Christian Science in Washington State

Wednesday Testimony Meetings
2024-05-29 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-05-22 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-05-15 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-05-08 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-05-01 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
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
2024-05-28 19:30 - 20:00, 2024-05-21 19:30 - 20:00, 2024-05-14 19:30 - 20:00, 2024-05-07 19:30 - 20:00, 2024-04-30 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.

Church Services
2024-05-26 09:30 - 11:30, 2024-05-19 09:30 - 11:30, 2024-05-12 09:30 - 11:30, 2024-05-05 09:30 - 11:30, 2024-04-28 09:30 - 11:30
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.

In-Person lecture: FINDING TRUST IN A CHANGING WORLD
2024-05-25 11:00 - 12:00 | First Church of Christ, Scientist, Mt. Vernon, 725 N. 6th Street, Mt. Vernon, WA, United States
Speaker: Lesley Pitts.
Lesley Pitts, practitioner of Christian Science healing and international speaker, will present her talk, “Finding trust in a changing world,” on May 25 at 11 a.m. at the Christian Science Church at 725 N. 6th Street in Mt. Vernon, WA.
The talk will focus on universal healing precepts found in the Holy Bible, especially in Christ Jesus’ life and teachings, showing how they are available for anyone to understand and experience through the lens of Christian Science. The talk is free, open to the community, and hosted by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Mt. Vernon.
“Finding a spiritual basis of trust enables us to turn to a divine presence whenever we need it,” says Lesley. “The love, goodness, and intelligence of God never change and are always available. The more we discover of God’s love and care for us, the more we can confidently turn to this divine presence and find our lives transformed and healed – and our families, communities, and the whole world benefit, too. Anyone can learn how to lean into God’s trustworthiness.”
Sharing examples of healing from her own life and professional practice of Christian Science, Pitts will explain why Christian Science is both Christian and scientific, meaning that people can prove its effectiveness for themselves, as fully described in the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, written by the founder of the Christian Science movement, Mary Baker Eddy.
Pitts will also touch on the life of Mary Baker Eddy, who came to understand, confirm, and teach what she felt was original Christian healing. Eddy herself said she was especially inspired by Jesus’ demand, “He that believes on me, the works that I do will he do also; and greater works than these will he do, because I go unto my Father” (found in the Gospel of John 14:12 in the Bible).
For over 150 years, people around the world have worked to follow Christ Jesus in this practice of Christianity and continue to do so today, experiencing healings of physical ills and personal difficulties.
About Lesley Pitts
It was during high school that the direction of Lesley’s life changed. Although she was raised as a Christian Scientist, it wasn’t until she experienced the joy of helping someone during a youth club outing that Lesley finally understood what it took to love unselfishly. This set her on a new path. She became aware that nursing qualities of willing service, patience, gentleness, and compassion were expressed all around her as she grew up and that she wanted to live them, too. They’ve woven themselves into every activity she has undertaken since then.
For example, Lesley served as a Christian Science nurse for more than 30 years, mostly in the United Kingdom. This work brought her to Boston in the United States to work in the Christian Science Nursing Activities department. Later, she was part of the team that established The Mary Baker Eddy Library. Her nursing qualities were put to good use in organizing and caring for its collections–shared with the public for the first time. She served as Executive Manager and President of the Library for six years.
Working at the Library and becoming more familiar with Eddy’s remarkable accomplishments as the founder of a religious movement increased Lesley’s desire to better practice Christian Science in her own life and help others through her healing practice and lecturing.
Lesley believes that her unusual career path illustrates the idea that following God’s lead is a more trustworthy foundation for living than relying on society’s expectations or other people’s opinions.
Top photo by Sylvain Mauroux on Unsplash

Friday Program - The Mother Church's First Annual Meeting
2024-05-24 12:30 - 13:30
What did they talk about at the first few Mother Church Annual Meetings? Our dive into Reading Room resources this week will take us to a period when things were really hopping, including: a new order of church services, the building of The Mother Church, a change in Friday meetings (yes, Friday) to “experience meetings,” and sermons from a new Pastor, the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. We’ll consult Christian Science Journals from the 1890s, at least two books, and The Mary Baker Eddy Library website.

