Our services have moved online

Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

Call:

(346) 248-7799  

Meeting ID:

129 788 073#

If you want to listen in by phone, you can also use the one-touch dial-in: +13126266799,,129788073#

Both our Sunday and Wednesday virtual services use the same phone number and Meeting ID and these remain the same from week to week.

If you’d like to listen on your computer, tablet or smartphone, you can use this link instead and follow the instructions to install Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/129788073 The dial-in option is the simplest way to participate.

On Sundays, you can follow the Bible Lesson as it’s being read here. On Wednesdays, after the readings have concluded, testimonies of Christian Science healing are shared. If you would like to submit a written testimony, email it to fifthchurch@csgeorgetown.com by 6 p.m. each Wednesday. We cannot ensure that all submitted testimonies will be read and some may be edited for brevity. To testify verbally during the meeting, please follow the instructions below.

During the testimony portion of our Wednesday evening testimony meetings, please use the ‘raise hand’ feature in Zoom or dial * 9 on your touchtone phone to request to be unmuted by the host and share your testimony:

Option 1: To give a Testimony by Touchtone Phone:

1) Dial *9 on your touchtone phone to indicate you would like to give a testimony.
2) When it’s your turn, you’ll hear a voice prompt letting you know that you are unmuted and the First Reader will then invite you to speak.

Option 2: To give a Testimony using a Computer

1) Use the ‘raise hand’ feature in Zoom (see below) to indicate you would like to give a testimony.
2) When it’s your turn, you’ll hear a voice prompt letting you know that you are unmuted and the First Reader will then invite you to speak.

Option 3: To give a Testimony using an iPad or iPhone

1) Use the ‘raise hand’ feature in Zoom (see below) to indicate you would like to give a testimony.
2) When it’s your turn, you’ll hear a voice prompt letting you know that you are unmuted and the First Reader will then invite you to speak.

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Welcome

We warmly welcome you to join us for our virtual services. We are a Christian Science church, one of the many branch churches of The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts (also known as the Mother Church). Sunday Sermons consist of the reading of the weekly Christian Science Bible Lesson, which contain selections from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. by Mary Baker Eddy. In addition to our virtual Sunday service, we also hold a one-hour Wednesday evening virtual testimony meeting, where people share their progress and healings through the practice of Christian Science and applying God’s spiritual laws to their daily lives and challenges. For our virtual Wednesday evening meetings, written testimonies can be submitted in advance to be read to listeners or are given live through the use of Zoom’s ‘raise hand’ feature (as indicated above).

Pastor

The Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, together serve as the pastor of all Christian Science churches. Sunday church services consist of readings from the Bible and Science and Health.  They are based on the oneness and allness of God, also known as Principle, Mind, Soul, Spirit, Life, Truth, Love.

Upcoming Events

Zoom Webinar on Christian Science Healing

Saturday, December 5th at 11:00am

Fifth Church is joining together with First Church of Christ, Scientist, Washington, DC to hold a free Zoom webinar “A New View of God and Its Effect of Well-Being” on Saturday, December 5th at 11:00am. The speaker is Phillip Hockley, CS, a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship.

This webinar will talk about the connection between a better understanding of God and well-being. Phillip speaks from his own experience: “. . . Christian Science gave me a new view of God that I’d not had before: a view of God as Love itself, divine Love that loved me fully. I also discovered that this loving God was not the source of my troubles (which were many) but the solution to them. My life began to improve quickly after that and I became a healthy man after many years of suffering. . . . But what impressed me the most was finding out that these kinds of breakthroughs aren’t one-time, personal miracles. God’s love is available to everyone, and there’s even a textbook on Christian Science healing that explains the power of God’s love in our lives: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. What I’ve gone on to learn, and what I’ll share in my lecture, is that the perspective of God and reality that Christian Science opens up is one that offers freedom from whatever in our lives seems painful, debilitating, or limiting. . . .”

To find out more about Christian Science lectures and other events as well as other Christian Science churches and reading rooms throughout the DC area, visit ChristianScienceDC.com.

Additional Resources

Online Resources

To learn more about how Christian Science heals and read testimonies of those healed, visit ChristianScience.com.

The Mother Church Sunday Services and Wednesday Testimony Meetings can be heard online – Listen live or replay here.

Podcasts

Sentinel Watch is a weekly podcast produced by the Christian Science Sentinel that discusses prayer, healing and other topics of concern in your life and the community. Listen online or download. Find out more You can also listen 24 hours a day by calling (202) 658-7855 and selecting The Sentinel (English) or El Heraldo (Spanish).

Subscriptions

The Christian Science Bible Lesson for each Sunday Service that is read in Christian Science services around the world are available in many formats (print, digital, and audio). Subscriptions are available at https://biblelesson.christianscience.com/editions.

The First, Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston (also known as The Mother Church) publishes articles that supplement the study of the Bible and Science and Health and include testimonies of healing. They are The Christian Science Journal (monthly), The Christian Science Sentinel (weekly), and The Herald of Christian Science (articles in Spanish, French, German and other languages). A subscription to these can be found online at JSH-Online.com. It also includes a searchable archive of past articles and pamphlets, as well as podcasts.