New Church of Scientology for Quebec City, Quebec

Parishioners and staff have been working hand in hand to create the new Church of Scientology of Quebec .  The new church building is in old town in the center of town, with two faces - one on the traditional old town, walking street side, and the other on a more contemporary city street. 

• Scientology in Canada
• Scientology Quebec
• Ideal Scientology Orgs
• This is Scientology - by Mr. David Miscavige

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Church of Scientology in Newcastle/Sunderland, England Moving to Larger Quarters

Yet another one from the parade of stunning new Churches of Scientology being constructed around the world, is this one in Sunderland, England.  The Scientology Church in Sunderland, which is now relocating to nearby Newcastle, is expanding is community responsibilities and its size and scope is increasing commensurately. 

With the Church of Scientology London recently being built up as an Ideal Church of Scientology for the UK, other Scientology Churches around the UK are following suit.   Sunderland in particular, as per an answers.com article on such, was once famously hailed as the “Greatest Shipbuilding Town in the World”^[40] , ships were built on the Wear from at least 1346 onwards and by the mid-eighteenth century
Sunderland was one of the chief ship-building towns in the country.

However, the city definitely needs a pick-up and an infusion of administrative technology, as the heavy industry has not kept pace with population, and unemployment has garnered the city with the distinction of being the most “deprived city in northern England”.  This is something any Church of Scientology is well-equipped to handle, and with administrative know-how and management by statistics, as well as the simple Scientology lessons of Communication, this city can turn right around.

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New Ideal Scientology Church for Valencia, Venezuela

An absolutely stunning new Church of Scientology is soon to grace Valencia, Venezuela, where the largest Scientology Church in South America has been experiencing such continuous expansion that they need a new space.

The Valencia Church was proclaimed in 2004 as having achieved what’s known as “Saint Hill Size”, which is where a Scientology church reaches the size and scope of influence of the Scientology Church in England where founder L. Ron Hubbard directly managed the organization in the mid-1960’s.

This distinction was explained in importance by the Mayor of Buffalo, when an Ideal Church of Scientology opened in his city - a grand opening also attended by Scientology leader, Mr. David Miscavige.

Through dedicated work with the community, including groundbreaking campaigns with The Way to Happiness to quell local violence, the Church in Venezuela has more than deserved a new building and will shortly have even that filled to capacity.

References:

• Church of Scientology of Buffalo
• Mayor Anthony Masiello’s speech at the Buffalo Grand Opening, explaining “Saint Hill Size”
  
• Buffalo’s Grand Opening Spech by Mr. David Miscavige
• Ideal Scientology Org Photos
  

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Church of Scientology of Seattle - New Renderings

This was the blog post that put this particular blog on the map.  Back in September of last year, I posted on the new Church of Scientology of Seattle in Washington State, saying that they’d soon have a new building.   That post then ended up on the netscape.com homepage, and next thing I knew I was having to move my blog over to WordPress from Eponym, due to overstepping my bandwidth quota.

Well, here’s another rendering of what will be the stunning new Scientology church in Seattle - one that’s soon to be under construction.

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What is an Ideal Church of Scientology - an “Ideal Org”?

New Churches of Scientology are now coming up left, right and centre, with new and rather impressive buildings being planned and built in cities around the world.  An example of this is the new Church of Scientology in Pasadena, California. 

Scientologists call these buildings “Ideal Orgs” or Ideal Scientology Organizations.  This is from an essay L. Ron Hubbard wrote called “The Ideal Org” (which anyone can read from the Scientology Management Series volumes) - an essay outlining all of the functions and actions an Ideal Church of Scientology would be doing, and the responsibility that Church would be taking for its general area.   

These Churches of Scientology (like the Church of Scientology of London, picture above) have many features that enable them to take on such a responsibility.  The first of which are a massive set of displays that explain in audiovisual presentations what exactly Scientology is, and what it is that Scientologists learn and do.   It’s probably the most key thing there is in such a church, as most people know exactly what Christianity is — so such a display isn’t needed at a standard cathedral.  However, just from people I’ve talked to, there are a ton of people with basic question on what Scientology is — something that is answered terribly by random searches on the Internet at this time. 

So, if you want a straight, full answer on what Scientology is, one should definitely step into one of these new Churches.  A list of where they now are is on the Scientology Today website, and in my references section below. 

Additionally, Ideal Scientology churches provide space and facilities for groups to meet, for training sessions to occur on how to be a Scientology Volunteer Minister or to deliver Scientology Marriage Counseling, and so forth.  With ideal premises comes the ability to help the community in the ways that the community needs most — drug education programs, morality programs, etc. 

So, if you have the opportunity, stop in to one of these Churches and see for yourself what Scientology is about. 

References:

• Mr. David Miscavige’s speech at the opening of the Ideal Scientology Organization in London
• Ideal Scientology Organizations:
  • Scientology Berlin
  • Scientology South Africa
  • Scientology New York
  • Scientology Buffalo
  • Scientology San Francisco
  • Scientology San Jose