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Living Right Side Up
in an Upside
Down World
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Hosted by St. Paul’s United
Methodist
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§ About the Christian Science Board of Lectureship
§ Contact Information, Press Release/Public Service Announcement
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§ A Testimony of Healing in the Wake of a Christian Science Lecture
§ Would Your Church be Interested in Hosting a Future Lecture?
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Is There a Place
at a Christian Science Lecture for Someone Who Does Not Acknowledge Christ
Jesus?
About the C hristian Science Board of Lectureship
The C hristian Science Board of
Lectureship is an international bureau of professional speakers that has been
in continuous operation for over 100 years. The present Board of Lectureship
consists of 53 speakers from 15 countries, including Austria Australia Belgium Brazil C ameroonC anadaFrance Germany Japan Mexico Nigeria Russia Spain South Africa United States
When Mary
Baker Eddy first wrote Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures in
1875, it was not with a thought of organizing a new church, but with an intent
to enlighten and enliven the practice of
Four
years later, a new church was founded, in part to preserve and protect the
purity of this message, but there was never a change in the thought that
In 1898
the
The Board
of Lectureship remains a primary form of outreach and sharing of
Mrs. Eddy dedicated her book to “honest seekers for Truth,” and later
writes: “Millions
of unprejudiced minds — simple seekers for Truth, weary wanderers, athirst in
the desert — are waiting and watching for rest and drink. Give them a cup of
cold water in
“Honest seekers for Truth …” These are
the intended audience of the Board of Lectureship.
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Our Speaker
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After earning a
Master of Divinity degree in Biblical Studies at
Scott has written articles that have appeared in church
periodicals, local newspapers, and The
His
conclusions about spiritual living and healing are not just the result of
religious study but arise out of practical experience, including many healings
in his own family which has been practicing
In
coming to
Scott
recently shared on the
Click here to read his brief testimony.
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Directions
St.
Paul United Methodist C hurchC athedral of St. Helena. It is on
the corner of Lawrence St. C ruse Ave.C ruse Ave. There is an additional
parking lot across from the church offices at the end of Logan St Lawrence Lawrence St
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C ontact Information
To contact the Lecture C ommittee C hairperson, C raig Wright
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About our Host C hurch, St. Paul’s United Methodist C hurch
Pastor:
Rev.
Isaiah
54:2
Enlarge
the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of
thine habitations:
spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.
This is the Bible verse
held in prayerful thought as we undertook our search for a “partner” church to
host our lecture. We found in St. Paul’s a church eager to enlarge the tent of their heart
with a motto of “Open Hearts, Open Minds, and Open Doors.”
Methodism was founded by
John Wesley in the 1700s. “Within the sermons of … Wesley … can be found
affirmations that our kinship in
“… The
“The
The Spirit of
the Lord is upon me,
Because he
has anointed me
to bring
good news to the poor.
He has sent
me to proclaim release to the captives
and recovery
of sight to the blind,
to let the
oppressed go free …
Luke 4:18-19”
---- From the pamphlet The United Methodist Way
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Is
There a Place at a
Imagine if it were Peter, Paul, James, John, or Jesus,
himself, who were giving this talk. What would they say? Something like:
“Absolutely, how about the front row?”
Throughout all
generations both before and after the
If
you are inclined to come, you have all the call you need to be welcome and
entitled to an honored place.
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A Testimony of Healing
From the
Vol 104, No. 31
I had decided to take the vows of a monk. I accepted that there might not be long left for me in this life. I devoted my days to spiritual devotional meditations. This gave me strength, deeper and deeper peace — this despite my grave physical condition.
I used to be a ski instructor and a successful businessman. I had two small companies, organizing skiing trips and summer schools. It was a long way from there to being registered as physically handicapped. In my own words, I was “a basket case.”
As a child, I had had a bone disease. It left me with one leg shorter than the other and curvature of the spine. That didn’t stop me from living an active sporting childhood. I played soccer and tennis, surfed and cycled. I remained an active sportsman after leaving school.
