Heartistic Attendance While Following Our Passion Rev. Randall Francis May 27, 2012 Good morning, everyone. Good morning. Thank you. It’s an amazing pleasure to be here in New York. Thank you. Wow, what a crowd. You came out even in th e beautiful May rain this morning that is bringing out the flowers. I want to bring greetings to you from our senior pastor and her family and our True Parents. I was watching some of the Twitter feeds this morning from our international president, Hyung Jin Nim. He is in Lake Tahoe with True Parents , and it is amazing to see them in that big blue lake. I don’t know if you’ve ever been to Lake Tahoe, but it’s such an amazing big blue lake. I think it’s somewhat like my blue eyes, in the mountains . Let’s pray for our True Parents. Introducing Rev. Randy Francis and District 1 My name is Randy Francis. I am from the Washington, D. C. , area. My wife Kumiko and I are the district pastor couple in District 1, which includes Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. We claim the District of Columbia as a state in some ways for the providence there. I am excited to be here with you in New York and with you all across the country: at a ll those 100-plus locations. The people here , including our incredible band, Sonic Cult, and the whole team here in New York, do an amazing job in putting together the Lovin’ Life worship service . I had an opportunity to go backstage to look around here and see what was going on, to see the prayers amongst small groups and the many support activities. It is just fantastic. I know that is what helps make everything run here, and it is building a ministry that we can be proud of. In District 1 we have locations in Norfolk, Virginia, led by Pastors Akira and Yoko Ota and assisted by Rev. Levy and Claire Daugherty. Also, in Richmond, we have Father Bayo and his wife, Ayano . In the northern part of Virginia near Washington, D.C., we have Pastor Judie Lejeune and her husband Roland, and they are co- pastors with Ernest and Keiko Patton. I want to give a shout-out to you all. We have our big, big community in Maryland, and I know they’re watching. And some of you are here. They’re led by Pastors Matthew and Marianne Goldberg, who are supported by an incredible team that is putting together a lot of new initiatives every day. Every week, one of our goals is to do something new, so that when people walk in, they feel and see something new going on, and they can find a place to connect. Our creative team in the D. C. metro area is led by Kaeleigh and David Moffitt. They have an outstanding team, including our band, working with them . We’re trying to mimic the Sonic Cult in Maryland and to inspire the budding musicians from throughout our community. Our band, led by Jin Soon Stephens: and George, you’re there occasionally singing. We love your voice. We love to see anyone who wants to find a place to contribute. There are so many different places, with greeters, ushers, the welcoming team, the care teams, and the Sunday School. We have a large group. Last year In Jin Nim, our senior pastor, encouraged us to worship together as a unified community, as the united D. C. metropolitan area, and we’ve been doing that. There are 400 to 500 people sometimes on a Sunday morning, so it’s a large group, but we’re working at it. We’re getting ready to launch perhaps a new location where we can be stable at another school. Right now we’re meeting at our New Hope Academy . Some of the things that go on there are kind of mind-blowing to me . I was standing one time after church out on our patio, the entranceway to the school, and I was talking with a young man . All of a sudden, he said, “H ey, where did all these little kids come from?” These were one-, two-, and three year olds. I said, “O h, those are your nieces and nephews. They’re our third -generation running around amongst us .” When we stop to look back , we see that everything we’re doing has a specific purpose: to bring about special growth and establish a tradition that is our legacy that will can carry us on throughout the years unto future generations. Pentecost Sunday and Memorial Monday This weekend is quite a busy one , if you hadn’t noticed already. As Victoria mentioned, it is Memorial Day weekend and Monday is Memorial Day. Today is also Pentecost Sunday for Christians. Yes, let’s give it up for the Holy Spirit coming 50 days after Jesus’ resurrection at Easter. Today commemorates for Jews the day when God through Moses gave the Torah, including the 10 Commandments, to the Israelites camped at Mt. Sinai . I went yesterday to the UTS graduation for the class of 2012. Are there any of those new UTS graduates here today? Congratulations. From Washington, we have Bill Selig who has worked through th e different levels at UTS, from the master’s degree to the doctorate degree . Since it’s Pentecost Sunday, you graduate

