Upcoming Events
Events include lectures, book talks, and workshops on Christian Science, and occasional concerts and open houses. Events are free unless a charge is mentioned. (What is a Christian Science lecture?)
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In-person event: Trust and Civility
What is needed to strengthen trust? How do people who disagree treat one another civilly? What's the role in information in healing division? Join the conversation at an open house at the Christian Science Reading Room in downtown Washington — part of a series from the Christian Science Monitor. In his capacity as senior staff writer, Peter Grier directed coverage for the Monitor on most news events in the Nation’s Capital for more than four decades. He earned the pen name, The Explainer, for a
Online event: The New View of God and Its Effect on Well-being
Phillip Hockley, a practitioner of Christian Science healing, experienced life-changing moments when he was restored to health after many years of suffering. In this free online chat, he'll describe what happened. He found that the perspective of God and reality that Christian Science opens up is one that offers freedom from whatever in our lives seems painful, debilitating, or limiting. He’ll talk about a 19th-century woman, Mary Baker Eddy, who, after a life-threatening injury, discovered this new view of God for herself and went on
In-person event: How to Make Change for the Better
Have you asked yourself who you really are? Or why you are here? Can you really find peace and happiness? Do you need a change for the better? If so, do you know what is needed to achieve these changes? Speaker Janet Hegarty left uncertainty behind after finding a spiritual basis for joy. When her mother-in-law gave her a special book, Janet began to see herself in a whole new way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8XQVAwAMsA “Never before had I encountered the idea of God as pure goodness,” she said.
In-person event: Never alone: how spiritual ideas work in us
This free talk will feature international speaker Melanie Wahlberg, a practitioner of Christian Science healing. She will focus on universal healing precepts found in the Holy Bible, especially in Christ Jesus’ life and teachings, and show how they are available for anyone to understand and experience. “In the middle of difficult circumstances, it would be so reassuring to feel supported in our efforts for progress, instead of feeling alone. In this talk,” says Wahlberg, “I discuss what I’ve found helpful in my practice of Christian
In-person event: The Science of God and Its Power to Heal Us
Misconceptions about ourselves and the world we live in are often corrected by advances in science which bring paradigm shifts to our ways of thinking and understanding existence — like discovering that the earth revolves around the sun, rather than the other way around. How does science relate to God and is there a science that explains God? Nikki O'Hagan, a practitioner of Christian Science healing, will address these questions and show how the Science of God explains Jesus’ healings, and teachings, makes God knowable and