Article December 8, 1962 ISSUE

Activities for the Armed Services

"Religiously, it is the most outstanding ship I have ever inspected." With these words a Chaplain on an Admiral's staff commended the unusually fine morale on a Navy ship. What is particularly significant to Christian Scientists in this commendation is the fact that one of our Representatives in the Armed Services is assigned to that ship.

This Representative, as is sometimes the case, was asked to minister to non-Scientists as well as Christian Scientists. He was appointed a Protestant lay leader by the Navy to conduct nondenominational services on Sundays when the ship is at sea and when a Chaplain is not aboard. The services are very successful and have found a ready response. Among a crew of seventy-five men, the Representative has distributed over fifty Bibles, which are supplied to him by Navy Chaplains. The Bibles are read openly throughout the ship.

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Article

WORDS OF CURRENT INTEREST