BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Christian Science St. Louis - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Christian Science St. Louis X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Christian Science St. Louis REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251210 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20250829T132742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250902T221224Z UID:10008744-1756684800-1765324799@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:The Bible and Christian Science - What’s the connection? DESCRIPTION:Principia College Library\n\nThe Bible and Christian Science\nWhat’s the connection?\n\n\n\nYou are invited to a special exhibit\, “Mary Baker Eddy’s Biblical Interpretation.”\n\n  \n\n\n\nThe Bible was central to the work and thought of Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910)\, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science. Her writings overflow with biblical quotations and references. A limited-run exhibit on display in the Principia College Library features research from students on Mary Baker Eddy’s interpretation of Genesis\, Exodus\, Psalms\, the Gospels\, Paul’s letters\, and Revelation. \nCome see historic Bibles and Bible reference works from the Principia College Library Rare Books & Manuscripts Collections as well as a Dead Sea Scrolls replica jar. \nIn addition\, enjoy a photo exhibit of “Mary Baker Eddy’s Churches and Homes” which highlights significant sites\, events\, and accomplishments in Mary Baker Eddy’s life and in the early history of the Christian Science movement. \n\nImage attribution: Raising of Jairus’ daughter\, frontispiece of Mary Baker G. Eddy\, Science and Health\, vol. 1\, 6th ed. (Boston: Mary Baker G. Eddy\, 1883)\, Principia College Library Rare Books & Manuscripts Collections.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event will take place at\nPrincipia College Library*\n1 Maybeck Place\, Elsah\, IL 62028\nfrom\nSeptember 1 – December 9\, 2025\nExhibit Hours:\nMonday -Thursday 8:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m.\nFriday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.\nSaturday Closed\nSunday 1:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.\n\n*When you arrive at the Principia College Gate House\, please say that you are here to see the Library exhibit and ask for directions to the Library parking lot. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/the-bible-and-christian-science/ LOCATION:Principia College Library\, 1 Maybeck Place\, Elshah\, IL\, 62028 CATEGORIES:Featured,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CSSTL-MBE-Exhibit-sq-for-event-post.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250823T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250823T120000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20250719T152434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250719T153138Z UID:10008743-1755946800-1755950400@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: Learning to Love Your Enemies DESCRIPTION:Central West End\nChild care provided\n\nLearning to Love Your Enemies\nwith Giulia Nesi Tetreau\n\n\n\nLoving your enemies can sometimes feel impossible. Christian Science proves that learning to love your enemies is not only possible\, but natural. The study of this divine Science leads to following Christ Jesus command to “love your enemies.” This replaces anger\, hurt\, and injustice with forgiveness\, freedom\, and peace. \n\n\n  \nAbout\nGiulia Nesi Tetreau\n\n“I’ve always loved people—their life stories\, their struggles\, their successes.  I regularly meet individuals actively cultivating their spiritual life.  And I love sharing Science and Health with them! \nI see much of my own journey in these seekers.  A few years into my career in the mental health field\, despite having achieved professional success\, I felt empty inside.  I had everything I’d been taught would make me happy but instead was dissatisfied and restless\, yearning for something deeper.  That’s when I was introduced to Christian Science through Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures\, by religious reformer\, Mary Baker Eddy.  In it\, I found a shared sacred space with the author and experienced a profound sense of coming home. \nSome years later\, I was compelled to leave my psychotherapy practice to focus completely on my Christian Science healing practice.  It was an imperative demand from within me—I had to be true to myself. “His word is in my heart like a fire…I am weary of holding it in.”* I needed to practice in the way I understood would be most helpful. \nSince then\, sharing the revolutionary message contained in the pages of Science and Health has been the cornerstone of my life.  I helped oversee the worldwide activity of bringing the book to a wider public audience.  I also managed a special project established to respond to the growing interest from healthcare professionals in learning more about Christian Science. I’ve lectured to the public in a variety of settings and venues\, from prisons to professional healthcare audiences and everything in between. I love all of it! \nWhat a special opportunity Christian Science lectures provide for opening the way for the spiritual seeker in all of us to learn\, grow\, and heal.  I welcome all inquiries!” \n\nGiulia Nesi Tetreau will give her talk at\nSchlafly Library\n225 N Euclid Ave St Louis MO 63108\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-learning-to-love-your-enemies/ LOCATION:Schlafly Library\, 225 N Euclid Ave St Louis MO 63108\, St Louis\, 63108\, United States CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/CSGSTL-Event-Instagram-Post.png ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist%2C St. Louis":MAILTO:clerk@firstchurchstl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250503T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250503T150000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20250423T160258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134554Z UID:10008466-1746270000-1746284400@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Christian Science Reading Room GRAND OPENING DESCRIPTION:In Creve Coeur\, MO\nWelcome to our Grand Opening!\nVisit our brand new Regional Christian Science Reading Room!  Discover and explore spiritually-focused books and magazines.  Here you’ll find a quiet place to study and pray\, and a new approach to reading the Bible . . . that heals.\nWe can’t wait to welcome you! \n\n\n\nVisit the Grand Opening of the\nRegional Christian Science Reading Room\n10552 Old Olive Street Rd\, St. Louis\, MO 63141\nWe open at 11 am!\nSponsored by First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Creve Coeur URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/christian-science-reading-room-grand-opening/ LOCATION:Regional Christian Science Reading Room\, 10552 Old Olive Street Rd.\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63141 CATEGORIES:Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sq-Reading-Room-Grand-Opening-5.3.25-1-e1745669271893.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Regional Christian Science Reading Room":MAILTO:CreveCoeurCSRR@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250427T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250427T170000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20250413T191926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134536Z UID:10008465-1745751600-1745773200@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Spiritual Sustainability at St. Louis Earth Day Festival DESCRIPTION:St. Louis Earth Day Festival at Muny Grounds\nForest Park \n\nCan our SPIRITUALITY impact sustainability?\nYou are invited!\nStop by the Christian Science booth at the St. Louis Earth Day Festival. Join us for lively discussions about the relevance of prayer and spirituality to solving environmental and sustainability challenges. Booth M22.\nWe’ll be there at Booth M22 on both Saturday and Sunday\, April 26 and April 26 from 11 am to 5 pm each day.\nSee you there!\n\n\nSpiritual Sustainability – Booth M22\nat St. Louis Earth Day Festival\nSat & Sun\, April 26 and 27\n11 am – 5 pm each day\nMuny Grounds in Forest Park\n1 Theatre Drive\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63112\nSee all information on the right side bar.\nCall 314-872-7700 with questions\nBooth sponsored First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Creve Coeur URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/special-event-spiritual-sustainability/2025-04-27/ LOCATION:St Louis Earth Day Festival\, 1 Theatre Drive\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63112 CATEGORIES:Featured,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CSSTL-Spiritual-Sustainability-SQ-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T193000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20250413T134028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134605Z UID:10008460-1745692200-1745695800@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Book Talk - Peter Henniker-Heaton: Man of Joy DESCRIPTION:Sunset Hills \n\nJoin us for a book talk by author Kim Schuette. Learn more about Mr. Henniker-Heaton’s life\, his healing of paralysis\, and his inspiring contributions to the Christian Science periodicals that continue to bless so many.\n\nPlease register for this in-person event as seating is limited. Just scroll down the page to the Register box and we will love to see you there!