Announcements

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.

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 ).

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

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.

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.

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].

Dedication of a branch church or society is a public affirmation of the importance of Church in the lives of Christian Scientists and in the community. The following branch in South Carolina has sent notification to The Mother Church of their dedicatory service held February 20, 2022, their second dedication of a church edifice in 100 years: First Church of Christ, Scientist, Columbia, South Carolina.

Dear Fellow Members of The Mother Church, There are two cloth-bound notebooks on my desk, precious to me. They belonged to my grandmother and she has filled them with handwritten testimonies of gratitude.

Every three years since 1907, the Board of Education, an auxiliary to the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, has held a Normal class to train and authorize qualified practitioners of Christian Science healing to take on the additional responsibility of teaching this healing practice to others. We’re grateful to announce that a dedicated new group of teachers has now completed the 2021 Normal class, which was held in early December in the Boston area.