Becoming a Member

I am from Los Angeles, California. I have been a Reading Room Librarian for Tenth Church of LA for a year now, and have loved being part of the Christian Science movement! I have wonderful conversations with people on a regular basis who come in asking questions about Christian Science - and we really dig into the textbooks (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, and the Bible) - and use the resources in the Reading Room - to find answers to those questions. (Concord and Found Volumes are my good friends!)

Lately, I find myself meeting lots of people when I go out surfing or playing Ultimate Frisbee. I am asked, "So, what do you do?" And sometimes I tell the questioner that I am a bookstore manager, and just leave it at that - but if they ask, "Oh, which one?" And I sense that they are interested and receptive I will tell them, "the Christian Science Reading Room in Brentwood." And inevitably we start a dialogue about religion and/or spirituality. I feel like Christian Science is not just something for Sundays and Wednesdays. It is definitely part of my daily life in and out of the Reading Room. In and out of Church.

The idea of Church has definitely evolved for me over the past few years. It is not a structure or a culture, but a way of LIFE! Transitioning from Sunday School to Church - as well as taking Primary Class Instruction - and joining membership with the Mother and Branch churches were wonderful experiences. I am so glad that I have had - and continue to have - the opportunity to be an active part of the Christian Science Movement. "The structure of Truth and Love" is "affording proof of its utility."