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After the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, I felt generally fearful and Jumpy. As I walked in the Boston Garden near my office, I watched the trajectory of every place overhead to see if it would fly into the John Hancock or Prudential Center, the two tallest buildings in Boston.

Last fall there was an exhibit in New York's Grand Central Station of bigger-than-life photo-portraits of many who immediately answered the call to the scene at the World Trade Center. In the stories that accompanied the pictures of each individual, a common theme emerged.

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Steve Danzansky , Chief Executive Officer of The Mary Baker Eddy Library for The Betterment of Humanity, began the Library Lighting Celebration by introducing the Mary Baker Eddy Library's Board of Trustees: Virginia Harris, Chairman; Walter D. Jones, Treasurer; Don Wilson, Secretary; Peter Ackerman, and Allen Weinstein.

After returning home from 2002 Annual Meeting & Conference, many people e-mailed with comments on ways they were already putting the vision of the meetings into action. I am so grateful for the Pastoring Workshop.

What a day ! What a journey! None of us are the same as when we arrived. We'll always hold the inspiration and insights of this day in our hearts.

Karyn Mandan and Gary Jones went on to recap the last ten years in the Church's history. They focused on these questions: • What has the Church been doing in recent years? • What has it observed in society? •How has it responded? Let's take a brief look at the growing momentum over the last ten years—at the public's spiritual search and of how this Church and its members have been responding.

Heidi Biever next moderated a panel of four branch church members to explore how they overcame obstacles and began to glimpse the promise of Church in their own communities. They were Rita Robles from Fredericksburg, Virginia; Jim Mathiott of Palo Alto, California; Mónica Esefer Passaglia from Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Kodi Sylvester of Oneida, New York.

Experiencing this revolution in thought, people begin to be healed by reading Science and Health. Also, some come together to read with each other and to talk about what they are learning.

Heidi Biever, a Christian Science practitioner who lives in the Boston area, welcomed conference attendees to the second general session of the afternoon—"The Promise of Mary Baker Eddy's Church in the 21st Century. " She outlined the session, which would cover the following topics concerning the Church of Christ, Scientist: • The Church's roots • Where the Church is today • Where the Church is going Heidi then introduced Karyn Mandan, Manager of Board Research, Development, and Projects, and Gary Jones, Manager of Committees on Publication, who talked informally about the Church's history from the 1870s to 1910.