Christian Science in Washington State

Church Services
2025-07-27 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-07-20 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-07-13 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-07-06 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-06-29 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-06-22 09:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Christian Science branch churches in Washington all provide regular Sunday Services and Sunday School. Service times may vary across the state, so check our church directory to find the start time of the service you’d like to attend.

Friday Program - Discoveries in the Reading Room
2025-07-25 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-07-18 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-07-11 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-07-04 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-06-27 12:30 - 13:30 | Christian Science Reading Room, Edmonds, 120-C 5th Ave S, Edmonds, WA, 98020, United States
The Christian Science Reading Room in downtown Edmonds hosts a program most Fridays at 12:30 PM exploring a topic of interest using the wealth of audio, print, and online resources available in Reading Rooms. From the oldest issues of The Christian Science Journal to the newest podcasts, from Concord to JSH-Online to The Mary Baker Eddy Library website, from Bible references to lectures to biographies of Mary Baker Eddy to lesser known books, we dive with enthusiasm into all kinds of materials in search of inspiration, new skills, deeper understanding, and lots of surprises. The latest topic plus news of occasional closures is posted on the Reading Room page of the website of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Edmonds.

Wednesday Testimony Meetings
2025-07-23 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-07-16 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-07-09 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-07-02 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-06-25 19:30 - 20:30
At the Wednesday meeting, the service begins with inspiring readings from the Bible and Science and Health. Then, members and visitors voluntarily share gratitude and testimonies of healing they’ve had as a result of using Christian Science.
Wednesday Testimony Meetings are open to everyone! Generally, they are held on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 or 7:30 pm, but each church in Washington state may have a different time. Check our church directory for the specific church you’re looking to attend.

Jesus's Sermon on the Mount Readings
2025-07-22 19:30 - 20:00, 2025-07-15 19:30 - 20:00, 2025-07-08 19:30 - 20:00, 2025-07-01 19:30 - 20:00, 2025-06-24 19:30 - 20:00
Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount Readings

Join the Edmonds Reading Room on Zoom in reading aloud Matthew 5-7, 7:30 – 8:00 p.m. Please bring your Bible and join us to deepen our Christian practice. Read a section or just listen. And feel free to invite your friends!

Zoom Access
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/754464568?pwd=[REDACTED]
(Zoom Meeting ID 754 464 568, Passcode 304)

Note: This event occurs the first three Tuesdays of every month.

Sundays - Marking Our Books
2025-07-20 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-07-13 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-07-06 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-06-29 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-06-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Christian Science Reading Room, Edmonds, 120-C 5th Ave S, Edmonds, WA, 98020, United States
Would you like some company while marking your books for the upcoming week’s Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson? Bring your Bible, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, and markers, and join us in the Christian Science Reading Room in downtown Edmonds each Sunday afternoon at 2:00 PM. We provide the chalk at no charge. We might also be able to find free replacement markers for you if you need some.

You Are Loved Mural Painting
2025-07-12 - 2025-07-13 | Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, 5034 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
You Are Loved Mural Painting will be happening on July 12th and 13th, 2025 at Third Church of Christ, Scientist Seattle.

If you are available on one or both of these dates, we
would love it if you could help us paint the mural. Christian Science artist Alex Cook will be designing and leading this project, and we hope that you can join in on the fun.

Attached is one of the flyers for this event.

For further details, feel free to check out the website we have created for the event:
https://youarelovedseattle.my.canva.site/

To see more of Alex’s work, you can visit his mural website here:
https://www.youarelovedmurals.com/murals

In-Person lecture: HUMILITY THAT “OVERCOMES THE WORLD”
2025-06-29 14:00 - 15:00 | First Church of Christ, Scientist, Olympia, 1475 Evergreen Park Drive SW, Olympia, WA, United States
Humility that “Overcomes the World”
A FREE Inspirational Talk
by Mark McCurties
One of the central themes of Christ Jesus’ ministry was to teach and show that the power of God’s love can help us to overcome the various injustices that we face in the world.
In fact, Jesus fully proved the power of God’s might. He healed all kinds of disease, transformed the worst types of behavior, he stopped violent acts from occurring, and he forgave his enemies in order to save them, proving hatred to be powerless in the face of divine Love. Ultimately, Jesus showed that the power of God’s love doesn’t just help us to cope with the ills of the world; it helps us to conquer them.
Yet, for all the remarkable healing work that Jesus did, he never once took the credit. Instead he always gave the glory and honor to God, our Father in heaven. So sincere was Jesus in his expression of humility that he even said, “I can of my own self do nothing” (John 5:30). In other words, Christ Jesus, the Son of God, who overcame all the ugliness that the world could throw at him, said (in essence), the good that I do isn’t personal to me; it’s the Father working through me.
Mary Baker Eddy, the woman who founded the Christian Science church, perceived the powerful impact that Jesus’ humility had on his healing and saving mission. She wrote, “Great charity and humility is necessary in this work of healing. The loving patience of Jesus, we must strive to emulate.” (Miscellaneous Writings 7:7-9)
In this lecture, we will discuss how learning to follow the example of Christ Jesus, particularly his profound display of humility, can empower each one of us to heal and to overcome the hard problems that we face. We will discuss what true humility is, how it links us to God, and by extension, how it connects us with God’s healing and saving laws. There is great need for healing in the world today, and Christ-like humility can help us to meet that demand.
About Mark McCurties

