Church Alive August 8, 2011 Issue

The following blogs were written in support of Church Alive, a focus of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, that explores the meaning and possibilities of awakening to the spiritual basis and impact of Church. 

Church Alive highlights

By Journey Harn and Laurie M. Scott

Living in a small southwestern town in New Mexico, without a Christian Science church or society, did not stop four individuals who live here—and have been used to attending Christian Science churches most of our lives—from finding a way to have church.

Soon after my husband and I arrived, I held church services according to the Church Manual, in our apartment, which the two other Christian Scientists in town attended. Then we moved to a store, holding services there for several months until the store closed. Next we went to the small local theater, until it became too cold in the winter months.

As our little Christian Science group discussed our options, one of our members on her own lined up an older motel unit and furnished it with chairs, a table, books, and other items she had collected over the years from churches around the state and had stored for some time.