Sunday Sermon - Probation After Death
Apr
27
10:00 AM10:00

Sunday Sermon - Probation After Death

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"It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. Click to open the research content...Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip."

(Psalms 18:32,36)

Where do you go when you die? That is a question the world wrestles with. Christian Science reveals the fact, based on the Bible, that death is not a final event for man, and that it cannot destroy man’s real self. Come and learn how your eternal oneness with God can never be invalidated or destroyed. Click the image for more.

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Wednesday Testimony Meeting: Infinite Possibilities 3 - Unlimited Senses
Apr
23
7:30 PM19:30

Wednesday Testimony Meeting: Infinite Possibilities 3 - Unlimited Senses

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"Science reveals the glorious possibilities of immortal man, forever unlimited by the mortal senses.”
(SH 288:27–28)

Are we limited in our understanding of our true nature by our material senses? It sure looks that way. But what's the real story? Join us Wednesday at 7:30 pm to find out. Click the image for more.

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Sunday Sermon - Doctrine of Atonement
Apr
20
10:00 AM10:00

Sunday Sermon - Doctrine of Atonement

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"In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him."

(I John 4:9)

The greatest revelation to mankind is the fact of one’s oneness with God, divine Love. Not just known to God or close to God — but at one with God. Mary Baker Eddy, speaking of man’s oneness with God as demonstrated by Jesus, said, “He claimed no intelligence, action, nor life separate from God.” Click the image for more.

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Wednesday Testimony Meeting: Infinite Possibilities 2 - Infinite Life
Apr
16
7:30 PM19:30

Wednesday Testimony Meeting: Infinite Possibilities 2 - Infinite Life

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"The infinite never began nor will it ever end.”
(SH 245:32)

Is eternal life really possible? Can we demonstrate that here and now? What does it look like? Join us Wednesday at 7:30 pm to hear inspirational readings from our pastor on this topic. Then share with us how you have prayed and seen healing and inspiration. Click the image for more.

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Sunday Sermon - Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?
Apr
13
10:00 AM10:00

Sunday Sermon - Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?

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"False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not."

(Psalm 35:11)

The reality of sin, disease, or death does not depend upon whether they seem real to human sense. The question is whether they express qualities of God, divine Mind, the one cause of anything real. This sermon lays out the wonderful truth that sin, disease, and death can be proven, through spiritual healing, to be unreal — illusions, which can be banished. Click the image for more.

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Wednesday Testimony Meeting: Infinite Possibilities 1 - Infinite Ability
Apr
9
7:30 PM19:30

Wednesday Testimony Meeting: Infinite Possibilities 1 - Infinite Ability

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"St. Paul wrote, 'Rejoice in the Lord always.' And why not, since man’s possibilities are infinite, bliss is eternal, and the consciousness thereof is here and now?"
(Mis. 330:10)

What are we truly capable of? And what is the source of that ability? Are we limited by circumstances, fear, or history? Come learn of the infinite possibilities of all you can be and do. Join us Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Hear from our pastor and from our congregation. Share your story. Click the image for more.

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Sunday Sermon - Unreality
Apr
6
10:00 AM10:00

Sunday Sermon - Unreality

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"...blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!"

(James 3:10)

The subject of "Unreality" is a blessing that shows what we do not owe allegiance to. Science and Health states: "Everything good or worthy, God made. Whatever is valueless or baneful, He did not make, — hence its unreality." There is no curse on man. There is never a requirement for evil, and understanding this truth brings healing. Click the image for more.

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Wednesday Testimony Meeting: The remedy for fear
Apr
2
7:30 PM19:30

Wednesday Testimony Meeting: The remedy for fear

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"Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any."

(Isaiah 44:8)

What are fears made of? The attached article from The Christian Science Sentinel shows how fears are made of nothing. When fear seems to attack as pain and even as possible death, we can reject it as only the belief that God, Love, could be absent or powerless to keep us safe and sound. Click the image for more.

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Sunday Sermon - Reality
Mar
30
10:00 AM10:00

Sunday Sermon - Reality

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"...I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope."

(Jeremiah 29:11)

The reality of all existence is that Truth is real, absolute, and infinite. In Christian Science, Truth is a name for God, and Mary Baker Eddy writes in Science and Health (page 207): "The spiritual reality is the scientific fact in all things." Each individual can learn and understand the reality of being and how it brings joy and healing in every circumstance. Click the image for more.

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Wednesday Testimony Meeting: Man's dominion over animals
Mar
26
7:30 PM19:30

Wednesday Testimony Meeting: Man's dominion over animals

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"All of God’s creatures, moving in the harmony of Science, are harmless, useful, indestructible."
(Science and Health page 514)

Whether we are dealing with a rambunctious puppy, caring for a pet who is an old friend, or faced with a wild animal, we can always remember that God has given us dominion over all His creatures. As stated in Genesis, we know that they are all very good! Mrs. Eddy provides the spiritual interpretation of this verse from Genesis in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures on page 514, "All of God’s creatures, moving in the harmony of Science, are harmless, useful, indestructible." Click the image for more.