Ever since he was a little boy, Mark had a deep love for the Bible. When he read about men and women in the Bible overcoming hatred, famine, war, physical disease, and other hardships, their triumphs inspired him. It didn’t matter what the odds were, or what conditions they faced, individuals in the Bible seemed to flourish in adversity based on one common theme: their deep love for God.
Growing up in a Christian Science household, there was another book that Mark loved to read daily: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures written by Mary Baker Eddy. The very purpose of her book is to help unlock and reveal the deeper divine meaning and inspiration of the Bible. Together the Bible and Science and Health point to the practical healing and saving power of God and its present availability for all mankind. Mark knew that someday he wanted to share that healing message with the world.
As he grew into adulthood, experiences in the field of education as a summer camp director, outdoor educator, athletics coach, and resident counselor all helped to develop his understanding and practice of Christian Science. While working with young people, Mark had multiple opportunities to witness God’s healing power. These examples proved to him that the healing power of the Christ is just as alive and relevant today as for the men and women of the Bible. In 2010, with a desire to focus solely on healing through prayer, Mark entered the full-time public practice of Christian Science.
This free talk is sponsored by
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Olympia, WA
Childcare Provided

Discovery Bound: Day at the Zoo
2025-06-28 10:00 - 16:00 | Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, 5400 N. Pearl St., Tacoma, WA, 98407, United States
Discovery Bound is excited to host it’s next Puget Sound regional event! It will be on June 28th, on Saturday, at 10 AM at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma.

We are hoping to get the group rate for 25 people and have trimmed down the costs due to that. If that is a financial hardship for any family, please be in contact, as we have funds.

Patti Paul, CS of Sequim, WA, will be giving an inspirational at the start. We will meet at the gate and head over to the Discovery Hut, which is right above the aquarium.

Looking forward to enjoying the day in fellowship with other Christian Scientists and their friends and family. Please RSVP as soon as possible.

In-Person lecture: HOW SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION BRINGS HEALING
2025-06-22 14:30 - 15:30 | First Church of Christ, Scientist, Vancouver, 240 E. Fourth Plain Boulevard, Vancouver, WA, United States
How Spiritual Perception Brings Healing
A FREE Inspirational Talk
by Alexandre Fischer
How can we move away from fear, sickness, and strife into something better?
Prayer, as it’s explained through the lens of Christian Science, is a tool for bringing a different viewpoint, and ultimately healing, to any situation. Prayer is getting beyond surface level judgements to a deeper sense of God’s nature—all-good, all-loving—defining all things. It helps us see how natural health, wholeness and harmony are, here and now, in a way that not only benefits us, our family, our colleagues, and our friends, but also it benefits the world.
Alexandre Fischer, practitioner of Christian Science healing and international speakerdescribes a number of specific experiences as he walks his listeners through how this prayerful perception of God brings healing in our lives.
Join us for Alexandre’s talk, “How Spiritual Perception Brings Healing” at 3:30PM on Sunday, June 22, in Vancouver, WA. The talk is free, open to the community, and hosted by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Vancouver, WA in their church building at 204 East Fourth Plain, Vancouver, WA.
About Alexandre Fischer

Practicing law in France and the United States for several years informed Alexandre’s practice of Christian Science. The law was not just his job, he says, it was his passion. To Alexandre, being a good lawyer meant exercising the ability to think precisely and feeling a desire to help others get out of trouble.
During his years as a lawyer, his interest in Christian Science grew. At first, he was impressed by its remarkable healings and resolutions, but as he dug deeper, he found a profound spirituality. He used to believe that religion and spirituality meant accepting a system of beliefs and letting go of discernment and critical thinking. But the more he studied and practiced this spirituality, the more he found that one’s relationship with God requires critical thinking to understand spiritual concepts. These concepts can in turn be applied to one’s life to bring healing.
Gradually, he gave up his law practice to become a full-time Christian Science practitioner. Alexandre still works to help others “get out of trouble,” that is, to overcome a sense of limitation and to find freedom.
Alexandre discovered that Christian Science is not just about feeling better or fixing problems. It’s about being willing to challenge one’s world view as entirely molecule-based and soulless, to be open to see the world as spiritually-based, and experience how this change in perspective brings inner peace and healing. Christian Science helps us understand our relationship with God, infinite good, more clearly. Its teachings help us see Christ Jesus’ message in a non-dogmatic way, bringing healing, harmony and freedom to our life.
Through healing and lecturing, Alexandre works to enable others to find this same freedom.
This free talk is sponsored by
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Vancouver WA
