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Three and a half hours for a church election meeting—where the only business was to elect three executive board members and a president—seemed like an unbelievably long time. Where was the efficiency? Couldn't someone find a way to speed up this election process? And as a new member of a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, I didn't know any of the eligible members.

Because a Christian Science church service is a divinely inspired exercise in expressing Truth and Love, it offers healing and blessing for all in the congregation. And the consistent, prayerful support of each member is required.

From the moment Calvin Frye entered Mary Baker Eddy's employ in 1882 to the early December evening in 1910 when she passed on, he faithfully kept his original promise to her that he would stay with her. Calvin Frye's twenty-eight years of devoted personal service to our Leader is unmatched by any other Christian Scientist.

Suppose you went to the grocery store, walked through, saw everything that was there, and walked out without a purchase. You could no doubt name some of the things that you saw, but you wouldn't have anything for your dinner! You would take home nothing but a superficial knowledge of what was in the store.

" Wait a minute, please. I'll have to get my glasses to see that.

In times of accident or serious illness, calling out to God can make a profound difference. And when behind the cry to God lies a conviction that God does help—and some understanding of why—healing and redemption follow.

Many of us—as parents, relatives, educators, or simply members of a community—have opportunities to share the joy of working with young people. And our contacts with them can be just that—a joy! Not a superficial pleasure but a deep-down, spiritual joy that has its source in, and is sustained by, the understanding that man is made in the image and likeness of God.

Parents and grandparents naturally want to know how to help their children learn about Christian Science so that regardless of the challenges that come, their children's roots will be strong and firmly grounded. First, we can provide examples.

The Master's familiar words still challenge the Christianly scientific metaphysician. Said Christ Jesus, the Son of God, "Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"   Matt.

While living in a small, rural community in the American Midwest, I discovered that it is vital to move beyond one's familiar orbit. I felt instinctively that there must be an avenue through which I could more fully implement Christ Jesus' teachings about universal love—teachings I was learning more of daily through the Bible Lessons outlined in the Christian Science Quarterly.