Merry Christmas & New Year 2025
December 24, 2024
Dear Family,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I’m writing to you from Korea, where I’m celebrating Christmas with True Mother and leaders from Korea, Japan, and the U.S. True Mother is filled with excitement as she prepares for the Entrance Ceremony and the Great Korean Epic. She has also been deeply moved by the reports and testimonies from the field, which reflect the incredible progress and heart of our communities.
As we welcome the holiday season, we naturally reflect on the blessings of 2024—a year of immense growth and fruitfulness. Building on the foundation of 2023, a deeply internal time when we uncovered precious pearls of wisdom in True Mother’s heart, we welcomed her back to Las Vegas in October.
The year began with the arrival of UPA missionaries in our strategic communities, followed by the national Blue Dragon Tour, which culminated in the remarkable Blue Dragon Pilgrimage. This historic journey brought 420 participants, including second-generation Unificationists and new members, to Korea in April to attend True Mother and celebrate the Holy Wedding Anniversary. For the first time, we intentionally focused on bringing new members, and in just two months of preparation, 50 of them joined us on this pilgrimage.
Inspired by this success, we decided it was time to go public. Together with our Media and PR team, we launched the Peace Starts With Me Podcast and brought the Peace Starts With Me movement into our communities. With 9, and now 10, strategic communities, we initiated three major campaigns focusing on growth and new membership, raising Blessing candidates, and fundraising for the Cheon Won Gung.
Over the past six months, we’ve seen extraordinary growth within our Unification family. Across our strategic communities and beyond, our churches have been on the move. We are becoming a movement once again. Nationwide, 770 new members have joined our communities, Blessing candidates have increased through the hard work of pastors and parents, and our younger generation is receiving more support in their matching and Blessing journeys. In addition, significant funds have been raised to make a meaningful offering to Heavenly Parent and True Parents this April.
We will soon announce details of the Special Grace, which True Mother has secured for everyone. This will be an opportunity to reconnect with Heavenly Parent and True Parents in a profound way, and I hope everyone will participate.
Looking ahead to 2025, I feel confident that we can continue to grow and make a beautiful offering from America. While challenges remain, with unwavering faith and commitment, we can inspire even more people to join this path of building a Heavenly Unified World under True Mother’s guidance, grace, and love.
The next major milestone is January 19, when we will host Get Ready for the EPIC, a special Sunday experience live from Las Vegas. With music and inspiration, this event will set the tone for the grand celebrations in Korea and will be streamed across the nation and the world.
I look forward to returning to Korea in April with many brothers and sisters—new family members and seasoned believers alike—to witness the long-awaited Entrance Ceremony of the Cheon Won Gung Cheon Il Sanctum.
Thank you all for your unwavering investment and devotion to this providential moment. May your holiday season be filled with joy and blessings, and let us unite our hearts as we welcome this new era with True Mother.
Please enjoy every precious moment that you have together with your family and loved ones.
May Heavenly Parent bless you,
Rev. Demian Dunkley