On Tuesday afternoon, Boston participants had the apportunity to explore the purpose of Reading Rooms and lectures—and to think about the ways these two activities can work together to meet a growing public demand for spiritual answers. Following is a portion of the panel discussion, moderated by , a member of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship, from San Clemente, California. Her guests were two Reading Room librarians: , of Jacksonville, Florida, and , from Guilford, Connecticut; and two lecture committee chairs: also of Jacksonville, and also from Connecticut.
Left: Workshops gave participants opportunities to interact with each other.
Jeanette Smith: Mary Baker Eddy gave us the tools for responding to the public in the Manual, Christian Science Reading Rooms and Christian Science lectures. We have the tools, and we have a couple questions to ask ourselves. Are we willing to respond? Are we ready to respond?