\n  \n  \n  \n\n\nPeter Henniker-Heaton: Man of Joy a book talk \nwith special guest speaker\, Kim Schuette\nwill convene on April 26th at 6:30 pm at\nPeace Haven\n12630 Rott Road\, St. Louis\, MO 63127\n\nFree Parking is available.\nSee all information on the right side bar.\nIn person only • Call 314-965-3833 with questions URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/book-talk-peter-henniker-heaton-man-of-joy/ LOCATION:Peace Haven\, 12630 Rott Road\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63127 CATEGORIES:Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CSSTL-Man-of-Joy-SQ-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250412T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250412T150000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20250319T134126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134500Z UID:10008459-1744466400-1744470000@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Finding Where God Is Seen and Felt — What’s Church Got To Do with It? DESCRIPTION:Godfrey\nChild care provided\nFinding Where God Is Seen and Felt — What’s Church Got To Do with It?\nFinding where God is seen and felt.\nWhat’s church got to do with it?\n(Maybe church is more than a building.) \nHave you ever thought about God as goodness? And God’s creation\, including you and everyone else\, as a natural extension of that goodness? \nThere is a direct connection between this foundational way of viewing the world and the idea of church. This lecture discusses the role of church — not just as a building or place\, but as a new kind of thinking that reveals God’s goodness for you and everyone around you. \nWe invite you to join us for this free healing talk with Caryl Emra Farkas\, a Christian Science teacher and practitioner. \nAbout Caryl Emra Farkas\, CSB\n\nThe 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. \nHowever\, 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. \nShe 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. \n\nCaryl Emra Farkas will give her talk at\nFirst Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Alton-Godfrey\n1430 W Delmar Ave\, Godfrey\, IL 62035\n\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/finding-where-god-is-seen-and-felt-whats-church-got-to-do-with-it-2/ LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Alton-Godfrey\, 1430 W Delmar Ave\, Godfrey\, IL\, 62035 CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/stairs-church.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist%2C Alton-Godfrey":MAILTO:altongodfreycschurch@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250411T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250411T203000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20250314T192335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134500Z UID:10008458-1744399800-1744403400@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Finding Where God Is Seen and Felt — What’s Church Got To Do with It? DESCRIPTION:Rockwood/Parkway\nChild care provided\nFinding Where God Is Seen and Felt — What’s Church Got To Do with It?\nFinding where God is seen and felt.\nWhat’s church got to do with it?\n(Maybe church is more than a building.) \nHave you ever thought about God as goodness? And God’s creation\, including you and everyone else\, as a natural extension of that goodness? The book of Psalms (107:8) encourages us to “praise God for his goodness\,” and this free talk\, by Caryl Emra Farkas\, a Christian Science practitioner and teacher\, does just that. It’s about the way church — not as an address on Google Maps\, but as a foundational trust in God’s complete goodness — brings healing and blessing in our lives. \nEmra will speak about her own journey home to this understanding of church after being one of the “nones” [religiously unaffiliated] when it came to church for many years. We invite you to join us for this talk. \nAbout Caryl Emra Farkas\, CSB\n\nThe 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. \nHowever\, 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. \nShe 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. \n\nCaryl Emra Farkas will give her talk at\nFirst Church Christ\, Scientist\, Valley Park\n41 Main St\, Valley Park\, MO 63088\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/finding-where-god-is-seen-and-felt-whats-church-got-to-do-with-it/ LOCATION:First Church Christ\, Scientist\, Valley Park\, 41 Main Street\, Valley Park\, MO\, 63088\, United States CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/event-photo-e1742391844771.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist%2C Valley Park":MAILTO:clerk.fccsvalleypark@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250309T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250309T153000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20250219T144423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134500Z UID:10008457-1741530600-1741534200@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: Be Set Free DESCRIPTION:Jerseyville\, IL\nChild care provided\n\nBe Set Free\nwith Nicole Virgil\n\n\n\nIn this talk\, we will explore Biblical perspectives on freedom and hear real-life examples of people breaking free from physical\, emotional\, and situational struggles. Life often feels full of obstacles that limit our freedom\, but the real challenge is not the barriers themselves. It is not knowing where to find our God-given liberty. True freedom is not just about circumstances changing. It is about discovering the spiritual\, unburdened\, and purposeful liberty that already belongs to us\, proving that true liberty comes from understanding God as its source. \n\n\n  \nAbout Nicole Virgil\n\nNicole’s father was a free-lance church organist\, and her parents attended services at many different Christian churches in New England. Her mom had been on a years-long search to find out how to practice Christian healing just as Jesus did\, and when she started attending Christian Science church services\, she found what she was looking for. As a result\, Nicole was raised in Christian Science\, and developed a deep desire for an intimate relationship with God. \nNicole studied Christian Science with her mom and music with her dad\, and found that each discipline complemented the other. Christian Science healed performance anxiety\, while learning music honed the skills she needed for spiritual practice — skills such as intuition\, listening\, patience and diligence. Throughout her life\, Christian Science and music have always overlapped: after studying opera at music school\, she took her one-woman opera review program (That Can’t Be Opera!) on the road\, educating audiences about opera by singing Mozart\, Puccini\, and Menotti. Christian Science guided her through this entrepreneurial endeavor\, just as it led her to start soloing in churches as a teenager (which is something she still loves to do!) — Nicole eventually married\, started a family with her husband\, and entered the public practice of Christian Science. \nToday Nicole enjoys raising children\, gardening\, soloing in church\, and witnessing the healing effect of Christian Science. \n\nNicole Virgil will give her talk at\nLyon Park Feyerabend Building\n201 E. Spruce Street\, Jerseyville\, IL 62052\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-be-set-free-4/ LOCATION:Feyerabend Building\, 201 East Spruce Street\, Jerseyville\, IL\, 62052\, United States CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Banner-3.3.25.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist%2C Jerseyville%2C IL":MAILTO:jerseyvillecschurch@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250303T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250303T190000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20250219T144111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134500Z UID:10008454-1741024800-1741028400@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: The Quest to Experience GOD DESCRIPTION:St. Charles/Overland\nChild care provided\n\nThe Quest to Experience GOD\nwith Giulia Nesi Tetreau\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“I didn’t just want to know about God. I wanted to experience God.”\n\n\n\n\nFirst Church of Christ\, Scientist\, St. Charles warmly invites you to join us in thinking about a “spiritual revolution.” Giulia Nesi Tetreau\, CSB will be talking about “The Quest to Experience God.” Whether this is your first time visiting a Christian Science lecture or you’re a familiar friend\, we want you to feel warmly welcomed and embraced by God’s love! \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Giulia Nesi Tetreau\n\n \nI always knew my career path was going to involve being of service to others\, but had no idea it would be as a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science! My work in rural Appalachia during high school touched me so deeply I went on to get both an undergraduate and graduate degree in social work. I then worked for over 10 years as a psychotherapist in a variety of mental health settings. Though my career was going well\, I began feeling an increasing sense of dissatisfaction and restlessness. \nI realize now I was searching–earnestly seeking a deeper meaning and purpose for my life. The feeling that there had to be something more and that God had to be in the answer\, propelled me into a journey of spiritual exploration that was absolutely life-transforming. After looking into many different spiritual practices\, I was introduced to the teachings of Christian Science and began reading Mary Baker Eddy’s book\, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. While reading it\, I found a “shared sacred space” with the author and experienced such a profound sense of “coming home” that I knew nothing was going to be the same. It wasn’t long before I realized that for me\, praying for others and helping them come to know themselves as the “loved of Love” was the highest sense of my life purpose. I eventually left the mental health field to hang out my shingle as a practitioner\, and then teacher\, and have never looked back! \n\nGiulia Nesi Tetreau will give her talk at\nFirst Church of Christ\, Scientist\, St. Charles\n1875 South 5th Street\nSt Charles\, MO  63303\nFree Parking is available.