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Flowers am Unification Church By MARY SIEGFRIED Features reporter Some churchcs raise money through dinners, bake sales and bingo games, but the Unification ? Church takes a different approach. ^ Their main fund-raiser is selling flowers on street corners. Phurrh m#*mK?rc Wqi/O r?lr/^ 1 v>..?>vm iiviiiuvu n??v .u3u sulu ictuuy uuor-iodoor, clcaned carpets and sold seafood. Fund-raising is secondary to fulfilling the duties of the church, said Tim Murphy, pastor of the Columbia chapter of the Unification Church. He said the members don't work regular full-time jobs because they need time for the church's teachings. "We are full-time missionaries," said Kazuka, a member of the church. "We have many things wc must do for the church. We cannot work all day, or we not have time for our church duties." Because of the flexible time schedule, peddling is A the main business for the rhnrrh Kino Fkh Selling flowers: a Ic By MARY SIEGFRIED Features reporter Edi It's another hot, sticky 91-dcgrec day. not ; Traffic rushes past the sweating Japanese anoth man selling flowers on a Columbia street a loc corner. Co/w; Only a straw hat and umbrella shield him from the sun. He has sat there for 13 Kaoru hours a day, each weekend, for the past bookk A two years. "I d v At 7 p.m., hours have passed and no thng > one has bought his flowers. A few cars winter have stopped, but just to get directions or Selli change for a dollar. a meir The man smiles, holding a bucket of said A flowers. Finally, a station wagon pulls up Unific and a girl buys a single red rose. This will denon probably be his last sale of the night, but paper he won't quit for another two hours. churcl This man, Kaoru, is one of the 7,000 memb U.S. members of the Unification Church. The often called "Moonies." The followers of One m the Rev. Sun Moon sell flowers at heavily go anc trafficked street corners throughout the seller \ A United States from 8 in the morning until Kao 9 at night. Rosew The vendors are licensed and sell on six weekei street corners in Columbia. Their flowers bring are imported from South America. By ginsenj aviiiug i.uiuuuuiis ior >1 ana roses lor 53, wild rc each location makes about $150 a The weekend, he says. of inc< The sellers earn nothing: according to make i I GOT MONO We urgently need people with Mono to aid in medical research If vnu hsn had mono within the past 2 weeks qualify for $100 per week for 3 hou time. Call 254-6537. Serologicals. Ir $ 9 I AX I 2719 Mlddleburg Or. Suite I Columbia, S.C. 29204 1 Serologicals 254-6537 Ballot cia^ /^i m "rx it rA -a uetJJollars UJjf 0 0 When you bu #J Off the or women's 1 Retail I'ritv Balfour Colle ^ 0 0 When you bu ?u If on the or women's 1 Retail 1'i iiv Balfour Colle Act Now! Offer Kxpires: Friday, Septemb< Get your Balfour ring at a special savings at The University Bookstore Monday - Wednesday September 8 - 10 9:00 - 4:30 $15.00 Deposit iMHImllOU*'.College Cla No one remembers in so many \ j more members have tried funi is the newest fund raiser for the church, Murphy tl said. aj Similar to an ice cream man selling popsicles, o members drive a van through different neighborhoods selling fresh fish. The seafood van o has been in operation for about four months Mur phy did not comment on its success. d< Another business tried by the Unification Church bi was carpet cleaning. For several years this business cl was operated by the Carolina Maintenance Exchange from the church center on Rosewood Drive. cl The carpet cleaning business was not profitable, and IV was dropped two years ago. ai Even though Carolina Maintenance Exchange is e? no longer in operation, its name is on every license % for every business practiced by the Unification it Church in Columbia. This name is used for licenses ;.' tc because of the church's "sensitivity toward govern- ^ ment and church business relations," Murphy said. "It's a technicality," Murphy said. "We had 01 mg, hot, sticky Jtfuty^for f ' j^kJL" When he was in 'tor's note: The Gamecock does\ made $1,000 to Ii J vromote any one religion over did other things to er. These feature stories are simply They never sell >k at the Unification Church in ^-Japanese ri6t nbia. KAoru?f "Altieirican v Kaofu hiitf been i , all of the money is given to a .... tw<^yea|^ He sai eeper who is in charge of the func^. ^ Japan to fulfill "a lo not mind," said Kaoru. "Il jEa - * * A Unification CI vith a spiritual foundation. jtle ^ *.&!0atatlon of husb is mild. It is not so hot now/tf J ^iuc$ o&a strain ing flowers for the church is p&rt for other couples b iber's duty. It is not seen as &?hpra&j-j the c'hurchT^etieve kllen Burt, another mcmbil until marriage, and ation Church. ''Sccjjfn. Other five years aftcrwai linations vnu inct , ^ J V/1 .nv/nuijr V?V^.