In-Person lecture: FINDING TRUST IN A CHANGING WORLD
2024-05-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Seattle Unity, 200 8th Avenue North, Seattle, WA, United States
Speaker: Lesley Pitts.
Lesley Pitts, practitioner of Christian Science healing and international speaker, will present her talk, “Finding trust in a changing world,” on May 21 at 7 p.m. at Seattle Unity, 200 8th Avenue N., Seattle.
The talk will focus on universal healing precepts found in the Holy Bible, especially in Christ Jesus’ life and teachings, showing how they are available for anyone to understand and experience through the lens of Christian Science. The talk is free, open to the community, and hosted by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle.
“Finding a spiritual basis of trust enables us to turn to a divine presence whenever we need it,” says Lesley. “The love, goodness, and intelligence of God never change and are always available. The more we discover of God’s love and care for us, the more we can confidently turn to this divine presence and find our lives transformed and healed – and our families, communities, and the whole world benefit, too. Anyone can learn how to lean into God’s trustworthiness.”
Sharing examples of healing from her own life and professional practice of Christian Science, Pitts will explain why Christian Science is both Christian and scientific, meaning that people can prove its effectiveness for themselves, as fully described in the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, written by the founder of the Christian Science movement, Mary Baker Eddy.
Pitts will also touch on the life of Mary Baker Eddy, who came to understand, confirm, and teach what she felt was original Christian healing. Eddy herself said she was especially inspired by Jesus’ demand, “He that believes on me, the works that I do will he do also; and greater works than these will he do, because I go unto my Father” (found in the Gospel of John 14:12 in the Bible).
For over 150 years, people around the world have worked to follow Christ Jesus in this practice of Christianity and continue to do so today, experiencing healings of physical ills and personal difficulties.
About Lesley Pitts
It was during high school that the direction of Lesley’s life changed. Although she was raised as a Christian Scientist, it wasn’t until she experienced the joy of helping someone during a youth club outing that Lesley finally understood what it took to love unselfishly. This set her on a new path. She became aware that nursing qualities of willing service, patience, gentleness, and compassion were expressed all around her as she grew up and that she wanted to live them, too. They’ve woven themselves into every activity she has undertaken since then.
For example, Lesley served as a Christian Science nurse for more than 30 years, mostly in the United Kingdom. This work brought her to Boston in the United States to work in the Christian Science Nursing Activities department. Later, she was part of the team that established The Mary Baker Eddy Library. Her nursing qualities were put to good use in organizing and caring for its collections–shared with the public for the first time. She served as Executive Manager and President of the Library for six years.
Working at the Library and becoming more familiar with Eddy’s remarkable accomplishments as the founder of a religious movement increased Lesley’s desire to better practice Christian Science in her own life and help others through her healing practice and lecturing.
Lesley believes that her unusual career path illustrates the idea that following God’s lead is a more trustworthy foundation for living than relying on society’s expectations or other people’s opinions.
Top photo by Sylvain Mauroux on Unsplash

In-Person lecture: NEVER ALONE: HOW SPIRITUAL IDEAS WORK IN US
2024-05-21 19:00 - 20:00 | First Church of Christ, Scientist, Olympia, 1475 Evergreen Park Drive SW, Olympia, WA, United States
Speaker: Melanie Wahlberg.
Melanie Wahlberg, practitioner of Christian Science healing and international speaker, will present her talk, “Never Alone: How spiritual ideas work in us,” on May 21 at 7 p.m. at the Christian Sscience Church at 1475 Evergreen Park Dr SW, in Olympia, WA.
The talk 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. The talk is free, open to the community, and is sponsored by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Olympia.
“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 Melanie, “I discuss what I’ve found helpful in my practice of Christian Science healing: that God loves us deeply, is an active presence of good in our lives, and provides fresh ideas about our spiritual nature that wipe away fear and reveal inspired solutions. And I’ll share how this approach has transformed lives, including a mother and her infant daughter who each experienced healing. With ideas from God working on our behalf this way, we discover that we’re never truly alone.”
Melanie will discuss the approach to spirituality and well-being that explains these ideas, Christian Science, and share examples of healing from her own life and the lives of others. She will explain why Christian Science is both Christian and scientific, meaning that anyone can prove its effectiveness for themselves. The practice is fully described in the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, written by the founder of the Christian Science movement, Mary Baker Eddy.
Melanie will also touch on the life of Mary Baker Eddy, a mid-nineteenth century woman from New England, and how she came to understand, confirm, and teach what she felt was original Christian healing. Eddy herself said she was especially inspired by Jesus’ demand, “He that believes on me, the works that I do will he do also; and greater works than these will he do, because I go unto my Father” (found in the Gospel of John 14:12 in the Bible).
For over 150 years, people around the world have also worked to follow Christ Jesus in this practice of Christianity and continue to do so today, with healings of physical ills and personal difficulties for themselves and others.
About Melanie Wahlberg
Two influences that Melanie will never forget were the Christian Science Sunday School and a mom who turned to prayer and encouraged her to do the same. These influences showed her something of the reliability of God and spiritual inspiration, and trusting this helped her find her way growing up. Significant healing experiences with relationship and food issues, and violence in the community, were also unforgettable. From this, Melanie got an idea of the many ways that Christian Science can transform lives.
After finishing a doctorate in mathematics, Melanie became a college professor and truly enjoyed teaching. She found that teaching was less about telling students something than facilitating the students’ discoveries of new concepts. There was nothing better than witnessing a reluctant student realize that a previously mystifying concept was actually within reach to anyone.
But the higher promise of Christian Science beckoned her to help people redeem and uplift their lives in a fuller way. When students came to her office for help with calculus, Melanie and her students often found themselves talking about the joy and excitement of growing spirituality. After just two years at the college, Melanie resigned from her position and began accepting calls as a Christian Science practitioner. She wrote articles for the Christian Science periodicals, was a frequent guest on Sentinel radio, and began advertising her practice in The Christian Science Journal in 2004. She and her husband also started a family.
Melanie loves working from her home office in the Los Angeles area. She likes to see lives transformed by the healing ideas of Christian Science, where we ourselves are helped and, at the same time, find we can help others. Her life as a mom has a lot of the same focus. And whether the spiritual ideas apply to health issues, school, social lives, or sports, her three kids push her to “keep it real.”
Top photo by Christelle Hayek on Unsplash

