Weekly activities at DC Reading Rooms this week

All are welcome!

• Tuesday — Listen to the weekly Sentinel Watch podcast (online gathering)
• Wednesday — Join a discussion of recent articles in The Christian Science Monitor (hybrid event in downtown DC)
• Thursday — Evening Bible reading and discussion (online gathering)

Christian Science Practice: Getting down to nuts and bolts

How can we take what we’re learning in Christian Science and practice it in a way that brings healing? This week’s guest walks us through some of her own insights and healings as a way of showing how practical Christian Science really is.

Join us via Zoom to hear this week’s Sentinel Watch podcast (and other audio offerings)

• Tuesday, April 7
• 2:00 pm EST
• via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83436895293
• Meeting ID: 834 3689 5293
• OR, join by phone: 1-301-715-8592

(NOTE: The current and past Sentinel Watch programs are always available online.)

This week’s collection of articles in the Christian Science Sentinel can be read or heard online:

• Daily Practice
  • No bullies in the kingdom of God
• Back to Basics
  • I can’t believe it
  • Prayer for a babe
• Praying for the World
• Spiritual journeys
  • Rising above the need to be “right”
  • Spiritual growth brings justice
• Testimonies of spiritual healing

“to injure no man but to bless all mankind”

Go to CSMonitor.com for the latest headline news

This week’s discussion will focus on the following articles:

• Quoting the Bible, more Democrats lean into being Christian
• Which countries offer birthright citizenship? Here’s how the US compares.
• No bullies in the kingdom of God / Christian Science Sentinel
• Other current articles may be discussed as they arise. Feel free to bring one to the conversation.

Onsite: 910 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006 [Parking Available in the Bldg]

Online at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr

Password: Truth

Meeting ID/password: 9101691016

Or call in by Phone: (253) 215-8782

Light snacks will be provided onsite. Kindly RSVP by 2:00 PM on Wednesday, to place your dinner order.

The Welcome Wednesday gathering is just prior to the Wednesday Evening Testimony Meeting 7:30 pm upstairs in the Church. All are welcome.

Thursday evening Bible study group.
Feel free to join this online gathering.
Hosted by Christian Science Reading Room, 910 – 16 St. NW
For more information, email: readingroom@firstchurchdc.org

Thursday evenings at 7:00-8:15pm

Join the online Bible Study group
Online Conference at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr
Password: Truth
Meeting ID/password: 9101691016
Or call: (253) 215-8782

Listen to and explore many audio resources—
podcasts, articles, books, and more.
Learn more about the Bible by reading or listening to
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
a book dedicated to the spiritual seeker.
Available to read or listen to online for free.

There are Reading Rooms in the DC metropolitan area (and around the world) where you can discuss ideas and ask questions about the above programs and articles.

• Visit a local Reading Room.
• Email us at jmrr.dc@gmail.com
• Visit our website to find quick links to more information.

Jointly Maintained Christian Science Reading Room
PO Box 9511 • Washington, DC 20016 • 240-935-8697
jmrr.dc@gmail.com • www.ChristianScienceMetroDC.org
Facebook: @DC.CSReadingRoom • Instagram: @christiansciencedc • Twitter: @JMRR_DC

Wishing all a lovely Easter week.

Weekly activities at DC Reading Rooms this week

All are welcome!

• Tuesday — Listen to the weekly Sentinel Watch podcast (online gathering)
• Wednesday — Join a discussion of recent articles in The Christian Science Monitor (hybrid event in downtown DC)
• Thursday — Evening Bible reading and discussion (online gathering)

How to pray about conflict

This week we hear from two guests, both new to practicing Christian Science, when they were faced with conflict in their countries. What they both experienced proves God’s ever-present power is real and tangible.

Join us via Zoom to hear this week’s Sentinel Watch podcast (and other audio offerings)

• Tuesday, March 31
• 2:00 pm EST
• via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83436895293
• Meeting ID: 834 3689 5293
• OR, join by phone: 1-301-715-8592

(NOTE: The current and past Sentinel Watch programs are always available online.)

