The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 05, 1986, Page 5, Image 5
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 $150 a The
weekend, he says. of inc<
The sellers earn nothing: according to make i
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No one remembers in so many
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members have tried funi
is the newest fund raiser for the church, Murphy tl
said. aj
Similar to an ice cream man selling popsicles, o
members drive a van through different
neighborhoods selling fresh fish. The seafood van o
has been in operation for about four months Mur
phy did not comment on its success. d<
Another business tried by the Unification Church bi
was carpet cleaning. For several years this business cl
was operated by the Carolina Maintenance Exchange
from the church center on Rosewood Drive. cl
The carpet cleaning business was not profitable, and IV
was dropped two years ago. ai
Even though Carolina Maintenance Exchange is e?
no longer in operation, its name is on every license %
for every business practiced by the Unification it
Church in Columbia. This name is used for licenses ;.' tc
because of the church's "sensitivity toward govern- ^
ment and church business relations," Murphy said.
"It's a technicality," Murphy said. "We had 01
mg, hot, sticky Jtfuty^for
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When he was in
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vromote any one religion over did other things to
er. These feature stories are simply They never sell
>k at the Unification Church in ^-Japanese ri6t
nbia. KAoru?f "Altieirican
v Kaofu hiitf been i
, all of the money is given to a .... tw<^yea|^ He sai
eeper who is in charge of the func^. ^ Japan to fulfill "a
lo not mind," said Kaoru. "Il jEa - * * A Unification CI
vith a spiritual foundation. jtle ^ *.&!0atatlon of husb
is mild. It is not so hot now/tf J ^iuc$ 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
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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
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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
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Far away from the ci- the Unification
le joins after a 21-day all the denomin
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/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.
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missionaries, Burt said. Flock of Seagulls and Outfield.
Vlorman missionaries on hanH oi*?
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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. One side
nunism and how the Bible wil, be a studjo rccording of
iem- original material and the other
5ymen from other chur- a Hve performance.
i the leaders of the com- jjie band performs at 9:30
ed to attend the lectures, p.m. today and Saturday at
Church "helps to support Rockafellas'.
ations," said Kaoru. 1
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