In-Person lecture: FINDING TRUST IN A CHANGING WORLD
2024-05-21 12:00 - 13:00 | First Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, 900 Thomas Street, Seattle, WA, United States
Speaker: Lesley Pitts.
Lesley Pitts, practitioner of Christian Science healing and international speaker, will present her talk, “Finding trust in a changing world,” on May 21 at noon at First Church of Christ, Scientist, 900 Thomas Street, Seattle.
The talk will focus on universal healing precepts found in the Holy Bible, especially in Christ Jesus’ life and teachings, showing how they are available for anyone to understand and experience through the lens of Christian Science. The talk is free, open to the community, and hosted by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle.
“Finding a spiritual basis of trust enables us to turn to a divine presence whenever we need it,” says Lesley. “The love, goodness, and intelligence of God never change and are always available. The more we discover of God’s love and care for us, the more we can confidently turn to this divine presence and find our lives transformed and healed – and our families, communities, and the whole world benefit, too. Anyone can learn how to lean into God’s trustworthiness.”
Sharing examples of healing from her own life and professional practice of Christian Science, Pitts will explain why Christian Science is both Christian and scientific, meaning that people can prove its effectiveness for themselves, as fully described in the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, written by the founder of the Christian Science movement, Mary Baker Eddy.
Pitts will also touch on the life of Mary Baker Eddy, who came to understand, confirm, and teach what she felt was original Christian healing. Eddy herself said she was especially inspired by Jesus’ demand, “He that believes on me, the works that I do will he do also; and greater works than these will he do, because I go unto my Father” (found in the Gospel of John 14:12 in the Bible).
For over 150 years, people around the world have worked to follow Christ Jesus in this practice of Christianity and continue to do so today, experiencing healings of physical ills and personal difficulties.
About Lesley Pitts
It was during high school that the direction of Lesley’s life changed. Although she was raised as a Christian Scientist, it wasn’t until she experienced the joy of helping someone during a youth club outing that Lesley finally understood what it took to love unselfishly. This set her on a new path. She became aware that nursing qualities of willing service, patience, gentleness, and compassion were expressed all around her as she grew up and that she wanted to live them, too. They’ve woven themselves into every activity she has undertaken since then.
For example, Lesley served as a Christian Science nurse for more than 30 years, mostly in the United Kingdom. This work brought her to Boston in the United States to work in the Christian Science Nursing Activities department. Later, she was part of the team that established The Mary Baker Eddy Library. Her nursing qualities were put to good use in organizing and caring for its collections–shared with the public for the first time. She served as Executive Manager and President of the Library for six years.
Working at the Library and becoming more familiar with Eddy’s remarkable accomplishments as the founder of a religious movement increased Lesley’s desire to better practice Christian Science in her own life and help others through her healing practice and lecturing.
Lesley believes that her unusual career path illustrates the idea that following God’s lead is a more trustworthy foundation for living than relying on society’s expectations or other people’s opinions.
Top photo by Sylvain Mauroux on Unsplash

