Announcements

In recent years The Christian Science Board of Directors has been reexamining the foundation on which Christian Science nursing rests. This has been done to see more clearly how the foundation for Christian Science nursing is coincident with the mission of the Church of Christ, Scientist.

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Three decades ago, as The Christian Science Monitor entered its second half-century of service to mankind, the Editor wrote: "Dedicated and equipped as it is, The Christian Science Monitor is ready to be a pathfinder. The path will not be easy.

"On lighting fires": teachers and superintendents respond Sunday School teachers and superintendents are responding to our invitation—in the September 1987 Journal, "On lighting fires, or doing what we're doing right"—to write telling about breakthroughs experienced in Sunday School. As these letters collect—fueling our joy and gratitude—we feel impelled to share them.

Extraordinary opportunities, considerable challenge: a statement from The Christian Science Board of Directors Most Christian Scientists would concur that these are times of extraordinary opportunity. The leavening of human consciousness of which our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, spoke has in fact gone on with great rapidity in this century.

From a Reading Room staff letter Recent conversations between visitors to one Christian Science Reading Room and the staff there brought to light several sincere, thought-provoking questions. The answers given by various staff members, we felt, might be interesting to Journal readers—especially if you're wondering about similar matters yourself.

What can one person do? Sometimes in the middle of thinking about a whole community, the value of one enthusiastic reader of The Christian Science Monitor could almost be lost sight of. Here 's a portion of a letter that was received by The Christian Science Publishing Society that tells a great deal about what one person can do.

1988 Normal class A Normal class will be held by the Board of Education in December 1988, in accordance with the provision in Article XXVI, Section 4, of the Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy. Practitioners meeting the qualifications of Article XXIX, Section 2, of the Church Manual who wish to apply for this class should request an application from: The First Church of Christ, Scientist; Board of Education, A-191-N; 175 Huntington Avenue; Boston, MA, U.

We believe this first issue of the Journal in its new format, with all the new features and design elements, captures a spirit of possibility and progress for our movement. Our Leader loved both freshness and the stability of old values.

Is your church prepared to give a lecture? Really prepared? Is your Reading Room where the public can reach it and open when they can visit it? Are there members of your church who are willing to take public practice? Are your members subscribing for and reading the periodicals? These stirring questions make many pause as they look anew at their church's giving a lecture today. But these are not new considerations.