MARY TEN EYCK has lived in St. Louis for the last 19 years. She and her husband, Scott, have two adult children—their son, who lives in Dallas with his wife, and their daughter, who lives in Boston. Mary speaks with great tenderness of her childhood and of her parents' devotion to Christian Science. Even though the family home was some distance from the closest Church of Christ, Scientist, each Sunday while she was growing up her parents would faithfully drive one hour each way to church so that Mary and her siblings could attend Sunday School.
On the way to church, the children would talk with their parents and grandmother—who accompanied them—about that week's Bible Lesson. On the way home, they'd talk about what they'd learned in Sunday School. Mary says that even after busy days, her mother would gladly read to her from the Bible and Science and Health and from the Christian Science Sentinel. All this, plus other opportunities that her parents provided, helped lay a strong foundation of love for Christian Science.
Mary first publicly advertised her practice of Christian Science healing in the Journal in 2002. She became a teacher of Christian Science in 2006.