Listen here to the recent podcast “Modern-day resurrections”
The speaker shares his own healing of drug addiction and an overdose and another healing of working with a violent offender who’d been incarcerated—and how it’s never too late to “resurrect” and transform your life.

This week’s collection of articles in the Christian Science Sentinel can be read or heard online:

• God’s law and Christian Science practice (Daily Practice)
• Our Easter meal (Back to Basics)
• The global embrace of God’s healing action (Praying for the World)
• Jesus’ resurrection (Loving the Scriptures)
• Testimonies of spiritual healing

“to injure no man but to bless all mankind”

Go to CSMonitor.com for the latest headline news

Welcome Wednesday

The weekly Monitor Discussion group:
join others to read and pray about current issues.

Wednesday, April 1
5:30 – 7:00 pm

This week’s discussion will focus on the following articles:

• As China detains Muslim Uyghurs, its economic clout mutes world criticism
• For Chinese high-schoolers, there’s value to living and learning in Iowa
• Quoting the Bible, more Democrats lean into being Christian
• Other current articles may be discussed as they arise. Feel free to bring one to the conversation.

Onsite: 910 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006 [Parking Available in the Bldg]

Online at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr
Password: Truth
Meeting ID/password: 9101691016
Or call in by Phone: (253) 215-8782

Light snacks will be provided onsite. Kindly RSVP by 2:00 PM on Wednesday, to place your dinner order.
The Welcome Wednesday gathering is just prior to the
Wednesday Evening Testimony Meeting 7:30 pm upstairs in the Church.
All are welcome.

Thursday evening Bible study group.
Feel free to join this online gathering.
Hosted by Christian Science Reading Room, 910 – 16 St. NW
For more information, email: readingroom@firstchurchdc.org

Thursday evenings at 7:00-8:15pm

Join the online Bible Study group
Online Conference at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr
Password: Truth
Meeting ID/password: 9101691016
Or call: (253) 215-8782

Mark your calendar

HOW TO MAKE CHANGE FOR THE BETTER

Sat, April 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET

Location: First Church of Christ, Scientist
910 16th St NW, Washington, DC

For more information, email: readingroom@firstchurchdc.org

Listen to and explore many audio resources—
podcasts, articles, books, and more.
Learn more about the Bible by reading or listening to
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
a book dedicated to the spiritual seeker.
Available to read or listen to online for free.

There are Reading Rooms in the DC metropolitan area
(and around the world)
where you can discuss ideas and ask questions
about the above programs and articles

• Visit a local Reading Room
• Email us at jmrr.dc@gmail.com
• Visit our website to find quick links to more information

thought for the week

“Resurrection. Spiritualization of thought; a new and higher idea of immortality, or spiritual existence; material belief yielding to spiritual understanding.”

(Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 593)

Jointly Maintained Christian Science Reading Room
PO Box 9511 • Washington, DC 20016 240-935-8697
jmrr.dc@gmail.com www.ChristianScienceMetroDC.org
Facebook: @DC.CSReadingRoom
• Instagram: @christiansciencedc
Twitter: @JMRR_DC

Weekly activities at DC Reading Rooms this week

All are welcome!

• Tuesday — Listen to the weekly Sentinel Watch podcast (online gathering)
• Wednesday — Join a discussion of recent articles in The Christian Science Monitor (hybrid event in downtown DC)
• Thursday — Evening Bible reading and discussion (online gathering)

Modern-day resurrections

This week our guest shares two incredible experiences—one of his own healing of a drug addiction and overdose, the other of working with a violent offender who’d been incarcerated—and how it’s never too late to “resurrect” and transform your life.

Join us via Zoom to hear this week’s Sentinel Watch podcast (and other audio offerings)

• Tuesday, March 24
• 2:00 pm EST
• via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83436895293
• Meeting ID: 834 3689 5293
• OR, join by phone: 1-301-715-8592

(NOTE: The current and past Sentinel Watch programs are always available online.)

