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The following was 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.
Prepared to teach
After recently moving to a new town, I attended the local Christian Science church for a Wednesday evening testimony meeting. Afterward, a gentleman from that church greeted me and we began talking. When he learned that I would be in the area for almost a year, he told me he was the superintendent of their Sunday school and immediately asked if I would be interested in teaching Sunday School.
Though I wasn’t a member, the church had a bylaw allowing any regular attending Christian Scientist to teach Sunday School. I was relatively young, had a busy schedule, and had never taught Sunday school before, yet his enthusiasm and joy was hard to resist and I found myself saying, “Yes.”
About the author
Hannah Mensing loves playing and praying in the great outdoors, and lives in Eagle, Colorado.

January 2, 2012 issue
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Letters
Shyann Cody, Bill Fabian, Barbara Lee McNabb, Norman C. Hutchinson
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Not cursed...blessed
Maike Byrd, Staff Editor
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Your freedom from sin – proved step by step
By Sarah Hyatt
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Freed from dark sexual thoughts
Name withheld
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No longer addicted to pornography
Name withheld
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Christian Science opens prison doors
By Gervais Sindayihebura
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A spiritual, realistic view of the economy
Michael Pabst, Nathan Talbot, Margaret Rogers, Lyle Young, Mary Trammell
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A universal love story
By Curt Wahlberg
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Wedding guests
By Matthew Mbah Udeochu
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My treehouse healing
By John Monday
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God's beautiful world
Eliza Lefebvre
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The talent show
Jelena
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Prepared to teach
By Hannah Mensing
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Interrupt violence before it happens
Maryl Walters
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A cup of salvation
By Kathleen Collins
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Teeth in their proper position
Amy Winderl
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Shelter the childlikeness in you and others
The Editors