1. For more on the history of Christian Science Sunday Schools, see “What are the origins of Christian Science Sunday School?,” The Mary Baker Eddy Library website, 15 May 2011. For more on the history of Christian Science organizations, see “From the Collections: Christian Science on college and university campuses,” The Mary Baker Eddy Library website, 29 April 2024. Both activities date back to Mary Baker Eddy’s lifetime.
  2. For a full report on the meeting, see “Report on the College Organization September Meeting,” Christian Science Sentinel, 3 December 1955, 2138-2139.
  3. “College Organizations,” Christian Science Sentinel, 22 May 1965, 903.
  4. “Report on College Organization Meetings – From September 1965 – May 1966,” 9 May 1966, Church Archives, Box 201344660, Folder 201345140.
  5. See “The 1969 Biennial College Meeting,” Sentinel, 15 November 1969, 2018.
  6. What were some ways The Mother Church responded to racial unrest in the 1960s?,” The Mary Baker Eddy Library, 13 July 2020.
  7. See “The 1969 Biennial College Meeting,” Sentinel, 2019. The Christian Science Board of Directors released “A Statement on Pacifism” in the January 1970 Christian Science Journal (see page 41).
  8. “Comments of Biennial College Meeting Student Critique Committee,” 19 November 1969, Church Archives, Box 201345931, Folder 201345958.
  9. “1971 Biennial College Organization Meeting,” Journal, October 1971, 555–556.
  10. See “International youth meeting in ’74,” Journal, October 1972, 602–603.
  11. See “Annual Meeting/IYM 1978,” Journal, December 1977, 723–725.
  12. “University and College Organizations Meeting 1982,” Sentinel, 15 February 1982, 286.
  13. See the program for the meeting, Church Archives, Box B529426, Folder F249256.
  14. “Fruitage from the University and College Organizations Meeting, August, 1982,” Church Archives, Box B529426, Folder F249244.
  15. “Pioneers of the Spiritual Millennium” informational brochure, Church Archives, Box B529426, Folder F503437.
  16. See Carol J. Hohle, “Science and Health and Mrs. Eddy’s life purpose,” Journal, January 1997, 49–50.
  17. “Regional Youth Meetings,” Journal, May 1972, 280.
  18. See “Twenty RYM’s in 1975,” Journal, March 1975, 176–178.
  19. “Meetings for youth of all faiths,” Sentinel, 4 June 1990, 35.
  20. “Come to a meeting in Hamburg!” Sentinel, 10 September 1990, 33.
  21. “From a founding member of the new Christian Science Society in St. Petersburg …” Journal, June 1999, 33.
  22. “Notes from the Ghana and Nigeria TMC Youth Spiritual Activist Summits,” Journal, April 2011, 12.
  23. See Suzanne Smedley, “More than 400 reach the Summit,” Journal, November 2006, 60–62. See also announcement for 2007 Summit at bottom of page 57 in the Journal, August 2007. Personal communication to author from Ariana Herlinger.
  24. See “TMC Youth and Church Alive: Partners in prayer,” Journal, September 2013, 24–27.
  25. See “Voices from the Southeast and New York Spiritual Activist Summits,” Journal, August 2010, 10–13.
  26. Author’s personal experience.
  27. Jinky Kalra, “Burning sensation in hands healed,” Sentinel, 31 May 2021, 12.
  28. See “Fellowship and transformation at the UK Summit,” Journal, December 2023, 39-42.
  29. See “Embracing a new generation,” an interview with then TMC Youth Manager Ariana Herlinger, Journal, July 2015, 10–15.