The Nashville
Church of Scientology held an open house on World Humanitarian Day to
acknowledge volunteers, while also lifting up others to help people in times of
need. “Helping others is an incredible virtue, and one that should be recognized
more often,” says Rev. Brian Fesler, pastor of the Nashville Church of
Scientology.  2020 saw a great
need from volunteers, and many people delivered to bring help.  The Church of
Scientology’s Volunteer Ministers took part in an initiative designed to keep
communities safe while cities and states reopened. They distributed over 15,000
“Stay Well” booklets to local stores, restaurants, grocery stores, clinics,
hospitals and homes in the Nashville area.  Other Volunteer
Ministers were able to help by delivering groceries each week with the
Nashville General Hospital Foundation. One Volunteer Minister took it upon
herself to deliver 600 bags of groceries to more than 280 households, traveling
more than 3,600 miles. She was specially recognized during the World
Humanitarian Day Open House.  The Church of
Scientology’s Volunteer Minister program is a religious social service created
in the mid 1970s by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard who said, "The
Volunteer Minister helps 'on a volunteer basis by restoring purpose, truth and
spiritual values to the lives of others.'" 



















The Volunteer
Minister program was expressly intended for use by Scientologists and non-
Scientologists alike. Transcending all ethnic, cultural and religious
boundaries, the Volunteer Ministers program is there for anyone in need of
help. Volunteer Minister training is available free of charge through the
Scientology Volunteer Minister website to anyone who wishes to help others, at
www.volunteerministers.org.