This week’s collection of articles in the Christian Science Sentinel can be read or heard online:

• Daily Practice
  • The “holy curiosity” that breaks through doubt
  • Is it more important to be right or to do right?
  • Christ wakes us up
• Back to Basics
  • The three great commandments?
  • Morning prayer to Father-Mother
• Youth
  • Want to pray for the world? Start here.
  • Testimonies of spiritual healing

“to injure no man but to bless all mankind”

Go to CSMonitor.com for the latest headline news

Welcome Wednesday

The weekly Monitor Discussion group
is a time to join others to read and pray
about current issues.
This week’s discussion will focus on the following articles:

• ‘There are no people’: China’s crackdown in the Uyghur heartland
• As China detains Muslim Uyghurs, its economic clout mutes world criticism
• For Chinese high-schoolers, there’s value to living and learning in Iowa
• A field guide to unplugging: How a busy dad found a lifeline in birding
• Other current articles at CSMonitor.com may be discussed as they arise. Feel free to bring one to the conversation.

Wednesday, March 26, 2026
5:30–7:00 pm

Onsite: 910 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006 [Parking Available in the Bldg]

Online at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr
Password: Truth
Meeting ID/password: 9101691016
Or call in by Phone: (253) 215-8782

Light snacks will be provided onsite. Kindly RSVP by 2:00 PM on Wednesday, to place your dinner order.

Welcome Wednesday gathering is just prior to the Wednesday Evening Meeting held at 7:30 pm upstairs in the Church. All are welcome.

Thursday evening Bible study group.
Feel free to join this online gathering.
Hosted by Christian Science Reading Room, 910 – 16 St. NW
For more information, email: readingroom@firstchurchdc.org

Thursday evenings at 7:00-8:15pm

Join the online Bible Study group
Online Conference at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr
Password: Truth
Meeting ID/password: 9101691016
Or call: (253) 215-8782

Listen to and explore many audio resources—
podcasts, articles, books, and more.
Learn more about the Bible by reading or listening to
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
a book dedicated to the spiritual seeker.
Available to read or listen to online for free.

There are Reading Rooms in the DC metropolitan area
(and around the world)
where you can discuss ideas and ask questions
about the above programs and articles

• Visit a local Reading Room
• Email us at jmrr.dc@gmail.com
• Visit our website to find quick links to more information

thought for the week

Let us hear You in this moment,
whispering guidance in the path
that leads thought to our true at-one-ment
with You, peaceful in Your truth.

— excerpt from poem, Morning prayer to Father-Mother, Christian Science Sentinel

Jointly Maintained Christian Science Reading Room
PO Box 9511 • Washington, DC 20016 240-935-8697
jmrr.dc@gmail.com www.ChristianScienceMetroDC.org
Facebook: @DC.CSReadingRoom
• Instagram: @christiansciencedc
Twitter: @JMRR_DC

Weekly activities at DC Reading Rooms this week

All are welcome!

• Tuesday — Listen to the weekly Sentinel Watch podcast (online only gathering)
• Tuesday — special Women’s History Month program about Mary Baker Eddy, in Spanish (hybrid event in Rockville)
• Wednesday — Join a discussion of recent articles in The Christian Science Monitor (hybrid event in downtown DC)
• Thursday — Evening Bible reading and discussion (online only gathering)

Does God keep everyone safe?

How can we think about safety from a spiritual perspective?
This week’s guests share experiences
of how they prayed during dangerous situations—
and how they found safety not just for themselves but for others, too.

Join us via Zoom to hear this week’s Sentinel Watch podcast (and other audio offerings)

• Tuesday, March 17
• 2:00 pm EST
• via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83436895293
• Meeting ID: 834 3689 5293
• OR, join by phone: 1-301-715-8592

(NOTE: The current and past Sentinel Watch programs are always available online.)