Then in 1995 I
suddenly started losing weight. Doctors were unable to explain this. I had
months of tests and drug treatments. Eventually, they concluded that I had
Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I could not tolerate certain food. I was also
suffering from
Then in the spring of 2001 I saw a poster advertising a local lecture. It was about a woman I’d never heard of — Mary Baker Eddy. I couldn’t understand why the idea of it wouldn’t go away. I had no connection to or interest in this lady. And I had no desire to learn anything about her. Not to mention that the venue of the lecture was hard for me to access as a handicapped person. But the idea still would not leave me. It kept going round and round in my mind. So in the end I decided to go to the lecture.
Slowly, painfully, and patiently I was able to reach the lecture hall. I was exhausted and in some considerable pain.
What I heard made me feel uneasy. I was hearing the word Scriptures. As a young boy, I had felt very uncomfortable with people who were into “The Scriptures.” I was hearing the word healing a lot also. I had spent a lot of money on every type of complementary or natural therapy, from acupuncture to zone-therapy and many in between. I had not come to this lecture for a healing. I was fast losing interest.
These words from Science and Health were mentioned: “God is at once the centre and circumference of being” (pp. 203—204). It was then that the lecturer had my attention! I immediately thought to myself, “How on earth can God be ‘the centre and circumference of’ this being? This being that is so full of sickness, pain, and deformed bones.”
I also remember hearing that God means “good” and that this “good” fills all space at all times. With that, I started to feel angry What was “good” about all that I had suffered for all those years? What was ‘good” about being registered as physically handicapped and incurable at the age of 35? I was enraged! Preoccupied with this tirade of angry thoughts.
Suddenly however, something changed. My mind became completely quiet. I noticed a lessening of the pain. First in my stomach, then in my neck, and then in my knees. I felt as if I was no longer trapped in an undernourished, lopsided, and painful body I felt I was a detached silent observer who was witnessing an increasing sense of ease. This ease was replacing the constant feelings of pain and disease. It was just like an ice cube left on a warm windowsill, gently melting and changing shape. So were the feelings of pain and stiffness gently melting and changing shape in me — loosening me from the stiffness that had trapped me for so many years. I was really stunned.
The simple ideas of Truth had transformed my painful body into one of almost sensationless ease. I was in shock at what happened next. I walked from the lecture hall with long, effortless strides, my head held high, chest out, with no pain, fatigue, or limitation. I walked the whole journey home — approximately one mile — and arrived overflowing with joy and amazement at what was happening to me.
I slept like a baby that night, and woke early to the thoughts of how God was good. God was really “the centre and circumference of my being.” I remembered other ideas shared at the lecture the night before. There was this from Genesis: “God created man in his own image.” And this: “God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.”
Rolling out of bed, I experienced my next shock. I stood up perfectly upright, instead of the usual feeling of being lopsided because my legs were of different lengths. I was balanced standing tall in bare feet. Just as I tried to get this clear in my mind, I heard the words, “We must radically rely on God for our good.” These were words that I had not consciously remembered hearing at the lecture. They seemed to have such authority I was in no doubt as to their validity I was compelled to take all of the footplates out of all of my left shoes, there and then.
Then I had an overwhelming urge to go to the shops and buy all the ingredients of a normal breakfast—things such as tea, sugar, milk, cereal, bread, butter, and honey I had not been able to eat any of these foods for six years. I ate a wonderful, “normal” meal without even a trace of reaction or food intolerance. I remember thinking that these were not shocking changes but a return to the norm. I should expect more and more of them.
Two days later, I
walked to my first-ever
Within four weeks I had gained almost 4 stone [56 pounds] in weight. I was able to eat and digest every type of food. I walked over two miles every day and returned to cycling, hiking, and swimming. I literally felt reborn, with a new lease on life. I was aware
that my life was of God and could never be taken from me. It couldn’t be diminished in any way or be dependent on any material circumstances.
I had attended a
Phillip Hockley
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