Lectures
Every year, our church hosts a free talk on Christian Science for the public. It’s an opportunity to share the rich spiritual resources and truths that Christian Scientists use daily in their lives to overcome problems of every sort — physical, moral, financial, and more. Below are blog posts of recent and past lectures sponsored by our church, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Fairfax. We hope you enjoy exploring the lecture subjects and learning more about the Christian Science lecturers who bring this free talks to audiences all over the world.
Listing of Lectures and Talks Sponsored by Our Church
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Phillip Hockley, a practitioner of Christian Science healing, experienced life-changing moments when he was restored to health after many years of suffering. In this free online chat, he'll describe what happened. He found 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.
From the pandemic to political division to climate disasters, today's news begs the question "Where is God when bad things happen?" And if God is here, why doesn't it seem to make a difference? Our guest shares a different view of God that can help you experience the kind of stability we all want these days.
A TALK ON PRAYER GIVEN BY FUJIKO SIGNS
This year, it was our honor to live-stream Fujiko Signs, a Christian Science healer and international speaker on prayer and spirituality. During her online talk, “Life without limit, Love without fear,” Fujiko explains how prayer to God — based on universal spiritual truths — results in healing and progress in individual lives.
We each have an unbreakable connection to an all-good, all-loving God. In this free talk, James Shepherd, a practitioner of Christian Science healing from Eugene, Oregon, will discuss how how seeing that brings progress, hope, resolution and to all kinds of challenges our families, communities, and nations are facing today. We are all needed to live the basic concept of “loving your neighbor” — a shared value uniting the Abrahamic religions, other faiths, and all people.