The spiritual goals committee of a church in Washington, D. C., was searching for a way to apply Christian Science in a practical way to solving the problems of their community.
One possibility, of course, would have been to select some human activity that needed doing and do it. Or at least help others to do it. But this wouldn't have been taking advantage of the greatest potential of Christian Scientists—the capability of applying spiritual power to problems of any sort. The question was: How could they establish a specific means of applying spiritual power to some particular community problem?
Their spiritual goals committee, therefore, surveyed the various problems troubling Washington, D. C. One stood out. It was the fact that the crime rate was increasing perhaps faster than anywhere else in the nation. This was a problem in which each member had a personal concern. And not just because it was his or her community, but because this is the community that provides the atmosphere for governmental decisions of national and international import. In a sense it was mankind's problem and much in need of corrective action.
