Bridging True Mother’s Heart with America

Photos courtesy of Los Angeles Family Church

“I came here with a hope to be able to bridge True Mother’s heart to America and America to True Mother’s heart,” said FFWPU Regional Chairman and National President Rev. Demian Dunkley, who launched a series of Cheon Shim Won ‘Rebirth’ workshops this summer after being appointed in May to his new role and mission. 

“I’m talking about the deeper realms of True Mother’s heart,” said Rev. Dunkley in a special video message from the Las Vegas headquarters of Cheon Shim Won USA. The eleventh Rebirth workshop recently concluded in Las Vegas with YAYAM leaders from around the nation. Rev. Dunkley is now bringing the Rebirth workshop to local communities, starting in Los Angeles and another one currently underway in the DMV (DC-Maryland-Virginia) community.

“[This program is] just me giving my testimony about my experience with True Mother and what [she] really wants to say,” Rev. Dunkley explained. “It’s something we have to come together at the Cheon Shim Won and hear and pray about. What I have felt personally is that this is sincerely a rebirth experience. It’s something that we as members should first experience, and then we become the witness; we become reborn.” Rev. Dunkley emphasized the importance of leaving behind old concepts as the Unification movement embarks on a “new era and new history,” he said.

Pastor Joshua Holmes of the Los Angeles Family Church shared how he was personally touched by the workshop experience, stating, “I was so moved and humbled by the response [to the workshop].” He noted some 120 community members participated in the three-day program.

“People showed up to have this encounter and this experience of renewed discovery of who True Parents are to them,” said Pastor Joshua. “I think the overarching testimony that people shared is that they had no idea how much True Mother has gone through over these last 63 years. [We felt] repentful and filial-hearted.”

“There was this sense of ‘I want to protect my mom,’” he said. “I want to fight for my mom; I want to stand up together for our True Parents ... I think that is the foundation for rebirth.”

Participants shared a new determination to serve, Pastor Joshua said, and build a culture of Cheon Il Guk together going forward. “I’m most excited for [Rev. Demian’s] rebirth tour ... and the revival that will take place across America.”

The current Southeast Cheon Shim Won Rebirth Workshop runs from August 28 to 30 at the Capital Family Church in Washington, DC. Continue to check the Rebirth workshop schedule to see when one is being held in your region.

You can learn more about Cheon Shim Won USA events here.