{"id":103902,"date":"2024-03-05T05:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=103902"},"modified":"2024-03-04T20:04:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T01:04:32","slug":"austin-leads-as-the-first-in-a-series-of-beautiful-new-scientology-churches-opened-one-after-another-in-just-over-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/austin-leads-as-the-first-in-a-series-of-beautiful-new-scientology-churches-opened-one-after-another-in-just-over-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Leads As the First in a Series of Beautiful New Scientology Churches Opened One After Another in Just Over a Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas and LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 5, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The dedication of the new Ideal Scientology Church in Austin<\/a>, Texas, was the first in a series of stunning new Scientology Churches to open in 2024, and it embodies the spirit of unabated growth that has become the hallmark of Scientology today.<\/p>\n

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Photo caption: Grand opening of the new Ideal Church of Scientology Austin.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mr. David Miscavige<\/a>, ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion, welcomed Lone Star State Scientologists and the purpose and pride they embodied in accomplishing this milestone.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re Texas big and Texas tough,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is a moment to remember what was said long ago by one of your famous Texans\u2014that it was the best land he had ever seen, and there was a world of country to settle. Well, so it is again today. Except your \u2018line of country\u2019 is the human spirit, and you settle it by restoring to people the happiness, love, sincerity and kindness with which they were created.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just a mile from the state capitol building, the new Ideal Church provides Texas-size facilities to expand the Church\u2019s humanitarian activity and influence: exemplary drug awareness and prevention for Texas youth, human rights education and countless victories for victims of mental health abuse.<\/p>\n

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Photo caption: Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige dedicated the new Church on February 24. Austin was the first of three beautiful new Scientology Churches to open in just over a week, with an array of Ideal Scientology Churches scheduled to open in 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n

Among the officials and dignitaries joining Mr. Miscavige at the opening event was Vice-President of the University Area Partners Association, Mr. Mike McHone, a committed neighborhood leader for the West Campus area. \u201cFor those of you who aren\u2019t from Austin, this town is a university town. We work to keep our neighborhood at the front of the pack when it comes to, well, everything,\u201d Mr. McHone said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd today I\u2019ll admit a little Longhorns pride in celebrating another big step in keeping our neighborhood the Best of the Best. Hook \u2019em Horns!\u201d he told the roaring crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach and every one of you should take pride in knowing you have helped make our home what it is today. Your members form the backbone of an ongoing community effort. Which is another way of saying, you have shown an inherent understanding of what our residents need with a passion and care to create a thriving, active community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile today, with this Grand Opening, we celebrate the return of a major player to this University area. So what I should really be saying is, \u2018Welcome back!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Sam Price, who served nearly 25 years with the Austin Health Department and is now a dedicated Texas drug education advocate in Central Texas, recognized the impact of the Church-sponsored drug awareness program, Drug-Free World. \u201cFrom the outset, our attitude was, \u2018Let\u2019s educate people.\u2019 And we got that Truth About Drugs information out to everyone. That means, thanks to your support, thousands who never had a chance to be educated now have the choice to say, \u2018I\u2019m going to live drug-free!\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world would be a better place if more people had the care and commitment that your Church members do. No doubt about it. And thanks to Drug-Free World, you\u2019ve given this kid from the south of Austin the opportunity of a lifetime. So I have one final request: keep doing your good work. You\u2019ll never know how many lives you\u2019ve saved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Simone Talma Flowers, Executive Director of Interfaith Action of Central Texas, spoke on the international diversity of Austin\u2019s religious community. \u201cBridging division between different faiths is not simply a \u2018nice to do,\u2019 it\u2019s essential,\u201d she said. \u201cYou have been pillars of devotion and dependency. And upon those pillars, we have now built the largest interfaith movement in all of Central Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Remarking on the new Church\u2019s spacious Chapel, Ms. Flowers said, \u201cI have to tell you, we are so excited at the prospect of holding our events right here\u2014front and center in Downtown. This Ideal Org will be a shared space where any and all are welcome, a place for services, talks or meetings for reconciliation. So may it continue to shine as a sanctuary for all faiths for all the decades to come!\u201d<\/p>\n

The final guest speaker, Mr. Nelson Linder, serves as President of the Austin NAACP. He recalled that, as a child in Georgia in the late 1950s, he walked to school because there were no buses that served his segregated school. \u201cLike many others, my fight for civil rights is now decades long.<\/p>\n

\u201cA just society requires sacrifice and commitment,\u201d Mr. Linder said. \u201cIn fact, a great man once said, \u2018Injustice is not something in which any man with power should ever trade.\u2019 That was Mr. L. Ron Hubbard. To say such in the crucible of the 1960s shows tremendous courage.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt that time, just a handful were in the middle, trying to broker peace, and yet there he was. Mr. Hubbard\u2019s ideas of forwarding the concept of true justice were both visionary and grand.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd let\u2019s face it, they inspired you all to create a movement not only in Texas, but around the world. That\u2019s not just a gift for those who are here. It\u2019s a gift for those who aren\u2019t even born yet. So on behalf of the Austin NAACP, thank you, Mr. Hubbard, for being a strong voice in the land.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this Grand Opening today, we can now say: Yes, Mr. Hubbard, we are turning your dream into reality. And that is most certainly cause to celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n

All are invited to tour the Church\u2019s new Public Information Center at 2200 Guadalupe Street to satisfy their curiosity about Scientology, open Monday to Fri 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Photo caption: Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige dedicated the new Church on February 24. Austin was the first of three beautiful new Scientology Churches to open in just over a week, with an array of Ideal Scientology Churches scheduled to open in 2024.<\/p>\n

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