Christian Science Reading Room in Petaluma, California

12/16/2025

11/24/2025

Take a quiet hour this Thanksgiving Day to be deeply grateful — you will be so glad you did!

Our Thanksgiving Day service includes time for those in the congregation to share thanks if they would like. Our church is at 522 B Street in Petaluma and the one-hour service starts at 10 am with singing a hymn. Everyone is warmly welcome. (Parking is available behind the church on Sixth Street.)

10/21/2025

What would you do if you had a debilitating illness that was preventing you from working? Find out how a Christian Scientist responded when faced with this scenario, and how he was healed. You can listen to an interview with him on this Sentinel Watch podcast.

What would you do if you had a debilitating illness that was preventing you from working? Host Jenny Sawyer spoke with Bert Hogan about a time when that happened to him—and how he chose to spend all his time focused on God. Join us to hear how this resulted in healing.

09/09/2025

Looking for a little inspiration? Join us in our Reading Room at 11 am most mornings!

08/15/2025

08/02/2025

Interested in how Christian Scientists approach healing physical and mental problems? This week's podcast with practitioner and teacher Evan Mehlenbacher explains how spiritual healing can be practiced by any earnest student of the Bible.

Why should we handle our problems from a spiritual perspective if the issue is physical? This week, we speak with Evan Mehlenbacher, who shares fresh insights on how we can experience lasting healing of any issue through spiritual means alone.

05/05/2025

Feeling overwhelmed by evil in the world? Remember that God, divine Love, is the light that outshines all darkness. Read more in the article: "Where does evil come from?" linked in the comments below.

03/11/2025

March is Women's History Month -- a celebration of women that started in Santa Rosa in 1980. For Christian Scientists, it is an opportunity to honor the founder of our religion, Mary Baker Eddy. Her book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" was named one of 75 books by women whose words have changed the world by the Women’s National Book Association. She has been named to the National Women's Hall of Fame and In 2014, she was included in the Smithsonian Magazine’s list of the one hundred most significant Americans of all time.

02/10/2025

Are you curious about who or what God is? Or how to feel God's presence when things feel out of control? Come to a talk by an experienced Christian Scientist this Sunday afternoon at 2 pm. Her life experiences can open your eyes to understanding and feeling God's presence. Everyone is welcome! Childcare will be provided.

01/30/2025

Sticking with a new year's resolution.

11/22/2024

“The same One who made what is outside also made what is inside.”

—Luke 11:40, The International Children’s Bible

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