Stories
At 13, Alex was getting into trouble. A neighbor had taken him to a Christian Science Sunday School from ages 5-10, but he stopped attending and started hanging out with a “rough crowd,” as he describes it. Between acting out at home, smoking and other harmful choices, he had become…
I really wanted to come out of my comfort zone, meet new people, and be a part of the Christian Science community. I thought by joining NLC, it would make me be a part of something greater than myself.
Lucas sees his life’s current trajectory as taking an important turn last spring at what he thought would be a “boring” camping trip. “I was going away from my games, away from my friends,” the high school sophomore relates. “That was the outlook when I got there.” “There” was Jetty…
Great leaders – whether Christ Jesus or the teacher in your neighborhood school – inspire others to act by their example. Ricardo, who lives in Guatemala with his wife and daughter, has been an inspiration to Rachel, a student in the DiscoveryBound National Leadership Council (NLC) 2018C class. Rachel met…
Mackenzie’s search for a community of friends who love Christian Science started in a trash can. Her mother, Aimee, had thrown away a DiscoveryBound Outreach flier inviting teens to a weekend event in Boston. “It looked interesting so I picked it up,” Mackenzie says. “I had asked her a few…
On Leila’s last day of Youth Camp at the A/U Ranches, as she faced a steep drop on her mountain bike, she found an opportunity to apply all she’d been learning the previous month. Just prior to camp, she was in Peru on a service trip with her DiscoveryBound National…
Each class in the National Leadership Council goes on an adventure trip in the second year of the program. This two-week trip, mostly outdoors in an environment unfamiliar to the teens, is designed to strengthen each student’s trust in God individually and as part of a supportive group. Corrina saw…
At any point, the touch of divine Love can bring about an awakening. In a family new to Christian Science, Youth Camp at the A/U Ranches last summer provided just the fresh perspective they needed, and it’s continued to bless them in life-changing ways. Wesina enrolled four of her five children…
When Noel attended his first DiscoveryBound Outreach event, he was coming off a rough year. He had been in a skateboard accident the summer before 8th grade that landed him in the hospital for a week. His friends had started drinking and using marijuana, leading to his isolation when he…