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from the Trustees Under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy

Reminder of grant funds available for branch churches and reading rooms

How I prayed when I was elected First Reader

To quiet the clamor of worldly thinking, many people meditate. Others hike in the wilderness or go on a religious retreat.

2024 Thanksgiving Bible Lesson availability

Gratitude inherently makes us think outside ourselves. Even when done silently or privately, giving gratitude involves acknowledging and finding joy in blessings received, however small or large.

Honoring the Sabbath day —attending church

Christian Scientists believe in, honor, and obey the Ten Commandments as given to Moses by God thousands of years ago. Many of them, such as the commands not to kill or steal (see Exodus 20:13, 15 ), have been embraced by society and have become part of everyday life.

Rotation on the Board of Trustees

We would like to announce a change on the Board of Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society. On August 2, 2024, David Hohle, CSB, rotated off the Board of Trustees.

from the Trustees Under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy

“New possibilities. ” This is one of the natural effects of true philanthropy (see Mary Baker Eddy, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, pp.

In accordance with Article XXXI, Section 1, of the Church Manual,  the Christian Science Board of Directors has elected the following members to serve as lecturers from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025: Ahanonu, Chiemezi, CS Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria Arneth, Heike, CSB Munich, Germany Aubin, Edwina, CSB Cleveland, Queensland, Australia Bikai, James Pascal, CSB Yaoundé, Cameroon Ehrenhardt, Nicole, CS Winnweiler, Germany Farkas, Emra, CSB Santa Fe, New Mexico, US Fischer, Alexandre, CS Pau, France Frederick, Nate, CS Brookline, Massachusetts, US Frizotti, Evelin, CSB Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Glokpor, Rodger, CSB Lomé, Togo Hegarty, Janet, CSB Saint Louis, Missouri, US Hertgen, Monique, CSB Duingt, France Hockley, Phillip, CS Jersey Marine, Neath, Wales, UK Hughes, Alison, CS Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK Kisonga, André, CSB Kinshasa, Democratic Republic  of Congo Klein, Juliane, CSB Berlin, Germany McCurties, Mark, CS Ann Arbor, Michigan, US McElroy, Tom, CSB Boston, Massachusetts, US O’Hagan, Nikki, CS Dublin, Ireland Passaglia, Mónica, CSB Caseros, Buenos Aires, Argentina Pitts, Lesley, CS Plymouth, Massachusetts, US Shepherd, James, CS Eugene, Oregon, US Tetreau, Giulia Nesi, CSB Fairfield, Connecticut, US Troseth, Lisa, CSB Rogers, Arkansas, US Tshiabuila, Mayal, CS Kinshasa, Democratic Republic  of Congo Virgil, Nicole, CS Elmhurst, Illinois, US Wahlberg, Melanie, CS Lake Forest, California, US Woodard, Patricia Cohan, CS Dallas, Texas, US.

Admission of new members

Dear Members, We are delighted and grateful to be able to share with you the happy news of the recent admission of new members to The Mother Church from around the world. New members to our worldwide family come from Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, France, Germany, Ghana, Indonesia, Ireland, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sweden, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America, and Zambia.

Expanding Sunday School

I was sitting in a Sunday service in my branch Church of Christ, Scientist, when one of the Readers read an announcement about Sunday School. He said, “We welcome young people to our Sunday School.

Let your light shine

I am the librarian of a Christian Science Reading Room in a busy downtown area of a city in central California. Assisting visitors in their search for spiritual insights and guidance has been rewarding.