This week’s collection of articles in the Christian Science Sentinel can be read or heard online:

• War in Iran: a conversation with the Christian Science Monitor (listen to Scott Peterson, Monitor correspondent)
• Daily Practice
  • Spiritual wakefulness and healing
  • Be not afraid!
  • Promise and fulfillment
• Prayer for the world: Sturdier investing in financial endeavors, and more
• Youth
  • How do I stop being influenced by what other people think?
  • God gives me ideas
• Testimonies of spiritual healing

Women’s History Month Program
Tuesday, March 17
12:00–1:30 pm
In person or online
Hosted by Christian Science Reading Room, Rockville
For more information call 301-762-7049
www.christiansciencerockville.org

“to injure no man but to bless all mankind”

Go to CSMonitor.com for the latest headline news

Welcome Wednesday

The weekly Monitor Discussion group
is a time to join others to read and pray
about current issues.
This week’s discussion will focus on the following articles:

• Yellow ribbons and flags united Americans in past wars. Iran is different.
• ‘There are no people’: China’s crackdown in the Uyghur heartland
• As a joyful Winter Olympics wraps up, a time to say ‘thank you’
• Other current articles at CSMonitor.com may be discussed as they arise. Feel free to bring one to the conversation.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026
5:30–7:00 pm

Onsite: 910 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006 [Parking Available in the Bldg]

Online at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr
Password: Truth
Meeting ID/password: 9101691016
Or call in by Phone: (253) 215-8782

Light snacks will be provided onsite. Kindly RSVP by 2:00 PM on Wednesday, to order your dinner.

Welcome Wednesday gathering is just prior to the Wednesday Evening Meeting held at 7:30 pm upstairs in the Church. All are welcome.

Thursday evening Bible study group.
Feel free to join this online gathering.
Hosted by Christian Science Reading Room, 910 – 16 St. NW
For more information, email: readingroom@firstchurchdc.org

Thursday evenings at 7:00-8:15pm

Join the online Bible Study group
Online Conference at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr
Password: Truth
Meeting ID/password: 9101691016
Or call: (253) 215-8782

HEALING WITH JOY: DISCOVERING THE POWER OF LOVE

Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM ET
by Ann Kneeland

Location: The Lyceum
201 S Washington St.
Alexandria, Virginia
For further information: 703-683-0129
csalexandria.org

Listen to and explore many audio resources—
podcasts, articles, books, and more.
Learn more about the Bible by reading or listening to
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
a book dedicated to the spiritual seeker.
Available to read or listen to online for free.

There are Reading Rooms in the DC metropolitan area
(and around the world)
where you can discuss ideas and ask questions
about the above programs and articles

• Visit a local Reading Room
• Email us at jmrr.dc@gmail.com
• Visit our website to find quick links to more information

thought for the week

Each day is like a faucet.
It holds the promise of increasing harmony.
We turn on the tap through prayer,
which opens thought
to divine Love’s flood tide of ideas,
and find its ready fulfillment each moment
in full-flowing goodness.

— excerpt from poem, Promise and Fulfillment, Christian Science Sentinel

Jointly Maintained Christian Science Reading Room
PO Box 9511 • Washington, DC 20016 240-935-8697
jmrr.dc@gmail.com www.ChristianScienceMetroDC.org
Facebook: @DC.CSReadingRoom
• Instagram: @christiansciencedc
Twitter: @JMRR_DC

Weekly activities at DC Reading Rooms this week

All are welcome!

• Tuesday — Listen to the weekly Sentinel Watch podcast (online gathering)
• Wednesday — Join a discussion of articles in The Christian Science Monitor (hybrid event in downtown DC)
• Thursday — Evening Bible reading and discussion (online gathering)
• (March 17) — Share with Spanish speaking friends a special Women’s History Month program about Mary Baker Eddy in Rockville and online
• (March 22) — Free talk about Christian Science in Alexandria

Heal wonderfully? Be like Jesus.

This week’s guest, who works for The Mary Baker Eddy Library, sheds light on the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy—including how she beautifully exemplified the healing qualities of Jesus. And our guest shows how we can do this, too.

Join us via Zoom to hear this week’s Sentinel Watch podcast (and other audio offerings)

• Tuesday, March 10
• 2:00 pm EST
• via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83436895293
• Meeting ID: 834 3689 5293
• OR, join by phone: 1-301-715-8592

(NOTE: The current and past Sentinel Watch programs are always available online.)