\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-the-quest-to-experience-god/ LOCATION:First Church of Christ Scientist St. Charles\, 1875 South 5th Street\, St. Charles\, Missouri\, 63303 CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Corrected-by-JW-1124-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist St Charles":MAILTO:csstco@proton.me END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250301T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250301T120000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20250211T160037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134500Z UID:10008455-1740823200-1740830400@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:RIDING ALONG with GOD - Annual Meeting of the Joint Institutional Committee DESCRIPTION:Creve Coeur \nJoin us for \n\nThe Christian Science Joint Institutional Committee of Missouri\nAnnual Meeting 2025\nFeaturing guest speaker Nancy Harrison\, CS in her talk\, \nRiding Along with God – Spiritual insights from the Police Chaplaincy\n\n \nAbout Nancy Harrison\nNancy Harrison is a lifelong student of Christian Science and has been a Journal-listed practitioner since2015. She’s active in her branch church and is currently First Reader. In 2018 Nancy graduated from the Chattanooga Police Department Volunteer Chaplain Academy\, and she provides a “ministry of presence” to the officers\, and a sense of calm to the public through ride-alongs and on-call duty. \n\n  \n  \n  \n\n\nThe Annual Meeting of The Christian Science Joint Institutional Committee of Missouri\nwith special guest speaker\, Nancy Harrison\nwill convene on March 1st at 10:00 am at\nFirst Church of Christ Scientist\, Creve Coeur\n10939 Ladue Road\nSt. Louis 63141\nFree Parking is available.\nSee all information on the right side bar.\nIn person only • Email csjicmo@gmail.com with questions URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/riding-along-with-god-annual-meeting-of-the-joint-institutional-committee/ LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Creve Couer\, 10939 Ladue Road\, St.Louis\, MO\, 63141 CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-02-11-at-5.16.29 PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250104T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250104T153000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20241206T193044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134500Z UID:10008452-1736001000-1736004600@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: The Joy of Beginning with God DESCRIPTION:Chesterfield YMCA\nChild care provided\n\nThe Joy of Beginning with God\n\nwith Mark McCurties\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA better understanding that God is all-good — and of the good God is causing — helps you experience more of that goodness: health\, peace\, safety\, and joy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this lecture\, you’ll learn more about causation from a spiritual point of view. In other words\, what is God causing? What kind of effects does God’s causative power produce? The Bible promises that God is causing only good. So this lecture will explore how a better understanding of the good that God forever causes can help us to experience more of that goodness in the form of health\, peace\, and safety for our world. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \nAbout Mark McCurties\n\nEver since he was a little boy\, Mark had a deep love for the Bible. When he read about men and women in the Bible overcoming hatred\, famine\, war\, physical disease\, and other hardships\, their triumphs inspired him. It didn’t matter what the odds were\, or what conditions they faced\, individuals in the Bible seemed to flourish in adversity based on one common theme: their deep love for God. \nGrowing up in a Christian Science household\, there was another book that Mark loved to read daily: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures written by Mary Baker Eddy. The very purpose of her book is to help unlock and reveal the deeper divine meaning and inspiration of the Bible. Together the Bible and Science and Health point to the practical healing and saving power of God and its present availability for all mankind. Mark knew that someday he wanted to share that healing message with the world. \nAs he grew into adulthood\, experiences in the field of education as a summer camp director\, outdoor educator\, athletics coach\, and resident counselor all helped to develop his understanding and practice of Christian Science. While working with young people\, Mark had multiple opportunities to witness God’s healing power. These examples proved to him that the healing power of the Christ is just as alive and relevant today as for the men and women of the Bible. In 2010\, with a desire to focus solely on healing through prayer\, Mark entered the full-time public practice of Christian Science. \n\nMark McCurties will give his talk at\nThe Chesterfield YMCA\n16464 Burkhardt Place\nChesterfield\, MO 63017\nFree Parking is available.\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-the-joy-of-beginning-with-god-jan/ LOCATION:Chesterfield YMCA\, 16464 Burkhardt Place\, Chesterfield\, MO\, 63017 CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CV_Lecture2025_WebImage_1080x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ Scientist%2C Clarkson Valley":MAILTO:cschurchclarksonvalley@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241228T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241228T113000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20241219T190224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134500Z UID:10008453-1735381800-1735385400@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Story Hour At The Reading Room DESCRIPTION:Join us for\nStory Hour\nat The Clarkson Valley  Reading Room\n14386 Manchester Rd\nManchester\, MO\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/christmasreadingevent/ LOCATION:Clarkson Valley Reading Room\, 14386 Manchester Rd\, Manchester\, MO CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/RRStoryHour_Christmas_Clarkson-Sqr-NoDetails.png ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ Scientist%2C Clarkson Valley":MAILTO:cschurchclarksonvalley@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241206T200000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20241119T202744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134500Z UID:10008306-1733511600-1733515200@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: Be Set Free DESCRIPTION:Central West End\nChild care provided\n\nBe Set Free\nwith Nicole Virgil\n\n\n\nFreedom is yours when you know where to look for it! Nicole brings a straightforward approach to her talks. She will share and give healing examples from her life of how practical it is to rely on an omnipresent good God for freedom from mental\, physical and relationship issues. As well as lecturing\, Nicole’s work is praying specifically for and with individuals to bring about the healing of any situation. \n\n\n  \nAbout Nicole Virgil\n\nNicole’s father was a free-lance church organist\, and her parents attended services at many different Christian churches in New England. Her mom had been on a years-long search to find out how to practice Christian healing just as Jesus did\, and when she started attending Christian Science church services\, she found what she was looking for. As a result\, Nicole was raised in Christian Science\, and developed a deep desire for an intimate relationship with God. \nNicole studied Christian Science with her mom and music with her dad\, and found that each discipline complemented the other. Christian Science healed performance anxiety\, while learning music honed the skills she needed for spiritual practice — skills such as intuition\, listening\, patience and diligence. Throughout her life\, Christian Science and music have always overlapped: after studying opera at music school\, she took her one-woman opera review program (That Can’t Be Opera!) on the road\, educating audiences about opera by singing Mozart\, Puccini\, and Menotti. Christian Science guided her through this entrepreneurial endeavor\, just as it led her to start soloing in churches as a teenager (which is something she still loves to do!) — Nicole eventually married\, started a family with her husband\, and entered the public practice of Christian Science. \nToday Nicole enjoys raising children\, gardening\, soloing in church\, and witnessing the healing effect of Christian Science. \n\nNicole Virgil will give her talk at First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, St. Louis\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-be-set-free-3/ LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, St. Louis\, 5000 Westminster Place(at Kingshighway)\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63108\, United States CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/be-set-free-v2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist%2C St. Louis":MAILTO:clerk@firstchurchstl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241128T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241128T120000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20241022T172647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T175651Z UID:10009156-1732788000-1732795200@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Attend A Thanksgiving Day Service Near You! DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us in giving gratitude in church on Thanksgiving Day!