First Church of Christ, Scientist

Sharing Christian Science in Laguna Beach, CA

 

Bible Lesson for week of November 18 to 24, 2024

Soul and body

Golden text:

. . . Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God:

Mark 4:11

Sunday church services, 10 to 11 a.m.

In person: 635 High Drive, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
By phone: 1-319-527-3043 - no access code required. (Alternate method - Dial 1-716-293-9742, then dial 1-319-527-3043 when prompted.)

We welcome everyone to our services.  It's a time for reflection, spiritual regeneration and healing. If you're attending for the first time you will recognize familiar elements - hymns, prayer, scriptural readings, and a warm sense of fellowship. There is a simplicity to the services that is in keeping with the earliest Christian gatherings where love and healing were at the heart of worship. 

Sunday School:  Meets upstairs at the same time as church.

Child care: Available for infants and little ones.

 

Wednesday testimony meetings, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

In person: 635 High Drive, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
By phone: 1-319-527-3043no access code required. (Alternate method - Dial 1-716-293-9742, then dial 1-319-527-3043 when prompted.)

On Wednesday evenings we gather for an informal mid-week meeting in which members and visitors to share healings and ideas learned from their study of Christian Science.  These meetings include the singing of hymns, and readings from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.  This is a great opportunity for you to hear how people in your community have been blessed by Christian Science.  If you cannot attend but wish to share, written testimonies, to be read in church, may be submitted to clerklagunabeachcs@gmail.com at any time prior to the meeting.

Child care: Available for infants and little ones who are too young for Sunday School.

 

Thanksgiving service, November 28, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

In person: 635 High Drive, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
By phone: 1-319-527-3043no access code required. (Alternate method - Dial 1-716-293-9742, then dial 1-319-527-3043 when prompted.)

Child care: Available for infants and little ones.

Learn more

 

Meet our Pastor and our Readers

 

The Christian Science Pastore -- The Bible and Science & Health
Our Pastor

 

Russ Gerber, C.S.B.
First Reader

 

Genee Hanson
Second Reader

A unique feature of Christian Science church services is that we don’t have personal preachers.  On Sundays, two lay readers, elected by church members, conduct services by reading passages from the Bible and related passages from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.  These two books are the ordained Pastor of our denomination. Learn more.

 

Weekly Bible Lessons -- At the heart of Christian Science practice

Students of Christian Science read and study a weekly Bible Lesson that is available for study or purchase at our Reading Room. You may also  subscribe to it online.

The lessons consist of passages taken from the Bible and accompanying passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.  These form the basis of our Sunday church services. 

The Bible Lesson is published in the Christian Science Quarterly, which is available in various formats and languages to suit your study preferences.

 

Directions to church

Ample parking is available on church property.