This week’s collection of articles in the Christian Science Sentinel can be read or heard online:

• Editorial: The big picture and the little things
• Daily practice:
  • Doing our work—or having a good talk with the devil?
  • Letting authenticity take the lead
• Praying for the world: Peace within
• Youth: Feeling stuck on a presentation?
• Testimonies of spiritual healing

“to injure no man but to bless all mankind”

Go to CSMonitor.com for the latest headline news

The weekly Monitor discussion group is a time to join others
to read and pray about current issues.

When: March 11
5:30 – 7:00 pm

Where:
Onsite: 910 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006 [Parking Available in the Bldg]
Online at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr

This week’s discussion will focus on the following articles:

• How the US is forcing Mexico’s hand on Cuba
• For Spain, granting migrants residency is about economics as much as ethics
• Coast Guard patrols a quiet southern border as enforcement action moves inland
• Other current articles from csmonitor.com may be discussed as they arise. Feel free to bring one.

As usual, let us break bread together. For those joining in-person, we order from www.potbelly.com and eat at 5:00 pm. RSVPs [by 4:00 pm] if you would like sandwiches or salad. Kindly let us know of any questions.

Invite more friends. Everyone is welcome at Welcome Wednesday in the Reading Room or online. See you then!

Thursday evening Bible study group.
Feel free to join this online gathering.
Hosted by Christian Science Reading Room, 910 – 16 St. NW
For more information, email: readingroom@firstchurchdc.org

Thursday evenings at 7:00-8:15pm

Join the online Bible Study group
Online Conference at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr
Password: Truth
Meeting ID/password: 9101691016
Or call: (253) 215-8782

Women’s History Month
Special program about Mary Baker Eddy in Spanish

The Christian Science Reading Room in Rockville, Maryland invites you to a special program about the life of Mary Baker Eddy, the author of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.

• Tuesday, March 17
• noon to 1:30 pm
• A program in Spanish about the life of Mary Baker Eddy

Attend in person or virtually. For the Zoom link, please log on to the Rockville church website, christiansciencerockville.org, and click on the Español tab.

Free public talk on Christian Science

HEALING WITH JOY: DISCOVERING THE POWER OF LOVE

Sun, March 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM ET
by Ann Kneeland

Location: The Lyceum
201 S Washington St.
Alexandria, Virginia
For further information: 703 683 0129
csalexandria.org

Listen to and explore many audio resources—
podcasts, articles, books, and more.
Learn more about the Bible by reading or listening to
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
a book dedicated to the spiritual seeker.
Available to read or listen to online for free.

There are Reading Rooms in the DC metropolitan area
(and around the world)
where you can discuss ideas and ask questions
about the above programs and articles

• Visit a local Reading Room
• Email us at jmrr.dc@gmail.com
• Visit our website to find quick links to more information

Jointly Maintained Christian Science Reading Room
PO Box 9511 • Washington, DC 20016 240-935-8697
jmrr.dc@gmail.com www.ChristianScienceMetroDC.org
Facebook: @DC.CSReadingRoom
• Instagram: @christiansciencedc
Twitter: @JMRR_DC

Weekly activities at DC Reading Rooms this week

All are welcome!

• Tuesday — Listen to the weekly Sentinel Watch podcast (online gathering)
• Wednesday — Join a discussion of recent articles in The Christian Science Monitor (hybrid event in downtown DC)
• Thursday — Evening Bible reading and discussion (online gathering)

A spiritual answer to polarization

Feeling concerned about the political divide? This week’s guest shares how prayer has played a central role in her work in the halls of government and has shown her that when progress seems impossible and people seem polarized, God reveals a way forward and brings us together.

Join us via Zoom to hear this week’s Sentinel Watch podcast (and other audio offerings)

• Tuesday, March 3
• 2:00 pm EST
• via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83436895293
• Meeting ID: 834 3689 5293
• OR, join by phone: 1-301-715-8592

(NOTE: The current and past Sentinel Watch programs are always available online.)

