Dear Friends of The Albert Baker Fund, Have you thought about today’s young Christian Scientists as the new generation of healers? I realized this when reading their scholarship applications this summer. Each student shared how they use Christian Science in their daily life and how healings have brought them peace, guidance, and solutions to their […]
Category: College
David Westphal, ABF trustee and former recipient, shares why he funded a Pass Your Blessings Forward Scholarship
Dear Friends, I am writing to you today as a fellow Christian Scientist who, like you, values the work of The Albert Baker Fund (ABF) to support young Christian Scientists. In fact, I can still remember how I felt when I learned that ABF could help me pay for college. My first reaction was elation! […]
Updated College-to-Career Roadmap!
ABF has tapped into its expansive community to bring students valuable career advice in the new College-to-Career Roadmap. ABF gleaned wisdom from dozens of interviews with entrepreneurs, executives, hiring managers, and other inspired professionals. Students can use the roadmap as a tool to help target a career path, prepare the resources to make them stand […]
Invest in the education of young Christian Scientists who share the leaven of Truth
Dear Friends of The Albert Baker Fund, Look at what we have accomplished together this year! More than 540 young Christian Scientists received an Albert Baker scholarship to attend college or train as a Christian Science nurse. And today educating young Christian Scientists is more important than ever. By investing in their education, you are preparing […]
ABF Grad Helps Uganda Church Gain Legal Status
“My legal education and understanding of Christian Science enabled me… to have our church recognized as a legitimate religious organization.” – Diana Nakawombe Dear Friends, It’s an hour before the Sunday-morning church service at the Christian Science Society in Kampala, Uganda, and no fewer than 15 members have arrived early to set up church on the […]
Dear Friends, we have a special story to share with you about one of our scholarship recipients…
…and her amazing journey of personal and professional growth–with Christian Science and a clear sense of purpose pointing the way forward. MAKE AN ONLINE GIFT TODAY! Triumphing over challenges Vanessa’s journey began when she moved to California from Mexico and her world seemed completely disrupted. Unfamiliar with a new culture, a new school, and a […]
Postcard #4: Inspired by our one universal family in Cameroon, Togo, and Ghana
Posted Wednesday, April 11 Jill Stucker writes from Dubai Airport From Brazzaville, Alan departed Africa for meetings in the U.S. Lamech, our Africa Program Manager, and I traveled to our final countries in West Africa: Cameroon, Togo, and Ghana. Everywhere we visited, our fellow Christian Scientists greeted us with love, warmth, and so much gratitude […]
Postcard #3: Reflections from Kenya and Republic of Congo
Posted Tuesday, April 2 Alan Bashor writes from Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. As I get settled in Brazzaville, I’m still reflecting on our time in Kenya. Since we began our program in Africa in 2003, The Albert Baker Fund (ABF) has supported more students in Kenya than any other country. This week in meetings with […]
Survey: More freshmen than ever say they are going to college to get better jobs, make more money
The current economic situation in the United States has a major influence on first-year students’ decisions about which college to attend and is reflected in their reasons for pursuing higher education, according to the CIRP Freshman Survey, UCLA’s annual survey of the nation’s entering students at four-year colleges and universities. The survey is administered nationally, since 1966, by […]