In-Person lecture: FINDING JOY, HEALTH, HOPE FOR ALL
2024-05-19 14:00 - 15:00 | First Church of Christ, Scientist, Lakewood
Speaker: Steven Salt.
Sometimes we can feel that joy seems hard to find — and seems even harder to keep! But what if joy is really fundamental to our nature? What if it is something all of us have permanently?
Christian Science teacher and lecturer Steve Salt asks, “What if we could find the good in life for which our hearts yearn is invulnerable to surrounding events, that it’s never ‘on the line’ for any reason, actually? If there was a way to trust that, and to prove it, that would give us a compelling reason to have hope. Even a reason for unshakeable joy. Christian Science explains the incredible good endowed on us by God — a good all of us deserve and can even expect — all the time.”
Steve will present his talk, “Finding joy, health, hope for all,” on Sunday, May 19, at 2 p.m. at the Christian Science Church at 9125 Gravelly Lake Dr. SW, Lakewood, WA.. The talk is free, open to the community, and sponsored by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Lakewood.
Steve will share how he was healed of mental darkness, and subsequently regained his sense of joy. Through praying with ideas from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, he was transformed — uplifted by a better understanding of joy as a quality of an all-present, all-loving God.
He will also share other healings, thoughts on identity, prayer, and what Jesus taught about joy. And he’ll describe Mary Baker Eddy’s life. She founded Christian Science, wrote Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and modeled a prayerful approach to life, through good happenings and bad, health and sickness, security and poverty, safety and homelessness — prevailing over all of these obstacles, and helping many others along the way.
About Steven Salt
Exploring how things work, discovering dynamic relationships, observing unapparent connections, and applying the knowledge gained to make sense of it all: this has been the impulse of Steve’s life.
As a youngster he designed, engineered, and built cities of cardboard, electrified them, and served as city manager to imaginary families and workers. This was followed by more complex projects that included a balsa wood suspension bridge and a working model of a three-story elevator. Oh, and model rockets. He launched lots of rockets into the sky. Steve likes learning by doing.
Parallel to this education was a deeper plunge into the workings of life through attending Christian Science Sunday School, where he learned the fundamentals of his relationship to God and other people. Steve gained a broader, more spiritual and practical sense of the Bible along with the framework in which to understand and value the true nature of things.
After earning a degree in education at Ohio University, he went into the family hardware business helping people problem-solve the household challenges they were facing. Steve’s commitment to church continued to grow as he served in various capacities. Most importantly, he was gaining a better conception of God’s ever-presence through the Christian Science that brings this reality into focus.
Eventually, Steve was led to the full-time, public practice of Christian Science where he could apply its teachings to daily experiences and secure a stable sense of well-being for those in need of prayerful support.
He enjoyed fulfilling the duties of Christian Science Committee on Publication for Ohio for 15 years. This allowed him to connect with editors, reporters, and government officials at the local, state, and national levels, ensuring the availability of accurate information about Christian Science. Steve regularly met with ecumenical and interfaith leaders, and gave talks with interfaith groups and comparative religion classes. He wrote for national websites, blogs, newspapers, and magazines in this capacity.
Steve is married to Crystal, his high school sweetheart. They have two sons and three grandchildren. They all bring him joy.
Photo at top by Molnár Bálint on Unsplash

In-Person lecture and livestream: FINDING JOY, HEALTH, HOPE, FOR ALL
2024-05-18 14:00 - 15:00 | Quality Inn and Suites, Sequim, 134 River Road, Sequim, WA, United States
Speaker: Steven Salt.
Sometimes we can feel that joy seems hard to find — and seems even harder to keep! But what if joy is really fundamental to our nature? What if it is something all of us have permanently?
Christian Science teacher and lecturer Steve Salt asks, “What if we could find the good in life for which our hearts yearn is invulnerable to surrounding events, that it’s never ‘on the line’ for any reason, actually? If there was a way to trust that, and to prove it, that would give us a compelling reason to have hope. Even a reason for unshakeable joy. Christian Science explains the incredible good endowed on us by God — a good all of us deserve and can even expect — all the time.”
Steve will present his talk, “Finding joy, health, hope for all,” on Saturday, May 18, at 2 p.m. at the Quality Inn and Suites, 134 River Road, Sequim, WA.. The talk is free, open to the community, and sponsored by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Sequim.
You can also listen to the audio from Steve’s lecture, livestreamed at https://christiansciencesequim.org/events/.
Steve will share how he was healed of mental darkness, and subsequently regained his sense of joy. Through praying with ideas from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, he was transformed — uplifted by a better understanding of joy as a quality of an all-present, all-loving God.
He will also share other healings, thoughts on identity, prayer, and what Jesus taught about joy. And he’ll describe Mary Baker Eddy’s life. She founded Christian Science, wrote Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and modeled a prayerful approach to life, through good happenings and bad, health and sickness, security and poverty, safety and homelessness — prevailing over all of these obstacles, and helping many others along the way.
About Steven Salt
Exploring how things work, discovering dynamic relationships, observing unapparent connections, and applying the knowledge gained to make sense of it all: this has been the impulse of Steve’s life.
As a youngster he designed, engineered, and built cities of cardboard, electrified them, and served as city manager to imaginary families and workers. This was followed by more complex projects that included a balsa wood suspension bridge and a working model of a three-story elevator. Oh, and model rockets. He launched lots of rockets into the sky. Steve likes learning by doing.
Parallel to this education was a deeper plunge into the workings of life through attending Christian Science Sunday School, where he learned the fundamentals of his relationship to God and other people. Steve gained a broader, more spiritual and practical sense of the Bible along with the framework in which to understand and value the true nature of things.
After earning a degree in education at Ohio University, he went into the family hardware business helping people problem-solve the household challenges they were facing. Steve’s commitment to church continued to grow as he served in various capacities. Most importantly, he was gaining a better conception of God’s ever-presence through the Christian Science that brings this reality into focus.
Eventually, Steve was led to the full-time, public practice of Christian Science where he could apply its teachings to daily experiences and secure a stable sense of well-being for those in need of prayerful support.
He enjoyed fulfilling the duties of Christian Science Committee on Publication for Ohio for 15 years. This allowed him to connect with editors, reporters, and government officials at the local, state, and national levels, ensuring the availability of accurate information about Christian Science. Steve regularly met with ecumenical and interfaith leaders, and gave talks with interfaith groups and comparative religion classes. He wrote for national websites, blogs, newspapers, and magazines in this capacity.
Steve is married to Crystal, his high school sweetheart. They have two sons and three grandchildren. They all bring him joy.
Photo at top by Molnár Bálint on Unsplash

