We have some great news to share! Isabel Foundation has awarded Broadview a three-year grant of $235,000 towards our Campaign! This generous gift will support the excellent Christian Science nursing care we continue to provide for our community. The Isabel Foundation was founded by C.S. Harding Mott in the name of his wife, Isabel, and began…

Did you know we have outpatient services? A letter of gratitude for them from the field. Dear Broadview, I'd like to express my gratitude for your wonderful nursing staff.  Last November, my daughter and I went to Disneyland for a surprise evening trip with some friends.  While waiting in line for our 1st ride, my…

"By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." John 13:35 If you have ever visited the Reading Room of First Church, Laguna Niguel, you've likely noticed several bins inside - glass and plastic for recycling (used to help the Sunday School raise funds to send to Heifer International) and a few general barrels…

Broadview’s mission is to support healing, and this isn’t just limited to patients and residents. We are expectant of healing whenever there’s a need, and last month, we demonstrated that! With two admissions, there was a need for additional staff, or contract Christian Science nurses. After making what seemed like many, many phone calls, we…

We are thrilled to announce the addition of a new member to our Board of Directors: Anne Cooling! Anne is a Christian Science practitioner and a member of the Christian Science branch church in Laguna Niguel. She lives in Mission Viejo. She has served on the board of Sunland, a Christian Science Nursing Facility and…

On Wednesday, May 20th, a white bus pulled up in front of Broadview and two dozen third graders from Berkeley Hall School tumbled out of it. While we finished setting up chairs and preparing patients and residents for their visit, they decided to stay outside and enjoy the big, green lawn. Within minutes, a game…

After being one of our Co-Directors of Christian Science Nursing and providing almost a decade of service to Broadview, Deborah Messmer will be leaving sunny Los Angeles and moving out-of-state with her family this summer. With her calm, gentle demeanor and endless love, she has brought an incredible warmth and tenderness to her work as Co-Director…

Ron Douglass isn’t your typical houseguest. If he sees something that needs doing, you won’t find him twiddling his thumbs and waiting for someone else to take care of it; rather, he’ll roll up his sleeves and get to work! So, it’s no surprise that when he came for a visit at Broadview and saw…

Over 85 people came together at Broadview on Saturday, April 11th to explore the question, "How can we, through the practice of Christian Science, be better healers?" Led by facilitators Tim Myers, C.S. and Russel Fogg, C.S., participants shared ideas and discussed how to handle challenges to this type of healing. It was clear that there…

Final piece in three-part series by Christine Irby Williams (the first two pieces were published in our 2014 Summer and Fall newsletters) Just prior to his arrest, trial, crucifixion, and resurrection, Jesus made this remarkable declaration to his disciples:  “Verily, verily…He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and…