^ and show up on For our Sejf is viewed *t 1, it is a life-long cj^io^i^nt. The original sin of Ac ers dedicate their J^rcs are r'8'd. an members take turq^/rBurt said. J? Marriages arc ar lember will sellsomeone will & by Moon. It is not 1 stand in for^tra^ttler when the' and groom to knov vants a brew?w love each other, ru, who the cornorof 12,000 couplcs at c ood and Ferry road^ every Those who wan id, disagjj!fe0ffir'4No, no bifcaks. We attend a series of It lunchj??ywater anc^'fometimes ways. Most membc g." is juic^made from a retreat, totmai^er usuallyjpown in China. "We've got a floM^wselling isjffe primary source 40-day workshop r )me lor theglRjrch. "They don't out in the country. i whole lot>jr said Kaoru. ty. Almost everyor I? riucleosis } fe or have , you may hv; rs of your , 105 i ' ' . n ....lA For instance, our HP 15C Profef has more built-in advanced math ; other calculator. Our HP 41 Advai even more potential. ss Rings I l"m'"12 > ways. iraising with flow lings licensed to the church up until a fev jo, when the Rev. Sun Myung Mopil went vcr a tax disnute " Several years ago, Moon, the founder and f the Unification Church, was convicted /asion. Although members of the church sa oubt his guilt, they scern to be cautious iascs that might arise through the use lurch's name in business. Despite their other businesses, flower scllir lurch's oldest and most profitable fund lurphy said. He declined to comment nount made by the flower sales, but said lough to sustain the church's activities. ("It is a profitable business," Murphy said just on weekends. That's good. A rcgute >,-five job would not give us time to do w ant tp do. We must have time for witnessi Me said witnessing includes visiting clergy thcr churches* sharing the church's thcoloj ' the Unification Ci L 'J? J apart,, Kaoru said he retreat," Burt s DOO for the church. He "We are like rdise money, though. "You sec the *ers in Japan. . their bicycles, w buy flowers/': said like they send i s buy flowers.'* work in anoth< n the United States for help other coun d his wife /emains in Kaoru has be nottyjfT*mission." one of many se lurch minister said the tries to promote ajld alld wife is not as Kaoru said, Sr them as it might be religious frcedo ecause the members of support God's in remaining celibate country." sometimes for three to The Unificati d while they do mis- politics. In Jap; and other peopl >y the church as the us," Kaoru saic lam and Eve. Sexual States has only d strictly enforced. 7.8 million, po ranged and performed that strong here necessary for the bride "We are jus / each other, much less said Burt. "We Moon once married inunist ways." >nce. The current p t to become members porting is "Co :cturcs on the church's dangers of comi :rs join after attending can overcome tl Beeausc clerj 7-day, a 21-day and ches, as well a< etreat. They're usually rnunity are invi Far away from the ci- the Unification le joins after a 21-day all the denomin _ ~ J | x j V \ ?Lh Burning the midnight That's Ml oil may he necessary. available Burning the2:()0or 3:(K) There' or 4:00 AM oil is absurd. Advanta an HP calculator can get the an engin in time to get a good night's No wo widely r< isional Scientific Calculator Sochi ind statistical power than any gettinge iced Scientific Calculators have By the at HOO F /ers, carpets, seafood v years others through door-to-door contact and helping to to trial give lectures on the church's teachings. Sometimes it is not easy to sell flowers, said leader Kazuka, a frequent flower vendor. Sometimes pcoof tax pie in the passing traffic call out to those selling id they /: flowers, often calling them "Moonies." of any But Kazuka said such behavior docs not really of the- bother her. "sometimes it's hard," she said. "It is the atg is the titude of the people. Some not accept us. It does not raiser, really bother." on the All of the Unification Church's businesses arc it was registered with the Internal Revenue Service as church fund-raisers. They arc certified under code , "And 501-C3, the same as churches of other ir nine- denominations. hat we By filing this code, an organization is exempt ng." from paying all taxes but Social Security. An men of organization must be non-profit in order to use code ?y with 501-C3. hurch Hollywood aid Continued from page 4 missionaries, Burt said. Flock of Seagulls and Outfield. Vlorman missionaries on hanH oi*? . .... KUIIU ni.iv/ a|;|/taitu CIS e are similar to them. Just Labor Day on wiS-TV's nembers to do two years Carolina Today show. When ;r country, our members thCy arc no( performing natrics tionally or on television shows, :n a member for 11 years, t^e bancj usually can be found nt abroad to other coun- on tjlc c0||cge circuit, and have ; the Unification Church. become familiar favorites at 'God made America for Rockafellas' here in Columbia, m, so if American people According to Bradshaw, spirit, so America great spontaneity is the key iriRre dient to their songs, which are on Church is involved in mostly remakes of old hits from in, "leading congressmen bands such as the Monkees, the e in high position support Beatles, the Rolling Stones and 1. But because the United the Kinks. They also perform 7,000 members to Japan's some original songs, such as "If litical involvement is not You'll be Mine" and "Don't , he said. ^ put Me Down." t very anti-communist," por those fans who'd like a teach the evils of the com- copy of these original songs, the Hollywood Squares are aspiring rogram the church is sun- ? - - nave nicir nrsi rccora out Dy usa, which teaches the tjlc encj Qf September. 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