Heartistic Attendance While Following Our Passion Rev. Randall Francis May 27, 2012 Good morning, everyone. Good morning. Thank you. It’s an amazing pleasure to be here in New York. Thank you. Wow, what a crowd. You came out even in th e beautiful May rain this morning that is bringing out the flowers. I want to bring greetings to you from our senior pastor and her family and our True Parents. I was watching some of the Twitter feeds this morning from our international president, Hyung Jin Nim. He is in Lake Tahoe with True Parents , and it is amazing to see them in that big blue lake. I don’t know if you’ve ever been to Lake Tahoe, but it’s such an amazing big blue lake. I think it’s somewhat like my blue eyes, in the mountains . Let’s pray for our True Parents. Introducing Rev. Randy Francis and District 1 My name is Randy Francis. I am from the Washington, D. C. , area. My wife Kumiko and I are the district pastor couple in District 1, which includes Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. We claim the District of Columbia as a state in some ways for the providence there. I am excited to be here with you in New York and with you all across the country: at a ll those 100-plus locations. The people here , including our incredible band, Sonic Cult, and the whole team here in New York, do an amazing job in putting together the Lovin’ Life worship service . I had an opportunity to go backstage to look around here and see what was going on, to see the prayers amongst small groups and the many support activities. It is just fantastic. I know that is what helps make everything run here, and it is building a ministry that we can be proud of. In District 1 we have locations in Norfolk, Virginia, led by Pastors Akira and Yoko Ota and assisted by Rev. Levy and Claire Daugherty. Also, in Richmond, we have Father Bayo and his wife, Ayano . In the northern part of Virginia near Washington, D.C., we have Pastor Judie Lejeune and her husband Roland, and they are co- pastors with Ernest and Keiko Patton. I want to give a shout-out to you all. We have our big, big community in Maryland, and I know they’re watching. And some of you are here. They’re led by Pastors Matthew and Marianne Goldberg, who are supported by an incredible team that is putting together a lot of new initiatives every day. Every week, one of our goals is to do something new, so that when people walk in, they feel and see something new going on, and they can find a place to connect. Our creative team in the D. C. metro area is led by Kaeleigh and David Moffitt. They have an outstanding team, including our band, working with them . We’re trying to mimic the Sonic Cult in Maryland and to inspire the budding musicians from throughout our community. Our band, led by Jin Soon Stephens: and George, you’re there occasionally singing. We love your voice. We love to see anyone who wants to find a place to contribute. There are so many different places, with greeters, ushers, the welcoming team, the care teams, and the Sunday School. We have a large group. Last year In Jin Nim, our senior pastor, encouraged us to worship together as a unified community, as the united D. C. metropolitan area, and we’ve been doing that. There are 400 to 500 people sometimes on a Sunday morning, so it’s a large group, but we’re working at it. We’re getting ready to launch perhaps a new location where we can be stable at another school. Right now we’re meeting at our New Hope Academy . Some of the things that go on there are kind of mind-blowing to me . I was standing one time after church out on our patio, the entranceway to the school, and I was talking with a young man . All of a sudden, he said, “H ey, where did all these little kids come from?” These were one-, two-, and three year olds. I said, “O h, those are your nieces and nephews. They’re our third -generation running around amongst us .” When we stop to look back , we see that everything we’re doing has a specific purpose: to bring about special growth and establish a tradition that is our legacy that will can carry us on throughout the years unto future generations. Pentecost Sunday and Memorial Monday This weekend is quite a busy one , if you hadn’t noticed already. As Victoria mentioned, it is Memorial Day weekend and Monday is Memorial Day. Today is also Pentecost Sunday for Christians. Yes, let’s give it up for the Holy Spirit coming 50 days after Jesus’ resurrection at Easter. Today commemorates for Jews the day when God through Moses gave the Torah, including the 10 Commandments, to the Israelites camped at Mt. Sinai . I went yesterday to the UTS graduation for the class of 2012. Are there any of those new UTS graduates here today? Congratulations. From Washington, we have Bill Selig who has worked through th e different levels at UTS, from the master’s degree to the doctorate degree . Since it’s Pentecost Sunday, you graduate