Friday Program - Explore the wealth of online audio content
2024-05-17 12:30 - 13:30 | Christian Science Reading Room, Edmonds, 120-C 5th Ave S, Edmonds, WA, 98020, United States
You may know about Sentinel Watch, Daily Lift, Christian Science Monitor podcasts, and The Mother Church’s recordings of church services. But did you know you can listen to a Christian Science lecture any time, or a continuous loop of hymns, or biographies of Mary Baker Eddy, kid-friendly Bible stories, and Mary Baker Eddy Library podcasts—all online? Friday, May 17, at 12:30 PM, the Christian Science Reading Room in downtown Edmonds will show how to access the abundance of online audio content. Bring your phone and laptop, and go away with things all set up to continue hearing your favorite content! The Edmonds Reading Room hosts a program most Fridays exploring topics of interest using the wealth of audio, print, and online resources available in Reading Rooms.

Friday Program - Come Watch "Finding God, Finding Health" video talk
2024-05-10 12:30 - 13:45 | Christian Science Reading Room, Edmonds, 120-C 5th Ave S, Edmonds, WA, 98020, United States
Come watch “Finding God, finding health,” a video of a talk by Christian Science lecturer, practitioner and teacher Michelle Nanouche, in the Christian Science Reading Room, 120-C 5th Ave S, Edmonds WA, this Friday 5/10 at 12:30 PM. https://www.christianscienceedmonds.org/reading-room–bookstore.html

In-Person lecture: FINDING WHERE GOD IS SEEN AND FELT — WHAT’S CHURCH GOT TO DO WITH IT?
2024-05-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Richland Community Center, 500 Amon Park Dr., Richland, WA, United States
Speaker: Emra Farkas.
Emra Farkas, practitioner of Christian Science healing and international speaker, will present her talk, “Finding where God is seen and felt – what’s church got to do with it?” on Thursday, May 9, at 7 p.m. at Richland Community Center, 500 Amon Park Drive, Richland, WA,
The talk will focus on universal healing precepts found in the Holy Bible, especially in Christ Jesus’ life and teachings, showing how they are available for anyone to understand and experience through the lens of Christian Science. The talk is free, open to the community, and hosted by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Pasco.
“A new kind of thinking is needed to recognize that God’s goodness and love are actually here and tangible to all humanity everywhere,” says Emra. “The idea of ‘church’ can shift from being a physical building, a set time on a particular day, or an assembly of perfect humans (does that even exist??), to that of being what God builds in our lives every moment through us responding to Christ Jesus’ message of God’s all-powerful love.”
Sharing examples of healing from her own life and professional practice of Christian Science, Emra will explain why Christian Science is both Christian and scientific, meaning that people can prove its effectiveness for themselves, as fully described in the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, written by the founder of the Christian Science movement, Mary Baker Eddy.
Emra will also touch on the life of Mary Baker Eddy, who came to understand, confirm, and teach what she felt was original Christian healing. Eddy herself said she was especially inspired by Jesus’ demand, “He that believes on me, the works that I do will he do also; and greater works than these will he do, because I go unto my Father” (found in the Gospel of John 14:12 in the Bible).
For over 150 years, people around the world have worked to follow Christ Jesus in this practice of Christianity and continue to do so today, experiencing healings of physical ills and personal difficulties.
About Emra Farkas
The most important influences on Emra’s life were her mother, who taught her to pray when confronted with difficulties, and her Christian Science Sunday School. In her teens, when a teacher asked her to speak to a social studies class about her religion, she found the joy that comes from sharing what she understood and had experienced of Mary Baker Eddy’s discovery. She was asked back each year and was always moved by the way students who were skeptical about the subject became interested after hearing her accounts of spiritual healing–her healings of a severed thumb, tonsilitis, swimmer’s ear, bullying, and other difficulties.
However, during college and graduate school she drifted away from church. Her degrees were in Fine Arts and after school she worked for galleries and museums in New York City. Her interest in finding spiritual answers to life’s challenges was rekindled, and she explored a variety of spiritual disciplines in search of answers. This hands-on study of comparative religion helped her understand the universality of the search for spiritual truth but left her with unanswered questions.
She and her husband moved to Taos, New Mexico, where she enjoyed a career in music performance and started a family. After some years of poor health, a sudden spiritual insight led her back to Christian Science and an instantaneous healing of multiple chronic illnesses. This inspired a deeper study of Eddy’s writings which then led to returning to church, taking Christian Science class instruction (a two-week intensive course of study) and shortly after, becoming a full-time Christian Science practitioner. She says there is nothing more satisfying than seeing divine Truth and Love transform lives and bring healing. She feels deeply blessed to practice and teach Christian Science, contribute to the Christian Science periodicals, serve her branch church, and serve as a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship.

