SOME of the very forward-looking and deep-thinking Christian ministers of today are beginning to question the value of church services. An article in Time magazine reports that a prominent Chicago clergyman calls Sunday church services medieval and suggests that it may be necessary to do away with them in favor of daily deeds expressive of the Christian spirit.
Christian Science is a modern religion. It is at the forefront of scientific thinking. Services held in Christian Science churches are held for practical, not traditional, reasons. Every detail of the Sunday service or Wednesday testimony meeting can be understood as essential not only to the service itself but to the life of the one who goes to church.
The Sunday service is an opportunity to serve to the community the pure truths of the weekly Lesson-Sermon, provided in the Christian Science Quarterly. The mental atmosphere for this serving is provided by everyone participating in the service, from the Readers to the Christian Scientists who are members of the congregation. The study of this Lesson-Sermon during the week enables each member to bring to the service an understanding of the spiritual meanings to be conveyed in the readings.