This week’s collection of articles in the Christian Science Sentinel can be read or heard online:

• We know what we know (we cannot be made to forget what we know)
• God’s gift of healing is for everyone (believe every statement of Truth that you make)
• Your healing ministry (is right in front of you!)
• Prayer for the world: Prayer that heals divisiveness
• Testimonies of spiritual healing

“to injure no man but to bless all mankind”

Go to CSMonitor.com for the latest headline news

The weekly Monitor Discussion group
is a time to join others to read and pray
about current issues.

This week’s discussion will focus on the following articles:

• God was keeping us safe
• Will scrutiny of Andrew generate a new kind of British monarchy?
• Texas primary sizzles as two very different Democrats face off in Senate race
• God’s wisdom wins
• Other current articles may be discussed as they arise. Feel free to bring one.

Where: Onsite: 910 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006 [Parking Available in the Bldg]
Online at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr
Password: Truth
Meeting ID/password: 9101691016
Or call in by Phone: (253) 215-8782

Light snacks will be provided Onsite.

Welcome Wednesday gathering is just prior to the Wednesday Evening Meeting held at 7:30 pm upstairs in the Church. All are welcome.

Thursday evening Bible study group.
Feel free to join this online gathering.
Hosted by Christian Science Reading Room, 910 – 16 St. NW
For more information, email: readingroom@firstchurchdc.org

Thursday evenings at 7:00-8:15pm

Join the online Bible Study group
Online Conference at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr
Password: Truth
Meeting ID/password: 9101691016
Or call: (253) 215-8782

HEALING WITH JOY: DISCOVERING THE POWER OF LOVE

Sun, March 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM ET
by Ann Kneeland

Location: The Lyceum
201 S Washington St.
Alexandria, Virginia
For further information: 703 683 0129
csalexandria.org

Listen to and explore many audio resources—
podcasts, articles, books, and more.
Learn more about the Bible by reading or listening to
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
a book dedicated to the spiritual seeker.
Available to read or listen to online for free.

There are Reading Rooms in the DC metropolitan area
(and around the world)
where you can discuss ideas and ask questions
about the above programs and articles

• Visit a local Reading Room
• Email us at jmrr.dc@gmail.com
• Visit our website to find quick links to more information

thought for the week

Walk in the light, and thou shalt own
Thy darkness past away,
Because that light on thee hath shone
In which is perfect day.

— Bernard Barton, alt., Christian Science Hymnal, No. 367

Jointly Maintained Christian Science Reading Room
PO Box 9511 • Washington, DC 20016 240-935-8697
jmrr.dc@gmail.com www.ChristianScienceMetroDC.org
Facebook: @DC.CSReadingRoom
• Instagram: @christiansciencedc
Twitter: @JMRR_DC

Weekly activities at DC Reading Rooms this week

All are welcome!

• Tuesday — Listen to the weekly Sentinel Watch podcast (online gathering)
• Wednesday — Special guest presentation regarding issues reported in The Christian Science Monitor (hybrid event in downtown DC)
• Thursday — Evening Bible reading and discussion (online gathering)

What to do when you don’t know what to do

During moments when you feel out of control, or when it seems like you can’t find a solution or healing,
what can you do?
This week’s guest has found that there’s a simple, practical, and effective prayer
that can help us find healing in any circumstance.
Listen in to find out what it is.

Join us via Zoom to hear this week’s Sentinel Watch podcast (and other audio offerings)

• Tuesday, February 24
• 2:00 pm EST
• via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83436895293
• Meeting ID: 834 3689 5293
• OR, join by phone: 1-301-715-8592

(NOTE: The current and past Sentinel Watch programs are always available online.)

