Greetings!

Hi there.

It's been a minute! Greetings from down South. We hope that 2025 finds you well. :) This past year brought a lot of change personally for our family- we finally bought our home in sweet home Alabama! We now have a 13 year old, 9 year old and 2 year old! And a beautiful growing church community with endless possibilities.

As you know, over the years Jario and I have been enjoying creating faith resources. From writing curriculums to creating videos and more. There is so much more we've started and never been able to complete. We have SO much on our hearts to give. We truly feel called to create Divine Principle applied resources for individuals, families and communities. So far we've created what we can here and there on our own.

The Divine Principle is truly a blueprint to live a blessed life. To live a life full of joy, true love and true purpose. It can be a catalyst for change- within ourselves, our relationships, family, friends, community and eventually the world!

Imagine all the materials and resources that we need as Unificationists! From books, and devotionals to small group study guides, podcasts, videos and tv shows! The possibilities are endless. And not only for our own families but content to bring people together in our neighborhoods and impact the world.

This year we want to focus on content creation together with you! We want to go BIG. It's something that's been pulling at our heart strings for years. We want to work with a team and already have some incredibly talented individuals that want to create together with us from speakers and writers to artists and video editors. Soon we will be calling on those who feel called to support this initiative to help us fund this endeavor.

"Come alive in 2025!" is a phrase Jario has been saying. And we hope that you can personally come alive in your soul, pursue those dreams & relationships, be true to who you are letting God's energy and love flow through you. This is our desire as well. And when God's energy flows - imagine the possibilities.

“With God, nothing is impossible.”-Rev. Sun Myung Moon

Survey. We've put together a survey for you. We have a lot of ideas of what we'd like to create. We'd love to know from you- what you'd be most interested in seeing developed. What needs do you see? What materials would you personally appreciate for your own spiritual journey? For your family, teens, kids? Community? Your input can help us get started and steer us in the right direction.

We will soon be updating our website. Here's a sneak peek at some of the brands we would like to create:

Applied Divine Principles for your personal growth journey.

Resources to support your local ministry, small group or tribe.

Helping kids dive DeeP in their faith through divine principles!

Study devotionals for the whole family!

Meet Pastors Jario & Leena

Blessed in marriage in July of 2007, Jario and Leena have been serving together in their marriage since the start. They began pastoring in 2011 as Lovin Life Ministry Co-Pastors at the Chicago Family Church. Followed by heading up a small church plant Odyssey Unification Church in Palatine, IL from 2013-2017. At this time they were also caregiving for Leena's parents Reiner and Barbara Vincenz, saints of the Unification Church and their inspiration and model for all they do. As well as running their own Indoor Play Place buisness Odyssey Play Place. From 2017 to current they are pastoring at Gather Family Church and developing Gather Community Center in Mobile, Alabama.

Over the years, they have also pursued other endeavors to support their family in ways that make a difference and are connected to their life calling and mission. Leena was the National Children's Ministry Coordinator for Family Fed creating Sunday School curriculums and helping make over Kids Ministry spaces around the Nation. She was also the founding Director of School of Love, a project of High Noon, creating wholistic purity education for children and teens with a team of writers and a Family Ministry Coordinator for Subregion 4. Now Leena is the Executive Director of the non profit Project Phoenix creating a space for heart to heart conversations to happen- focused on building true heartistic relationships.

Before Pastoring, Jario was a Youth Pastor for 4 years which naturally led into the pursuit of a lifelong ministry calling. Jario and Leena ran over 20 camps, workshops, retreats for children, youth, teens and young adults during this time. Leena has a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education with a certification in K-9.

"We are so grateful for all of these experiences that have brought us to where we are today. Through all the ups and downs, we've always put our trust in God and He has always provided. We are excited to see this next part of our journey unfold. Thank you for being a part of it."

With love from our family to yours,

- Jario & Leena

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