Reading Room

The Reading Room has resumed regular business hours of Monday through Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Consistent with state Covid-19 guidelines, all attendants and visitors are requested to wear masks.

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God….” – II Timothy 2:15

“The time for thinkers has come.” – Mary Baker Eddy

The spiritual answers you’ve been seeking can be found in our Reading Room, located in downtown Bellingham. You will gain inspiration and peace from the resources this bookstore and library offers for study, to purchase or borrow.

Among the items available for purchase or study are:

Various editions of The Bible, in several languages, and Bible reference books
Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures, in several languages, and other writings by the founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy
Both physical copies and online access to more than 100 years of Christian Science publications, with inspiring, problem-solving articles and thousands of authenticated accounts of healing covering a myriad of topics
CDs of uplifting music or discussions on various topics
Children’s books, including Bible stories
The Pulitzer prize-winning international Christian Science Monitor newspaper
Online access to additional information on Christian Science: broadcasts and online chats on spiritual topics, lectures, articles, reference materials and more!

Map to First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bellingham, WA A church member is always on duty to answer questions and guide you in your exploration.

Reading Room location:

118 Grand Avenue (downtown Bellingham)

Hours: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Monday-Friday

Sept. 20-25: “Reality.”

Golden Text: ” . . . stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.” (Job 37:14)

This wonderful Bible Lesson shows us the importance of the quiet, strong insistence in rejecting any connection with material thinking, and seeing our oneness with God, Spirit.

“O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches…Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created….The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.” (Psalms 104: 5, 24, 30, 31)

“Spirit imparts the understanding which uplifts consciousness and leads into all truth. The Psalmist saith: ‘The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.’ Spiritual sense is the discernment of spiritual good. Understanding is the line of demarcation between the real and unreal. Spiritual understanding unfolds Mind, — Life, Truth, and Love, — and demonstrates the divine sense, giving the spiritual proof of the universe in Christian Science.

“This understanding is not intellectual, is not the result of scholarly attainments; it is the reality of all things brought to light.” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 505: 16-38.)

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.

We are grateful to announce the July 4 reopening of our Bellingham church services, which have been suspended over the past year to respect 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.

Join our Church Services

Regular Sunday services and Wednesday evening meetings are back, and ready to welcome you! Following state guidelines, we request that all members and visitors wear masks. Consistent with those guidelines, our church readers conducting the service and our soloist are not required to be masked. Sunday School convenes at 10:00 a.m. Sunday. Consistent with state guidelines regarding “schools,” […]

Visit Our Fresh, New Reading Room

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