The Annual Meetings of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, convened on Monday, June 2, 2003. The meeting took place in the Extension of The Mother Church in Boston, and in the in Berlin, and was broadcast live on the Internet. Outgoing Church President Honor Hill opened the meeting in Boston.
GOOD MORNING! Welcome to the 2003 Annual Meeting of The Mother Church. Guten Tag! Herzlich willkommen zur Jahresver-sammlung 2003 der Mutterkirche. Welcome to everyone—everyone participating in the Extension of The Mother Church in Boston, in the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, and via the Internet broadcast of this meeting. We're so glad you're here.
What a joy it is to open this truly worldwide meeting! Thanks to satellite transmission, today's meeting is taking place simultaneously in Berlin and Boston and over the Internet. What you see on the screens are live pictures of the audiences in both these cities. I wish we could see those of you joining us on the Web as well!
