Christine Driessen, Manager of the Board of Lectureship, noted in her report at Annual Meeting 2005, that over 60,000 people - 30,000 newcomers to Christian Science - attended a lecture this past year. That’s an impressive number, and it’s even more important to realize is that every lecture is a "strong, clear message of healing."

In the Manual’s directive about lectures (see page 93), the word "condemn" should make us all stop and think. Christine remarked that in Mrs. Eddy’s day, "to condemn" meant "to wrong" - to show resistance to the Christ or animal magnetism. Do we "wrong" our own lecture planning with thoughts of lack--too small, too many, not enough? We can all "right" our lecture prep with the same metaphysical truths we hope to share with our communities. The lecturer you choose and the BOL staff are happy to assist you. Their expertise can be a wonderful aid to your efforts.

Mary Baker Eddy wrote, "There are various methods of treating disease, which are not included in the commonly accepted systems; but there is only one which should be presented to the whole world, and that is the Christian Science which Jesus preached and practised and left to us as his rich legacy."(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 344)

For over a century, the Christian Science Board of Lectureship has been providing speakers to share this scientific system of Christ-healing with audiences around the world. The following lecturers have been elected by The Christian Science Board of Directory to serve from July 2005 through June 2006:

(Those marked with an asterisk may be contacted only after October 1, 2005.)

Bakarey, Bosede, C.S. *
Ibadan, Nigeria
Benjamin, Louis, C.S. *
Randburg, South Africa
Castromán, Emilio, C.S. *
Elsah, Illinois
Colombini, Alessandra, C.S.B.
São Paulo, Brazil
DeGrow, Katherine, C.S.
Richardson, Texas
DeLacy, Marceil, C.S.B. *
Boston, Massachusetts
Driessen, Christine, C.S.B. *
Boston, Massachusetts
English, Marian, C.S.B.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Ennemoser, Robert, C.S.
Salzburg, Austria
Fife, Barbara, C.S.B.
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Funston, Marjorie, C.S.
Woodbridge, Virginia
Gilbert, Robert, C.S.B. *
Upland, California
Gort, Lesley, C.S.B.
Stockport, Cheshire, England
Graunke, Kevin, C.S. *
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Greenwood, Marta, C.S.
London, England
Helm, Marie, C.S. *
Juneau, Alaska and
St. Petersburg, Russia
Hyatt, Sarah, C.S.B.
Charleston, South Carolina
Jackson, Malcolm, C.S. *
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Karlskind, Michele, C.S.
Northridge, California
Kissock, Brian, C.S. *
San Diego, California and
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Lasch, Eberhard, C.S.
Mexico City, Mexico
Likhi, Sushil Kumar, C.S. *
Chandigarh, India
Luyaluka, Kiatezua L., C.S.B.
Kinshasa, Dem Rep of Congo
Mackay, Abigail, C.S. *
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mashos, Kari, C.S.
Cape Neddick, Maine
Moffett, Martha, C.S. *
Elsah, Illinois
Moore, Elise, C.S.B. *
Tucson, Arizona and
Nashville, Tennessee
Myers, Timothy, C.S.
La Canada Flintridge,
California
Nyemeck, Michel, C.S. *
Yaoundé, Cameroon
O'Neal, Betty, C.S. *
Lynn, Massachusetts
O'Riordan-Adjah, Chris, C.S.
Accra, Ghana
Overton-Jung, Joni, C.S.B. *
Toronto, ON, Canada
Pabst, Michael, C.S. *
Pownal, Maine and Germany
Peake, Beverly, C.S. *
Coral Gables, Florida
Plum, Giulia, C.S.B.
Norwalk, Connecticut
Preller, Scott, C.S. *
Boston, Massachusetts
Prinsloo, Yvonne, C.S.
Walton-on-Thames, England
and South Africa
Prinz, Ulrike, C.S. *
Hamburg, Germany
Rakhmanoff, Cyril, C.S.
Paris, France
Riedel, Suzanne, C.S. *
Overland Park, Kansas
Rivas, Heloísa, C.S.B.
Boston, Massachusetts
Rodríguez Peláez, José, C.S. *
Malaga, Spain
Rogers, Margaret, C.S.B.
Greenbrae, California
Schaefer, Elizabeth, C.S.B. *
McLean, Virginia and
San Antonio, Texas
Scherer, Marjorie, C.S.B.
Nairobi, Kenya
Schupp, Harriet, C.S. *
New Orleans, Louisiana
Scott-Luther, Sunny, C.S.
Austin, Texas
Signs, Fujiko, C.S.B. *
Logan, Utah and Tokyo, Japan
Stevens, David, C.S.
Petaluma, California
Stevens, Ryder, C.S. *
Auburn, Washington
Taillefer, Marie, C.S. *
Pau, France
Vining, Barbara, C.S.B. *
Toledo, Ohio
Walters, Maryl, C.S.B.
St Louis, Missouri
Wigger, Irmela, C.S.B.
Hamburg, Germany
Wondollek, Frank, C.S. *
Hamburg, Germany

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