L. Ron Hubbard's Birthday

It's nearly March 13th. As I described in an earlier post,Scientology churches and missions celebrate L. Ron Hubbard's birthday. Mr. David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center is master of ceremonies, and there of recent years the LRH biographer gives a speech about some aspect of Mr. Hubbard's life, often telling anecdotes or sharing information that most Scientologists never knew before.

It is always a special time, where all Scientologists gather to pay tribute to Mr. Hubbard and the legacy he left the world -- a true religious technology.

L. Ron Hubbard instituted a tradition, back in the mid-1970's. He was asked what he would like most for his birthday and what he said was "expansion."

Take this in the right context. With the Aims of Scientology being a world without insanity, crime or war expansion of Scientology is something that benefits all mankind.

And this year is very special indeed. For the past three months, Scientology Volunteer Ministers have been in South Asia helping the areas and people hardest hit by the tsunamis to put their lives back together. They are doing such a fantastic job, and I'm sure news of what they are doing will be shared with the entire Scientology network.

You don't have to be a Scientologist to attend the L. Ron Hubbard birthday event. Many times LRH's fiction fans come to this event. Families and friends are invited. In fact, anyone who wants to find out more about Scientology is absolutely welcome.

Here's a link to a web site that has the contact information for the Scientology churches and missions.

I'm so proud of what the Scientology Volunteer Ministers are doing in South Asia, and I thought I'd share the story of one fellow who is there:

“Hi, I’m Oisin Grogan from Melbourne, Australia. Being here in Banda Aceh has been a life changing experience! Back in Melbourne I was looking to play a bigger game in life and I wanted to help people. I have been able to achieve that here in a massive way. I have watched fellow Scientology Volunteer Ministers do amazing things. I found that as you help more people, your ability to confront life grows and grows. We have literally created daily miracles applying L. Ron Hubbard’s assist methods. For instance I helped a man who could not move (or walk) without immense pain. At the end of the assist, he shuffled out by himself in virtually no pain! All the VMs here can tell you similar stories. Yesterday I was talking to a local person and realized I had just had a two-minute chat in Indonesian. It’s been an honor being here working with people from all over the world who all have the same purpose—to help. We have made many, many friends. Terima kasih bunyak! (Thank you very much.) “

“A Volunteer Minister does not shut his eyes to the pain, evil and injustice of existence. Rather, he is trained to handle these things and help others achieve relief from them and new personal strength as well."

- L. Ron Hubbard

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If you can help with donations or wish to volunteer time, call (323) 960-1949 or 1-800-435-7498 or e-mail vm@volunteerministers.org

Scientology: International Association of Scientologists

20th Anniversary

Tom Cruise - Freedom Medal of Valor

I just saw a televised version of an international event that was held in the United Kingdom, and was really impressed to see the humanitarian accomplishments of Scientologists over the past year.

For me, the highlight of the event was the presentation of a very special award Tom Cruise for his many years of dedicated work to protect Scientology and Scientologists against prejudice and bigotry in countries that do not have a tradition of religious tolerance, to make Scientology solutions broadly available, to disseminate the Scientology religion and to be a real example of what it means to be a Scientologist.

One thing he said about this when he received his award was, "That's what drives me, that I know that we have an opportunity to really help for the first time, effectively change people's lives, and I am dedicated to that. I am absolutely uncompromisingly dedicated to that."

Here are just a few examples of what Tom Cruise has done.

He has taken up the cause of Scientologists in Germany who have experienced government sanctioned descrimination.	Cruise: Scientology Ambassador Cruise Lobbies over Scientology
He has brought L. Ron Hubbard's detoxification technology to the 9/11 rescue workers	Tom Cruise Tops List of Celebrities at Scientology Celebrity Centre 34th Anniversary Gala
Tom Cruise has made L. Ron Hubbard Study Technology available as a founding board member of the Hollywood Education and Literacy Project and a major supporter of Applied Scholastics International	Tom Cruise Supports H.E.L.P Applied Scholastics International Grand Opening
Helping Kids stay drug-free	Scientology News: Tom Cruise Surprises Drug-Free Ambassadors in Auckland, New Zealand, with Kudos and a Check
And helping to dedicate the new Church of Scientology of Spain at the Grand Opening event in September 2004	Tom Cruise addresses the thousands in attendance at the Grand Opening of the Church of Scientology of Madrid, Spain

This is only a small part of the contribution Mr. Cruise has made to making Scientology known and available to anyone who wants to improve their life or help others.