Mrs. Helen Furness Worthing makes a motion to appoint some women to the usher committee at Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, immediately before the downtown church's long-anticipated dedication services. The motion coincided with noticeable progress for women through appointments to prominent positions at The Mother Church, with recognition of the fulfillment of Rev. Mary Baker Eddy's design for her church of equality of the sexes. Coincidentally, a new phase of the women's rights mov...
Mar 10, 2025•27 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Mr. Roy Olmstead, notorious locally as "King of the Bootleggers" and nationally for his wiretapping case in the US Supreme Court, applies for membership at Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle in the Spring of 1936, after years of effort by the Christian Science church to support laws prohibiting sale of alcohol including the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution and prison ministry work by Christian Scientists like Mrs. Margaret M. Walker at McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary, the Alcatr...
Dec 01, 2024•43 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Mrs. Agnes Healy Anderson hosts a tea party on July 17, 1935, at the Sunset Club in Seattle for Eleanor Thomason, a Principia College sophomore who lives in Anderson Hall on the new Principia College campus in Elsah, Illinois, one of many Christian Science schools with campuses by 1935, including one in Seattle, Open Vista School, near Tenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle. Photo: Anderson Hall, Principia College. (032371_01_19_College Anderson Dormitory Exterior 1934. Courtesy of the Princ...
Nov 16, 2024•42 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Board members from Seventh Church do their own private investigation of the Fort Lewis Christian Science Activity after a statewide conference of Christian Science churches on May 29, 1934, was held to decide whether to renovate the building or shut it down. Meanwhile, events in Germany under its new Chancellor, Adolf Hitler, raised concerns about the oppression of Christian Science in Germany and the possibility of another war. Image: Christian Science Welfare Building at Fort Lewis, Washington...
Feb 27, 2023•20 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Mr. Orison "O.J.C" Dutton, board chair, with a united board, proposes inspirational meetings for the members of Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, after another request for financial support for the Christian Science Publishing House in Boston was published March 24, 1934, in the Christian Science Sentinel. Season 2 of "Dedication: A Centennial Story" is a review draft prior to publishing the book for Part 2: 1929 to 1979. The book of Part 1: 1889 to 1929 of Dedication: Building the Sea...
Feb 13, 2023•18 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Miss Eileen Ruth Gormley writes a historical sketch for Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, in 1933. Mrs. Harriett M. Armstrong writes the history of First Church, Ms. Adela S. Hawley for Fourth Church, and a committee of three for the newly formed Eleventh Church. Judge Clifford P. Smith expands the archival collections at The Mother Church in Boston. Rev. Dr. Lyman P. Powell uses the archives to write a biography on Rev. Mary Baker Eddy. Christian Science teachers Smith, Irving C Tomli...
Jan 31, 2023•48 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Mr. William Rathvon shares how important music was to Mary Baker Eddy. The workers at Kingsport Press hum and sing while manufacturing the new Christian Science hymnals in 1932. Church members hold hymns sings. Mr. Bicknell Young is guest soloist at Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle. Mr. Elbert LeRoy Bellows is hired as the new soloist at Fourth Church. Mr. Arch N. Torbitt hires an unskilled worker to help with maintenance at Third Church through the Man-A-Block Plan. Mr. Charles E. H...
Jan 19, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Ferree proposes hanging an American flag behind the readers on February 22, 1932, George Washington's 200th birthday, at Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle. The Christian Science Board of Directors announce a special church service and lesson sermon for the Washington Centennial: "Love for God and Man, The Universal Ideal." President Herbert Hoover urges Americans to commune with "the spiritual springs of patriotism," and telegraphs a signal to unfurl flags at the open...
Jan 12, 2023•26 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Mr. Ross Perry Williams, head usher at Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, orchestrates the Sunday collections in 1931 to help pay for construction of the new Publishing House building for the Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston. Mr. Byron B. Haviland, Washington Committee on Publication, presides over a mass meeting of Seattle church members at First Church to discuss the latest Boston building project. Image: auditorium floor plan from Guide for Ushers. Courtesy of Third Chu...
Jan 06, 2023•25 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Mrs. Rice, Secretary of the Joint Dedication Committee, sends the standing rules to the local Boards of Directors for their approval in early 1931. The board at Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, considers a statement from the Christian Science Board of Directors in Boston in the Christian Science Sentinel about joint dedication. Includes mention of joint dedication in New York and Los Angeles, and background on early joint dedication in Chicago done with the approval of Rev. Mary Bake...
