Announcements

Complete reports from Annual Meeting 1996 in July Journal Next month, The Christian Science Journal will provide complete coverage of Annual Meeting 1996, which will address the mission and purpose of the Church of Christ, Scientist, and will continue to explore the pastor's role in Christian Science Reading Rooms and in the community. The issue will include reports of the June 3 meeting, along with a listing of members of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship.

Normal class 1997 The Normal class of the Board of Education, which was provided for by our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, will be held in December 1997, in accordance with Article XXVI, Section 4, of the Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy.

From the Office of the Clerk— Church History It was June, and the weather had already warmed the city. A number of people crowded into the assembly hall to hear the sole speaker of the morning—a woman who spoke of a return to primitive Christianity, to the spiritual healing of sin and disease.

This writer, a woman in Stockport, England, found that sharing Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy was just the response that was needed when another told her of challenges in his life . When I was teaching in a local senior school, the deputy head teacher was absent for several weeks.

We welcome readers to submit convincing testimonies of Christian Science healing for publication. These accounts should be concise and persuasive, demonstrating clearly that Christian Science heals.

To learn more about Christian Science If you are reading the Journal for the first time and would like to find out more about the teachings of Christian Science, Christian Scientists in your area warmly invite you to attend church services and use the local Reading Room. Services are held on Sunday and are based on readings from the Bible and from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.

My first contact with Science and Health was five years ago when I met a Christian Scientist who freely gave me a copy. For a long time the book lay at my home unopened.

This year's Annual Meeting is expanding to address the mission and purpose of the Church of Christ, Scientist, as highlighted in the March issue of The Christian Science Journal . A natural part of that mission is the continuing exploration of the pastor's role in Christian Science Reading Rooms and in the community In preparation, each of us is invited to think and pray about Mary Baker Eddy's foundational statements of mission and purpose for this Church, together with the following questions: • How can our church and Reading Room more fully embrace and fulfill the mission and purpose of the Church of Christ, Scientist? (See Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs.

Meetings concerning public awareness of Mary Baker Eddy's book Science and Health provided the impetus for our branch church to initiate a literature distribution project at Islip/MacArthur Airport, a busy area serving central and eastern Long Island, New York. The project is being supported by most of the branch churches in the vicinity.

• How has our concept of the role of the pastor (the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy) in the Christian Science Reading Room grown in the last year? • What fresh insight have we gained from the specific Reading Room By-Laws in the Manual of The Mother Church? • In what tangible ways have we seen the pastor ministering to our community? • How have we seen Reading Rooms as a primary avenue for sharing Science and Health? • What evidence of healing have we seen in the community this past year? • Do people in the community know more about the Reading Room and what it has to offer than they did last year? These are just some of the questions we could ask ourselves as we prepare for Annual Meeting 1996. The meeting will continue the focus on the pastor's role in Reading Rooms and their connection within our communities.