Announcements

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.

Just a few tips on technical details: if it's feasible, type your manuscript, using a black ribbon on white nonerasable paper. (Erasable paper is very difficult to edit on, and manuscripts written on it usually have to be retyped.

Mrs. Eddy—the public's friend Millions in Africa and Europe are hearing of Mary Baker Eddy for the first time via shortwave radio.

Journey to Jerusalem In keeping with the theme of the September 24 Global Lecture Preparatory Meeting, "The Challenge: Universal Indifference," the following may help us challenge our own indifference . During his last trip to Jerusalem Jesus said, "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

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.

Global Lecture Preparatory Meeting information On September 24, a Global Lecture Preparatory Meeting will be held at more than 300 meeting sites around the world. In order for all members worldwide to attend this meeting on Thursday evening, local time, the first portion of the program will consist of a time-delayed satellite transmission from Boston to each site.

From the Committee on Publication Letters of criticism: how one member responded Many in our society are receiving mailings from those expressing highly personal viewpoints on a variety of issues. Christian Scientists are no exception.

Our vision of the future shapes the present This talk was given to The Christian Science Monitor Advertising Sales Management Workshop on June 10, 1986, by John H. Hoagland, Jr.