The grandeur of Los Angeles’s Shrine Auditorium provides the perfect backdrop as over 6,500 gather to ring in the New Year Scientology-style.
The crowd rises as one when Mr. David Miscavige, the ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion, steps onto the massive stage to welcome all to the New Year’s Celebration.
Against a glittering cityscape backdrop, Mr. David Miscavige crosses the 200-foot stage and offers a salute to the audience.
The audience roars and cheers for minutes as Mr. Miscavige prepares to recount the year’s extraordinary advances and milestones marking worldwide expansion.
Mr. Miscavige sets the stage for an unforgettable evening showcasing the Church’s remarkable accomplishments and unprecedented growth throughout 2024.
“However else the world out there regards the last 12 months, whether in terms of: tumultuous times, trying times, running out of time, overdue time, a roller coaster of a time, a hell of a time or just about time—well, we do it differently,” said Mr. David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board Religious Technology Center, adding, “because we know time is always on our side.”
The evening showcased the Church’s extraordinary ability to help people worldwide with a captivating two-and-a-half-hour presentation.
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Reflecting on the profound impact of L. Ron Hubbard’s Technologies, Mr. Miscavige presents a comprehensive review of accomplishments, featuring progress in social betterment, group prosperity and spiritual advancement worldwide.
The first destination on Mr. Miscavige’s planetwide tour is the Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE), the group bringing to bear global programs to counteract drug abuse, illiteracy, immorality and criminality.
When the successes of the first Narconon Africa graduates reach religious, community and civic leaders, they respond, praising Narconon for “outstanding service, saving lives from addiction.”
A leading community coalition in Miami’s hardest-hit areas for gun violence integrated The Way to Happiness into their many initiatives to empower lives and create change. The success of those initiatives led to a groundbreaking police partnership and Miami registering a 26 percent drop in violent crime and the lowest homicide rate in the city’s recorded history.
In the Czech Republic, career advancement requires a command of English. To meet that challenge, Applied Scholastics educators run the leading network of English language schools. With the help of L. Ron Hubbard’s Study Technology and discoveries on teaching languages, students master English five times faster than the national average.
The evening next focuses on the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE), which drives group survival and prosperity, as Mr. Miscavige highlights examples of the transformative effect of L. Ron Hubbard’s Administrative Technology (Admin Tech).
In Rwanda, a forward-thinking WISE member and telecom engineer sets out to build his nation’s digital future with an all-Rwandan company. Using LRH Admin Tech, his company constructs cell towers at double industry speed and half the cost—bringing connection to every province as the fastest-growing telecommunications company in Rwanda.
In Argentina, a logistics visionary and WISE member wields LRH Admin Tech to forge a steel distribution network and change the face of the largely underdeveloped central province of San Luis. The result is 1.3 million projects spanning 3,000 miles, propelling an eightfold economic growth across the province.
In Taiwan, where only one percent of new businesses succeed, graduates of Taichung’s Hubbard College of Administration (HCA) have doubled, tripled or even expanded their businesses by as much as 20 times. With more than 1,000 enterprises now using LRH Admin Tech, the HCA is transforming the one percent survival rate into an astonishing 100 percent success rate.
As the energy of the evening mounts, Mr. Miscavige spotlights the unstoppable momentum of Scientology Field Groups and Missions, powered by the International Hubbard Ecclesiastical League of Pastors (I HELP) and Scientology Missions International (SMI).
In Nepal, the birthplace of Gautama Siddhartha and Buddhism, civil war and natural disasters have left one in four people suffering from mental trauma and anxiety. But an I HELP pioneer and Scout leader started a movement with Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health that has spread from scouting programs to hospitals, colleges and law enforcement. With growing demand for the Technology, he opens a permanent Dianetics Center in Kathmandu.
In Eastern Europe’s republic of Moldova, a Scientology Mission addresses the nation’s problems—from criminality to a failing education system and rising substance abuse—reaching its citizens with Humanitarian and Social Betterment Campaigns. To make the subjects of Dianetics and Scientology available to all Moldovans, Scientology Basics Books are placed on the shelves of over 1,100 libraries. To date, the Mission has reached nearly 20 percent of the population, igniting a cultural resurgence.
