First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bellingham, WA

June 14-20: “Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?”

June 14-20: “Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?”

Golden Text:. ” . . Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.” (Nehemiah 9:5)

This powerful Bible Lesson challenges us to lift our thoughts, to see and acknowledge the facts of God’s tender, loving care for all Her creation.  And in doing so, to feel the joy and reassurance of God, Divine Love’s blessings in every aspect of our lives.

“The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

“Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.

“Blessed be the Lord for evermore.” (Psalms 89: 11, 15, 52)

“The creative Principle — Life, Truth, and Love — is God. The universe reflects God. There is but one creator and one creation. This creation consists of the unfolding of spiritual ideas and their identities, which are embraced in the infinite Mind and forever reflected. These ideas range from the infinitesimal to infinity, and the highest ideas are the sons and daughters of God.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 502:27)

About the Bible Lesson

The weekly Bible Lesson is read and studied daily by students of Christian Science around the world, and is read on Sundays in Christian Science churches everywhere.

Our church members are grateful to announce the July 4 reopening of our Bellingham church services, which have been suspended over the past year in respect for Washington State’s Covid-19 guidance.  During these past months of, however, the Bible Lesson has continued to be read and studied, bringing the healing blessings of church to our members every day.

You can read or hear it too, at this link, whenever you wish, every day.

You can also listen live and replay the Sunday church service and Wednesday testimony meeting held at The Mother Church of Christian Science, in Boston, MA.  Click here to access those services.

 

June 7-13: “God the Preserver of Man”

June 7-13: “God the Preserver of Man.”

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Golden Text:  “. . . The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.” (Deuteronomy 33:12)

This Bible Lesson inspires and reassures us with the great truth that God, Divine Love, is ever-present, protecting, guiding and providing all that we need to experience healing in our lives.

“The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand…. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. (Psalms 121: 5, 7, 8),

“Man is the expression of God’s being.

“The relations of God and man, divine Principle and idea, are indestructible in Science; and Science knows no lapse from nor return to harmony, but holds the divine order or spiritual law, in which God and all that He creates are perfect and eternal, to have remained unchanged in its eternal history.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 470, 23-24, 32)

About the Bible Lesson

The weekly Bible Lesson is read and studied daily by students of Christian Science around the world, and is read on Sundays in Christian Science churches everywhere.

Our Bellingham church has temporarily suspended Sunday services, Sunday School and Wednesday testimony meetings in order to respect Washington State’s Covid-19 guidance.  However, the Bible Lesson continues to be read and studied, bringing the healing blessings of church to our members every day.

You can read or hear it too, at this link, whenever you wish, every day.

You can also listen live and replay the Sunday church service and Wednesday testimony meeting held at The Mother Church of Christian Science, in Boston, MA.  Click here to access those services.

 

May 31-June 6: “God the Only Cause and Creator”

May 31-June 6: “God the Only Cause and Creator.”

Golden Text: “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” (Psalms 24:1)

This Bible Lesson gives us an opportunity to truly dig deep in our prayers to grasp the truth that Divine  Love, Life, Principle, is the All, the Only power governing the universe, mankind, and all creation.

“For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.” (Isaiah 45:18)

“Infinite Mind creates and governs all, from the mental molecule to infinity. This divine Principle of all expresses Science and art throughout His creation, and the immortality of man and the universe. Creation is ever appearing, and must ever continue to appear from the nature of its inexhaustible source.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 507:24-29.)

About the Bible Lesson

The weekly Bible Lesson is read and studied daily by students of Christian Science around the world, and is read on Sundays in Christian Science churches everywhere.

Our Bellingham church has temporarily suspended Sunday services, Sunday School and Wednesday testimony meetings in order to respect Washington State’s Covid-19 guidance.  However, the Bible Lesson continues to be read and studied, bringing the healing blessings of church to our members every day.

You can read or hear it too, at this link, whenever you wish, every day.

You can also listen live and replay the Sunday church service and Wednesday testimony meeting held at The Mother Church of Christian Science, in Boston, MA.  Click here to access those services.

 

May 24-30: “Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced”

May 24-30: “Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced.”

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Golden Text: “. . If God be for us, who can be against us? . . . we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” (Romans 8:31,37)

This Bible Lesson reminds us of the need to be strong and clear-eyed about challenging and firmly rejecting all claims of evil, by working for a deeper understanding of God as All-in-all, the only Truth, Mind, Principle, Life, Love, Spirit, Soul.

“Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.” (I Chronicles 29:11)

“There is no power apart from God. Omnipotence has all-power, and to acknowledge any other power is to dishonor God.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, 228:25-27)

“The foundation of evil is laid on a belief in something besides God. This belief tends to support two opposite powers, instead of urging the claims of Truth alone.”  (S&H p. 92:26-29)

About the Bible Lesson

The weekly Bible Lesson is read and studied daily by students of Christian Science around the world, and is read on Sundays in Christian Science churches everywhere.

Our Bellingham church has temporarily suspended Sunday services, Sunday School and Wednesday testimony meetings in order to respect Washington State’s Covid-19 guidance.  However, the Bible Lesson continues to be read and studied, bringing the healing blessings of church to our members every day.

You can read or hear it too, at this link, whenever you wish, every day.

You can also listen live and replay the Sunday church service and Wednesday testimony meeting held at The Mother Church of Christian Science, in Boston, MA.  Click here to access those services.

 

May 17-23: “Soul and Body”

May 17-23: “Soul and Body.”

Golden Text: “The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. . . . God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light:” (Psalms 118: 14, 27)

This Bible Lesson takes us figuratively by the hand, and leads us to deeply thoughtful passages from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook* which help us see, understand and claim our identity as the spiritual manifestations of Soul, God.

“…Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths:” (Isaiah 2: 3)

“Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths:” (Isaiah 58:11)

“Christian Science explains all cause and effect as mental, not physical. It lifts the veil of mystery from Soul and body. It shows the scientific relation of man to God, disentangles the interlaced ambiguities of being, and sets free the imprisoned thought. In divine Science, the universe, including man, is spiritual, harmonious, and eternal.” (Science and Health, p. 114: 23-29)

*The Christian Science textbook is Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.

About the Bible Lesson

The weekly Bible Lesson is read and studied daily by students of Christian Science around the world, and is read on Sundays in Christian Science churches everywhere.

Our Bellingham church has temporarily suspended Sunday services, Sunday School and Wednesday testimony meetings in order to respect Washington State’s Covid-19 guidance.  However, the Bible Lesson continues to be read and studied, bringing the healing blessings of church to our members every day.

You can read or hear it too, at this link, whenever you wish, every day.

You can also listen live and replay the Sunday church service and Wednesday testimony meeting held at The Mother Church of Christian Science, in Boston, MA.  Click here to access those services.

 

May 10-16: “Mortals and Immortals”

May 10-16: “Mortals and Immortals.”

Golden Text: “I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: . . . I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.” (Psalms 17:6, 15)

This Bible Lesson awakens us to the glorious opportunities available to us when we see ourselves and others as the full, spiritual reflection of God, Divine Truth, Life and Love.

“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

“And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.” (Colossians 3: 12, 14)

“Sometime we shall learn how Spirit, the great architect, has created men and women in Science. We ought to weary of the fleeting and false and to cherish nothing which hinders our highest selfhood.”  (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 68:4.)

About the Bible Lesson

The weekly Bible Lesson is read and studied daily by students of Christian Science around the world, and is read on Sundays in Christian Science churches everywhere.

Our Bellingham church has temporarily suspended Sunday services, Sunday School and Wednesday testimony meetings in order to respect Washington State’s Covid-19 guidance.  However, the Bible Lesson continues to be read and studied, bringing the healing blessings of church to our members every day.

You can read or hear it too, at this link, whenever you wish, every day.

You can also listen live and replay the Sunday church service and Wednesday testimony meeting held at The Mother Church of Christian Science, in Boston, MA.  Click here to access those services.

 

May 3-9: “Adam and Fallen Man”

May 3-9: “Adam and Fallen Man.”

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Golden Text:  “. . . Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?. . . He sent them food to the full.”  (Psalms 78: 91, 25)

This Bible Lesson reminds us that every day, God gives us the opportunity to see and experience spiritual growth, in the form of healing whatever needs healing, and correcting whatever in our thought or experience seems to need a better, clearer view.

“O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”  (Deuteronomy 5:8)

“God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them…..

“And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.” Genesis 1: 27, 29)

“Through discernment of the spiritual opposite of materiality, even the way through Christ, Truth, man will reopen with the key of divine Science the gates of Paradise which human beliefs have closed, and will find himself unfallen, upright, pure, and free, not needing to consult almanacs for the probabilities either of his life or of the weather, not needing to study brainology to learn how much of a man he is.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 171: 4)

About the Bible Lesson

The weekly Bible Lesson is read and studied daily by students of Christian Science around the world, and is read on Sundays in Christian Science churches everywhere.

