Branch Church News
A popular poet has envisioned a new sort of lullaby that would begin with love, end with love, and have nothing but love in between. A New Lullabye by Rod McKuen; The effective Christian Science Sunday School is permeated with love from start to finish.
Part of the effort to fulfill Five Year Healing Goal A coordinated effort is under way. It is the dedication of all the activities of The Mother Church and its branches to support and implement the Five Year Healing Goal: To strengthen the healing thrust of our movement, thus improving our ability to respond to the needs of mankind by spiritual means.
Those of us who know the joy of teaching in a Christian Science Sunday School have quickly learned that we should be properly prepared. We find inspiration in our prayerful study, but momentary inspiration is not enough.
The Mother Church! Christian Scientists love to visit the noble structure in Boston. I remember, particularly in my early days as a student of Christian Science, how I would approach the building with a great feeling of awe and excitement, anticipating the flow of inspiration that I expected to flood my consciousness during the service.
Monthly Heralds in Portuguese and Spanish Interest in Christian Science is expanding noticeably in Portuguese and Spanish-speaking areas of the world, especially in Latin America. Happily, The Mother Church can tangibly respond to this growing interest.
CHURCH AND CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: ARE THEY IN YOUR CURRICULUM? Just because young people come to Sunday School doesn't mean they will automatically want to join The Mother Church or a branch church someday. In fact, after finishing Sunday School, even pupils who deeply love Christian Science sometimes drift away from church.
Christian Scientists find inspiration in midst of tragedy "In this desperate and tragic hour in Northern Ireland many people find it hard to trace even a glimmer of hope in the prevailing gloom. "Yet the one thing we must not do is give up hope.
When a Sunday School teacher consistently lives the spiritual truths he teaches, students feel his enthusiasm and deep conviction. His actions and experience give reality to his words.
Everyone attending a Christian Science church service can expect a healing because of that service. The spiritual truths and the love and compassion voiced in the hymns and in the readings from the Scriptures and from Science and Health by Mrs.
Delicate task in process One intricate engineering task after another—that has been the story of the development of the Christian Science Center, located as it is in what used to be tidal flats. The new church portico, which will complete the current building project, is no exception.