In Spring 1971 he sent a taped message to the US national convention while he was aboard ship underway to the national convention of Jamaica, and another for the May conference of the Caribbean in Jamaica while he was at the national convention in Germany, and then a German national youth symposium. Following events in South Carolina, wherein thousands of people were beginning to join the religion Sears released a pair of hour-long taped discussions on the subject of mass engagement with and response of the public. He appeared personally in December at an awards program in California. In 1972 he again sends a tape to the US national convention, a letter to the national convention in Chad, and one to the combined convention of Swaziland and Mozambique - this time he was away for the election of the new national assembly of Ireland. In October he sent a taped message to the dedication of the new institute named after Louis G. Gregory in South Carolina.