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Annual Meeting Reports

Edited and abbreviated summaries and transcripts of the Annual Meetings of The Mother Church.

'The Simplicity That Is In Christ'

As the reflecting pool glimmered at the Christian Science Plaza on the second day of June, hundreds of people made their way inside the extension of The Mother Church for Annual Meeting 2008. Though they had to leave the sunshine outside, attendees from such disparate places as Boston, Cuba, Korea, and South Africa found just what they came for—the spiritual sunshine of simplicity.

ANNUAL MEETING 2007

ON MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, Mother Church members from all over the globe gathered in Boston for Annual Meeting 2007. Hugs and happy faces abounded as friends joyously greeted friends—way outshining the drizzle-to-rain-drenched day.

A CHURCH OF HEALERS

ON MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2006, Christian Scientists around the globe from Africa to Australia gathered in Boston at The First Church of Christ, Scientist, for its 111th Annual Meeting. Thousands of other Christian Scientists around the world joined the meeting via Internet, from homes, Internet cafes, and Christian Science Reading Rooms and churches, to hear about the vital role of Christian healing in the Church.

A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION

THE GRAY SKIES OVER BOSTON THREATENED RAIN , but nothing could dampen the warm atmosphere that permeated the Christian Science Plaza on June 6, 2005. Christian Scientists came from around the world to The First Church of Christ, Scientist, to hear reports, share stories, and join hearts in an intimate, family-style celebration of the Church's 110th Annual Meeting.

Annual Meeting of The Mother Church

Outgoing President's welcome Hans-Joachim Trapp The Annual Meeting of The Mother Church convened on Monday, June 7, in the Extension of The Mother Church in Boston and on the Internet. Outgoing President Hans-Joachim Trapp opened the meeting.

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures—Transforming Lives, Transforming the Universe

On Monday, Mary Ridgway, Clerk of The Mother Church, welcomed conference attendees in Berlin, Boston, and on the Internet to a program titled, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures—Transforming Lives, Transforming the Universe. " Mary Ridgway : For this meeting, we have taken as our keynote Mary Baker Eddy's words: "The fact remains, that the textbook of Christian Science is transforming the universe.

A universal family gathering

Thousands of spiritual thinkers gathered this year for the 2003 Annual Meeting of The Mother Church & Conference in June. Besides offering an opportunity to hear reports of Church progress in the previous year, workshops provided inspiration and spiritual renewal.

LIGHT AND LIFE— 2002 ANNUAL MEETING & CONFERENCE

The Annual Meeting of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, convened on Monday morning, June 3, 2002, at 10 a. m.

ANNUAL MEETING 2001

The Annual Meeting of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, was held in Boston on Monday, June 4. At 1:30 p.

ANNUAL MEETING 2000

The Annual Meeting of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, was held in Boston on Monday, June 5. At 1:30 on a cool, sunny afternoon, the outgoing President, Jean Stark Hebenstreit, C.