\nEvery year\, the Christian Science churches in St. Louis hold church services on Thanksgiving Day. \nThe one-hour Thanksgiving service is full of inspiration\, readings\, and expressions of gratitude from members of the congregation. All are welcome! \nChristian Science churches in the Greater St. Louis Area all offer Thanksgiving services at various times between 10 am and 12 pm noon. \nFind a service near you: \nClick to find your closest church!\nSee you on Thanksgiving Day! URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/attend-a-thanksgiving-day-service-near-you/ CATEGORIES:Featured,Thankgiving Service ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Fall-St.Louis-skyline-1-e1731430835857.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241111T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241111T200000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20241015T230850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134501Z UID:10008305-1731351600-1731355200@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:A Talk for Teens: Why Everyone is Needed DESCRIPTION:At Principia School\nin the Idea Center\nA Talk for Teens: Why Everyone is Needed\nwith James Shepherd\n \nWhat’s My Purpose?\nThis teen-focused talk explores what your purpose is and where your worth comes from. \nJames Shepherd shares real-life examples and explains how\, when you see yourself as God does\, healing and personal progress results. As James puts it: \n  \n\n“Each one of us is connected to God. No one is left out.”\n\n\n  \nAbout James Shepherd\nGod’s love is for everyone\, and a Christian Science talk especially for Teens is a perfect setting to learn about God’s love and the healing that it brings. \n\nJames has seen the healing effects of God’s love since he was a youngster\, romping through the woods around his home with his three brothers. They had their share of scrapes and bruises which were quickly healed through prayer. On the rare occasions they felt sick\, they relied on Christian Science for quick healings. \nIn high school his family moved to a ranch where they had cattle\, horses\, sheep\, pigs\, chickens\, and turkeys. He graduated from college with a Bachelor’s degree in agriculture\, but realized that serving as a Christian Science healer was the best way he could serve others. He left the ranch and took up the full-time work of helping others find healing through prayer. Thirty years later\, he still loves this work as much as ever. \nOver the years\, James has enjoyed being active in many roles in his local Church of Christ\, Scientist\, and has worked at summer camps for Christian Scientists and their friends. He has also shared the message of Love’s transforming power in prison settings and youth detention centers. When his four children were little\, he coached their sports programs. He finds other ways to help his community\, such as by volunteering at a neighborhood church to help cook a free breakfast for those in need. \nJames loves spending time with his family and doing any outdoor activity. But his greatest joy will always be to find\, and to help others find\, a more tangible sense of God’s love for everyone and how that improves every aspect of our lives.” \n\nJames Shepherd will give his talk for Teens at\nPrincipia School in the Idea Center\n13201 Clayton Rd.\nSt. Louis\, MO 63131\nSee all information on the right side bar.\nSponsored by First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Creve Coeur\, MO URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/a-talk-for-teens-why-everyone-is-needed/ LOCATION:Principia School\, 13201 Clayton Rd.\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63131 CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CS-STL-A-Talk-for-Teens-Why-Everyone-is-Needed.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241027T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241027T160000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20240917T151706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134501Z UID:10008304-1730037600-1730044800@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: The Science of God and its Power to Heal Us DESCRIPTION:Kirkwood\nChild care provided\n\nThe Science of God and its Power to Heal Us\nwith Nikki O’Hagan\nNikki will show how the Science of God explains Jesus’ healings\, and teachings\, makes God knowable and understandable\, and provides humanity with a safe and reliable means for caring for ourselves and each other. \n \n\n  \n\n\nNikki grew up in South Africa where she gained a love for being outdoors and enjoying the beauty and promise of nature. From a young age she had a strong desire to not just experience life\, but to understand it. She used to exasperate her dad by following up every explanation he gave her by asking “but\, Why?” While Nikki did grow up attending Christian Science Sunday School\, as a teen she decided that this would not be the way for her to gain the understanding of life that she was seeking\, and she headed off in another direction. \nSeveral years followed in which she desperately tried to find happiness and to understand the Why of life. She looked everywhere and tried everything (even jumping out of an airplane!) but nothing brought answers\, happiness or lasting peace. Rather than finding an understanding of life\, it all seemed to just get darker and make less and less sense. \nAnd then a transformational healing brought her back to Christian Science\, where she found comfort\, peace\, mercy\, happiness\, harmony\, health\, and home in the arms of divine Love. Nikki then discovered that she loved the infallible logic of the Science of Christianity\, and found in it all the answers to her Whys. Life and God finally began to make sense and became full of joy\, light\, and love. Her gratitude for this pivotal healing\, and the salvation it brought her by setting her on the path of Christian Science\, was–and still is–unbounded. Since that time all she has wanted to do is love and serve God\, and love and serve others. \nThrough her study and practice of Christian Science\, Nikki has experienced and witnessed so many healings over the years. Her earnest desire is for all to know the transformational healing power of divine Love. Becoming a Christian Science practitioner was a natural step in fulfilling this desire. \nNikki looks forward to sharing with others\, through the lecturing work\, the subjects most precious and dear to her heart: God and Christian Science. \n\n\n  \n\nNikki O’Hagan I will give her talk at\nFirst Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Kirkwood\n415 N Clay Ave.\nSee all information on the right side bar.\nSponsored by First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, St. Louis\, MO URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-the-science-of-god-and-its-power-to-heal-us-2/ LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Kirkwood\, 415 N Clay Avenue\, Kirkwood\, MO\, 63122 CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CSSL-new-PHOTO.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist%2C Kirkwood":MAILTO:christiansciencekirkwood@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241013T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241013T150000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20240913T161701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134501Z UID:10008302-1728828000-1728831600@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: The Joy of Beginning with God DESCRIPTION:Forest Park\nChild care provided\n\nThe Joy of Beginning with God\n\nwith Mark McCurties\n\n\n\nIn this lecture Mark McCurties will talk about causation from a spiritual point of view. In other words\, what is God causing? What kind of effects does God’s causative power produce? The Bible promises that God is causing only good. So this lecture will explore how a better understanding of the good that God forever causes can help us to experience more of that goodness in the form of health\, peace\, and safety for our world. \n  \n\n\n\n  \nAbout Mark McCurties\n\nEver since he was a little boy\, Mark had a deep love for the Bible. When he read about men and women in the Bible overcoming hatred\, famine\, war\, physical disease\, and other hardships\, their triumphs inspired him. It didn’t matter what the odds were\, or what conditions they faced\, individuals in the Bible seemed to flourish in adversity based on one common theme: their deep love for God. \nGrowing up in a Christian Science household\, there was another book that Mark loved to read daily: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures written by Mary Baker Eddy. The very purpose of her book is to help unlock and reveal the deeper divine meaning and inspiration of the Bible. Together the Bible and Science and Health point to the practical healing and saving power of God and its present availability for all mankind. Mark knew that someday he wanted to share that healing message