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
Services are at 780 Abrego Street, Monterey.
Sunday morning service and Sunday school begins at 10:00 AM.
Wednesday evening testimony meeting is at 7:30 PM.
Notice: Church services on Sundays and Wednesdays and the Sunday School on-site will be temporarily discontinued at the 780 Abrego Street location until further notice.
However, we will continue to provide the church Sunday services and Wednesday testimony meetings with our Uber Conference telephone and online capabilities. To access Sunday Service at 10 am PDT and the Wednesday testimony meeting at 7:30 pm PDT, dial 831-296-3513 to connect by telephone and follow the prompts. To connect by computer, you must open with Chrome browser and go to
. Select "Join Conference".
Enjoy singing along during our church service with the hymn selections posted below.
To find online Christian Science church services in other areas, please go to this link:
https://www.christianscience.com/publications-and-activities/online-church-services?icid=Homepage:eyebrown-nav:Online%20church%20services
Both the Downtown and Church Reading Room locations are temporarily closed until further notice.
Events
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:
https://www.christianscience.com/find-us/find-a-lecture
Live Web Lecture
Michelle Nanouche, CSB
Angry no more: Healing anger and divisiveness through forgiveness
Thursday, October 29
12:00 pm PDT
Yorba Linda, CA
Webinar URL:
Or call 914 614 3426 to join, then enter 595 729 456#
714-609-5845
For those who have felt victimized by their circumstances, trailed by a sad past, or who are marked by abuse, this lecture offers insights that neutralize perpetual reaction to pain and anger. The spiritual reasoning through prayer, taught in Christian Science, opens one’s natural ability for peace, forgiveness, restoration and progress.
Reading Room & Bookstore— Two locations to serve you
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.
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.
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–4pm
Sat 11 am–3pm
Hours (Reading Room–780 Abrego St., Monterey):
Mon–Fri 11am–4pm
Sun Open before and after service
Phone Number:
Tel: 831-372-5076 (198 Bonifacio Place)
Tel: 831-920-2300 (780 Abrego Street)
Fax: 831-324-4708
October 26-November 1, 2020
This Week's Lesson:
Everlasting Punishment
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Reading Room
The Reading Room and Bookstore in the church edifice at 780 Abrego, Monterey.
See article on the "About Us" page on the drop down menu.
Melanie Wahlberg, CS
Never alone: How spiritual ideas work
If you missed the webinar lecture, here is a link :
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/Grvzkz39JKk78WfaK9EvA-ei684ulyFtHmR1g9ruv0BALkpUSHIJBCScY1GgMcu6.wPKfA9xWwXSt-nm3?startTime=1601754839000
Passcode: vDBw81@U
Hymn selection ~Wednesday, October 28
Hymn 543
(Margaret Glenn Matters)
O Jesus, our dear Master,
Your works, now understood,
Reveal their full effulgence
Through love and brotherhood.
Today Christ’s precious Science
Your healing power makes plain:
With joy may all obey you
And cast out sin and pain.
The Christ, eternal manhood,
As God’s own Son beloved,
A tender ever-presence
Within each heart is proved.
O God, our Father-Mother,
Your name we see expressed
By man, who in Your Science
Is perfect, holy, blessed.
O Science, God-sent message
To tired humanity,
You are Love’s revelation
Of Truth that makes us free.
Your kingdom, God, within us
Shows forth Love’s sweet control.
God’s idea, man, rejoices;
We know the reign of Soul.
Hymn 459
(Simon Browne)
Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly Love,
With light and comfort from above;
Be Truth our guardian, Love our guide,
O’er every thought and step preside,
Be God our guide.
The light of Truth to us display,
That we may know and choose Your way;
Plant holy joy in every heart,
That we from You may ne’er depart,
Plant joy in every heart.
Lead us, O Christ, the living Way,
Nor let us from your precepts stray;
Lead us to God, our heavenly rest,
That we may be forever blest,
Forever blest.
Hymn 90
(William Williams)
Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land:
I am Thine, and Thou art mighty,
Hold me with Thy powerful hand.
Bread of heaven! Bread of heaven!
Feed me now and evermore.
Open is the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing waters flow;
And the fiery cloudy pillar
Leads me all my journey through.
Strong Deliverer! Strong Deliverer!
Still Thou art my strength and shield.
Live Web Lecture
Lyle Young, CSB
Christian Science: A clearer view of you
Sunday, November 1
2:00 pm PDT
San Diego, CA
Webinar URL:
Or call 669-900-6833 to join, then enter 814 7655 0751
618-567-8784
Who are we, really? You and I, and all humanity? The health, harmony, and joy we experience in life depends on our answer to this question.
Mary Baker Eddy, who founded the Christian Science church, had a profound insight into the nature of God as infinite Love. She perceived that God is the only substance, intelligence and Life of the universe, without the opposition typically ascribed to darkness or evil. Moreover, Eddy realized that this was the basis of Jesus’ healing works.
To the degree that we understand our identity as purely spiritual — knowing that each of us shines, now and eternally, as a unique expression of infinite Love — we experience healing. The result is wellness, opportunity, spiritual progress, and the highest degree of joy.