A WONDERFUL COMING together of adult church members and Sunday School pupils occurred during the time that Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist, Houston, built a new edifice to better meet their current needs. While the physical building was going on, the whole church kept pace metaphysically by building a spiritual sense of Church in their hearts. Sunday School pupils, described by one teacher as "the seedbed of our church," studied the experiences of various Bible characters as well as Mary Baker Eddy's experience in building her Church. In order to emphasize the pupils' role in the building project, the young people shared their findings with the entire membership.
How building a church is like Noah's building an ark. Two classes showed that just as God supplied Noah with courage to get the people and supplies to build the ark, so He was supplying the church members with the knowledge and perseverance to complete the church. Said one child, "I learned we built our church with bricks of good ideas from God." Another said that those in Noah's time "built a foundation where people can work together. Building means structuring. It also means to increase or enlarge, and we are increasing our trust in God and our love for Him as we build."
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