with the world. \nAs he grew into adulthood\, experiences in the field of education as a summer camp director\, outdoor educator\, athletics coach\, and resident counselor all helped to develop his understanding and practice of Christian Science. While working with young people\, Mark had multiple opportunities to witness God’s healing power. These examples proved to him that the healing power of the Christ is just as alive and relevant today as for the men and women of the Bible. In 2010\, with a desire to focus solely on healing through prayer\, Mark entered the full-time public practice of Christian Science. \n\nMark McCurties will give his talk at Eighth Church of Christ\, Scientist \, St. Louis\, MO 63105\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-the-joy-of-beginning-with-god-10-24/ LOCATION:Eighth Church of Christ\, Scientist\, St. Louis\, 6221 Alexander Drive\, St. Louis\, MO\, United States CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/csstl-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241005T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241005T113000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20240913T165403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T134501Z UID:10008301-1728124200-1728127800@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: The Science of God and its Power to Heal Us DESCRIPTION:Elsah\, IL\nChild care provided\n\nThe Science of God and its Power to Heal Us\nwith Nikki O’Hagan\nNikki will show how the Science of God explains Jesus’ healings\, and teachings\, makes God knowable and understandable\, and provides humanity with a safe and reliable means for caring for ourselves and each other. \n \n\n  \n\n\nCurrently living in Ireland\, Nikki grew up in South Africa where she gained a love for being outdoors and enjoying the beauty and promise of nature. From a young age she had a strong desire to not just experience life\, but to understand it. She used to exasperate her dad by following up every explanation he gave her by asking “but\, Why?” While Nikki did grow up attending Christian Science Sunday School\, as a teen she decided that this would not be the way for her to gain the understanding of life that she was seeking\, and she headed off in another direction. \nSeveral years followed in which she desperately tried to find happiness and to understand the Why of life. She looked everywhere and tried everything (even jumping out of an airplane!) but nothing brought answers\, happiness or lasting peace. Rather than finding an understanding of life\, it all seemed to just get darker and make less and less sense. \nAnd then a transformational healing brought her back to Christian Science\, where she found comfort\, peace\, mercy\, happiness\, harmony\, health\, and home in the arms of divine Love. Nikki then discovered that she loved the infallible logic of the Science of Christianity\, and found in it all the answers to her Whys. Life and God finally began to make sense and became full of joy\, light\, and love. Her gratitude for this pivotal healing\, and the salvation it brought her by setting her on the path of Christian Science\, was–and still is–unbounded. Since that time all she has wanted to do is love and serve God\, and love and serve others. \nThrough her study and practice of Christian Science\, Nikki has experienced and witnessed so many healings over the years. Her earnest desire is for all to know the transformational healing power of divine Love. Becoming a Christian Science practitioner was a natural step in fulfilling this desire. \nNikki looks forward to sharing with others\, through the lecturing work\, the subjects most precious and dear to her heart: God and Christian Science. \n\n\n  \n\nNikki O’Hagan will give her talk at Elsah Civic Center\nChildcare will be available at the church\, nearby\, 53 LaSalle Street.\nSee all information on the right side bar.\nSponsored by First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Elsah\, IL URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-the-science-of-god-and-its-power-to-heal-us/ LOCATION:Elsah Civic Center\, 57 Mill Street\, Elsah\, IL\, 62028\, United States CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CSSL-new-PHOTO.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Chris%2C Scientist%2C Elsah":MAILTO:cschurchelsah@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240606T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240606T200000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20240528T131014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T190612Z UID:10008299-1717700400-1717704000@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: Never Alone - How Spiritual Ideas Work In Us DESCRIPTION:St. Louis\nChild care provided\n\nNever Alone – How Spiritual Ideas Work In Us\nwith Melanie Wahlberg\nCome and hear how ideas from God companion us\, bless us\, heal us and feel like home. They transform and impel our lives forward.  Join us at the New City School for an hour of great inspiration with Christian Science Practitioner and Speaker\, Melanie Wahlberg. \nSimple ideas\, about God’s nature and about our nature as expressions of God\, stir something new in our consciousness. They work in us in ways that change our lives and our health for the better … \n\n… But how do we find these healing ideas consistently?  We’ll look at the teachings of Christ Jesus\, our best and most practical example. 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 Wahlberg \nAbout Melanie Wahlberg\n\n \n\nTwo 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. \nAfter 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. \nBut 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. \nMelanie 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.” \n\n\nMelanie Wahlberg will give her talk at\nNew City School\n5209 Waterman Boulevard – Entrance on Lake Avenue\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar.\nSponsored by First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, St. Louis\, MO URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-never-alone-how-spiritual-ideas-work-in-us/ LOCATION:New City School\, 5209 Waterman Boulevard\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63108 CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/6.6.24-Photo.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist%2C St. Louis":MAILTO:clerk@firstchurchstl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240514T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240514T203000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20240416T194944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240417T180059Z UID:10008280-1715715000-1715718600@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: Be Set Free DESCRIPTION:West County\nChild care provided\n\nBe Set Free\n\n\n\nCircumstances often present what appear to be significant obstacles to living freely\, something that everyone wants to do. Whatever it is that seems to stand between us and the full range of motion that we would like to have in our lives\, it’s not so much the impediment that is the problem — it’s not knowing how or where to access our God-given liberty. \nTo live a life of liberty\, we have to find the nature and substance of liberty\, which is spiritual\, purposeful\, unburdened\, and given to all. To do that you have to know where to look\, to the source of liberty — God\, good itself\, all-inclusive. \nIn this talk\, we will examine liberty from a Biblical perspective; and see how real people today find their freedom from all kinds of physical\, emotional and circumstantial restrictions that seem clearly beyond their control so that they may Be Set Free. \n\n\n  \nAbout Nicole Virgil\n\nNicole’s father was a free-lance church organist\, and her parents attended services at many different Christian churches in New England. Her mom had been on a years-long search to find out how to practice Christian healing just as Jesus did\, and when she started attending Christian Science church services\, she found what she was looking for. As a result\, Nicole was raised in Christian Science\, and developed a deep desire for an intimate relationship with God. \nNicole studied Christian Science with her mom and music with her dad\, and found that each discipline complemented the other. Christian Science healed performance anxiety\, while learning music honed the skills she needed for spiritual practice — skills such as intuition\, listening\, patience and diligence. Throughout her life\, Christian Science and music have always overlapped: after studying opera at music school\, she took her one-woman opera review program (That Can’t Be Opera!) on the road\, educating audiences about opera by singing Mozart\, Puccini\, and Menotti. Christian Science guided her through this entrepreneurial endeavor\, just as it led her to start soloing in churches as a teenager (which is something she still loves to do!) — Nicole eventually married\, started a family with her husband\, and entered the public practice of Christian Science. \nToday Nicole enjoys raising children\, gardening\, soloing in church\, and witnessing the healing effect of Christian Science. \n\nNicole Virgil will give her talk at\nThe Conference Building at\nSchroeder Park\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar.\nSponsored by First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Valley Park\, MO URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-be-set-free-2/ LOCATION:Conference Building\, Schroeder Park 359 Old Meramec Station Road\, Manchester\, MO\, 63021 CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CSSTL-5.14.24-Square.png ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist%2C Valley Park":MAILTO:clerk.fccsvalleypark@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240510T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240510T200000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20240416T202622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240502T175819Z UID:10008281-1715367600-1715371200@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: Discover how prayer HEALS DESCRIPTION:Wash U / Delmar\nChild care provided\n\nCome to a free talk on spiritual healing by Christian Science practitioner and international speaker Nate Frederick and … \nDiscover how prayer HEALS\nIf you have no experience with spirituality or religion\, or you’re not even sure what you think about God\, can you still pray and be healed? \nOur speaker\,  Nate Frederick\,  says  …\n\n“Yes. Because prayer and healing are natural to us\, and I say this as one who didn’t even grow up in a religious household. But what I’ve discovered as I’ve studied Christian Science is that a willingness to shift perspectives\, to see things in a new\, more spiritual way\, has an effect–for anyone.”\n\nhttps://youtu.be/gM1hRyhrcvA \nNate continues …\n\nBut what I’ve discovered as I’ve studied Christian Science is that a willingness to shift perspectives\, to see things in a new\, more spiritual way\, has an effect—for anyone.\nLike in the case of an inmate I worked with. As I shared the basics of Christian Science with him\, he said it all sounded great but he was just a bad person. He seemed pretty convinced that healing wasn’t for him. But as we talked about the fact that he wasn’t defined by his past\, but by God\, his source\, who is completely good\, I could tell his thought about himself was changing. \nAnd then he wanted more. So he took a copy of the Bible and Mary Baker Eddy’s book\, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures\, back to his cell and started to dive into these books. Six or seven weeks later\, I ran into him again and he told me that he’d been healed of a serious illness —just from studying the Bible and Science and Health. His study helped him grasp God and his life in a new way and his disease was cured. \nIn my lecture\, I’ll share more about the fundamentals of effective prayer\, as I’ve learned from studying Christian Science\, as well as how healing is truly possible for everyone. \nAbout Nate Frederick\n \nNate is a practitioner of Christian Science healing and in his talk\, he will share more about the fundamentals of effective prayer\, as he has learned from studying Christian Science\, as well as how healing is truly possible for everyone. \nExperiencing first-hand the healing power of Love is Nate Frederick’s favorite thing.  It’s what makes him tick. Nate studied perennial religion at Hampshire College where he was introduced to Christian Science healing.  Although he was enamored with the academic exploration of spirituality\, what he truly desired most was to practice spirituality in a tangible way — he wanted to experience God and heal others. \nAfter traveling and hiking extensively in the Himalayas\, Nate came to Boston in 2008 to work for the headquarters of the Christian Science church\, in Boston.  Since then\, he has served in many capacities\, including launching and producing spiritual and musical podcasts. Nate has shared the Christian Science at jails\, rehab centers and interfaith events.  He’s also been widely involved in composing\, producing and performing music. \nTo sum it all up\, Nate affirms:\n\n“Without comparison\, my greatest love\, my greatest joy— my mission — is to transform lives and heal the sick through Christianly Scientific prayer.”\n\n\nNate Frederick will give his talk at\nUniversity City Public Library\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar.\nSponsored by First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Creve Couer\, MO URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-learn-to-pray-and-heal-a-spiritual-adventure/ LOCATION:University City Public Library\, 6701 Delmar Blvd.\, University City\, MO\, 63130 CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CSSTL-5.10.24-Square.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240406T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240406T150000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20240316T132825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T182846Z UID:10008279-1712412000-1712415600@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: Breaking news: Freedom is ours now DESCRIPTION:Elsah\, IL\nChild care provided\n\nBreaking news: Freedom is ours now\n\n\n\nThe little bird in my hand was free to fly away. We’d banded him as part of an Audubon Society effort and the time had come for his release. But even when I opened my hand to let him go\, he didn’t budge. What did he need? He just needed a little lift. When I gave him even the tiniest nudge upward\, off he flew. Free! \nWhat is it that gives this kind of lift to our lives? Good news\, for one thing. And what better news than the promise that health and freedom can be ours today. Yes\, today! \n\nJoin us for a lively hour\, learning about our freedom from discords of every kind.\n\n\n\n\n\nMy lecture traces the origins of this good news to Christ Jesus’ ministry\, and then explores how the discovery of a 19th-century woman named Mary Baker Eddy—who found freedom from chronic illness and other struggles in her own life—shows the provable relevance of Jesus’ ministry in our lives today. What she discovered through this study she called Christian Science—a view of God and the universe that uplifts our thoughts\, changes our perspective to a spiritual viewpoint\, and heals. \nAnd it lifts all of us\, and can heal all of us. I’ll share the way Christian Science has brought healing to my own life\, rescuing me from a troubling situation with my teenage daughter\, and freeing me from the effects of an accident\, as well as examples of how it has helped others from different walks of life. The common thread through these experiences is the way a clearer view of the reality of our God-given wholeness also releases us from burdens in our lives and causes us to soar. Free! \n\n\n\nAbout Patricia Cohan Woodard\n\nPatty discovered Christian Science as an adolescent and soon thereafter experienced the complete healing of a broken arm through Christian Science treatment\, to the amazement of her mother\, a registered nurse. \nAfter working in New York City in the fashion business\, Patty realized she wanted to help children learn how to learn. So she returned to school and earned a Masters of Arts in Teaching. This desire to help others and her love of Christian Science impelled her to set time aside to pray for others. While a mother of two children\, she became a full-time Christian Science practitioner\, and has pursued a lifelong career of learning about God\, sharing Truth\, and witnessing God’s love for mankind. \nPatty has lived in six states in the U.S. and twice in São Paulo\, Brazil\, where she became fluent in Portuguese. Each new culture and environment has taught her more about God\, universal Love\, and how God’s goodness is reflected by all people. These new views have opened up wonderful opportunities to interact with people from a wide variety of cultural and economic backgrounds\, faiths\, and age groups. In Brazil\, Patty helped start up an award-winning social program that taught mothers living in a favela (slum) how to make beautiful handmade quilts for resale\, the income from which put shoes on their childrens’ feet and gave these women a new sense of self-worth. \nUnderlying all of her experiences is the desire to bring healing to mankind\, to show each individual their God-given freedom\, their real heritage\, their right to happiness and health\, and their inherent ability to feel God’s love. \nToday\, Patty resides in Dallas\, Texas\, where she nurtures her healing practice as well as an active prison ministry. While serving on the Board of Lectureship\, she has given lectures at food pantries\, museums\, libraries\, community centers\, churches\, as well as at local\, state\, and federal prisons. \n\nPatricia Cohan Woodard will give her talk at Farley’s Music Hall\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-breaking-news-freedom-is-ours-now-2/ LOCATION:Farley’s Music Hall\, 37 Mill St\, Elsah\, IL\, 62028 CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/46-Banner-expanded-to-Sq-1-e1710595613176.png ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Chris%2C Scientist%2C Elsah":MAILTO:cschurchelsah@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240404T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240404T203000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20240307T224940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240314T114107Z UID:10008277-1712259000-1712262600@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: Be Set Free DESCRIPTION:Kirkwood\nChild care provided\n\nBe Set Free\n\n\n\nCircumstances often present what appear to be significant obstacles to living freely\, something that everyone wants to do. Whatever it is that seems to stand between us and the full range of motion that we would like to have in our lives\, it’s not so much the impediment that is the problem — it’s not knowing how or where to access our God-given liberty. \nTo live a life of liberty\, we have to find the nature and substance of liberty\, which is