In-Person lecture: MOVING PAST FEAR - TO HEALING
2024-05-05 13:00 - 14:00 | First Church of Christ, Scientist, Aberdeen, 2201 Simpson Ave, Aberdeen, WA, United States
Speaker: Lisa Troseth.
Lisa Troseth, practitioner of Christian Science healing and international speaker, will present her talk, “Moving past fear – to healing,” on May 5 at 1 p.m., at First Church of Christ, Scientist, Aberdeen, at 2201 Simpson Ave, Aberdeen, WA.
The talk will focus on universal healing precepts found in the Holy Bible, especially in Christ Jesus’ life and teachings, showing how they are available for anyone to understand and experience through the lens of Christian Science. The talk is free, open to the community, and sponsored by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Aberdeen, WA.
“Fear can be overcome and even healed in our lives by discovering the strong connection and relationship we have to something bigger than ourselves—God,” says Lisa. “By learning to lean and rely on this greater, higher good, we can feel moved to love beyond ourselves—and this frees us from fear and so much more.”
Sharing examples of healing from her own life and professional practice of Christian Science, Lisa will explain why Christian Science is both Christian and scientific, meaning that people can prove its effectiveness for themselves, as fully described in the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, written by the founder of the Christian Science movement, Mary Baker Eddy.
Lisa will also touch on the life of Mary Baker Eddy, who came to understand, confirm, and teach what she felt was original Christian healing. Eddy herself said she was especially inspired by Jesus’ demand, “He that believes on me, the works that I do will he do also; and greater works than these will he do, because I go unto my Father” (found in the Gospel of John 14:12 in the Bible).
For over 150 years, people around the world have worked to follow Christ Jesus in this practice of Christianity and continue to do so today, experiencing healings of physical ills and personal difficulties.
About Lisa Troseth

“What should I do with my life?” Lisa often wondered during her early twenties. She wasn’t sure where she was headed, but she was praying to be of service to humanity. That’s when it occurred to her: If we’re motivated by love in whatever we’re doing, even if our efforts seem small on the surface, then we’ll be living in accord with a power that genuinely makes a difference—the power of God, which the Bible says is Love itself.
At the time, she had begun to really open her heart to God and was learning from the study of Christian Science that the nature of our divine Creator is infinitely loving and we’re designed to express God’s love in beautiful and unique ways. It’s like each of us, including our daily endeavors, are made to be an artistic tapestry of divine Love.
This idea still inspires her each day to see and treat everyone she meets with love, to acknowledge their God-derived value, beauty, and uniqueness. Christian Science has shown Lisa how letting a truer sense of God’s all-defining love govern how we interact and genuinely care for each other actually leads the way to useful ideas and purposeful action, and improves society as a whole. Since her twenties, Lisa has seen how these views have led her and others in a variety of fruitful endeavors that bring genuine healing where it’s needed most.
Along the way, Lisa has worked with educational non-profits, contributed to community art events, participated in interfaith programs, and served as a Christian Science nurse. She is now in the full-time healing ministry as a Christian Science practitioner, teacher, and lecturer.

