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Second generation educationMoscow, Easter 2013
Where are we at?
What did we expect/hope for when we joined?True love through the BlessingMeaningful lifeGood lineage
What is our reality?Mixture of happy and unhappy marriagesMany leave or disillusioned2G too
Why is it like this?Matchings, poor marriage guidance and supportMisunderstanding and misapplication of the PrincipleLack of support and education of 2G in family and church
What is to be done?
Better marriage preparation and supportWhere from?
Proper understanding and application of the Principle
Where from?
Good 2G educationSpiritual and moral educationCommunity 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 sociallyconstructed by relationships
Most significant relationshipsare familial
To reveal ourselves is to tell our story, where we come from
Our identity comes fromour lineage
What should be our lineage?
SocietyNation
World
True Love
Childof God
God
Husband Wife
Family
God is Love Life Lineage Identity
God’s love should be fully expressed through Four Realms of Heart and Three Great Kingships
God’s love would cascadethrough 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?
SocietyNation
World
Corrupt Love
Child
Satan
Husband Wife
Family
Way of life: mixture of good and bad, selfish
and unselfish
Fallen nature
Fallen traditions
Identity: Confused
“People are deluded into believing thatthe 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 FatherChange 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 6:4-9Love God and teach your children
Two goals of 2G education
Establish their true identity as children of God
Develop original mind and conscienceLive in the Principle and see the world through the eyes of the PrincipleFind their place in God’s providence
Establish a strong 2G communityInclusive Exciting, interesting, enjoyable, activeBest friendsWant to marry another 2G
How to do that?
Starts in the familyHusband-wife loving relationship in daily lifeAct of conception and growth in womb8 days ceremonyDaily lifePrayer, reading, playingRelatives
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 communityCreche Sunday schoolActivitiesBirthday partiesSummer camps
Community is not enough
How to do that?
Starts in the family
Supported by the community
Supported by the countryWorkshopsEducational curriculumBlessing educationAdvanced programs
Nation is not enough
How to do that?
Starts in the family
Supported by the community
Supported by the country
Supported on international levelSTF, DONE, YSIAdvanced workshops and programsCheongpeongGOP programmeBlessing preparation
Overview of 2G in Europe
4193 Second Generation in Europe (2012)
780 Germany700 United Kingdom470 Austria400 France240 Italy120 Czech RepublicRest less than 100
Overview of 2G in Europe
Alban
ia
Andor
ra
Austri
a
Belgi
um
Bosni
a Her
zego
vina
Bulga
ria
Croat
ia
Czech
Rep
ublic
Denm
ark
Esto
nia
Finla
nd
Fran
ce
Germ
any
Greec
e
Hunga
ry
Icela
nd
Irela
ndIta
ly
Latv
ia
Liech
tens
tein
Luxe
mbo
urg
Maced
onia
Malta
Monac
o
Nethe
rland
s
Norway
Pola
nd
Portu
gal
Roman
ia
San
Marin
o
Serb
ia
Slov
akia
Slov
enia
Spai
n
Swed
en
Switz
erla
nd
Unite
d Kin
gdom
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
BCs in Europe - national overview (4193 in total )
Female Male Unspecified
Second generation activities
Sunday school, summer camps – varies a lot
HARPLocal, national, international workshops
DONEPost high school education 3 months
STFPost high school education, 10 months fundraising, witnessing, humanitarian projects
University chaplains in UK
Student service in London
European 2G Blessings
600 individuals blessed
Still togetherTrue 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 2012USA 20Germany 17UK 12 (5 from my Sunday School)France 5Sweden 3Austria 3Norway 2Spain 1Ireland 1Monaco 1Italy 1Bulgaria 1Total on workshop 80
Sunday school in North London
25 years Sunday School
5 age groupsCreche PebblesStonesRocksJunior HARPSenior HARP
HARP serviceLocal and London-wide
Annual Summer Camp for children
Curriculum
Curriculum for younger children
3 year curriculum - 6-15 years150 lessonsOld 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 AtkinsonPrimary school teacher for 30 years
Teaching Sunday School for 20 years
Trained second generation to teach
Produced best developed curriculumSunday school manual
7 courses 270 lessonsLesson plansActivitiesWorksheetsGames
Ages 3 – 5 years old
My Book of God - 91 lessons
Old Testament stories - 27 lessons
Ages 6- 8 years oldNew Testament – 34 lessonsMy 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 churchFamilies won’t join churchChurch will disappear
If you don’t invest in your future you won’t have one
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