First Church of Christ, Scientist
Monterey, California
Welcome
Welcome
We are happy that you are here. Whether you are searching for information about Christian Science or wanting to know about our services, we are here to offer loving help.
Our Mission
This Christian Science Church is one of the worldwide branches of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879. The Christian Science Church is “…designed to commemorate the word and works of our Master, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing.” (Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy. P. 17.)
Sunday School
Our Sunday School is provided for students up to the age of 20. Instruction, which includes the teachings and healings of Christ Jesus, is from the Bible and the writings of Mary Baker Eddy. Students are taught of God’s love for them and of the relevance of Jesus’ teachings to their lives.
Services
Sunday Church services and
Sunday School sessions begin at 10:00 am and are held at
780 Abrego Street in Monterey.
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Wednesday evening testimony meetings begin at 7:00 pm and are in-person and conducted online.​
You are welcome to attend our Sunday 10 am Church Services and our 10 am Sunday School Classes held in the church edifice at 780 Abrego Street in Monterey.
Our Wednesday 7:00 pm Testimony Meetings are held at the church in-person and is also available by telephone or online. To access those meetings by telephone, dial 1-831-296-3513 and follow the prompts. To connect by computer, open this link using a Google Chrome browser: www.uberconference.com/room/churchservice. Then select "Join Conference”.
Enjoy singing along during our Wednesday church service with the hymn selections posted below.
Reading Room & Bookstore— Two locations to serve you
October 27-November 2, 2025
Everlasting Punishment
Golden Text:
Isaiah 1:16 (to 1st ;)
Wash you, made you clean;
Church Prayer Group
The prayer focus for this month is from hymn number 157: "God's children all shall dwell in joy and peace."
We invite church members and friends to participate in this prayerful activity.
Our next meeting will be in this church on Thursday, November 13 at 2 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Mike will guide us through:
--How the Bible stories relate to the Lesson subjects
--Mrs. Eddy's unique paragraph structure
--Bible geography
--Backgrounds of Bible characters
--Word definitions that will surprise many
--Using Bible study tools Support documents will be emailed to all registrants after the event.
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TICKETS/Registration
Register to attend the event
Optional: Donation (Price: $25.00)
The event is free, there is no obligation to make a donation. Donations help fund events like these.
Both of our Reading Rooms at 780 Abrego St. and 198 Bonifacio Place are open for in-person visits.
Please come and stop by. We hope to see you soon.
Reading Room ​
The Reading Room and Bookstore in the church edifice at 780 Abrego, Monterey.
Reading Room ​
The Reading Room and Bookstore at 198 Bonifacio Place in Downtown Monterey.
Our Reading Room offers a quiet sanctuary to the community for study and prayer. It also serves as a bookstore, lending library, and information center for those wishing to learn more about Christian Science.
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Available resources include The Christian Science Monitor, a timely international news magazine; monthly and weekly religious magazines; CDs of inspirational articles and music; biographies of Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science; many study resources including Bible dictionaries, concordances, and translations; and a computer for related research purposes.
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There are 2 locations to serve you:
198 Bonifacio Place, Downtown Monterey
780 Abrego Street, Monterey
Downtown Reading Room
Hours (Reading Room–198 Bonifacio Place, Monterey):
Mon–Fri 11am–3pm
Sat 11 am–3pm
Hours (Reading Room–780 Abrego St., Monterey):
Mon–Fri 11am–3pm
Closed on weekends
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Phone Number:
Tel: 831-372-5076 (198 Bonifacio Place)
Tel: 831-920-2300 (780 Abrego Street)
Fax: 831-324-4708
You’re warmly invited to attend free, public talks by practitioners of Christian Science via webinars. Click the link below to view upcoming calendar of online lectures:
Find a lecture​
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To find online Christian Science church services in other areas, please go to this link:
Christian Science churches
Websites to more information on Christian Science
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Christian Science Nursing Facilities in Central California:
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Visiting Christian Science Nursing Service free of charge in the Monterey Bay Area:
Please contact Visiting Christian Science Nurse Aicha Langel in advance to make an appointment or to ask any questions at 415-740-0460; or email ALangel@ardenwood.org
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If you would like to make a donation to the church, click on the button below:
Hymn selection ~ Wednesday, October 29
Hymn 268
(Words by Emily Seal)
Our God is All-in-all,
His children cannot fear;
See baseless evil fall,
And know that God is here.
Our God is All; in space
No subtle error creeps;
We see Truth’s glowing face,
And Love that never sleeps.
We see creative Mind,
The Principle, the Life;
And Soul and substance find,
But never discord, strife.
O, Perfect and Divine,
We hear Thy loving call,
And seek no earthly shrine
But crown Thee Lord of all.
Hymn 527
(Words by Elizabeth Glass Barlow)
"Lord, ... open his eyes, that he may see,"
The mighty prophet prayed.
Send not armies great and strong,
Neither strength to battle wrong,
But lift his vision to behold
Your truth already here,
The legions of omnipotence,
The hosts of Your deliverance.
Awake, O man, and know
Love’s all-embracing sphere.
Lord, open my eyes that I may see
Your presence everywhere,
My dwelling circled by Your might,
My mountaintop aflame with light,
The shining sentinels of Your love
Triumphant in this hour.
For You with me are greater far
Than all the seeming evils are.
Be still, O heart, and trust
God’s omnipresent power.
Hymn 258
(Words by James Russell Lowell)
Oft to every man and nation
Comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of Truth with falsehood,
For the good or evil side.
A great cause, God’s new Messiah,
Shows to each the bloom or blight,
So can choice be made by all men
Twixt the darkness and the light.
New occasions teach new duties,
Time makes ancient creeds uncouth;
They must upward still and onward
Who would keep abreast of Truth,
And serenely down the future
See the thought of men incline
To the side of perfect justice
And to God’s supreme design.
Though the cause of evil prosper,
Yet ’tis Truth alone is strong;
Though her portion be the scaffold,
And upon the throne be wrong,
Yet that scaffold sways the future,
And behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shadow
Keeping watch above His own.