Dec 30, 2022•23 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Mr. Herbert T. Condon, Dean of Students at University of Washington, invites the college student Christian Scientists to move their meetings off campus to Eagleson Hall, the University YMCA in the U-District at 15th Ave NE and NE 42nd Street in Seattle in the fall of 1930. Image: Eagleson Hall (in 2022). Photo by Cindy Safronoff. Season 2 of "Dedication: A Centennial Story" is a review draft prior to publishing the book for Part 2: 1929 to 1979. The book of Part 1: 1889 to 1929 of Dedication: Bu...
Dec 28, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Mr. Edwin Kirk Piper hears a K.O.M.O. radio broadcast of the Sunday evening service of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle. US President Herbert Hoover gives a state of the union address to Congress on December 2, 1930. Season 2 of "Dedication: A Centennial Story" is a review draft prior to publishing the book for Part 2: 1929 to 1979. The book of Part 1: 1889 to 1929 of Dedication: Building the Seattle Branches of Mary Baker Eddy's Church, A Centennial Story by Cindy Peyser Safronoff is ...
Dec 17, 2022•23 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Mrs. Ruth Marthaler announces the dedication of Tenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, in Seahurst Park, on Sunday, December 8, 1929, after Mrs. Laura E. Ellis reads a telegram sent to the Board of Directors of The Mother Church in Boston. Image: Tenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle (original), around 1929. Used with permission from First Church of Christ, Scientist, Burien, WA. Season 2 of "Dedication: A Centennial Story" is a review draft prior to publishing the book for Part 2: 192...
Dec 14, 2022•13 min•Season 2Ep. 6
A mass meeting, called by the new joint dedication committee, is held at Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, downtown. Area Christian Scientists contribute to the building fund for the newly completed Sixth church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, in West Seattle at SW Lander Street and 42nd Avenue SW, which was designed by Mr. Gerald C. Field and built by Mr. Neil McDonald. Image: Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle. Season 2 is a review draft prior to publishing the book for Part ...
Dec 10, 2022•17 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Mrs. Bessie Haviland makes plans for dedication services at Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle. Mrs. Florence Foster, Second Reader, makes the official dedication announcement at the three special services on Sunday, November 24, 1929. Image: Stained glass window in Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle. Photo by Cindy Safronoff. Season 2 is a review draft prior to publishing the book for Part 2: 1929 to 1979. The book of Part 1: 1889 to 1929 of Dedication: Building the Seattle Bran...
Dec 05, 2022•8 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Mr. Walter G. Stanley sends a telegram to the Board of Directors of The Mother Church in Boston about the conference of Christian Science churches in Seattle scheduled for Nov. 7, 1929, to discuss a proposal for a joint dedication committee. Takes place in the board room at Ninth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, in Lake Forest Park, and in the auditorium of Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, in the University District. Image: Auditorium of Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle...
Nov 30, 2022•16 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Mr. Walter G. Stanley floats a proposal for joint dedication, and the Board of Directors at Ninth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, makes a resolution. Image: Empire Building. Paul Dorpat collection. Season 2 is a review draft prior to publishing the book for Part 2: 1929 to 1979. The book of Part 1: 1889 to 1929 of Dedication: Building the Seattle Branches of Mary Baker Eddy's Church, A Centennial Story by Cindy Peyser Safronoff is available on Amazon , through Powell's Books , or by specia...
Oct 30, 2022•19 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Church members discuss the terms of their mortgage bonds as financial markets show signs of instability, at Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle. Includes a 50-year overview of the history of the Christian Science movement as presented in Season 1 (Part 1) of Dedication: A Centennial Story. Image courtesy of Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, Washington. Season 2 is a review draft prior to publishing the book for Part 2: 1929 to 1979. The book of Part 1: 1889 to 1929 of Dedication...
Oct 26, 2022•20 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Mr. Orison “O.J.C.” Dutton, Board Chair and President of Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, prepares for church building and operates a Christian Science Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Hospitality Club in the midst of world war and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. Takes place at a rented hall in the University National Bank Building at NE 45th Street and University Way NE and at Dutton’s hospitality club at Fourth Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle. Dr. H. Walton Hubbard gives up his succ...
Jun 17, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 26
In 1970, Mr. Milton Simons and Mrs. Martha W. Smith establish a Christian Science Reading Room in Seattle’s traditionally Afro-American district, the Central Area, with the support of the area Churches of Christ, Scientist. Takes place at 1134 34th Avenue East in Seattle, with inciting events at The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. Special mention of branch churches in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Los Angeles, California; Houston, Texas; and events in Little Rock, Arkansas. A...
