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Christian Science Reading Rooms are peaceful, inviting places to explore spiritual answers to life’s many questions. Each Reading Room is both a bookstore and a quiet place for prayer and study, where everyone is welcome.

Guidelines for print and electronic displays in Christian Science Reading Rooms

Christian Science Reading Rooms are places of hope, where lives are changed. Similar to a library or bookstore, they offer a place for inspiration and prayer. Community spaces where many have been healed by studying the lessons of the Bible and nurturing a deeper connection with God.

Reading Room communications and events — here you can find information about:

• Bulletins / eBulletins — downloadable PDFs — for Reading Rooms and Reading Room librarians

• Register for our online webinars, as well as watch past webinar videos, for Reading Rooms and Reading Room librarians

• You can also sign up for our newsletter for Reading Rooms and their staff.

Discover effective ways to apply all aspects of marketing and product management for all of the products sold in Reading Rooms that aren’t Mary Baker Eddy’s writings or the periodicals

Get ready to participate in The Mother Church's support of churches and societies, informal groups, CSOs, Sunday Schools, Reading Rooms, etc.

Reading Room information

Welcome to the Reading Room Resource Center. In this area, you'll find tools and resources to help you advance the healing mission of your branch church and Reading Room.

Reading Room librarians — you'll find information you need about the following:

• Inspiration

• Ordering and Product information

• Information and resources 

• Communications and events

• How to contact someone at The Mother Church

The Bible is at the heart of Christian Science practice. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, written by Mary Baker Eddy, explores the underlying spiritual law in biblical healing and reformation and how it is applicable to all human needs. Together the Bible and Science and Health are the textbooks used by branches of the Church of Christ, Scientist around the world, which affirms as one of its core tenets: “As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life.”

Where do Reading Room Librarians begin? Right here — we have compiled some inspiration for our wonderful Reading Room librarians all around the world. 

Find information about:

• What the Church Manual says about Reading Rooms

• Christ-healing and Reading Room activities webinar (and a references document).

• Curated article list from The Christian Science Journal and Christian Science Sentinel specifically for Reading Room librarians.

• Webinar videos for librarians that we hope you will find beneficial.