Eastern Standard Time. Simultaneously, Christian Scientists and friends in Nairobi, Kenya, were watching the same conference, but at 10 p.
The videoconference was relayed via six satellites to audiences in cities in 25 countries. As the host of the meeting, John Lewis Selover, C. A free copy of this issue of the Journal is being mailed to every English-speaking member of The Mother Church. Members whose language preference is one in which a Herald of Christian Science is published will receive the appropriate Herald containing a shorter report of the conference. Subscribers can share their extra copy with those who might be interested in this unusual meeting and its theme of universal interest.
Harvey W. Wood, a member of The Christian Science Board of Directors, introduced and conducted the opening portion of the program. He explained that the meeting reflected "a sense of urgency" to address the needs of our fellowman at the deepest possible level.
A panel in Greenwich, England, also participated in the conference through a direct satellite link to Boston. Brooks Whitfield of San Francisco directed the televising of the meeting. Letters of gratitude, fruitage, and additional photographs will be published in next month's Journal. The new bells in the Original Mother Church were ringing. In Mrs. Eddy's own New England, there's a centuries-old tradition called the town meeting.
It's a way to involve everyone in the community in decision making and action. Today, we've borrowed and magnified this concept to a worldwide town meeting.
