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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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