Among the Churches

Current Notes

Boston, Massachusetts.—The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist. Sunday morning service at 10.45, Sunday evening service at 7.30 (evening service omitted during July and August), Sunday school at 10.45 a.m., and Wednesday evening meeting at 7.30 are held in the Church edifice at Norway, Falmouth, and St. Paul Streets.

Reading Rooms: 84 Boylston Street (Little Building, corner Tremont and Boylston Streets), open week days from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m., except on Wednesday, when it closes at 6.30, open Sunday from 1.30 p.m. until 6.30 p.m., and on holidays from 12 m. until 6.30 p.m.

At 333 Washington Street, opposite Milk Street, also an entrance at 24 Province Street, open week days, except holidays, from 8 a.m. until 5.30 p.m.

At 60 Norway Street, corner of Massachusetts Avenue, near Church edifice, open week days from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m., Wednesday 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. and from 8.30 until 9.30 p.m., open Sunday from 12 m. until 7 p.m., and holidays from 10 a.m., until 9 p.m.

At 1316 Beacon Street (Coolidge Corner), Brookline, open week days from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m., except on Wednesday, when it closes at 6.30 p.m., open Sunday from 1.30 p.m. until 6.30 p.m., and holidays from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m.

Chickasha, Oklahoma (First Church).—On Sunday, March 29, 1942, in the morning and afternoon, dedication services were held in the new church edifice of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chickasha.

The new home of the church, a beautiful brick structure facing the corner of Iowa Avenue and Seventh Street, cost in the neighborhood of $20,000. Landscaping of the grounds has been completed.

At each of the identical dedication services a historical record of the church was read.

In the year 1899 a small group of people interested in the study of Christian Science began meeting in one another's homes on Sunday mornings to read the Lesson-Sermons in the Christian Science Quarterly, and a few years later a Sunday school was held for the children. The number of persons attending these services increased so that on December 2, 1906, Christian Science Society, Chickasha, was organized, and the meeting place was changed to the Carnegie Library. In the spring of 1908 the first Wednesday evening testimony meeting was held by the society, and the first Christian Science lecture in Chickasha was given in 1913. During these years meetings were held in various places, including the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

By January, 1916, the membership of the society had increased so that the organization voted to disband and organize into a church, and on April 12, 1916, the church charter was received. With the assistance of funds received from the Will of Mary Baker Eddy the Cumberland Presbyterian Church property was purchased. The building was moved onto the center of the lot and redecorated. In June, 1931, the property adjoining the church was purchased against the time it would be needed for a new church home. The contract for this new church was let in December, 1940; the cornerstone was laid on February 12, 1941, and the first services were held within its walls on June 15, 1941.

It is a rule of Christian Science churches that no building may be dedicated until the organization is free from all indebtedness. Deep gratitude is felt for funds received from the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy and from the will of Selina C. Cornish, which helped to make the dedication of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chickasha, possible.—Chickasha Daily Express.

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