Announcements

Ways in which you can give Members and friends often ask how they can contribute to the needs of The Mother Church —in addition to the annual per capita tax and ongoing donations —both now and in the future. The Gift Services staff of the Treasurer's Office can help you learn more about different types of gift arrangements including Life Income Gifts, current gifts of appreciated assets (such as securities or real estate), or gifts created through your will.

Readers of the Journal for March will gain a new perspective on the worldwide healing ministry of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. This issue will show how the Church's activities today are leading the way into the twenty-first century for spiritual thinkers, fulfilling the Church's original mission— "To organize a church designed to commemorate the word and works of our Master, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing" (Mary Baker Eddy, Manual of The Mother Church , p.

Think for a moment about who in your community is looking for help. Perhaps it's a single parent who wants to nurture spiritual values in a teenager.

Building on the foundation of last year's Annual Meeting, this year's meeting will continue to focus on the Christian Science pastor and its role in Christian Science Reading Rooms and in communities. Annual Meeting will begin at 1:30 p.

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.

The [Christian Science] materials you posted to me are helpful. I'm reading them in my spare time, sharing love and joy from remote parts of the world, knowing there are some good people praying for me and for [my] people.

Are you ready to share Science and Health? I always keep a ready supply of copies of Science and Health on hand to share. Just recently I've given three copies of the books out in one week.

Toll-free 800 number for subscribing to the Christian Science periodicals The Subscriber Service toll-free number in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, for The Christian Science Journal, the Christian Science Sentinel, and The Herald of Christian Science is 1-800-456-4851. This number can also be used in Canada.

Thank you to everyone who completed and returned the quesstionnaire regarding a possible Windows version of Concord, A study Package. This valuable feedback was among many factors considered in evaluating development of Concord for Windows product.

Thanksgiving Full Text Quarterly redesigned for sharing Because of the overwhelming response received in the past two years, the Thanksgiving Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly is again being made available in stand-alone full text booklet format. You will notice a number of changes to this year's booklet that make it more useful for sharing with the first-time reader: a preface on giving thanks, a table of contents, an invitation to the Thanksgiving Day church service, clearer reference lines for the Bible and for Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, and a complete listing of the Christian Science periodicals.