Article August 19, 1985 Issue

The role of the Christian Science college organization

CHRISTINE CAROL WEINER

As I went off to graduate school full of hopes, idealism, and optimism, I suddenly found myself facing greater challenges than ever before. To begin with, I was three thousand miles from home. The graduate courses and competition were much stiffer than in undergraduate school. And though I was on a full tuition scholarship, I had to work part time to pay for my apartment and living expenses. I began to wonder if I had really followed God-given wisdom in this endeavor.

Fortunately there was a Christian Science college organization on campus. I'm sure that I owe my ultimate success in graduate school to membership in it. The college organization is really an arm of The Mother Church right there on campus. And what a supporting arm, too!

At our weekly meetings, inspiring readings from the Bible and from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, often brought healing light to topics especially pertinent to university students. A number of meetings stand out in my thought. At one the problem of time and pressure was addressed. The readings brought out that time is fundamentally a mental concept, and that as we spiritualize our sense of what constitutes meaningful activity, our days bring spiritual growth and progress. Members shared their experiences during the testimony portion of the meeting, explaining how they gained better control of their time by seeing more clearly that God endows man with infinite capacities for accomplishment and fulfillment. As I applied these spiritual truths in my own experience, my approach to assignments and term papers became more orderly, I made up some "incompletes," and I stayed on top of the workload.

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