PRESS RELEASES
CANADA •
How hockey buff Jason McKinnon uses Scientology to win in the game of life. His profile is one of 200 “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at Scientology.org.
“In a hockey game, you always know where you stand,” says Jason McKinnon.
But when it came to relationships—that was a game the hockey enthusiast could not predict and he certainly couldn’t win. He was really not happy about that state of affairs.
MADRID, SPAIN •
Scientology helped professional golf instructor Faustino Gomez Fernandez perfect his game in the game of life. His profile is one of 200 “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at www.scientology.org.
In golf, results count. When you hire an instructor, you expect to improve your game. That’s what Scientologist Faustino Gomez Fernando gives his students—that’s what he was looking for himself.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA •
Adventure, help and love are the key to understanding Naz Khan. Her profile is one of 200 “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at www.scientology.org.
Naz Khan thrived on a childhood that took her to seven countries in as many years.
SOUTH AFRICA •
Tim Cooke may look like the typical congenial South African gentleman, but there’s more to the 69-year-old artist than first meets the eye. His profile is one of 200 “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at www.scientology.org.
Tim Cooke grew up knowing there was something different about him. To begin with, he studied art in school when young men weren’t meant to be artists—it wasn’t the right thing to do.
ISRAEL •
How Itzik Akilov was inspired to get the answers he had long sought in life from Scientology. His profile is one of 200 “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at www.scientology.org.
“Here. Read a book,” Benjamin Akilov told his inquiring brother.
In 2004, Benjamin had just started studying Scientology and was putting to good use the practical tools he was learning in the family business—a multi-faceted device-production company he ran with his brother Itzik.
ISRAEL •
To Israeli Scientologist Gali Rivlin music is not a pastime—it is a passion. Her profile is one of 200 “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at www.scientology.org.
In her “Meet a Scientologist” video at Scientology.org, Gali Rivlin of Tel Aviv tells how music has shaped her life.
FLORIDA, USA •
Tony Taylor learned that having the perfect job in the perfect location and being married to the perfect wife was all for the asking. His profile is one of 200 “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at www.scientology.org.
Sometimes asking the right question can make all the difference in the world.
SOUTH AFRICA •
Scientology restored Heidi Wolfaardt’s happiness and love of life. Her profile is one of 200 “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at www.scientology.org.
In her “Meet a Scientologist” video on Scientology.org, Heidi Wolfaardt of South Africa tells how Scientology restored her belief in herself.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA •
Finding happiness was a struggle for Byron Yan—until he found Scientology. His profile is one of 200 “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at www.scientology.org.
NORWAY •
Norwegian translations executive Trond Samstad turned a serious problem into a serious success. His profile is one of 200 “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at www.scientology.org.
Scientologist Trond Samstad is intent—professionally and personally.
ISRAEL •
How cosmetologist Helga Rekanati uses Scientology to work everyday miracles. Her profile is one of 200 “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at www.scientology.org.
“Yes, it works, I thought to myself, but let’s see when it stops,” Helga Rekanati says of the administrative technology she began using in her cosmetology business. “And then it never did.”
NORWAY •
Scientology helped Norwegian Scientologist Rasmus Lossius make work and family life a pleasure. His video is one of 200 “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at www.scientology.org.
The calm, friendly atmosphere in his “Meet a Scientologist” video at www.scientology.org is characteristic of the way Rasmus C. Lossius lives his life. But before Scientology, he says he was quick-tempered and short-sighted.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA •
January 2011 marks a new era for the Scientology religion in Australia with the opening of its new Melbourne Church. Thousands of Scientologists, dignitaries and guests from across the nation celebrated a milestone—the opening of the first Ideal Scientology Church in Australia.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA •
Over the course of the past twelve months, hundreds of thousands trained in the skills of the Scientology Volunteer Minister reached out and helped others in times of disaster. Their actions embodied the words of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard: “A Volunteer Minister does not shut his eyes to the pain, evil and injustice of existence. Rather, he is trained to handle these things and help others achieve relief from them and new personal strength as well.”
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA •
Mikkel Jørck is following in the tradition of his grandfather who helped bring Scientology to Denmark and his parents who are both Scientologists. His profile is one of 200 “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at www.scientology.org.
Third-generation Danish Scientologist Mikkel Jørck is raising his children with Scientology principles and raising the bar on the quality of life for his family and community.
LOS ANGELES •
2010 marked the Scientology religion’s greatest expansion in history, with the opening of new Churches in cultural centers world over.
In 2010, major Churches of Scientology opened across Europe, North America and Africa.
LOS ANGELES •
2010 saw the completion of a two-year project to provide Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard’s beginning books of Dianetics and Scientology to every lending library on Earth. Today, through the placement of Mr. Hubbard’s books and audiobooks in libraries across 192 nations, billions now have access to the tenets and beliefs of the Scientology religion for the first time.
“I know no man who has any monopoly upon the wisdom of this universe. It belongs to those who can use it to help themselves and others.” —L. Ron Hubbard
LOS ANGELES •
The Problems of Work film, on DVD, is drawn directly from the pages of L. Ron Hubbard’s book of the same title, illustrating basic Scientology principles for use in everyday life. Among these Scientology principles are the triangle of Affinity, Reality and Communication, which are the Components of Understanding; the Anatomy of Confusion; the Anatomy of Control; the Secret of Efficiency; and the underlying mental and spiritual reasons for exhaustion and their remedy.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA •
Scientologist Matt Sharp has the self-confidence that comes from understanding how to deal with challenges in life. His profile is one of 200 “Meet a Scientologist” videos available on the Scientology website at www.scientology.org.
Matt Sharp always worked hard and played to win. But right after college he struck out over a problem he simply couldn’t handle.
“I was an able guy,” says Sharp, 27, “but life threw me this curve and it caught me unprepared.”
LOS ANGELES •
The new Church of Scientology International Dissemination and Distribution Center is established in Los Angeles to meet the unprecedented demand for the services and humanitarian programs of the fastest-growing religion on Earth.