Christian Science St. Louis

Finding Where God Is Seen and Felt — What’s Church Got To Do with It?
2025-04-11 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | First Church Christ, Scientist, Valley Park, 41 Main Street, Valley Park, MO, 63088, United States
Rockwood/Parkway
Child care provided
Finding Where God Is Seen and Felt — What’s Church Got To Do with It?
Finding where God is seen and felt.
What’s church got to do with it?
(Maybe church is more than a building.)
Have 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.
Emra 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.
About Caryl Emra Farkas, CSB

The 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.
However, 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.
She 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.

Caryl Emra Farkas will give her talk at
First Church Christ, Scientist, Valley Park
41 Main St, Valley Park, MO 63088
Childcare will be provided.
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Finding Where God Is Seen and Felt — What’s Church Got To Do with It?
2025-04-12 14:00 - 15:00 | First Church of Christ, Scientist, Alton-Godfrey, 1430 W Delmar Ave, Godfrey, IL, 62035
Godfrey
Child care provided
Finding Where God Is Seen and Felt — What’s Church Got To Do with It?
Finding where God is seen and felt.
What’s church got to do with it?
(Maybe church is more than a building.)
Have you ever thought about God as goodness? And God’s creation, including you and everyone else, as a natural extension of that goodness?
There 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.
We invite you to join us for this free healing talk with Caryl Emra Farkas, a Christian Science teacher and practitioner.
About Caryl Emra Farkas, CSB

The 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.
However, 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.
She 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.

Caryl Emra Farkas will give her talk at
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Alton-Godfrey
1430 W Delmar Ave, Godfrey, IL 62035

Childcare will be provided.
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Spiritual Sustainability at St. Louis Earth Day Festival
2025-04-26 11:00 - 17:00 | St Louis Earth Day Festival, 1 Theatre Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63112
St. Louis Earth Day Festival at Muny Grounds
Forest Park

Can our SPIRITUALITY impact sustainability?
You are invited!
Stop 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.
We’ll be there at Booth M22 on both Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and April 26 from 11 am to 5 pm each day.
See you there!

Spiritual Sustainability – Booth M22
at St. Louis Earth Day Festival
Sat & Sun, April 26 and 27
11 am – 5 pm each day
Muny Grounds in Forest Park
1 Theatre Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63112
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Call 314-872-7700 with questions
Booth sponsored First Church of Christ, Scientist, Creve Coeur

Book Talk - Peter Henniker-Heaton: Man of Joy
2025-04-26 18:30 - 19:30 | Peace Haven, 12630 Rott Road, St. Louis, MO, 63127
Sunset Hills

Join 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.

Please 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!

Peter Henniker-Heaton: Man of Joy a book talk
with special guest speaker, Kim Schuette
will convene on April 26th at 6:30 pm at
Peace Haven
12630 Rott Road, St. Louis, MO 63127

Free Parking is available.
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In person only • Call 314-965-3833 with questions

Christian Science Reading Room GRAND OPENING
2025-05-03 11:00 - 15:00 | Regional Christian Science Reading Room, 10552 Old Olive Street Rd., St. Louis, MO, 63141
In Creve Coeur, MO
Welcome to our Grand Opening!
Visit 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.
We can’t wait to welcome you!

Visit the Grand Opening of the
Regional Christian Science Reading Room
10552 Old Olive Street Rd, St. Louis, MO 63141
We open at 11 am!
Sponsored by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Creve Coeur

Free Public Talk: Learning to Love Your Enemies
2025-08-23 11:00 - 12:00 | Schlafly Library, 225 N Euclid Ave St Louis MO 63108, St Louis, 63108, United States
Central West End
Child care provided

Learning to Love Your Enemies
with Giulia Nesi Tetreau

Loving 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.

About
Giulia Nesi Tetreau

“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!
I 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.
Some 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.
Since 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!
What 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!”

Giulia Nesi Tetreau will give her talk at
Schlafly Library
225 N Euclid Ave St Louis MO 63108
Childcare will be provided.
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The Bible and Christian Science - What’s the connection?
2025-09-01 - 2025-12-09 | Principia College Library, 1 Maybeck Place, Elshah, IL, 62028
Principia College Library

The Bible and Christian Science
What’s the connection?

You are invited to a special exhibit, “Mary Baker Eddy’s Biblical Interpretation.”

The 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.
Come 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.
In 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.

Image 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.

This event will take place at
Principia College Library*
1 Maybeck Place, Elsah, IL 62028
from
September 1 – December 9, 2025
Exhibit Hours:
Monday -Thursday 8:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday Closed
Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

*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.

