First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bellingham, WA

March 30-April 5: “Unreality”

March 30-April 5: “Unreality”

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Golden Text:  “Happy are those who trust the Lord; who do not turn to idols or join those who worship false gods.” (Psalms 4

This beautiful Bible Lesson reminds us of the peace, the healing and the happiness we experience when we trust God, turning firmly away from the “idols” or “false gods” of human distractions.

“I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.  I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way.  O when wilt thou come unto me?  I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.  I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes:”  (Psalms 101: 1-3)

“The Science of Christianity comes with fan in hand to separate the chaff from the wheat.  Science will declare God aright, and Christianity will demonstrate this declaration and its divine Principle, making mankind better physically, morally, and spiritually.”  (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 466:26)

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.

While our Bellingham church has suspended Sunday services and Wednesday testimony meetings in order to honor Governor Inslee’s “stay at home” order, the Bible Lesson brings the healing blessings of church to our members every day.

You can read or hear it too, at this link.   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.

 

Suspension of Church Services

Dear Friends, 

As you may have heard, Governor Inslee has issued a “stay at home” order and banned all public gatherings. We will, therefore, suspend church services (both Wednesday and Sunday), as well as Sunday School, until the ban is lifted.

We are grateful for the online church services provided by The Mother Church. These can be enjoyed by anyone through JSH Online or The Mother Church’s website.

Please note that our Reading Room is also temporary closed at the current time.

In the first verse of the 90th Psalm we read: “Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.” We are grateful to know that all humanity safely dwells in divine Mind.

March 23-29: “Reality”

March 23-29: “Reality.”

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Golden Text:  “Taste and see how good the Lord is!  The one who takes refuge in him is truly happy!” (Psalms 34:8)

At a time when so many are worried about health, this beautiful Bible Lesson gives us the opportunity to see God’s constant, loving care, protecting all mankind.

“The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.  The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.” (Psalms 145: 17, 18)

“The spiritual reality is the scientific fact in all things.  The spiritual fact, repeated in the action of man and the whole universe, is harmonious and is the ideal of Truth.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 207: 27-2)

You can read this Bible Lesson here, or by visiting our Reading Room.

You and your family are also welcome to join us at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, where you can hear this powerful lesson read, along with hymns and a sacred solo.  Your children are always welcome in our Sunday School, where they will love discussing the Bible stories contained in the Lesson  and related passages from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health.  Your smaller children will receive loving care in our Children’s Room.

Come join us on Sunday, or at our 7:30 p.m. Wednesday testimony meeting.  You are most welcome.

 

 

Temporary Reading Room Closure

With most of downtown Bellingham closed down at the current time, our downtown Reading Room will also be closed until further notice.

Anyone needing to purchase or borrow Reading Room materials may contact the Reading Room at 360.676.4147.  You may leave a message at that number, and expect a response within a day or so.

March 16-22: “Matter”

March 16-22: “Matter.”

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Golden Text:  “…the Spirit is the One who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.” (I John 5:6)

This powerful Bible Lesson makes it clear: God, Spirit, is the only power, the only influence in our lives.

“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)

“Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness.  Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 468:13.)

You can read this Bible Lesson here, or by visiting our Reading Room.

You and your family are also welcome to join us at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, where you can hear this powerful lesson read, along with hymns and a sacred solo.  Your children are always welcome in our Sunday School, where they will love discussing the Bible stories contained in the Lesson  and related passages from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health.  Your smaller children will receive loving care in our Children’s Room.

Come join us on Sunday, or at our 7:30 p.m. Wednesday testimony meeting.  You are most welcome.

 

March 9-15: “Substance”

March 9-15: “Substance.”

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Golden Text:  “Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy border; but thou shall call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.” (Isaiah 60:18)

This Bible Lesson provides a powerful healing response to counter the world belief that we are all vulnerable to destructive forces, be they from human or “natural” forces.

“And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve… The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers… The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.” (Isaiah 14: 3, 5,7)

“Belief in a material basis, from which may be deduced all rationality, is slowly yielding to the idea of a metaphysical basis, looking away from matter to mind as the cause of every effect.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 268:6-9.)

You can read this Bible Lesson here, or by visiting our Reading Room.

You and your family are also welcome to join us at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, where you can hear this powerful lesson read, along with hymns and a sacred solo.  Your children are always welcome in our Sunday School, where they will love discussing the Bible stories contained in the Lesson  and related passages from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health.  Your smaller children will receive loving care in our Children’s Room.

