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Church services

You’re warmly invited to attend Sunday services at any branch or society of the Church of Christ, Scientist, around the world, where you’ll hear music, singing, scriptural readings, prayer, and a sermon. The sermon is based on a weekly Bible lesson from our Pastorthe Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.

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The Christian Science Monitor Editorial Internship

Do you like digging in to find answers to hard questions? Do you enjoy captivating friends with a well-told story? The Christian Science Monitor is looking for self-starters who have analytical skills, a basic understanding of world events, and can write and edit with clarity and precision. Come intern alongside top-flight editors and writers in a dynamic newsroom that strives to show hope and progress amid a divisive media landscape.

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Meet the lecturers

The members of the Board of Lectureship come from a wide variety of backgrounds, nationalities, and languages. They work with branch churches around the world to provide public talks that explain Christian Science to all kinds of audiences.

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Applications and forms

Find out how you can:

  • Apply for Mother Church membership

  • Learn about giving — how you can donate or pay your Per capita tax (PCT) online

  • Advertise in the Journal as Christian Science practitioner or as a Christian Science nurse

  • Request a lecture

  • and more! 

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Devon C LaMaster CSB

I am a third-generation, lifelong Christian Scientist. My paternal grandmother was a devoted practitioner. Her healing example, dedication, and love of Christian Science made a deep and lasting impression on me. As a young adult my career goal was to practice law. After finishing law school and working for several years as a lawyer, I discovered that the satisfaction I had hoped to find in helping others through legal challenges wasn’t there. Feeling unfulfilled and yearning to find a better way of serving others, I began looking and praying in earnest for a more meaningful outlet to love. This yearning led me first to many community volunteer jobs, including serving as a CASA (court-appointed special advocate for children in foster care) and performing in theatre productions geared to young children. Still looking for deeper fulfillment, I discovered the blessings of serving my branch church.  As my love for Christian Science grew and expanded, the healing work was a natural evolution and unfoldment in thought and activity. I have served The Mother Church as a member of the Board of Lectureship and also as the state Committee on Publication for Kansas. I enjoy contributing to the periodicals. I was a member of the Normal Class of 2006.

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Finding where God is seen and felt — what’s church got to do with it?

Have you ever thought about God as goodness? And God’s creation, including you and everyone else, as a natural extension of that goodness? There is a direct connection between this foundational way of viewing the world and the idea of church. This lecture discusses the role of church—not just as a building or place, but as a new kind of thinking that reveals God’s goodness for you and everyone around you.

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Music

Enjoy original music written and performed by Christian Scientists.

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Christian Science Reading Rooms

Discover spiritual answers at Christian Science Reading Rooms. Public spaces with resources and supportive staff to help you explore questions about God.

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Nicole R. Virgil, CS

Lecture calendar is full through June 2026. Nicole is not accepting any more lectures for the remainder of the current lecture year.Nicole’s father was a free-lance church organist, and her parents attended services at many different Christian churches in New England.

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Turning to God—a Christian Science perspective

God has our best interests in mind. It’s natural to turn to God for guidance immediately when a problem arises and find answers– just as Jesus did and taught others to do.

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