spiritual\, purposeful\, unburdened\, and given to all. To do that you have to know where to look\, to the source of liberty — God\, good itself\, all-inclusive. \nIn this talk\, we will examine liberty from a Biblical perspective; and see how real people today find their freedom from all kinds of physical\, emotional and circumstantial restrictions that seem clearly beyond their control so that they may Be Set Free. \n\n\n  \nAbout Nicole Virgil\n\nNicole’s father was a free-lance church organist\, and her parents attended services at many different Christian churches in New England. Her mom had been on a years-long search to find out how to practice Christian healing just as Jesus did\, and when she started attending Christian Science church services\, she found what she was looking for. As a result\, Nicole was raised in Christian Science\, and developed a deep desire for an intimate relationship with God. \nNicole studied Christian Science with her mom and music with her dad\, and found that each discipline complemented the other. Christian Science healed performance anxiety\, while learning music honed the skills she needed for spiritual practice — skills such as intuition\, listening\, patience and diligence. Throughout her life\, Christian Science and music have always overlapped: after studying opera at music school\, she took her one-woman opera review program (That Can’t Be Opera!) on the road\, educating audiences about opera by singing Mozart\, Puccini\, and Menotti. Christian Science guided her through this entrepreneurial endeavor\, just as it led her to start soloing in churches as a teenager (which is something she still loves to do!) — Nicole eventually married\, started a family with her husband\, and entered the public practice of Christian Science. \nToday Nicole enjoys raising children\, gardening\, soloing in church\, and witnessing the healing effect of Christian Science. \n\nNicole Virgil will give her talk at First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Kirkwood\, MO\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-be-set-free-with-nicole-virgil/ LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Kirkwood\, 415 N Clay Avenue\, Kirkwood\, MO\, 63122 CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Banner-1-e1709844791680.png ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist%2C Kirkwood":MAILTO:christiansciencekirkwood@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240402T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240402T200000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20240307T224941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240314T114409Z UID:10008275-1712084400-1712088000@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: The Joy of Beginning with God DESCRIPTION:Alton\, IL\nChild care provided\n\nThe Joy of Beginning with God\n\n\n\nIn this lecture Mark will talk about causation from a spiritual point of view. In other words\, what is God causing? What kind of effects does God’s causative power produce? The Bible promises that God is causing only good. So this lecture will explore how a better understanding of the good that God forever causes can help us to experience more of that goodness in the form of health\, peace\, and safety for our world. \n  \n\n\n\n  \nAbout Mark McCurties\n\nEver since he was a little boy\, Mark had a deep love for the Bible. When he read about men and women in the Bible overcoming hatred\, famine\, war\, physical disease\, and other hardships\, their triumphs inspired him. It didn’t matter what the odds were\, or what conditions they faced\, individuals in the Bible seemed to flourish in adversity based on one common theme: their deep love for God. \nGrowing up in a Christian Science household\, there was another book that Mark loved to read daily: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures written by Mary Baker Eddy. The very purpose of her book is to help unlock and reveal the deeper divine meaning and inspiration of the Bible. Together the Bible and Science and Health point to the practical healing and saving power of God and its present availability for all mankind. Mark knew that someday he wanted to share that healing message with the world. \nAs he grew into adulthood\, experiences in the field of education as a summer camp director\, outdoor educator\, athletics coach\, and resident counselor all helped to develop his understanding and practice of Christian Science. While working with young people\, Mark had multiple opportunities to witness God’s healing power. These examples proved to him that the healing power of the Christ is just as alive and relevant today as for the men and women of the Bible. In 2010\, with a desire to focus solely on healing through prayer\, Mark entered the full-time public practice of Christian Science. \n\nMark McCurties will give his talk at Post Commons in Alton\, IL\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-the-joy-of-beginning-with-god/ LOCATION:Post Commons\, 300 Alby Street\, Alton\, IL\, 62002 CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Banner-2-e1709852030655.png ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist%2C Alton%2C IL":MAILTO:altongodfreycschurch@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240203T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240203T153000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20240122T164657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T172802Z UID:10008274-1706970600-1706974200@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: Be Set Free DESCRIPTION:Clarkson Valley\nChild care provided\n\nBe Set Free\n\n\n\nCircumstances often present what appear to be significant obstacles to living freely\, something that everyone wants to do. Whatever it is that seems to stand between us and the full range of motion that we would like to have in our lives\, it’s not so much the impediment that is the problem — it’s not knowing how or where to access our God-given liberty. \nTo live a life of liberty\, we have to find the nature and substance of liberty\, which is spiritual\, purposeful\, unburdened\, and given to all. To do that you have to know where to look\, to the source of liberty — God\, good itself\, all-inclusive. \nIn this talk\, we will examine liberty from a Biblical perspective; and see how real people today find their freedom from all kinds of physical\, emotional and circumstantial restrictions that seem clearly beyond their control so that they may Be Set Free. \n\n\n  \nAbout Nicole Virgil\n\nNicole’s father was a free-lance church organist\, and her parents attended services at many different Christian churches in New England. Her mom had been on a years-long search to find out how to practice Christian healing just as Jesus did\, and when she started attending Christian Science church services\, she found what she was looking for. As a result\, Nicole was raised in Christian Science\, and developed a deep desire for an intimate relationship with God. \nNicole studied Christian Science with her mom and music with her dad\, and found that each discipline complemented the other. Christian Science healed performance anxiety\, while learning music honed the skills she needed for spiritual practice — skills such as intuition\, listening\, patience and diligence. Throughout her life\, Christian Science and music have always overlapped: after studying opera at music school\, she took her one-woman opera review program (That Can’t Be Opera!) on the road\, educating audiences about opera by singing Mozart\, Puccini\, and Menotti. Christian Science guided her through this entrepreneurial endeavor\, just as it led her to start soloing in churches as a teenager (which is something she still loves to do!) — Nicole eventually married\, started a family with her husband\, and entered the public practice of Christian Science. \nToday Nicole enjoys raising children\, gardening\, soloing in church\, and witnessing the healing effect of Christian Science. \n\nNicole Virgil will give her talk at First Church of Christ Scientist\, Clarkson Valley.\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-be-set-free/ LOCATION:First Church of Christ Scientist\, Clarkson Valley\, 2989 Clarkson Rd\, Chesterfield\, MO\, 63017 CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CSDC-Banner-Event-4-e1705942178541.png ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ Scientist%2C Clarkson Valley":MAILTO:cschurchclarksonvalley@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231203T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231203T150000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20231025T132732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T145802Z UID:10007025-1701612000-1701615600@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: Discovering Ever Present Love - Active in Your Life DESCRIPTION:Central West End\nChild care provided\nDiscovering Ever Present Love – Active in Your Life\n\n\n\nCome and explore how a view of Love as God can bring more thoughtful\, tender affection to your relationships. Love might be what life is all about. \n“Love might be what life is all about. This talk will show how a bigger\, truer sense of God can bring more thoughtful\, tender affection to your relationships. You will hear how a sense of God as Love refines our search for love\, helps us deal with a lack or loss of love\, and can also result in physical healing.” – Janet Hegarty\n\n\n  \nAbout Janet Hegarty\n\nWhat Janet loves about Christian Science is the way it answers pressing questions that come to all of us. Questions like: Who am I? Why am I here? How can I find health and happiness? These questions were uppermost in her thought as she entered college. She studied music composition at Washington University in St. Louis. Then\, she moved to Chicago\, to earn a master’s degree in music. Around that time\, she was introduced to Christian Science and began finding the answers to her questions about identity\, purpose\, and health\, which made a huge difference in her life. \nJanet’s life has been transformed from living in fear for her health and uncertainty about the future to feeling secure in the spiritual basis for health and having a joyous expectation of good. This transformation showed her the life-changing power of God’s goodness and the healing that results from understanding our oneness with God. These ideas have been useful to Janet in her  healing work\, and she loves sharing them in her prison ministry\, with interfaith groups\, and in the public talks she gives on Christian Science. \n\nJanet Hegarty will give her talk at First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, St. Louis.