Feb 14, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Author Cindy Safronoff reflects on Part 1 of "Dedication: A Centennial Story." The book Dedication: Building the Seattle Branches of Mary Baker Eddy's Church, A Centennial Story by Cindy Peyser Safronoff is available on Amazon , through Powell's Books , or by special order through your favorite local book store. Please support this project: Rate and review the book and podcast! Help crowd-fund this continuing project. Tell your friends. "Like," share, post, forward, message. To learn more about ...
Oct 26, 2019•10 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Mr. Allen H. Armstrong's support of the Christian Science movement in Seattle ends. Includes discussion of the three downtown Christian Science professional centers: the Empire Building on Second Avenue, the Shafer Building at Sixth Avenue and Pine Street, and the Joshua Green Building at Fourth Avenue and Pike Street. Also, the three joint downtown reading rooms: the Empire Building, the Shafer Building, and the Maynard Building at First Avenue South and Washington Street. Judge Thomas Burke ge...
Sep 28, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Mr. Oscar Marcus "O.M." Kulien becomes the new Building Committee chair for Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle. Mr. Harlan Thomas, architect, gets involved. Mr. Charles W. Carkeek wins the construction contract. The book Dedication: Building the Seattle Branches of Mary Baker Eddy's Church, A Centennial Story by Cindy Peyser Safronoff is available on Amazon , through Powell's Books , or by special order through your favorite local book store. Please support this project: Rate and revie...
Sep 24, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 46
The members of Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, in Queen Anne, reconsider the location for their church. The book Dedication: Building the Seattle Branches of Mary Baker Eddy's Church, A Centennial Story by Cindy Peyser Safronoff is available on Amazon , through Powell's Books , or by special order through your favorite local book store. Please support this project: Rate and review the book and podcast! Help crowd-fund this continuing project. Tell your friends. "Like," share, post,...
Sep 21, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Mr. Justice M. Matthews recommends budget cuts for Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle. Mr. John S. Gibson leads the design considerations for a new edifice for the Queen Anne congregation with architect Daniel Riggs Huntington. Seventh Church members consider whether they are ready to build. Takes place at Queen Anne Hall and Bethany Presbyterian Church at First Avenue West and West Roy Street, and Queen Anne Congregational Church at Queen Anne Avenue and Galer Street. The book Dedicat...
Sep 17, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Mr. George F. Dunham visits the Dannenhoffer Glass Works factory in Brooklyn, New York, summer of 1922. Mr. David L. Povey crafts windows for Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle. United States President Warren G. Harding passes through Seattle. Mr. Harold Weeks composes "Seattle Town." Mr. Charles I. Ohrenstein lectures in the newly opened auditorium at Eighth Avenue and Seneca Street just after the grand opening Sunday, September 23, 1923. Music credit: "Hindustan" composed by Harold We...
Sep 14, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 43
The Building Committee lays the cornerstone for the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, edifice at Eighth Avenue and Seneca Street on October 29, 1922. Miss Jessie Estep lends money. Mr. Neil McDonald prepares the basement for use as a temporary auditorium. Mr. Charles J. Whittaker gives a presentation for the Austin Organs company and Mr. John Hamilton Howe makes an expert recommendation. Modernist architect Mr. Robert G. Reichert writes an "Architectural Historiology" on the building. The book...
Sep 10, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 42
The Building Committee for Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, takes a field trip to the Northern Clay Company terra-cotta tile manufacturing plant in Auburn, Washington. The book Dedication: Building the Seattle Branches of Mary Baker Eddy's Church, A Centennial Story by Cindy Peyser Safronoff is available on Amazon , through Powell's Books , or by special order through your favorite local book store. Please support this project: Rate and review the book and podcast! Help crowd-fund th...
Sep 07, 2019•7 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Mr. Charles T. Hutson gets to the bottom of the elevation issues for the alley behind the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle building under construction. The book Dedication: Building the Seattle Branches of Mary Baker Eddy's Church, A Centennial Story by Cindy Peyser Safronoff is available on Amazon , through Powell's Books , or by special order through your favorite local book store. Please support this project: Rate and review the book and podcast! Help crowd-fund this continuing pro...
Sep 03, 2019•7 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Mrs. Violet Webster Dunham oversees the launch of the construction by Mr. Neil McDonald on the second unit for Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist. Mr. Charles T. Hutson takes over the chair of the Building Committee, and Mr. Paul J. Jensen as secretary. Takes place at the Empire Building, the building site at Eighth Avenue and Seneca Street, and the Wilkes Theater Building at Fifth and Pine. The book Dedication: Building the Seattle Branches of Mary Baker Eddy's Church, A Centennial Story by Cin...
Aug 31, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 39
