Announcements

The Mother Church invites branch churches, societies, and informal groups to send historical materials to the archives of The Mary Baker Eddy Library. Materials submitted will help to tell the story of Christ “healing and saving the world from sin and death” (Mary Baker Eddy, Church Manual, p.

“Put an end to falsities,” “challenge universal indifference,” bear witness to “the Christ mode of understanding Life,” and “proclaim Truth so winningly that an honest, fervid affection for the race is found adequate for the emancipation of the race. ” These are just part of Mary Baker Eddy’s directives to the Board of Lectureship in her letter published in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany.

It’s a joy to announce our intent to elect Louis E. Benjamin, CSB, of Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, as First Reader, and Diane Uttley Marrapodi, CSB, of Forest Hill, Maryland, USA, as Second Reader, for the term of June 2016 to June 2019.

Beloved Church family,

We so look forward to uniting with you for Annual Meeting on June 6—online wherever you are, or here in Boston. We love this sacred and joyful occasion to share with and hear from members around the globe how the scientific knowledge of God is tangibly blessing humanity. It’s a time to inspire and strengthen each other in fulfilling Mary Baker Eddy’s vision for her Church as “designed to be built on the Rock, Christ; even the understanding and demonstration of divine Truth, Life, and Love, healing and saving the world from sin and death; thus to reflect in some degree the Church Universal and Triumphant” (Church Manual, p. 19).

Healing and saving the world! That’s quite an expectation. We rejoice in global examples of progress in justice and peace—heartening evidence of a growing understanding of one universal God that is Truth and Love. Yet much remains to be done to demonstrate the reality of God’s allness that heals and saves individuals, nations, and the whole earth.

As we seek to fulfill the unique and essential role of church to meet this pressing need, these questions may stir thought:

 • What does the world around me think about church?

 • What did Mary Baker Eddy expect church to be and do?

 • What do I expect church to be and do?

In spite of any limited and limiting views of church and its contemporary relevance, there is a universal hunger for the heartfelt experience of God’s saving power. And these questions press us to respond to the demand for church that is vibrant with unselfed love and actively engaged in authentic Christian healing for humanity. The still radical, still new understanding of God and man found in Christian Science is life-changing. It birthed the Church of Christ, Scientist, and continues to grow it as we each realize our own vital part in forwarding its healing mission.

At Annual Meeting, church members will tell how they’re deepening and expanding their healing practice—through daily study of the Bible, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, and the weekly Christian Science Bible Lessons, and by the compassion, hope, and work for the world that The Christian Science Monitor and our other periodicals inspire.

As we feel more of the stability, confidence, and inclusive love “the structure of Truth and Love” (Science and Health, p. 583) brings to our lives, people the world over searching for a better home will recognize, desire, and find the precious knowledge of the all-loving God that Church offers everyone.

What a joy it will be to welcome as many of you as possible to Annual Meeting 2016.

With great love and gratitude for each one who has named the name of Christ,

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Robin Hoagland        Allison W. Phinney        Scott Preller

                Margaret Rogers                Lyle Young

Dear Fellow Members of The Mother Church, It is a special privilege, as the first Australian President of The Mother Church, to be writing to you with assurance of our gratitude and love. My appointment not only recognizes the Australian Field but also the loving embrace of The Mother Church for the whole world.

Every three years, the Board of Education, an auxiliary to the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, holds a Normal class to train and authorize dedicated practitioners of Christian Science healing to take on the additional responsibility of teaching this healing practice to others. For the first time, the entire membership of The Mother Church was invited to prayerfully support this activity so fundamental to our Church and our Cause.

On November 6, 2015 , the Christian Science Board of Directors voted to welcome new members to our worldwide church family. The election of new members takes place at a regular business meeting of the Board of Directors and is required in the Church Manual.

Dear Fellow Members and Friends, With our deep appreciation for his service to the Cause of Christian Science, Russ Gerber, C. S.

The following invitation was published in a few 2014 issues of the Journal . We publish it again as a reminder of the ongoing opportunity we all have to contribute to the Journal ’s healing purpose.

June 5, 2015 Dear Members and Friends,  It is a joy and a privilege for me to share news of today’s admission of new members. Admission takes place at a regular business meeting of the Christian Science Board of Directors and is required in the Church Manual.