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An invitation to the 2020 Annual Meeting of The First Church of Christ, Scientist

Theme: Our duty to God, to our Leader, and to mankind I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.   — Psalms 40:8 It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to defend himself daily against aggressive mental suggestion, and not be made to forget nor to neglect his duty to God, to his Leader, and to mankind.

Funds are available for benevolence grants

Funds are available for benevolence grants from the trust established under Clause 8 of Mary Baker Eddy’s will. These funds are devoted to the primary purpose of “more effectually promoting and extending the religion of Christian Science as taught by [Mary Baker Eddy].

2020 per capita tax message

Dear Members of The Mother Church: From El Bolsón, a small mountain town in the Argentine Patagonia, I send you all my affection and gratitude. I was first introduced to Christian Science here where a small group of students met to read the weekly Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly.

New Clerk of The Mother Church

Laurie Q. Richardson, CSB, of Chesterfield, Missouri, will take up the responsibilities of Clerk of The Mother Church, effective January 13, 2020.

Admission of New Members

The Board has voted to admit new members to our worldwide church family.

Rotation in office

Margaret Rogers, CSB will be rotating off the Christian Science Board of Directors at the end of November. On December 1, 2019, as Margaret steps off the Board, Keith Wommack, CSB, of Corpus Christi, Texas, will assume his place as a member of the Board of Directors.

Available funds for benevolence grants

Funds are available for benevolence grants from the trust established under Clause 8 of Mary Baker Eddy’s will. These funds are devoted to the primary purpose of “more effectually promoting and extending the religion of Christian Science as taught by [Mary Baker Eddy].

Rotation on the Board of Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society

Effective October 2, 2019, Scott Preller rotated off of the Board of Trustees, and Michael Fish, CSB, joined Robin Hoagland and Lyon Osborn, who are currently serving as Trustees.

Admission of new members

Dear Members and Friends, It is a joy and a privilege for me to share news of the recent admission of new members. Admission takes place at a regular business meeting of the Christian Science Board of Directors and is required in the Church Manual.

Announcement of new Readers

This year’s Annual Meeting of The Mother Church took place on Monday afternoon, June 3, and earlier that same day, the annual meeting of the Christian Science Board of Directors was held “for electing officers and other business” (Mary Baker Eddy, Church Manual, Art. XIII, Sect.