8 helicopters and fixed-wing air tankers are battling to gain control of the Saddleridge Fire that has destroyed at least 25 homes and burned more than 7,500 acres in the northern foothills of the San Fernando Valley since it began Thursday night. Winds gusting 50 miles per hour are driving the blaze through an estimated 800 acres per hour, according to Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Ralph Terrazas. “You can imagine the embers from the wind have... Read more
STAND blogger Wayne Hanson answers a question that comes up often: Why do Scientologists oppose psychiatry? Wayne, a Sacramento-based writer and Dianetics counselor, takes on this controversial subject in a blog originally published on the STAND (Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination) website. In 1975, just as Ken Kesey’s novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was filmed at Oregon State Hospital, I became a Scientologist in Portland. Kesey’s book and the film that followed it have perhaps done more than any other... Read more
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