In-Person lecture: MOVING PAST FEAR - TO HEALING
2024-05-04 11:00 - 12:00 | First Church of Christ, Scientist, Vancouver, 240 E. Fourth Plain Boulevard, Vancouver, WA, United States
Speaker: Lisa Troseth.
Lisa Troseth, practitioner of Christian Science healing and international speaker, will present her talk, “Moving past fear – to healing,” on May 4 at 11 a.m. at the Christian Science Church at 240 E. Fourth Plain Boulevard, Vancouver, WA.
The talk will focus on universal healing precepts found in the Holy Bible, especially in Christ Jesus’ life and teachings, showing how they are available for anyone to understand and experience through the lens of Christian Science. The talk is free, open to the community, and sponsored by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Vancouver, WA.
“Fear can be overcome and even healed in our lives by discovering the strong connection and relationship we have to something bigger than ourselves—God,” says Lisa. “By learning to lean and rely on this greater, higher good, we can feel moved to love beyond ourselves—and this frees us from fear and so much more.”
Sharing examples of healing from her own life and professional practice of Christian Science, Lisa will explain why Christian Science is both Christian and scientific, meaning that people can prove its effectiveness for themselves, as fully described in the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, written by the founder of the Christian Science movement, Mary Baker Eddy.
Lisa will also touch on the life of Mary Baker Eddy, who came to understand, confirm, and teach what she felt was original Christian healing. Eddy herself said she was especially inspired by Jesus’ demand, “He that believes on me, the works that I do will he do also; and greater works than these will he do, because I go unto my Father” (found in the Gospel of John 14:12 in the Bible).
For over 150 years, people around the world have worked to follow Christ Jesus in this practice of Christianity and continue to do so today, experiencing healings of physical ills and personal difficulties.
About Lisa Troseth

“What should I do with my life?” Lisa often wondered during her early twenties. She wasn’t sure where she was headed, but she was praying to be of service to humanity. That’s when it occurred to her: If we’re motivated by love in whatever we’re doing, even if our efforts seem small on the surface, then we’ll be living in accord with a power that genuinely makes a difference—the power of God, which the Bible says is Love itself.
At the time, she had begun to really open her heart to God and was learning from the study of Christian Science that the nature of our divine Creator is infinitely loving and we’re designed to express God’s love in beautiful and unique ways. It’s like each of us, including our daily endeavors, are made to be an artistic tapestry of divine Love.
This idea still inspires her each day to see and treat everyone she meets with love, to acknowledge their God-derived value, beauty, and uniqueness. Christian Science has shown Lisa how letting a truer sense of God’s all-defining love govern how we interact and genuinely care for each other actually leads the way to useful ideas and purposeful action, and improves society as a whole. Since her twenties, Lisa has seen how these views have led her and others in a variety of fruitful endeavors that bring genuine healing where it’s needed most.
Along the way, Lisa has worked with educational non-profits, contributed to community art events, participated in interfaith programs, and served as a Christian Science nurse. She is now in the full-time healing ministry as a Christian Science practitioner, teacher, and lecturer.

In-Person lecture: FINDING JOY, HEALTH, HOPE FOR ALL
2024-04-28 15:00 - 16:00 | First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chehalis, 89 NE Park Street, Chehalis, WA, United States
Speaker: Steven Salt.
Sometimes we can feel that joy seems hard to find — and seems even harder to keep! But what if joy is really fundamental to our nature? What if it is something all of us have permanently?
Christian Science teacher and lecturer Steve Salt says, “What if we could find the good in life for which our hearts yearn is invulnerable to surrounding events, that it’s never ‘on the line’ for any reason, actually? If there was a way to trust that, and to prove it, that would give us a compelling reason to have hope. Even a reason for unshakeable joy. Christian Science explains the incredible good endowed on us by God — a good all of us deserve and can even expect — all the time.”
Steve will present his talk, “Finding joy, health, hope for all,” on Sunday, April 28, at 3 p.m. He will speak at the Christian Science Church at 89 NE Park Street in Chehalis, WA. The talk is free, open to the community, and sponsored by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chehalis.
Steve will share how he was healed of mental darkness, and subsequently regained his sense of joy. Through praying with ideas from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, he was transformed — uplifted by a better understanding of joy as a quality of an all-present, all-loving God.
He will also share other healings, thoughts on identity, prayer, and what Jesus taught about joy. And he’ll describe Mary Baker Eddy’s life. She founded Christian Science, wrote Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and modeled a prayerful approach to life, through good happenings and bad, health and sickness, security and poverty, safety and homelessness — prevailing over all of these obstacles, and helping many others along the way.
About Steven Salt
Exploring how things work, discovering dynamic relationships, observing unapparent connections, and applying the knowledge gained to make sense of it all: this has been the impulse of Steve’s life.
As a youngster he designed, engineered, and built cities of cardboard, electrified them, and served as city manager to imaginary families and workers. This was followed by more complex projects that included a balsa wood suspension bridge and a working model of a three-story elevator. Oh, and model rockets. He launched lots of rockets into the sky. Steve likes learning by doing.
Parallel to this education was a deeper plunge into the workings of life through attending Christian Science Sunday School, where he learned the fundamentals of his relationship to God and other people. Steve gained a broader, more spiritual and practical sense of the Bible along with the framework in which to understand and value the true nature of things.
After earning a degree in education at Ohio University, he went into the family hardware business helping people problem-solve the household challenges they were facing. Steve’s commitment to church continued to grow as he served in various capacities. Most importantly, he was gaining a better conception of God’s ever-presence through the Christian Science that brings this reality into focus.
Eventually, Steve was led to the full-time, public practice of Christian Science where he could apply its teachings to daily experiences and secure a stable sense of well-being for those in need of prayerful support.
He enjoyed fulfilling the duties of Christian Science Committee on Publication for Ohio for 15 years. This allowed him to connect with editors, reporters, and government officials at the local, state, and national levels, ensuring the availability of accurate information about Christian Science. Steve regularly met with ecumenical and interfaith leaders, and gave talks with interfaith groups and comparative religion classes. He wrote for national websites, blogs, newspapers, and magazines in this capacity.
Steve is married to Crystal, his high school sweetheart. They have two sons and three grandchildren. They all bring him joy.
Photo at top by Molnár Bálint on Unsplash

