TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA (Second Church)

Danforth Tribune, March 10, 1966

On Sunday, March 20, special services will be held at 11 o'clock in the morning and 3.15 in the afternoon by Second Church of Christ, Scientist, to mark the dedication of the completed building located at 1015 Danforth Avenue. Christian Science churches are dedicated only when free of debt.

The church was formed in 1932 and services were held for six years in Wilkinson School, Donlands Avenue, by arrangement with the Toronto Board of Education. Then land was acquired on Danforth Avenue, and the first sod was turned in October, 1938. Within three months the first unit was ready for church services and Sunday School sessions, which were held the first Sunday in January, 1939.

In 1950 the church was the recipient of a substantial bequest from the estates of two of its members, and in 1961 building operations were begun on the present edifice which was completed in the early winter of that year.

In 1964 the members applied to the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy for a grant in order to pay off the outstanding indebtedness on the church. The request was approved, thus enabling the final indebtedness to be liquidated.

On Sunday the members of Second Church of Christ, Scientist, will dedicate their church to the service of God in gratitude for His great goodness.

TULSA, OKLAHOMA (Sixth Church)

Tulsa Daily World, February 26, 1966

Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist, will dedicate in three services Sunday the $275,000 building at 3620 South Lewis Avenue that it occupied in 1955.

The 11-year lapse between completion and dedication was occasioned ... by a Christian Science policy of not dedicating an edifice until it is free of debt.

Last April 19, church members voted to liquidate the debt by this February to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Christian Science by Mary Baker Eddy.

[Newest] of six Christian Science congregations in Tulsa, Sixth Church had its origin in the Sunday School room of Second Church of Christ, Scientist. The first church and Sunday School services were held Easter Sunday, April 9, 1950, at the Brook Theater. The church was incorporated April 13 and recognized by The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 1. Space at 3316 South Peoria Avenue was leased in May for Reading Room use and church services....

The cornerstone of the present structure was laid Feb. 8, 1955, and the building was completed in August....

The public is invited to the dedication services to be held at 3 p.m. and the regular service hours of 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday. Each will include a brief history of ... Sixth Church.

POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA (First Church)

Pottstown Mercury, March 7, 1966

First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Prospect and Evans Streets, will be dedicated in services Sunday at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Although services have been conducted at the congregation's present address since June 22, 1955, the church has not been dedicated because Christian Science churches are not dedicated until free of debt.

The clerk of this church said that through the consecrated work of its members, the generosity of friends, and a grant from the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy, the mortgage has been paid.

The first informal Christian Science meeting was held in Pottstown in 1908. [The group was recognized as a Christian Science Society in 1912.] ...

Services were conducted for several years in the officers' room of the Armory on King Street, but as attendance increased, the society moved to Miss Hitner's school, at King and Franklin Streets.

In 1926, a dwelling at 758 High Street was purchased and remodeled, so that it was suitable for services and a Reading Room.

The society received a charter from the state of Pennsylvania in 1938, and in March, 1939, became known as First Church of Christ, Scientist, Pottstown.

Between 1941 and 1954, the church and Reading Room were located at 910 High Street. Prior to moving into the present edifice, services were conducted in the Singer Building on High Street.

Services are conducted in the present church every Sunday at 11 a.m. Sunday School is held at the same time for pupils up to the age of 20.

Wednesday evening services, which include testimonies of Christian Science healing, are held at 8 p.m.

A Reading Room is also maintained in this building, which is open from 1 to 4 p.m. every day except Sunday and legal holidays. Here the Bible and Christian Science literature may be read, borrowed, or purchased.

The public is invited to attend the dedication services, as well as the regular services, and to use the Reading Room.