Items of Interest January 17, 1931 Issue

Items of Interest

For the last ten years an average of about one Christian Science church a week has been dedicated. This means that these edifices were fully paid for at the time of dedication. As most branch churches know, the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy have a provision for assisting them on a percentage basis in making the final payment on their edifices.

It is expected that a branch church before dedicating will have, with this help, completed its payments on its land, building, and furnishings. The installation of an organ is not a necessity to dedication, neither is it necessary that a contemplated future addition for Sunday school or other purpose should have been built and paid for, provided the unit already built is a complete unit in which services will be held. A temporary structure which is entirely paid for may be dedicated if the church owning it so desires.

All of these requirements are in line with Mrs. Eddy's reply to an inquiry on the subject of dedication which was published in the Christian Science Sentinel of October 14, 1905, as follows: "If your church is chartered your church edifice should be dedicated when it is paid for. May heaven's rich blessing crown your faithful labors, and unity and praise dwell within your walls and in your hearts."

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