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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.
Designing the periodicals An attractive issue of a weekly magazine appeared this last February. Its contents were devoted to helping readers find a sounder understanding of family.
Busloads of visitors People from all over the world—as many as two hundred thousand a year —visit and tour the Christian Science Center. How they are received by The Mother Church and its guides is a story in itself.
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 Christian Science Center Boston, MA, U.
Giving gift subscriptions to The Christian Science Monitor The following letter was sent to the Manager of The Christian Science Publishing Society. I am a Journal -listed practitioner living in a suburb of Philadelphia.
The lead editorial in the February 1987 issue of The Christian Science Journal furnishes a broad view of the educational system established by Mary Baker Eddy, a system of continuing education. A most important step in spiritual progress is Primary class instruction from an authorized teacher of Christian Science.
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Lecture for the community "Free lecture for the community," the large banner in the churchyard read, and the community came. The church was so packed that the ushers had to add chairs.