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A keynote of the Church of Scientology is service—service to its parishioners and service to the community. The Church works in partnership with community leaders to accomplish these goals, in recognition of the enormous task to accomplish a civilization where all men and women may live in peace. Videoed interviews of many of these leaders are featured on the Scientology Religion website including one just post featuring the former Regional Commissioner of South African Correctional Services Mr. Sebonyane Alfred Tsetsane thanks the Church... Read more

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With this coming Monday January 16 the commemoration of Martin Luther King Day of Service, I would like to share this video of Dr. King’s famous “Drug Major” speech, which makes it so very clear the difference between this national holiday and all others. Dr. King’s legacy is service, as expressed in this speech. First, he describes the instinct of seeking praise and admiration: “And you know, we begin early to ask life to put us first. Our first cry... Read more

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Earl Crow taught religion and philosophy at High Point University. He majored in religion at Duke University and attended the Duke Divinity School and has studied at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and received his doctorate from the University of Manchester, England. He writes a weekly religion column for the Winston-Salem Journal  and his column this week focused on the Scientology religion which he describes ad the religion about which he receives more questions from his students than any other religion. “The... Read more

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New Year’s celebration marks surge of new Churches and showcases twelve months of accomplishment across every facet of the religion. The Scientology New Year’s release is a great overview of what has been accomplished over the past year–a really stellar year for the religions. Read more

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What I Learned From a Knock on the Head Scientologist Wayne Hanson shared this story on World Religion News. I was riding my Harley home from work a few years ago and a car pulled out of a driveway directly into my path. Everything slowed down, like a movie where people freeze, and the main characters walk among them, plucking hors d’oeuvres from silver trays frozen in the hands of waiters. I decided not to slam on the brakes as... Read more

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​​​​Rev. Kay Alice Daly of the Church of Scientology and Rev. Alice Baber-Banks, president and head pastor of the Christian Fellowship Ministry Church, shared the rostrum at the sixth annual Holiday Interfaith Service at the Church of Scientology Sacramento. Sister Baber-Banks delivered a sermon quoting Bible verses on peace, love and tolerance. Choir members from her congregation inspired and uplifted those gathered in the chapel of the Church of Scientology, reinforcing Baber-Banks’ message of love and respect as the means... Read more

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Mental health watch-dog, the Florida chapter of Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), has organized a month-long open house beginning January 2 at its headquarters in downtown Clearwater. It is timed to coincide with International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.  The United Nations General Assembly designated the day to honor the victims of the Nazi era and to encourage the development of programs aimed at preventing another Holocaust. To promote this purpose, CCHR Florida will tour... Read more

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This story, appearing on Newswire.com, covers the history of Scientology in Seattle: In May 1950, renowned author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard published a book that launched a movement and changed the world—Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. In it, he provided not only the first clear and concise description of the workings of the human mind and the laws that govern it, but also a technology by which anyone could resolve the problems of the mind. The book... Read more

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An article on the Scientology Newsroom features a new addition to the holiday for the town of East Grinstead, which has served as the headquarters for Scientology in the UK since 1959. As part of their holiday festival, they opened an ice rink, open to the public every day but Christmas until January 2. “When Town Mayor Councilor Bob Mainstone pulled the switch December 3, transforming Saint Hill by setting 30,000 lights aglow and lighting 15 illuminated reindeer and a... Read more

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A record number of Hispanic parents and teens attended the 14th Annual Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Education Conference last month at the Encinitas Senior and Community Center. The program was hosted by Ms. Beatriz Villarreal, winner of the University of San Diego Remarkable Leaders in Education Award and founder of the Mano a Mano Foundation, a program that empowers Latino parents to help their teenage children succeed by steering clear of drugs and gangs. The annual conference empowers parents... Read more

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