Aug. 31, 2005 - IAS Event Only a Couple of Months Away

I'm thinking of going to English this October for the 21st anniversary of the founding of the International Association of Scienotlogists (IAS). 

The IAS was really founded in early October - I think it was the 4th or the 8th or something, but over the past five years or more the event has been held either the 3rd or 4th weekend of October.  Then the video of the event goes out to all English-speaking Scientology churches the following weekend, and to non-English-speaking churches a week or more after that (giving time to get the videos translated and overdubbed in the various languages).

I didn't find much on the Net about the 2004 IAS event, but there was a piece in Freedom Magazine about the 2003 event, and it went like this:

Hosting this year‘s IAS Anniversary celebration was Mr. David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center and a founding member of the IAS. In welcoming the more than 5,300 event attendees, and tens of thousands more who have since seen the event on video locally around the world, Mr. Miscavige said:

"This one marks a cross roads in history.

"While I have previously said that people are searching for answers like never before, let there be no doubt, as we gather this evening, we are providing those answers like never in history.

"You have world conflict? We not only can, but we are picking up the pieces — and right at its epicentre.

"You have societal decline? We not only can, but we are reversing that trend — anywhere and everywhere.

"You have the “everyday man” who has been lost in a technological society? We not only can, but we are helping him find his way.

"And finally, you ask of world leaders, who lack the means to truly lead? Well, we not only can, but we are putting those answers right in their hands."

I always find that after I hear one of Mr. Miscavige's speeches I'm even more motivated and more active in helping others.

So I thought - what better way to experience one of my favorite events than to go to England for the weekend?