Article December 18, 1943 Issue

Church Dedications

Note: Christian Science churches are dedicated only when free from debt.

Corvallis, Oregon (First Church).—The beautiful white colonial edifice of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Corvallis, was dedicated on June 27, 1943. Through its classic doorway, patterned after those of the early Willamette Valley meetinghouses, came members and friends from various parts of Oregon, California, Washington, and Idaho to attend the morning and evening services.

A short history of the church was read by the First Reader, excerpts from which follow:

"On July 6. 1909, the adoption of by-laws, the election of First and Second Readers, and of three directors, formally instituted f Christian Science Society, Corvallis. In the fall of that year quarters were rented in the First National Bank Building, where services were held until the fall of 1914. A charter, establishing the society as an authorized branch of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, was granted in 1911, at which time a Sunday school was organized and Wednesday evening meetings were begun.

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