First Church of Christ, Scientist

Sharing Christian Science in Laguna Beach, CA

Weekly meetings, lectures and special events

Weekly calendar of events

 

Annual Meeting of The Mother Church

 

 

"Joy in the Living Church"

June 3 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time.

The meeting will be streamed live from our Reading Room in downtown Laguna Beach.  Please join us there!

If you are going to be in Boston, you will want to register for the meeting by following the link below.

To register

Upcoming lecture

To be announced.

A lecture is a public talk by members of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship who explore questions, such as "How does prayer heal?" and "Why does spiritual healing matter in today's high-tech world?" and they explain Christian Science, to all kinds of audiences. Everyone is welcome. 

 

Listen to a Sentinel Watch podcast

 

 

"The answer to hopelessness"

With Mark Swinney

April 22 to 28

This week’s guest, Mark Swinney, has good news: There is no hopeless case! Mark shares what he’s learned—and experienced—that proves that God’s love truly can bring hope and healing to apparently hopeless situations.

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Watch a Christian Science lecture

"Christian Science - A clearer view of you"

Speaker, Lyle Young

November 2021
Click on the frame in the lower right corner of the video to view the video full screen.

"A new view of God and its effect on well-being"

Speaker, Phillip Hockley

November 2020
Click on the frame in the lower right corner of the video to view the video full screen.

 

Listen to the monthly podcast from the Mary Baker Eddy Library

 

Mary Baker Eddy’s argument with animal magnetism and “vitalism”

Why did Mary Baker Eddy devote considerable attention in her writings to terms like animal magnetismmesmerismhypnotism, and electricity? Part of the reason was the prominence and popularity of these practices in the culture of her time. For guest speaker Dr. Jackson Lears, explorations into the relation of the mind with different forms of invisible energy fell under the larger umbrella term of vitalism. For Eddy they presented a spiritual challenge, which she responded to. In this episode, Lears—as a leading cultural and intellectual historian of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America—explains why these pursuits held such attraction for the age. Examining some of Eddy’s statements on these practices, our conversation elucidates why and how she addressed these practices in the language she chose and the stances she took.

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Watch a video introduction to The Christian Science Monitor

 

"Introducing The Christian Science Monitor"

A short video hosted by Editor, Mark Sappenfield

 

Listen to a discussion on climate change

"The climate generation -- born into crisis, building solutions"

January 25, 2024

The Christian Science Monitor produced this live panel discussion about its recent series on climate ideas from a generation born since 1989 – “the climate generation.”

 

Catch up on a recent Monitor series

 

 

"Rebuilding trust"

Where is trust most needed? How can it be learned? Explore how people worldwide are navigating times of mistrust and discover how we can begin to build trust in each other.

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