Free Public Talk: What Really Matters
2025-10-12 14:00 - 15:00 | Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist, St. Louis, 6221 Alexander Drive, St. Louis, MO, United States
Forest Park
Child care provided
What Really Matters
with Nicole Virgil
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Everyone 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.
About Nicole Virgil
Nicole’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.
Nicole 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.
Today Nicole enjoys raising children, gardening, soloing in church, and witnessing the healing effect of Christian Science.
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Nicole Virgil will give her talk at
Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist – St. Louis, Forest Park
6221 Alexander Drive, St. Louis, MO 63105
Childcare will be provided.
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Free Public Talk: Can Prayer be Scientific?
2025-11-15 14:00 - 15:00 | First Church of Christ, Scientist, Kirkwood, 415 N Clay Avenue, Kirkwood, MO, 63122
Kirkwood
Child care provided
Can Prayer be Scientific?
with Emra Farkas
The 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.
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About Emra Farkas
The 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.
However, 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.
She 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.
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Emra Farkas will give her talk at
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Kirkwood
415 N Clay Avenue, Kirkwood MO 63122
Childcare will be provided.
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Attend A Thanksgiving Day Service Near You!
2025-11-27 10:00 - 12:00 | MO
We invite you to join us in giving gratitude in church on Thanksgiving Day!
Every year, the Christian Science churches in St. Louis hold church services on Thanksgiving Day.
The one-hour Thanksgiving service is full of inspiration, readings, and expressions of gratitude from members of the congregation. All are welcome!
Christian Science churches in the Greater St. Louis Area all offer Thanksgiving services at various times between 10 am and 12 pm noon.
Find a service near you:
Click to find your closest church!
See you on Thanksgiving Day!

The Book of Mark: Six-session Evening Bible Study
2026-01-22 19:30 - 21:00 | Regional Christian Science Reading Room, 10552 Old Olive Street Rd., St. Louis, MO, 63141
Creve Coeur
Dig 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.
The sessions will be held on Jan 22, Feb 5, Feb 19, Mar 5, Mar 26, and Apr 16.
These 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.

To register for this free workshop, email regionalcsrr@gmail.com. Optional study materials are available to purchase.

The Book of Mark: Six-session Evening Bible Study
led by Kim Hedge, CS
will meet for 6 weeks
St. Louis Regional Christian Science Reading Room
10552 Old Olive Street Rd, St. Louis, MO
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Giving Freely of Ourselves and What We All Gain
2026-02-20 11:00 - 11:50 | Principia Wanamaker Hall, 1 Maybeck Place, Elsah, IL, 62028, United States
Elsah, Illinois
Everyone is welcome.
Giving Freely of Ourselves and What We All Gain
with Melanie Walhberg
When 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.
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About Melanie Walhberg

Two 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.
After 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.
But 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.
Melanie 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.”

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Melanie Walhberg will give her talk at
Principia Wanamaker Hall, Elsah
1 Maybeck Place, Elsah, IL
Everyone is welcome.
Childcare will be not be provided.
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Free Public Talk: Be Set Free
2026-04-24 19:00 - 20:15 | Wehrli Chapel, Eden Theological Seminary, 475 E Lockwood Ave, St. Louis, MO, 63119, United States
Webster Groves
Be Set Free
with Nicole Virgil
“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.
As well as lecturing, Nicole’s work is praying specifically for and with individuals to bring about the healing of any situation.
ALL are welcome to enjoy this free talk in Wehrli Chapel at the Eden Theological Seminary!
About Nicole Virgil
Nicole’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.
Nicole 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.
Today Nicole enjoys raising children, gardening, soloing in church, and witnessing the healing effect of Christian Science.
Nicole Virgil will give her talk at
Wehrli Chapel, Eden Theological Seminary
475 E Lockwood Ave, St. Louis, MO 63119
Childcare will not be provided.
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Sponsored by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Creve Coeur, MO

Free Public Talk: The Science of God and its Power to Heal Us
2026-04-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Schroeder Park Office Building, Conference Area, Schroeder Park 359 Old Meramec Station Road, Manchester, Missouri
Manchester
Child care provided
The Science of God and its Power to Heal Us
with Nikki O’Hagan
“Get up! Pick up your mat and walk” (John 5: 8 NIRV).
Christ Jesus responded with scientific certainty to calls for healing. This Christian Science lecture is about his simple message of certain good.
Whether 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.
About Nikki O’Hagan

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.

Several 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.
And 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.
Through 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.
Nikki looks forward to sharing with others, through the lecturing work, the subjects most precious and dear to her heart: God and Christian Science.

Nikki O’Hagan will give her talk at
Schroeder Park Office Building, Conference Area
Schroeder Park 359 Old Meramec Station Road
Manchester, Missouri
Child care will be provided.
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Sponsored by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Valley Park, MO

Free Public Talk - Finding where God is seen and felt
2026-05-09 16:00 - 17:00 | First Church of Christ Scientist, Clarkson Valley, 2989 Clarkson Rd, Chesterfield, MO, 63017
Clarkson Valley
Child care provided
Finding where God is seen and feltWhat’s church got to do with it?(Maybe church is more than a building.)
Emra 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.
About Caryl Emra Farkas, CSB

The 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.
However, 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.
She 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.
This 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.
Emra 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.

Caryl Emra Farkas will give her talk at the Church Edifice2989 Clarkson RoadChesterfield, MO 63017
Childcare will be provided.
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