Christian Science Annual Meeting in Boston, Youth & Young Adult Programs & Weekend Events

Participate in the Christian Science Annual Meeting 2025 at The Mother Church in Boston, MA or watch a live webcast online on your own or in groups at Churches & Reading Rooms. 

Each year, Annual Meeting brings Mother Church members together from around the world to hear reports from The Mother Church and updates from the Field (you!). The entire weekend is a meaningful way to connect with your Mother Church and feel the embrace of your global family.

Theme

“As you work, the ages win,” is the theme of the Annual Meeting of The Mother Church for 2025.

Registration

Registration is not required for those solely attending Annual Meeting, the Saturday evening Hymn Sing, or the Sunday afternoon event. 

We hope you’ll join us, either in person or online, in discovering how deeply relevant Christian Science Annual Meeting 2025 can be to bringing healing to the world.

Please enjoy the following video invitation to Annual Meeting 2025 from the Christian Science Board of Directors as we start to explore this year’s theme together.

Youth and young adults events

There will be special activities and programs designed for youth and young adults, ages 12–35, on the Friday and Saturday of Annual Meeting weekend before the events for all begin Saturday evening. Stay tuned for the weekend schedule. Registration is requested to participate in these activities. We encourage you to register for Annual Meeting.

Lodging

Complimentary lodging is provided for youth participants.

For any adult for whom the cost of lodging in Boston would keep them from attending Annual Meeting, basic dormitory lodging is offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Find out more about registration and lodging details.

For updates, go to christianscience.com/annualmeeting

Watch online

The Annual Meeting will be offered in simultaneous interpretation in French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. A replay will be available within 24 hours of the conclusion of the meeting and will be available for one year. 

Weekend Schedule

Special activities and programs for youth and young adults ages 12–35 will be offered, in addition to events and activities for all attendees, leading up to Monday’s meeting.

The events for youth and young adults will begin on Friday evening, May 30, and continue through Saturday, May 31, when everyone will join together as one church family for Christian Science Annual Meeting 2025 events Saturday evening, Sunday, and Monday.

A message from the Christian Science Board of Directors

Dear Friends, We are grateful to share with you the invitation letter from the Christian Science Board of Directors to this year’s Annual Meeting in Boston and online on Monday, June 2, 2025.  You can learn more about Annual Meeting at christianscience.com/annualmeeting. We invite you to watch this page for additional updates. We look forward to welcoming you to Boston or online.

“As you work, the ages win; for the majesty of Christian Science teaches the majesty of man.” — Mary Baker Eddy “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.” — Christ Jesus Dear Church Members and Friends, When Solomon finished building the Temple that was meant to be the house of God, his prayer affirmed that the building itself could not contain God’s majesty. The true spiritual progress had to come through the hearts and acts of those who came together to worship God. He declared, “Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!” God assures Solomon that his prayers have been heard, and that the consecration involved in building the Temple and in coming together in the humble worship of God would bear fruit: “Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually” (Second Chronicles 6:18; 7:15,16).  Mary Baker Eddy referred to that moment in a letter to First Church of Christ, Scientist, Atlanta, Georgia, before reminding them of the importance of their own dedication, when she wrote, “As you work, the ages win,” which is the theme of the Annual Meeting of The Mother Church for 2025. She goes on to remind all of us: “You worship no distant deity, nor talk of unknown love. The silent prayers of our churches, resounding through the dim corridors of time, go forth in waves of sound, a diapason of heart-beats, vibrating from one pulpit to another and from one heart to another, till truth and love, commingling in one righteous prayer, shall encircle and cement the human race” (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, pp. 188, 189). The provision for Annual Meeting in the Church Manual includes thought-provoking requirements. Mrs. Eddy tells us that the purpose of these meetings is to listen to Church reports and “general reports from the Field” (Manual, p. 56, emphasis added). Our Leader has charged us all—individual members and branch churches—with the task of sharing our spiritual progress with each other. Whether a report is grand or modest, taken together, they serve to illustrate the majesty of Christian Science. Some reports from the Field include the joy and energy of a newly admitted member who may have discovered Christian Science fairly recently, or the assurance of a Sunday School student who found answers to challenging questions they’d been wrestling with. Other reports from the Field come from members’ healing experiences that may have come out of spiritual lessons that were deepened over the course of decades of study and application. Still others may be important spiritual lessons of progress learned by a branch church in working together and caring for each other. We look forward to being together at the Annual Meeting of The Mother Church, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to be held in person and online on Monday, June 2, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. Boston time. There will also be related events held throughout the weekend, beginning with a gathering for youth on Friday, May 30.   With deep gratitude and love for you all, The Christian Science Board of Directors