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"Bicknell Young Workshops - Dynamic Christian Science"
a 5-part workshop series with instructor: Trevor Leach CS

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Duration / tuition: this seminar is 5 sessions long, each lasting about 90 minutes.
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Saturday, February 4, 11, 18, 25 and March 3, 2012 (1 pm Eastern time - 10 am Pacific)

Schedule:
Feb. 4 - Articles by Bicknell Young
Feb. 11 - Lectures by Bicknell Young
Feb. 18 - Association Addresses from 1910-1938
Feb. 25 - 1937 Bicknell Young Normal Class Notes
Mar. 3 - continuation of 1937 Bicknell Young Normal Class Notes

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Description: Mary Baker Eddy desired to safeguard the Science of the Christ that was revealed to her and so, after Edward Kimball passed on in 1909, she agreed to the Christian Science Board of Directors appointing Bicknell Young  (a Kimball student) as Teacher of the Board of Education and he taught the Normal  Class in 1910.

Previously,  in 1905, M.B.E. proposed  that Bicknell Young be elected First Reader of The Mother Church, although this did not happen until some years later, in 1917. In 1909 she approved the Board of Directors’ selection of Bicknell Young to go to London as Lecturer, Teacher and Practitioner. Bicknell Young, like Edward Kimball, was a prominent teacher and overseas lecturer and the work by both men can be seen in Christian Science as having parallels with the work of the Apostle Paul for the establishment of the Christian Church. Bicknell’s Christian Science lectures were very well attended -  "an immense audience filled Symphony Hall, Boston"; "Christian Science speaker heard by audience of 4,000 in Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis 19 MAR 1917"; "lecturing to nearly 8,000 people in the Royal Albert Hall in London" on April 23, 1907, where, it was reported, "thousands were not able to enter the hall." Mary Baker Eddy in her letters to Bicknell Young complimented Bicknell that his lectures were perfect, wise, admirable, eloquent, convincing, inspiring, sound and adapted to the general need.

In this series of workshops on Bicknell Young we will look at his writings to
understand his legacy to the Science of Christ in the same way we look to Paul’s writings to explain the metaphysics of the early Christian Church. We will commence by studying Young's lectures, and articles and then consider his Association addresses
from 1910-1938. In 1937 Bicknell Young taught the Normal Class again so we will conclude by being inspired by sharing extracts from his 1937 Normal Class Notes.

Come and join us, it behoves us all to learn from Bicknell Young that the world is blessed by his understanding of Christian Science.

Your speaker:

Trevor Leach started his career as a Chartered Accountant.  Subsequently he became a business and tax consultant.  In 1995, Trevor started the Mustard Seed Events in Scotland and since that time has run hundreds of Mustard Seed Bible Workshops in the British Isles, USA and Nigeria. Trevor has been involved in a number of inter faith ecumenical prayer groups in the Isle of Man over the last fifteen years.  He always loved attending the Christian Science Sunday School in Buxton, Derbyshire, England and for many years has been a keen Bible student and avid reader of religious books.   He has been Sunday School Superintendent, First and Second Reader, President and Chairman of the Board at his Christian Science branch church in Douglas, Isle of Man and C.O.P. of the Isle of Man.  He has produced videos and run workshops for The World Healing Crusade in the UK. He began lecturing when he was 18 – mainly in connection with his “day job” in the Accountancy field and is now involved in Missionary work in Africa.