Branch Church News
My grandfather was a preacher, and he had a wonderful sense of humor. I'll always remember a story he repeated to me long ago.
Shepherd, show me how to go O'er the hillside steep, How to gather, how to sow,— How to feed Thy sheep; I will listen for Thy voice, Lest my footsteps stray; I will follow and rejoice All the rugged way. Poems, p.
On June 6, 1999, a special meeting was held in The Mother Church Sunday School in Boston to introduce World Wide Weekend 2000, a global initiative of the Church of Christ, Scientist, focusing on healing, youth, and the Christian Science Sunday School. The meeting opened with a brief description of World Wide Weekend 2000 and its purpose: To support and engage members and Sunday School students in further recognizing and proving the vital and unique healing role of the Christian Science Sunday School for themselves, their families, their communities, and the world.
When I Was Eleven, I attended a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, with a great-uncle. I found it fascinating, but I was not ready to leave the church of my parents and grandparents.
On this page young people are encouraged to "speak out about issues of concern to them as they pursue the study of Christian Science. " Australian Serena Hutchinson-Brooks did this in the January issue of the Journal, and the following e-mail from Melanie Ann Wahlberg, of Bensalem, Pennsylvania, is one of many responses to Serena's interview we have received in recent weeks.
I Often Wanted to give a testimony at a Wednesday evening testimony meeting in a Church of Christ, Scientist, but I was fearful. One day while I was praying about this, the idea came to me that giving a testimony is sharing the gift of God's healing love for His precious creation—us, His children, His spiritual image and likeness.
A visit I made to a Christian Science Reading Room during the mid-1970s changed my life. My daughter was young, and I had wanted to purchase a gift for her.
One Sunday, a visitor to my Sunday School class said that she was unfamiliar with what is taught in a Christian Science Sunday School. (Her religious background was non-Christian.
Some Christian Scientists may wonder why they should get involved in church work. After all, you can study the Lesson-Sermon (from the Christian Science Quarterly ) every day, attend Sunday and Wednesday church services, subscribe for and read the Christian Science periodicals.
The readings from the Bible and Science and Health presented each Wednesday at the testimony meetings in branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, are the result of much prayer and effort on the part of the First Reader. And it is a joy to listen to inspiring, healing responses expressed by the congregation.