The Touch of Class August 13, 2012 Issue

In this series, individuals share how taking Christian Science Primary class instruction has strengthened their spiritual understanding, and brought increasing inspiration and healing to their lives.

Invaluable lessons

Jan Barrington—Tasmania, Australia

I started attending Sunday School at a Christian Science church when I was 18. I loved those Sunday School Bible lessons, and when I turned 20, there were still so many questions I wanted to ask. I wanted to dig deeper in my study of Christian Science and had heard about class instruction, but I didn’t know what it entailed. So I went to talk with a Christian Science teacher and asked him what was involved. 

A few months later I applied for his class, which was to be held later that year. I was in my early 20s and still at university. The right time to take class really depends on when you’re ready to take it, but I have always been grateful that I took it sooner rather than later as I have been able to put the lessons I learned into practice throughout my life.  

Christian Science class instruction instilled in me a sense of awe. It was a mountaintop experience from which I began to appreciate an amazing spiritual view for the first time. In the years that have followed, I have read and reread my class notes many times. There were spiritual ideas that I did not fully comprehend at the time, but now I get them!  

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