In-Person lecture and livestream: FINDING JOY, HEALTH, HOPE FOR ALL
2024-04-27 19:00 - 20:00 | Kent Commons Community Center, 525 Fourth Ave. N, Kent, 98032
Speaker: Steven Salt.
Sometimes we can feel that joy seems hard to find — and seems even harder to keep! But what if joy is really fundamental to our nature? What if it is something all of us have permanently?
Christian Science teacher and lecturer Steve Salt says, “What if we could find the good in life for which our hearts yearn is invulnerable to surrounding events, that it’s never ‘on the line’ for any reason, actually? If there was a way to trust that, and to prove it, that would give us a compelling reason to have hope. Even a reason for unshakeable joy. Christian Science explains the incredible good endowed on us by God — a good all of us deserve and can even expect — all the time.”
Steve will present his talk, “Finding joy, health, hope for all,” on Saturday, April 27, at 7 p.m. He will speak at the Kent Commons Community Center, 525 4th Avenue N., in Kent, WA. The talk is free, open to the community, and sponsored by
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Kent. https://christiansciencekent.org/
The lecture also will be livestreamed on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83727884653
Meeting ID: 837 2788 4653
One tap mobile: +12532158782,,83727884653# US
Steve will share how he was healed of mental darkness, and subsequently regained his sense of joy. Through praying with ideas from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, he was transformed — uplifted by a better understanding of joy as a quality of an all-present, all-loving God.
He will also share other healings, thoughts on identity, prayer, and what Jesus taught about joy. And he’ll describe Mary Baker Eddy’s life. She founded Christian Science, wrote Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and modeled a prayerful approach to life, through good happenings and bad, health and sickness, security and poverty, safety and homelessness — prevailing over all of these obstacles, and helping many others along the way.
About Steven Salt

Exploring how things work, discovering dynamic relationships, observing unapparent connections, and applying the knowledge gained to make sense of it all: this has been the impulse of Steve’s life.
As a youngster he designed, engineered, and built cities of cardboard, electrified them, and served as city manager to imaginary families and workers. This was followed by more complex projects that included a balsa wood suspension bridge and a working model of a three-story elevator. Oh, and model rockets. He launched lots of rockets into the sky. Steve likes learning by doing.
Parallel to this education was a deeper plunge into the workings of life through attending Christian Science Sunday School, where he learned the fundamentals of his relationship to God and other people. Steve gained a broader, more spiritual and practical sense of the Bible along with the framework in which to understand and value the true nature of things.
After earning a degree in education at Ohio University, he went into the family hardware business helping people problem-solve the household challenges they were facing. Steve’s commitment to church continued to grow as he served in various capacities. Most importantly, he was gaining a better conception of God’s ever-presence through the Christian Science that brings this reality into focus.
Eventually, Steve was led to the full-time, public practice of Christian Science where he could apply its teachings to daily experiences and secure a stable sense of well-being for those in need of prayerful support.
He enjoyed fulfilling the duties of Christian Science Committee on Publication for Ohio for 15 years. This allowed him to connect with editors, reporters, and government officials at the local, state, and national levels, ensuring the availability of accurate information about Christian Science. Steve regularly met with ecumenical and interfaith leaders, and gave talks with interfaith groups and comparative religion classes. He wrote for national websites, blogs, newspapers, and magazines in this capacity.
Steve is married to Crystal, his high school sweetheart. They have two sons and three grandchildren. They all bring him joy.
Photo at top by Molnár Bálint on Unsplash

Friday Program at Edmonds Reading Room
2024-04-26 12:30 - 13:30
Free Friday programs are open to the community. Join in at the downtown Edmonds Reading Room this Friday at 12:30 PM in person. 120 5th Ave S C, Edmonds, WA 98020
