1) Selecting a Holy Ground

After getting up at 4:30 a.m. and doing three bows in a holy robe, at 5:30 a.m. yesterday, having driven two cars, we gathered together around Father who sat on a rock, and prayed and sang. At 7: 10, we selected a holy ground. Many family members gathered together. Some workshop participants were allowed to come to this occasion. (1/1/66)

At 11:00 a.m., Father announced the headquarters to be the central holy ground. At the headquarters, in front of the workshop participants and the family members who were sitting around, Father again made a diagram. (This was kept by Hyo Won Yoo.). Father called Sung Jin Nim and went outside the church with him, carrying dirt and holy salt, and after sanctifying them, he returned.

Prior to the ceremony and after the ceremony, Father prayed. The content of the prayer consisted of his gratitude for allowing him to establish the holy grounds and his request to God to answer the prayers of family members who will pray in the future at the holy grounds.

Further, he prayed that God would connect this holy ground to all other holy grounds throughout the world. The dirt sprinkled and the stones that were planted in the holy grounds were brought by him in person from the selected 40 nations and were mixed together. (12/22/65)