Announcements

Throughout 1993, the Office of the Publisher of the Writings of Mary Baker Eddy is sponsoring meetings around the world for both new and longtime students of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mrs. Eddy.

In response to a long-felt need for more timely and inclusive lecture listings in the Christian Science Sentinel and The Herald of Christian Science , we are pleased to announce that every confirmed lecture will be listed. There will no longer be any charge to the branches for these notices, and no special form to fill out.

"Why Des Moines?" (a special video) Our periodicals— The Christian Science Journal, Christian Science Sentinel, The Herald of Christian Science, Christian Science Quarterly , and The Christian Science Monitor—are published by The Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston, Massachusetts. But when you subscribe or have a subscription question, you call Des Moines, Iowa.

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.

In the Manual of The Mother Church , Mary Baker Eddy provides for the continuity of her teaching through the establishment of the Board of Education. Article XXIX, Section 2, states: "Loyal Christian Scientists' pupils who so desire may apply to the Board of Education for instruction; and if they have practised Christian Science healing successfully three years and will furnish evidence of their eligibility therefore, they are eligible to enter the Normal class.

"I've had a wonderful healing through prayer, but I can't write up a testimony because three members of The Mother Church didn't witness it—right?" Don't jump to conclusions! It is important that testifiers provide verification from three people who have firsthand experience confirming a healing. So, whenever possible, do provide their verifications for our records.

"In college, I was exposed to Christian Science and I was quite taken with it because of the healing aspect. I began to see that Christian Science was practicing the healing that Jesus taught.

We are pleased to announce that Michael A. Seek, C.

The following members of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship are available to give inperson lectures for the lecture year beginning July 1, 1993. Any lecturer may be invited by any branch church or Christian Science college organization to lecture in any part of the world.

M ost international organizations have both domestic and overseas offices, with representatives in different parts of the world. For The First Church of Christ, Scientist—The Mother Church—its representatives worldwide are all the individual church members who are living and practicing Christian healing today in some 146 countries.