Church Dedications

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

Hawthorne Press

Hawthorne, California (First Church).

The dedication services of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Hawthorne, will be held at the new church building, 273 East Broadway, on June 8 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., with Sunday School beginning at 9.30 a.m.

The church had its inception when a group of Christian Science students, residents of the community, gathered in a private home on September 25, 1934, and arranged for the holding of church services, Sunday School, and a Reading Room in Nelson's Hall in Hawthorne. The group took the necessary steps to organize as the Christian Science Society of Hawthorne, and received the approval and recognition of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, November 27, 1934.

December 8, 1935, the society held its first Christian Science lecture. ... On May 4, 1936, the society purchased the two lots on which its new building now stands, and in June, 1944, it applied to The Mother Church to become a branch church, and ... received recognition and became known as First Church of Christ, Scientist, Hawthorne.

In June, 1951, the church rented a store at 114 North Hawthorne Boulevard and established its new Reading Room.

On June 30, 1951, the construction of the church building began and was sufficiently finished for the church to hold its first church services and Sunday School on October 21, 1951 . The members voted to adequately complete the new building so that it could be dedicated free from debt on June 8, 1952.

Hawthorne Press May 29, 1952

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