Come join us on Sunday, or at our 7:30 p.m. Wednesday testimony meeting.  You are most welcome.

 

March 7-8: “Man”

March 7-8: “Man.”

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Golden Text:  “…thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not:  for I have redeemed the, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.” (Isaiah 43:1)

This Bible Lesson gives us a fresh, inspiring, new view of ourselves as the reflection, emanation, expression of God, Divine Truth and Love.

“Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his nature.”  (Psalms 100:3)

“Identity is the reflection of Spirit, the reflection in multifarious forms of the living Principle, Love.  Soul is the substance, Life, and intelligence of man, which is individualized, but not in matter.  Soul can never reflect anything inferior to Spirit.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,p. 477:20)

You can read this Bible Lesson here, or by visiting our Reading Room.

You and your family are also welcome to join us at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, where you can hear this powerful lesson read, along with hymns and a sacred solo.  Your children are always welcome in our Sunday School, where they will love discussing the Bible stories contained in the Lesson  and related passages from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health.  Your smaller children will receive loving care in our Children’s Room.

Come join us on Sunday, or at our 7:30 p.m. Wednesday testimony meeting.  You are most welcome.

 

 

Feb. 24-March 1: “Christ Jesus”

Feb. 24-March 1: “Christ Jesus.”

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Golden Text: “I am the good shepherd.” (John 10:11)

This Bible Lesson emphasizes the tender care that Christ Jesus expressed as “the good shepherd.”  It reminds us of the infinite blessings that come to us as we strive to follow in his footsteps, loving and healing as we go.

“As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.  And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.” (John 10: 15-16)

“Those, who are willing to leave their nets or to cast them on the right side for Truth, have the opportunity now, as forename, to learn and to practice Christian healing.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 271:26-29.)

You can read this Bible Lesson here, or by visiting our Reading Room.

You and your family are also welcome to join us at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, where you can hear this powerful lesson read, along with hymns and a sacred solo.  Your children are always welcome in our Sunday School, where they will love discussing the Bible stories contained in the Lesson  and related passages from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health.  Your smaller children will receive loving care in our Children’s Room.

Come join us on Sunday, or at our 7:30 p.m. Wednesday testimony meeting.  You are most welcome.

 

 

Feb. 17-23: “Mind”

Feb. 17-23: “Mind.”

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Golden Text:  “It is the Lord who gives wisdom; from him come knowledge and understanding.” (Proverbs 2:6)

This Bible Lesson shows us the healing blessings of understanding God as Divine Mind, giving us all the wisdom and ability to know and to do God’s good work.

“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!  how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out.” (Romans 11:33)

“Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding…. My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.” (Proverbs 3: 13, 21, 22)

“When we fully understand our relation to the Divine, we can have no other Mind but His, — no other Love, wisdom, or Truth, no other sense of Life, and no consciousness of the existence of matter or error.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 250:32.)

You can read this Bible Lesson here, or by visiting our Reading Room.

You and your family are also welcome to join us at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, where you can hear this powerful lesson read, along with hymns and a sacred solo.  Your children are always welcome in our Sunday School, where they will love discussing the Bible stories contained in the Lesson  and related passages from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health.  Your smaller children will receive loving care in our Children’s Room.

Come join us on Sunday, or at our 7:30 p.m. Wednesday testimony meeting.  You are most welcome.

 

 

Feb. 10-16: “Soul”

Feb. 10-16: “Soul.”

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Golden Text:  “I will betroth you to Me forever;” (Hosea 2:19)

This beautiful Bible Lesson on Soul — in Christian Science, a synonym for God  — is like a very special Valentine’s day gift.  It unfolds for us the deep, tender, caring, heart-felt nature of our relationship to our loving Father-Mother-God.

“For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.” (Isaiah 61:11)

“Soul is the substance, Life, and intelligence of man, which is individualized, but not in matter.  Soul can never reflect anything inferior to Spirit.

“Man is the expression of Soul.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 477: 22-26, 29)

You can read this Bible Lesson here, or by visiting our Reading Room.

You and your family are also welcome to join us at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, where you can hear this powerful lesson read, along with hymns and a sacred solo.  Your children are always welcome in our Sunday School, where they will love discussing the Bible stories contained in the Lesson  and related passages from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health.  Your smaller children will receive loving care in our Children’s Room.

Come join us on Sunday, or at our 7:30 p.m. Wednesday testimony meeting.  You are most welcome.

 

 

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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