NEW HEIGHTS AT THE ITALIAN ALPS
Nestled in the alpine foothills, Bergamo was the first Scientology Mission in Europe to plant an Ideal Mission flag. On November 10, 2024, they opened a new wing, doubling delivery space, earning headlines that read, “This is a place where people begin their journey of spiritual liberation.”
Nestled in the alpine foothills, Bergamo was the first Scientology Mission in Europe to plant an Ideal Mission flag. On November 10, 2024, they opened a new wing, doubling delivery space, earning headlines that read, “This is a place where people begin their journey of spiritual liberation.”
OREGON’S NEW SPIRITUAL TRAIL
Since opening on November 10, 2024, McMinnville’s brand-new Ideal Mission has been welcoming locals and hosting community meetings—perfect for Oregon’s “Anytown, USA.”
Since opening on November 10, 2024, McMinnville’s brand-new Ideal Mission has been welcoming locals and hosting community meetings—perfect for Oregon’s “Anytown, USA.”
CLEARING IN CHIAYI
In Taiwan’s cultural crossroads at Chiayi, on November 10, 2024, city dignitaries helped cut the Ideal ribbon, while Mission staff cut a path to freedom, introducing double the number of new people to Scientology.
In Taiwan’s cultural crossroads at Chiayi, on November 10, 2024, city dignitaries helped cut the Ideal ribbon, while Mission staff cut a path to freedom, introducing double the number of new people to Scientology.
BRAZIL’S NEW LEVEL OF HELP
Brazil’s first Ideal Mission in Santo André held its celebratory Grand Opening on November 16, 2024, complete with a Civil Guard salute for “bringing an entirely new level of help to the city.”
Brazil’s first Ideal Mission in Santo André held its celebratory Grand Opening on November 16, 2024, complete with a Civil Guard salute for “bringing an entirely new level of help to the city.”
TAICHUNG SPIRITUAL IMPROVEMENT
In Taichung, Taiwan, the country’s first Mission was newly reborn as Ideal on November 16, 2024. Local press lauded them for “community service and spiritual improvement,” all as they doubled Grade Chart completions.
In Taichung, Taiwan, the country’s first Mission was newly reborn as Ideal on November 16, 2024. Local press lauded them for “community service and spiritual improvement,” all as they doubled Grade Chart completions.
IDEAL DREAMS AND HOPE
The final new Ideal Mission of 2024, a first for Japan, cut a ribbon in Osaka on November 30, heralded by a national official for bringing “dreams and hope” to so many.
The final new Ideal Mission of 2024, a first for Japan, cut a ribbon in Osaka on November 30, heralded by a national official for bringing “dreams and hope” to so many.
Adding an exclamation point to the review of 2024 achievements, Mr. Miscavige illustrated how the launch of the Golden Age of Administration marked a watershed moment in Scientology history.
“If you already glimpsed the liftoff of the first all-Golden Age Orgs at the outset of tonight’s event, that was just the beginning. Because now, let me take you on a whirlwind tour of all that ensued in the wake of their rollout—planetwide,” said Mr. Miscavige, announcing the next monumental chapter for the Golden Age of Administration.
Future Ideal Org of Scotland
Cheers reverberate through the auditorium as the New Year’s Celebration showcases one accomplishment after another.
“That brings us to the last crucial component of every Ideal Org, and what traditionally caps every New Year’s Celebration. Namely, our annual salute to a worldwide league of Power Field Staff Members,” announced Mr. Miscavige.
An unprecedented number of Power Field Staff Members (FSMs) from 39 nations are honored for each having escorted at least 100 people onto and up the Bridge to Total Freedom.
Bringing the awe-inspiring evening to its grand finale, Mr. Miscavige delivers his closing message as the countdown to the new year begins.
“So yes, we stand on the verge of make-break progress in every avenue of human salvage. That’s why, by all means, step into 2025 with the authority befitting a Scientologist.”
—Mr. David Miscavige,
Chairman of the Board
Religious Technology Center
—Mr. David Miscavige,
Chairman of the Board
Religious Technology Center
Crowning a magnificent New Year’s Celebration, the Shrine Auditorium explodes in brilliance—light, confetti and song—heralding a triumphant 2025!
Following the event, the celebration continues as Scientologists gather to kick-start the new year with shared enthusiasm and purpose.
