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SUMMARY:Church service every Sunday morning
DESCRIPTION:Sunday Church Services\n\n\nEvery Sunday morning\, the Christian Science churches in St. Louis hold Bible-based services that include readings\, hymns\, and music. Click to find your closest church.
URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/find-a-church-service-every-sunday-morning-and-wednesday-evening-2-2/2025-03-09/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Church Services
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SUMMARY:Attend a Church Service Every Sunday Morning
DESCRIPTION:Sunday Church Services\n\n\nEvery Sunday morning\, the Christian Science churches in St. Louis hold Bible-based services that include readings\, hymns\, and music. \nClick  here to find a church closest to you!
URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/attend-a-church-service-every-sunday-morning/2025-03-09/
CATEGORIES:Featured,Sunday Church Services
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250312T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250312T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T210104
CREATED:20240111T183053Z
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Testimony Meeting every week!
DESCRIPTION:Every Wednesday evening\, Christian Science churches in St. Louis hold Bible-based services that include readings\, music\, and a time to share healings and insights. Find your closest church.
URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/wednesday-nov-2-2/2025-03-12/
CATEGORIES:Wednesday Testimony Meetings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250318
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SUMMARY:Weekly Sentinel Watch
DESCRIPTION:Listen to a new Sentinel Watch Podcast every week!\nThis weekly half-hour interview podcast takes an in-depth look at how to heal life’s challenges by using a spiritual perspective. The program talks with people who have used the principles of Christian Science to solve problems with health\, career\, purpose\, relationships\, and more. \nClick here to listen 24/7!
URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/sentinel-watch-2-2/2025-03-17/
CATEGORIES:Daily Inspiration,Featured
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SUMMARY:Daily Lift -- Inspiration Monday through Friday!
DESCRIPTION:Get Your Daily Lift 5 Days A Week!\nThe Christian Science Daily Lift podcast contains life stories and spiritual lessons from people just like you. Each Lift shares a healing idea that can bless you and help you bless others —all in just a few minutes. The Daily Lift has new episodes Monday through Friday. \nClick here to listen in 24/7\n 
URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/daily-lift-3-2/2025-04-07/
CATEGORIES:Daily Inspiration,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250411T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250411T203000
DTSTAMP:20260416T210104
CREATED:20250314T192335Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250412T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250412T150000
DTSTAMP:20260416T210104
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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
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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/2025-04-26/
LOCATION:St Louis Earth Day Festival\, 1 Theatre Drive\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63112
CATEGORIES:Featured,Special Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T193000
DTSTAMP:20260416T210104
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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
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250823T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250823T120000
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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
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251210
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251012T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251012T150000
DTSTAMP:20260416T210104
CREATED:20250913T000158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250917T003428Z
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SUMMARY:Free Public Talk:  What Really Matters
DESCRIPTION:Forest Park\nChild care provided \nWhat Really Matters\nwith Nicole Virgil\n______________________________________________________________________ \nEveryone is invited to a free talk on Christian Science: What Really Matters\, presented by Nicole Virgil. Discovering our capacity to sort reality from unreality\, what matters from what doesn’t\, can bring healing\, clarity\, and freedom. \nAbout Nicole Virgil \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\nEighth Church of Christ\, Scientist – St. Louis\, Forest Park\n6221 Alexander Drive\, 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-what-really-matters/
LOCATION:Eighth Church of Christ\, Scientist\, St. Louis\, 6221 Alexander Drive\, St. Louis\, MO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251109T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251109T150000
DTSTAMP:20260416T210104
CREATED:20251017T174826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T224437Z
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SUMMARY:Free Public Talk:  Moving past fear --  to healing
DESCRIPTION:Central West End\nChild care provided\n\nMoving past fear – to healing\n\n  \nBy discovering the strong connection and relationship we have to something bigger than ourselves — God\, good\, we can learn to lean and rely on this greater\, higher good. This can move us to love beyond ourselves — and we are freed from fear and so much more.  \n\nAbout Lisa Troseth\n\nLisa was in her late teens when God became more real to her as an infinitely loving presence. At the time\, she was struggling with tough relationship problems\, so she was wide open to seeking divine answers. She began to earnestly study Christian Science\, which she knew transformed lives because it had healed her mom of a bipolar disorder diagnosed as incurable. \n\n“As I really prayed and studied the Bible and Science and Health\, they awakened me to a larger view of life as being forever inseparable from divine Love. This freed me from the relationship issues\, healed me of a skin condition\, and changed my character for the better.”\n\nYearning to share God’s healing nature more with others\, Lisa took Christian Science Primary Class Instruction in 1994\, where she learned how prayer\, based on our unity with God\, consistently heals and brings solutions to our lives\, communities\, and world. Proving this has been at the heart of her life’s work\, whether serving in educational nonprofits\, working as a Christian Science nurse\, or serving in various church capacities\, including currently as a Christian Science lecturer. Lisa was an art major in college\, and has enjoyed living in many places throughout the United States. One of her favorite activities nowadays is hiking with her husband in the mountains of Northwest Arkansas. She has loved being in the full-time ministry of Christian Science healing since 2010\, and now as a 2021 graduate of Normal class. \n“It’s a joy to share the Science of Christ-healing through teaching.”\n\n\nLisa Troseth will give her talk at First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, St. Louis\, MO\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar.
URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-moving-past-fear-to-healing-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
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ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist%2C St. Louis":MAILTO:clerk@firstchurchstl.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251115T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251115T150000
DTSTAMP:20260416T210104
CREATED:20251003T163023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251003T164039Z
UID:10009152-1763215200-1763218800@www.christiansciencestl.org
SUMMARY:Free Public Talk:  Can Prayer be Scientific?
DESCRIPTION:Kirkwood\nChild care provided \nCan Prayer be Scientific?\nwith Emra Farkas\nThe Science of Christianity challenges conventional views of prayer\, presenting it not as blind faith\, but as a scientific understanding of God’s ever-present love. Drawing from Jesus’ teachings in the Bible\, as well as personal experiences practicing Christian Science\, Emra illustrates how prayer can bring tangible healing and transformation. Prayer\, combined with a law-based approach to spirituality\, can be both practical and provable. \n______________________________________________________________________ \n  \nAbout Emra Farkas \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______________________________________________________________________ \nEmra Farkas will give her talk at\nFirst Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Kirkwood\n415 N Clay Avenue\, Kirkwood MO 63122\nChildcare will be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar.
URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-talk-can-prayer-be-scientific/
LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Kirkwood\, 415 N Clay Avenue\, Kirkwood\, MO\, 63122
CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured
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ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist%2C Kirkwood":MAILTO:christiansciencekirkwood@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251127T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251127T120000
DTSTAMP:20260416T210104
CREATED:20230927T221707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251105T190754Z
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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/thanksgiving-service/
CATEGORIES:Featured,Thankgiving Service
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260122T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260122T210000
DTSTAMP:20260416T210104
CREATED:20260204T191719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T195523Z
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SUMMARY:The Book of Mark: Six-session Evening Bible Study
DESCRIPTION:Creve Coeur \nDig deep into the Book of Mark with this six-part study. With meetings held on selected Thursday evenings from Jan 22 – April 16\, you’ll explore historical and spiritual aspects of this powerful and fast-paced gospel.  \nThe sessions will be held on Jan 22\, Feb 5\, Feb 19\, Mar 5\, Mar 26\, and Apr 16.  \nThese meetings\, led by Christian Science practitioner\, Kim Hedge\, CS\, will be held in-person and on Zoom. Kim serves in the full-time healing ministry through the practice of Christian Science\, and is finishing up her divinity degree at Eden Theological Seminary. \n  \nTo register for this free workshop\, email regionalcsrr@gmail.com. Optional study materials are available to purchase.\n\n\nThe Book of Mark: Six-session Evening Bible Study\nled by Kim Hedge\, CS\nwill meet for 6 weeks\nSt. Louis Regional Christian Science Reading Room\n10552 Old Olive Street Rd\, St. Louis\, MO \nSee all information on the right side bar.
URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/the-book-of-mark-six-session-evening-bible-study/
LOCATION:Regional Christian Science Reading Room\, 10552 Old Olive Street Rd.\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63141
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Regional Christian Science Reading Room":MAILTO:CreveCoeurCSRR@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260220T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260220T115000
DTSTAMP:20260416T210104
CREATED:20260128T183223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T202518Z
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SUMMARY:Giving Freely of Ourselves and What We All Gain
DESCRIPTION:Elsah\, Illinois\nEveryone is welcome. \nGiving Freely of Ourselves and What We All Gain\nwith Melanie Walhberg\nWhen we feel overwhelmed by life’s problems\, we may want to hide or give up. But when we do the opposite — give more of ourselves or focus on the God-given qualities we already have\, we find that those problems dissolve! Hear this Christian Science healer share her own experiences of progress — and how you can gain the joy\, health\, and strength that move our lives and the world forward. \n______________________________________________________________________ \n  \nAbout Melanie Walhberg \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 Walhberg will give her talk at\nPrincipia Wanamaker Hall\, Elsah\n1 Maybeck Place\, Elsah\, IL\nEveryone is welcome.\nChildcare will be not be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar.
URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/giving-freely-of-ourselves-and-what-we-all-gain/
LOCATION:Principia Wanamaker Hall\, 1 Maybeck Place\, Elsah\, IL\, 62028\, United States
CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured
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ORGANIZER;CN="Christian Science Organization":MAILTO:principiacollegecso@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260424T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260424T201500
DTSTAMP:20260416T210104
CREATED:20260331T132351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T230642Z
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SUMMARY:Free Public Talk:  Be Set Free
DESCRIPTION:Webster Groves\nBe Set Free\nwith Nicole Virgil\n“Freedom is yours when you know where to look for it\,” says Nicole\, who brings a straightforward approach to her talks. She will share 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. \nAs well as lecturing\, Nicole’s work is praying specifically for and with individuals to bring about the healing of any situation. \nALL are welcome to enjoy this free talk in Wehrli Chapel at the Eden Theological Seminary! \nAbout Nicole Virgil \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. \nNicole Virgil will give her talk at\nWehrli Chapel\, Eden Theological Seminary\n475 E Lockwood Ave\, St. Louis\, MO 63119\nChildcare will not be provided.\nSee all information on the right side bar.\nSponsored by First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Creve Coeur\, MO
URL:https://www.christiansciencestl.org/events/free-public-be-set-free/
LOCATION:Wehrli Chapel\, Eden Theological Seminary\, 475 E Lockwood Ave\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63119\, United States
CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260425T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260425T120000
DTSTAMP:20260416T210104
CREATED:20260331T135211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T142739Z
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SUMMARY:Free Public Talk: The Science of God and its Power to Heal Us
DESCRIPTION:Manchester\nChild care provided\nThe Science of God and its Power to Heal Us\nwith Nikki O’Hagan\n“Get up! Pick up your mat and walk” (John 5: 8 NIRV). \nChrist Jesus responded with scientific certainty to calls for healing. This Christian Science lecture is about his simple message of certain good. \nWhether you’re looking for answers or facing challenges\, come hear about experiencing God’s goodness — His presence and power. No background needed\, just honest life questions. \nAbout Nikki O’Hagan \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.\n\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\nNikki O’Hagan will give her talk at\nSchroeder Park Office Building\, Conference Area\nSchroeder Park 359 Old Meramec Station Road\nManchester\, Missouri\nChild care 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-the-science-of-god-and-its-power-to-heal-us-3/
LOCATION:Schroeder Park Office Building\, Conference Area\, Schroeder Park 359 Old Meramec Station Road\, Manchester\, Missouri
CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured
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ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist%2C Valley Park":MAILTO:clerk.fccsvalleypark@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260509T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260509T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T210104
CREATED:20260410T152552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T152814Z
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SUMMARY:Free Public Talk - Finding where God is seen and felt
DESCRIPTION:Clarkson Valley\nChild care provided\nFinding where God is seen and feltWhat’s church got to do with it?(Maybe church is more than a building.)\nEmra Farkas discusses the real role of church — not just as a building\, but as a new kind of thinking that reveals God’s goodness for you and everyone around you. She gives tangible examples of how the right meaning of church heals\, and shares her personal journey of finding her way back to a spiritually centered outlook. The lecture features several of her own healings\, both from childhood and adulthood. \nAbout Caryl Emra Farkas\, CSB\n\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 discovered 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\, tonsillitis\, 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 to an instantaneous healing of multiple chronic illnesses. \nThis inspired a deeper study of Eddy’s writings. That study led her back to church\, to Christian Science class instruction\, and eventually to a ten-year intensive course of study. Shortly thereafter\, she became a full-time Christian Science practitioner. \nEmra 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 the Church Edifice2989 Clarkson RoadChesterfield\, MO 63017\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-2026/
LOCATION:First Church of Christ Scientist\, Clarkson Valley\, 2989 Clarkson Rd\, Chesterfield\, MO\, 63017
CATEGORIES:Christian Science Talks,Featured
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ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ Scientist%2C Clarkson Valley":MAILTO:cschurchclarksonvalley@gmail.com
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