by Casey Fedde

Fly in sixteen college-aged Christian Scientists from around the world to Boston for internships, throw them into a few different apartments, add food, and you will get lots of interesting conversations. Issues such as gun control, abortion, homosexuality, youth involvement in the Church, and how you like your eggs cooked—topics ranging wide in seriousness and importance—have been buzzing throughout the intern apartments. (more…)

by Kim Canuette

A few weeks ago, everything in and around The Mother Church was abuzz with things to do for Annual Meeting.

Everyone was working late to prepare themselves not only for the physical aspects of the event, but also metaphysically supporting the ideas behind Annual Meeting.

As some of you may have seen in person or online, I was asked to read part of The Sermon on the Mount for the Sunday School Workshop. When I went for rehearsal on Friday, I met the platform usher. I don’t know if some of the other larger churches have platform ushers, but my church at home does not, so I wasn’t familiar with the duties of a platform usher. She introduced herself and explained that her job consists of prayerfully supporting the readers throughout the church service. She also shared with us some of the ideas about church that she was currently thinking about. One was the definition of church as “The structure of Truth….” (more…)

by Angela Ankomah

Hi, I’m Angela Ankomah-Boateng. I traveled halfway across the world from Ghana 3 years ago to attend Principia College in Elsah, Illinois. A week ago, I traveled halfway across the United States to intern here at TMC Youth.

I arrived in Boston in the evening on June 7th after a friend I was traveling with and I almost missed our flight. We left home on schedule, but encountered a massive traffic jam en route. When we finally made it to the airport, we only had half an hour until take off. I did the self-check in and weighed my luggage. Guess what? Both my bags where over 50 lbs. so I had to pack and distribute some of my belongings in my carry on. (more…)

by Nate Sharp

I’m Nathan Sharp and I‘m working as an intern for my Bible Lesson this summer. I am from Toronto (that’s in Canada!), and so, of course, I love hockey. Currently I’m going to Principia College. I haven’t declared a major yet, but business, economics, and physics are some possibilities.

When I first heard about the TMC Youth internship program, I heard that there were no more positions available, so I began searching for a job in Toronto. Near the end of school though, TMC Youth got back to me and lined up an interview with the people at my Bible Lesson. The interview went great and I got the job. By this point, though, I also had received a job offer in Toronto. It seemed like a pretty good opportunity, as well. I turned to prayer because I felt pressured about making the correct decision between the two. (more…)

by Ebikiri Aboro

Hi everyone. My name is Ebikiri Aboro, and I am from Nigeria. Presently, I am a computer science student at Principia College, Illinois. This summer I am interning in Boston with TMC Youth as a PHP/MySQL Web developer.

Getting this internship with TMC Youth was an interesting and wonderful experience for me. As a junior in college, I felt the need to do at least one internship before my senior year of college. With this in mind, I started searching for summer internships. I posted my resume on several job finding sites. I also sent it out along with internship applications to several companies. (more…)

by Casey Fedde

Hey guys! I’m Casey Fedde, and I’m working as an editorial assistant intern for spirituality.com this summer. Back home in California, I attend San Jose State University where I am majoring in English with a minor in journalism. While it’s hard to leave family and friends behind, it is an amazing opportunity to get to work at The Mother Church. And I still feel that love and support from all my loved ones cheering me on from home.

I set out on my summer adventure to Boston with three bags of luggage—two just barely under 50 pounds each filled with clothes and necessities; the third, a mental bag filled with an overflow of spiritual ideas—and boarded the plane. As I clicked my seatbelt together and pulled it snug, the pilot announced that due to bad weather the flight was canceled. Discouraged that my trip started off with an unexpected delay, I gathered my luggage and searched for a comforting thought from my spiritual suitcase. (more…)

by Skyler Gemmer

Hi all!

My name is Skyler Gemmer and I’m writing from Boston. I am an intern at TMC Youth. This summer I will be working in the Mary Baker Eddy Library in the Archives Research Department. I’ll be doing whatever projects need to be done.

My home base is in Richmond, Virginia. I’ll be a senior at Hollins University in Roanoke, VA in the fall. I want to tell you how I ended up in Boston through a completely unexpected turn of events. (more…)

by Kevin Henneberger

I found some great guidelines in the Sermon on the Mount

My name is Kevin Henneberger and I’m from Texas (spoken with a twang). I have been attending Texas A&M University for four years, and I am here this summer as a TMC Youth intern. Although Texas is incredible, I couldn’t wait to move to a new city, live in a different environment and culture, and work at the church I love so much. I left behind two sisters (Laura & Holly), my parents (Dwight & Cynthia), and my dog (Buddy).

I really didn’t know what to expect when I arrived. I knew that TMC Youth organizes CSO Summits, but I wondered if I would be spending all of my time brainstorming ideas for next Labor Day weekend? The answer is most certainly no.

The first day of work, after preliminary paper work and a metaphysical meeting, Susie (a coworker who works with Sunday Schools) invited me to lunch. In the time it took to buy a sandwich and walk back to our office, I had taken on the responsibility of “Head Youth Usher” for the Sunday School Workshop which was scheduled for the day before Annual Meeting. I consider myself great at organizing things, so that job’s responsibilities weren’t difficult. But combined with a new work environment, recording podcasts, keeping up with our website, brainstorming Summit ideas, creating PowerPoint presentations, and running the myBibleLesson logistics for Annual Meeting, I had my hands full. (more…)

by Kim Canuette

I guess I should start with some introductions. I am Kim Canuette from small town North Carolina. I am a junior at North Carolina State University, majoring in History and English. This summer I am an intern in Special Projects for the Reading Rooms. I have been in Boston for about a week and have been having a blast working for the Reading Rooms and getting to meet so many new people. While I live in Raleigh for school, the place that I call home is a small farm in Eastern North Carolina. We moved next door to my grandparents earlier this year so that brings the total on the farm to me, my parents, grandparents, two brothers, five cats, two dogs, a beta fish, and about 60,000 chickens. It’s quite a place! (more…)

by Michael Trevail

I’ve been here for about a week and a half as an intern for TMC Youth and it’s been so rewarding. Monday was Martin Luther King Day and in thinking about the ideas of what Mary Baker Eddy said, she states “Love hath one race, one realm, one power”. I just love it because that’s what Martin Luther King was trying to achieve. He was teaching us to love one another regardless of what others looked like. When you think about it, when you are having faith in God, loving God, and expressing His/Her ideas, then there isn’t any room for racial or angry towards others.

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