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Annual Meeting invitation 2023

We can’t wait to be together with you on June 5, 2023, at 1 p. m.

Dedication of a branch church or society is a public affirmation of the significance of Church in the lives of Christian Scientists. When the edifice is free of debt, churches and societies often hold a dedicatory service.

2023 per capita tax message

Dear Members of The Mother Church, This letter offers each of us a moment of gratitude for our Church and its Founder. Together, we join in a simple act—paying our per capita tax.

Admission of new members

Dear Members and Friends, It is a joy and a privilege for me to report the admission of new members to The Mother Church!  Christian Science offers the true social purpose for all. It is defined in the healing mission of The Church of Christ, Scientist, to offer a radical cure for the ills of human society.

Funds are available for benevolence grants from the trust established under Clause 8 of Mary Baker Eddy’s will. These funds are devoted to the primary purpose of “more effectually promoting and extending the religion of Christian Science as taught by [Mary Baker Eddy].

In accordance with Article XXXI, Section 1, of the Church Manual,  the Christian Science Board of Directors has elected the following members to serve as lecturers from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. Arneth, Heike, CSB Munich, Germany Aubin, Edwina, CSB Cleveland, Queensland, Australia Bikai, James Pascal, CSB Yaoundé, Cameroon Bothwell, Mary, CSB Pasadena, California, US Ehrenhardt, Nicole, CS Winnweiler, Germany Fischer, Alexandre, CS Paris, France Frederick, Nate, CS Brookline, Massachusetts, US Frizotti, Evelin, CSB Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Glokpor, Rodger, CSB Lomé, Togo Hegarty, Janet, CSB Saint Louis, Missouri, US Hertgen, Monique, CSB Duingt, France Hockley, Phillip, CS Jersey Marine, Neath, Wales, UK Kisonga, André, CSB Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Klein, Juliane, CSB Berlin, Germany McCurties, Mark, CS Ann Arbor, Michigan, US McElroy, Tom, CSB Boston, Massachusetts, US Melville, Anne, CSB Kaikohe, Northland, New Zealand Nanouche, Michelle, CSB Paris, France Passaglia, Mónica, CSB Caseros, Buenos Aires, Argentina Pitts, Lesley, CS Plymouth, Massachusetts, US Salt, Steven, CSB Saint Louis, Missouri, US Shepherd, James, CS Eugene, Oregon, US Signs, Fujiko, CSB Tokyo, Japan Tetreau, Giulia Nesi, CSB Fairfield, Connecticut, US Troseth, Lisa, CSB Rogers, Arkansas, US Tshiabuila, Mayal, CS Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Virgil, Nicole, CS Elmhurst, Illinois, US Wahlberg, Melanie, CS Lake Forest, California, US Woodard, Patricia, CS Dallas, Texas, US Young, Lyle, CSB Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Admission of new members

Dear Members and Friends , It is a joy and a privilege for me to report the admission of new members of The Mother Church! These newest members are committing to what Mary Baker Eddy referred to as “the greatest and holiest of all causes” ( Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896, p. 177 ).

Election of new Readers

It is with joy that we announce the election of Megumi (Mimi) Oka, CSB, of New York City, US, as First Reader, and Donald A. Wallingford, CS, of Lilburn, Georgia, US, as Second Reader, for the term of June 2022 to June 2025.

New Associate Editor

The Christian Science Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Mojisola A. S.

“The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it”

Dear Friends , We are writing with gratitude to you, our readers and contributors.   Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer of Christian Science, who also established the Board of Trustees to manage the business of The Christian Science Publishing Society, saw all the periodic publications produced by this Society as serving a movement of thought, a community of spiritually minded thinkers.