Our Bellingham church has temporarily suspended Sunday services, Sunday School and Wednesday testimony meetings in order to respect Washington State’s Covid-19 guidance.  However, the Bible Lesson continues to be read and studied, bringing the healing blessings of church to our members every day.

You can read or hear it too, at this link, whenever you wish, every day.

You can also listen live and replay the Sunday church service and Wednesday testimony meeting held at The Mother Church of Christian Science, in Boston, MA.  Click here to access those services.

April 26-May 2: “Everlasting Punishment”

April 26-May 2: “Everlasting Punishment.”

Golden Text:  ” . . the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.”

This Bible Lesson lifts us up and out of the notion of a condemning, punishing God, to the inspiring understanding of God as Divine Life and Love, giving “everlasting joy” to all Her children.

“The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.”  (Jeremiah 31:3)

“God is Love. Can we ask Him to be more? God is intelligence. Can we inform the infinite Mind of anything He does not already comprehend? Do we expect to change perfection?”  (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 2:23-26)

About the Bible Lesson

The weekly Bible Lesson is read and studied daily by students of Christian Science around the world, and is read on Sundays in Christian Science churches everywhere.

Our Bellingham church has temporarily suspended Sunday services, Sunday School and Wednesday testimony meetings in order to respect Washington State’s Covid-19 guidance.  However, the Bible Lesson continues to be read and studied, bringing the healing blessings of church to our members every day.

You can read or hear it too, at this link, whenever you wish, every day.

You can also listen live and replay the Sunday church service and Wednesday testimony meeting held at The Mother Church of Christian Science, in Boston, MA.  Click here to access those services.

 

April 19-25: “Probation After Death”

April 19-25: “Probation After Death.”

Golden Text: “My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.” (Psalms 62:5)

This Bible Lesson speaks to us of the importance of working and praying consistently, with patience and persistence, to dedicate our hours, our days and our lives in seeing and demonstrating the healing spiritual truths of God’s Allness.

“I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end…..  And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.  And I will be found of you, saith the Lord:” ( Jeremiah 29:  11, 13, 14)

“To ascertain our progress, we must learn where our affections are placed and whom we acknowledge and obey as God. If divine Love is becoming nearer, dearer, and more real to us, matter is then submitting to Spirit. The objects we pursue and the spirit we manifest reveal our standpoint, and show what we are winning.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 239:16)

About the Bible Lesson

The weekly Bible Lesson is read and studied daily by students of Christian Science around the world, and is read on Sundays in Christian Science churches everywhere.

Our Bellingham church has temporarily suspended Sunday services, Sunday School and Wednesday testimony meetings in order to respect Washington State’s Covid-19 guidance.  However, the Bible Lesson continues to be read and studied, bringing the healing blessings of church to our members every day.

You can read or hear it too, at this link, whenever you wish, every day.

You can also listen live and replay the Sunday church service and Wednesday testimony meeting held at The Mother Church of Christian Science, in Boston, MA.  Click here to access those services.

 

April 12-18: “Doctrine of Atonement”

April 12-18: “Doctrine of Atonement.”

Golden Text:  “. . Behold the Lamb of God!” (John 1:36)

This Bible Lesson gives us the clear, comforting, inspiring path to claim (and reclaim) our unbroken connection to God, Good.

“Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.  The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.” (Isaiah 52: 9, 10)

“The scientific unity which exists between God and man must be wrought out in life-practice, and God’s will must be universally done.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 202:3)

About the Bible Lesson

The weekly Bible Lesson is read and studied daily by students of Christian Science around the world, and is read on Sundays in Christian Science churches everywhere.

Our Bellingham church has temporarily suspended Sunday services, Sunday School and Wednesday testimony meetings in order to respect Washington State’s Covid-19 guidance.  However, the Bible Lesson continues to be read and studied, bringing the healing blessings of church to our members every day.

You can read or hear it too, at this link, whenever you wish, every day.

You can also listen live and replay the Sunday church service and Wednesday testimony meeting held at The Mother Church of Christian Science, in Boston, MA.  Click here to access those services.

Welcome to First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bellingham, WA

Have you ever wondered if there really is a God, one who is willing or able to play a role in your life?

You can find the answers you yearn for, and the loving, caring God that Christ Jesus called "Father."  Christian Science shows that feeling the peace of God's loving, all-powerful presence is possible now. It shows us that the understanding of God that heals all our challenges is not a secret recipe available only in Biblical times, but a demonstrable science that all can practice and use in daily life.

Our church is one of the many worldwide branches of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, established in Boston, Massachusetts in 1879 by Mary Baker Eddy.

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