BEACON HAVEN HISTORY
Poem Inspires Name Star of Bethlehem
At the 1922 Annual Meeting of her Student’s Association on August 22, Miss Abigail Dyer Thompson proposed the name for the new organization created to build a facility dedicated to those reylying on C [...]
Our First Building
The First Groundbreaking - July 17, 1924 - 7:00am Beacon Haven was originally incorporated in 1922 as Star of Bethlehem Home in Minnesota to serve those who rely on Christian Science for healing. Gr [...]
Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Minneapolis
Christian Science The vital part, the heart and soul of Christian Science is LOVE. – Mary Baker Eddy Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered and founded Christian Science, defined Christian Science as “the la [...]
EMMA A. THOMPSON – a brief biograhpy
Photograph, Emma A. Thompson. Longyear Museum Collection MRS. EMMA A. THOMPSON, C.S.D. – a brief biography. EMMA A. THOMPSON first met Mrs. Eddy (then Mrs. Patterson) in 1862 in Portland, Maine, whe [...]
MISS ABIGAIL DYER THOMPSON – a brief biography
MISS ABIGAIL DYER THOMPSON – a brief biography ABIGAIL DYER THOMPSON, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, first met Mrs. Eddy as a young girl in the 1880s when she accompanied her mother, Emma A. Thompson, C [...]
How We Started
The First Gift – December 24, 1920 Beacon Haven was originally incorporated in 1922 as Star of Bethlehem Home in Minnesota to serve those who rely on Christian Science for healing. The proposal to st [...]