

Members of the Christian Science Church listen to the organ prelude during the 2012 Annual Meeting of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, June 4, 2012, in Boston. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
Nathan Talbot, chairman of the Christian Science Board of Directors, gives opening remarks during the 2012 Annual Meeting of Christian Scientists in Boston. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
Attendees sing a hymn at the June 4 Annual Meeting. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
Chet Manchester, the new president of The Mother Church, reads from the Bible as he leads the 2012 Annual Meeting on June 4. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
Annual Meeting, held in The Mother Church in Boston, was also streamed live on the Web. The theme this year was 'Christ calling us together.' Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
Chet Manchester (r.), chats with Lyle Young (l.), a member of the Christian Science Board of Directors, and Bosede Bakarey, CSB, from Nigeria, during a segment of Annual Meeting about healing in Africa. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
The congregation sings an African hymn accompanied by drums, during the Annual Meeting of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, on June 4. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
John Yemma, editor of The Christian Science Monitor, and Dorothy Estes, editor of The Christian Science Journal, Christian Science Sentinel, and The Herald of Christian Science, give a presentation at the church's Annual Meeting on June 4. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff