Scientology concepts, precepts and principles in three dimensional sculptures in the grand lobby.

And therefore, this building represents our effort to answer those questions for one and all.

Because here will stand a facility where the concepts, precepts and principles of Scientology will be seen and understood in three-dimensional clarity.

And yet when speaking of bringing understanding of Scientology to those unfamiliar with Scientology, we’re also speaking of something else this building ultimately symbolizes.

I’m referring to that responsibility we hold in common with every church and religious institution—a duty to serve its community.

When we first established our church in Clearwater more than two decades ago, we honestly had no sense of what the future would hold in terms of expansion.

After all, when Scientologists first arrived in this city—primarily Sea Organization members from the Flag Ship Apollo—we numbered no more than a few hundred staff, while the parishioners who came for services numbered in the dozens.

Today, every week we see several thousand Scientology parishioners, from every corner of the globe, not to mention the thousand more staff.

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