I loved Sunday School at the Christian Science church I attended, and during this time I joined The Mother Church. But when I left the Sunday School at the age of 20, I just didn’t connect with church services. I missed the chat of Sunday School, and gradually I drifted away from attending church. I thought of church and Christian Science as too “restrictive” and thought I wasn’t really a good enough person to keep up anyway. I wanted to be free to enjoy myself, and I didn’t think Christian Science fit in my life. Over the years that followed, I did feel in my heart that I would one day return to Christian Science, but I told God I was just taking a break to “have some fun.”
Fast forward 15 years. I turned to a Christian Science practitioner for help when I was going through a divorce, and I started attending a local branch church again. I also wanted to rejoin The Mother Church. (I assumed my membership was null and void by then.) So I wrote in with another application only to get a letter back to tell me that I had never left.
I can still remember the day I got that letter. The letter was full of warmth and love, and it was so wonderful to know that I had never left The Mother Church’s records. I hadn’t been in touch for about 15 years, but nothing was said about this. I just got love. Eventually, I took Christian Science Primary class instruction. And today, I am a Christian Science practitioner. I’ll never forget the love expressed by both the practitioner, who helped me sort things out during a tough time, and that letter from The Mother Church.