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Sunday Sermon - Matter
Mar
23
10:00 AM10:00

Sunday Sermon - Matter

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"...present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."

(Romans 12:1)

To know yourself as God knows you is to give your consent to knowing only your true identity as the creation of Spirit. Our sermon on "Matter" presents Goliath as the belief in, or illusion of, the supremacy of matter. David feared it not and through the power of Spirit proved its nothingness. Click the image for more.

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Wednesday Testimony Meeting: My Brother's Keeper
Mar
19
7:30 PM19:30

Wednesday Testimony Meeting: My Brother's Keeper

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"Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us?”
(Malachi 2:10)

What do we really owe our brother, sister, family - all mankind? Are we responsible for them? In what ways? The article below, "The Brother's Keeper," from the March, 1905 Christian Science Journal, has some great answers. Based squarely on our Pastor -- the Bible, and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures -- the article makes plain exactly what our duties are. Click the image for more.

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Sunday Sermon - Substance
Mar
16
10:00 AM10:00

Sunday Sermon - Substance

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"Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Click to open the research content...the kingdom of God is within you."

(Luke 12:32;17:21)

The world's search for true substance mistakenly looks to material properties to explain it. These material properties are finite and limited, and so the nature of substance is likewise finite and limited. The Bible tells us, "I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it:" (Ecclesiastes 3:14). Click the image for more.

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Wednesday Testimony Meeting: Breaking down walls of resistance
Mar
12
7:30 PM19:30

Wednesday Testimony Meeting: Breaking down walls of resistance

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"The depth, breadth, height, might, majesty, and glory of infinite Love fill all space. That is enough!”
(SH 520:3–5)

Do you sometimes feel like you're not making progress in your healing prayer? Like something is blocking healing or resolution? God is the only power, and can easily break through any seeming resistance to the expression of harmony. Click the image for more.

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Sunday Sermon - Man
Mar
9
10:00 AM10:00

Sunday Sermon - Man

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"...I have a goodly heritage."

(Psalm 16:6)

The curses of sin, disease, and death do not belong to God's man. From our Responsive Reading: "Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope." The real man is not material, is not created by chance or an anthropomorphic god. Man is the image of infinite Mind and is governed by this Mind. Click the image for more.

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Wednesday Testimony Meeting: Harmony in the face of discord
Mar
5
7:30 PM19:30

Wednesday Testimony Meeting: Harmony in the face of discord

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"Harmony in man is as beautiful as in music, and discord is unnatural, unreal.”
(SH 304:20)

We are often faced with discord in our life. Perhaps we are mired in sin, or feeling the effects of someone else who seems to be sinning against us. Maybe we are experiencing pain or sickness, or are faced with death. How do we pray? Can we really reject the reality of discord when it is so aggressively real to us? How did Jesus react when presented with discord? Click the image for more.

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Sunday Sermon - Christ Jesus
Mar
2
10:00 AM10:00

Sunday Sermon - Christ Jesus

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"...he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

(II Peter 1:17)

The purpose of Jesus' life is not to be worshipped from afar as some untouchable ideal. Science and Health (page 482) says: "Jesus was the highest human concept of the perfect man." He was the way-shower, demonstrating the qualities and abilities of man that all can understand and prove. Click the image for more.

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Sunday Sermon - Mind
Feb
23
10:00 AM10:00

Sunday Sermon - Mind

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"...Your Father knows what you need even before you ask."

(Matthew 6:8)

The Bible makes plain the fact that God is omniscient. He knows all and thus is divine Mind. So when we pray, we do not pass on information that God does not already possess. Science and Health tells us on page 370, "To be immortal, we must forsake the mortal sense of things, turn from the lie of false belief to Truth, and gather the facts of being from the divine Mind." Click the image for more.

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Wednesday Testimony Meeting: Never Alone
Feb
19
7:30 PM19:30

Wednesday Testimony Meeting: Never Alone

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"O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee."
(Psalm 25:20)

The human mind struggles with the curse of loneliness -- of abandonment and helplessness. The curse is spelled out in the allegory of Adam and Eve. Christian Science teaches that the curse is null and void, and that it can be demonstrated as nothingness through spiritual healing and holiness. Click the image for more.

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Sunday Sermon - Soul
Feb
16
10:00 AM10:00

Sunday Sermon - Soul

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"The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart:"

(Psalm 19:7,8)

What qualities do you think of when you hear the word Soul? The prophet Micah mentions justice, mercy, and humility. Soul is a name for God. Soul is also Spirit, so it is not a corporeal being within man's body. Soul, God, expresses itself through man. Mrs. Eddy tells us that, "The Science of being reveals man as perfect, even as the Father is perfect..." Click the image for more.

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