\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-discovering-ever-present-love-active-in-your-life/ LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, St. Louis\, 5000 Westminster Place(at Kingshighway)\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63108\, United States CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Lecture-1st-STL-pexels-oleksandr-p-3036405.png ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist%2C St. Louis":MAILTO:clerk@firstchurchstl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231102T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231102T190000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20230921T153920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T145248Z UID:10006809-1698948000-1698951600@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: Breaking News - Freedom is ours now DESCRIPTION:CHILDCARE PROVIDED\nDid you know that freedom is your divine right?  \nJoin Patricia Woodard\, Christian Science healer and public speaker\, for an hour of in-depth exploration of your right to freedom from limitation.\nThe little bird in my hand was free to fly away. We’d banded him as part of an Audubon Society effort and the time had come for his release. But even when I opened my hand to let him go\, he didn’t budge. What did he need? He just needed a little lift. When I gave him even the tiniest nudge upward\, off he flew. Free! \nWhat is it that gives this kind of lift to our lives? Good news\, for one thing. And what better news than the promise that health and freedom can be ours today. Yes\, today! \nMy lecture traces the origins of this good news to Christ Jesus’ ministry\, and then explores how the discovery of a 19th-century woman named Mary Baker Eddy—who found freedom from chronic illness and other struggles in her own life—shows the provable relevance of Jesus’ ministry in our lives today. What she discovered through this study she called Christian Science—a view of God and the universe that uplifts our thoughts\, changes our perspective to a spiritual viewpoint\, and heals. \nAnd it lifts all of us\, and can heal all of us. I’ll share the way Christian Science has brought healing to my own life\, rescuing me from a troubling situation with my teenage daughter\, and freeing me from the effects of an accident\, as well as examples of how it has helped others from different walks of life. The common thread through these experiences is the way a clearer view of the reality of our God-given wholeness also releases us from burdens in our lives and causes us to soar. Free! ~Patricia Woodard \nAbout Patricia Woodard\n\nPatty discovered Christian Science as an adolescent and soon thereafter experienced the complete healing of a broken arm through Christian Science treatment\, to the amazement of her mother\, a registered nurse. \nAfter working in New York City in the fashion business\, Patty realized she wanted to help children learn how to learn. So she returned to school and earned a Masters of Arts in Teaching. This desire to help others and her love of Christian Science impelled her to set time aside to pray for others. While a mother of two children\, she became a full-time Christian Science practitioner\, and has pursued a lifelong career of learning about God\, sharing Truth\, and witnessing God’s love for mankind. \nPatty has lived in six states in the U.S. and twice in São Paulo\, Brazil\, where she became fluent in Portuguese. Each new culture and environment has taught her more about God\, universal Love\, and how God’s goodness is reflected by all people. These new views have opened up wonderful opportunities to interact with people from a wide variety of cultural and economic backgrounds\, faiths\, and age groups. In Brazil\, Patty helped start up an award-winning social program that taught mothers living in a favela (slum) how to make beautiful handmade quilts for resale\, the income from which put shoes on their childrens’ feet and gave these women a new sense of self-worth. \nUnderlying all of her experiences is the desire to bring healing to mankind\, to show each individual their God-given freedom\, their real heritage\, their right to happiness and health\, and their inherent ability to feel God’s love. \nToday\, Patty resides in Dallas\, Texas\, where she nurtures her healing practice as well as an active in prison ministry. While serving on the Board of Lectureship\, she has given lectures at food pantries\, museums\, libraries\, community centers\, churches\, as well as at local\, state\, and federal prisons. \n\n\n\nLearn More about Patricia Woodard and her talk\,\nBreaking News: Freedom is ours now \n\n\nPatricia Woodard will give her talk at First Church of Christ\, Scientist St Charles – Overland.\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-breaking-news-freedom-is-ours-now/ LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, Scientist St Charles – Overland\, 1875 S 5th St\, St Charles\, 63303\, United States CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/birds-flying-sq.png ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist St Charles":MAILTO:csstco@proton.me END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231022T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231022T150000 DTSTAMP:20260415T021702 CREATED:20230921T042825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T145249Z UID:10006676-1697983200-1697986800@www.christiansciencestl.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: Meaningful change for ourselves and the world DESCRIPTION:CHILDCARE PROVIDED\nWant to be a spiritual agent for change? Want to know how you can make change really happen? \nJoin Mark McCurties\, Christian Science healer and public speaker\, for an hour of in-depth exploration of this change that starts  … with God.\nWe live in a world where millions of people are striving to make change for the better. So\, in a world seeking positive change\, how do we make sure that such change actually happens? \nIn my own life I’ve found that letting God\, divine Love\, guide and direct my efforts brings permanent and meaningful results… In this lecture\, I will explain how God’s loving and saving power is the greatest agent for change\, and that through a right understanding of God\, His power can be seen and felt right here and now\, bringing health and peace to the world. ~Mark McCurties \nAbout Mark McCurties\nEver since he was a little boy\, Mark had a deep love for the Bible. When he read about men and women in the Bible overcoming hatred\, famine\, war\, physical disease\, and other hardships\, their triumphs inspired him. It didn’t matter what the odds were\, or what conditions they faced\, individuals in the Bible seemed to flourish in adversity based on one common theme: their deep love for God. \nGrowing up in a Christian Science household\, there was another book that Mark loved to read daily: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures written by Mary Baker Eddy. The very purpose of her book is to help unlock and reveal the deeper divine meaning and inspiration of the Bible. Together the Bible and Science and Health point to the practical healing and saving power of God and its present availability for all mankind. Mark knew that someday he wanted to share that healing message with the world. \nAs he grew into adulthood\, experiences in the field of education as a summer camp director\, outdoor educator\, athletics coach\, and resident counselor all helped to develop his understanding and practice of Christian Science. While working with young people\, Mark had multiple opportunities to witness God’s healing power. These examples proved to him that the healing power of the Christ is just as alive and relevant today as for the men and women of the Bible. In 2010\, with a desire to focus solely on healing through prayer\, Mark entered the full-time public practice of Christian Science. \n\nLearn More about Mark McCurties and his talk\,\nMeaningful change for ourselves and the world \n\n\nMark McCurties will give his talk at Eighth Church of Christ\, Scientist in the Wash U area.\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar. URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-meaningful-change-for-ourselves-and-the-world/ LOCATION:Eighth Church of Christ\, Scientist\, St. Louis\, 6221 Alexander Drive\, St. Louis\, MO\, United States CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/change-in-worldpexels-cameron.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR