The annual election of officers of The Mother Church by the Christian Science Board of Directors, called for in the Church Manual, will take place this year on Monday, June 3, prior to the Annual Meeting of The Mother Church. We want to let you know in advance of our intent to elect new Readers, because such a significant change requires the support of a number of employees to complete details before these Readers begin their terms. Also, we want to ensure that information about this important activity be accurately communicated from the beginning.
It is with delight that we announce our intent to elect Judith (Judy) Hardy Olson, CSB, of Westport, Connecticut, and Norm Bleichman, CS, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, as First and Second Readers of The Mother Church respectively for the June 2013 to June 2016 readership term.
Judy is originally from Kansas City, Missouri. After graduating from college, where she majored in English, she worked in public/employee relations and then married and became a stay-at-home mom and lived in eight different cities. She did volunteer work as a hotline worker, as a counselor for runaway teens and pregnant teens, and at a men’s rehabilitation center. Judy taught art to inner-city children, and she served on the board of a men’s shelter. In 1982, Judy became listed as a practitioner in The Christian Science Journal, and in 1997 she became a Christian Science teacher. She was a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship for four years, and is a frequent contributor to the Christian Science periodicals.