This week’s collection of articles in the Christian Science Sentinel can be read or heard online:

• When looking back holds us back (Christ wasn’t better in the past than it is today!)
• Approaching any “laundry list” with Love: God’s work is done and is never overwhelmed.
• Praying for the world: Christian compassion for those in need in the community
• My winter doldrums were chased away — Getting prayer going when the going seems tough
• Testimonies of spiritual healing

“to injure no man but to bless all mankind”

Go to CSMonitor.com for the latest headline news

Special Wednesday Event: Prayer for the World

With Nancy Benjamin, PhD & Mark Mathiesen, JD

What: Prayer for the World: Global Resource Flows & Youth Migration Worldwide
When: Wednesday, Feb 25, 2026 @ 5:30 – 7:00 pm (EST)
Where: Onsite: 910 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006 [Parking Available in the Bldg]
Online at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr

Password: Truth
Meeting ID/password: 9101691016
Or call in by phone: (253) 215-8782

You’re warmly invited to a Special Welcome Wednesday: Prayer for the World Gathering with Nancy Benjamin, PhD., a fellow Christian Scientist from a local area branch church in our Reading Room.

Nancy is an economic development specialist. She will discuss global resource flow and a spiritual response to its economic effects on young migrants worldwide. Light snacks will be provided Onsite. Kindly RSVP by 2:00 PM on Wednesday, 25 February 2026.

Welcome Wednesday gathering is just prior to the Wednesday Evening Meeting held at 7:30 pm upstairs in the Church. All are welcome.

Nancy Benjamin is an economic researcher associated with the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She was previously a Senior Economist at the World Bank. Following a PhD in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, she worked as an Assistant Professor at Syracuse University, in the Asia-Pacific Department of the IMF, and in the Research Department of the US International Trade Commission. She has published articles on informal firms in Africa, resource-rich countries, the impact of trade policy on productivity and growth, non-tariff barriers, and trade in services.

Natural resources tend to flow from developing areas to more industrialized regions of the world. Energy, Fisheries, Rare Earth Minerals, etc. are highly sought after and moved around worldwide. Apparently, youth migration tracks the flow of resources for economic opportunities. However, young migrants get ‘no entry’ in most destinations. Is there a response that meets the needs of humanity in all?

For more information and to find out about ordering dinner and eating together at 5pm,
call 202-807-1877 or email readingroom@firstchurchdc.org

Thursday evening Bible study group.
Feel free to join this online gathering.
Hosted by Christian Science Reading Room, 910 – 16 St. NW
For more information, email: readingroom@firstchurchdc.org

Thursday evenings at 7:00-8:15pm

Join the online Bible Study group
Online Conference at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr
Password: Truth
Meeting ID/password: 9101691016
Or call: (253) 215-8782

Healing with Joy: Discovering the Power of Love

Speaker: Ann Kneeland

Date: Sunday, March 22, 2026
Time: 3:00 PM ET
Location: The Lyceum
201 S Washington St.
Alexandria, Virginia

For more information: 703 683 0129 — csalexandria.org

Listen to and explore many audio resources—
podcasts, articles, books, and more.
Learn more about the Bible by reading or listening to
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
a book dedicated to the spiritual seeker.
Available to read or listen to online for free.

There are Reading Rooms in the DC metropolitan area
(and around the world)
where you can discuss ideas and ask questions
about the above programs and articles

• Visit a local Reading Room
• Email us at jmrr.dc@gmail.com
• Visit our website to find quick links to more information

thought for the week

You live right here—
cozy, comfortable,
completely happy to be
the loved of Love,
a resident of the many-mansioned
kingdom of God.

— Many-mansioned by Kit Cornell Kurtz, February 9, 2026 Christian Science Sentinel

Jointly Maintained Christian Science Reading Room
PO Box 9511 • Washington, DC 20016 240-935-8697
jmrr.dc@gmail.com www.ChristianScienceMetroDC.org
Facebook: @DC.CSReadingRoom
• Instagram: @christiansciencedc
Twitter: @JMRR_DC

Weekly activities at DC Reading Rooms this week

All are welcome!

• Tuesday — Listen to the weekly Sentinel Watch podcast (online gathering)
• Wednesday — Special guest at The Christian Science Monitor discussion (hybrid event in downtown DC)
• Thursday — Evening Bible reading and discussion (online gathering)

What to do in the face of danger

If you’ve ever been gripped by fear, you know how paralyzing that can feel.
Our guest shares some experiences with facing fear,
and how she’s walked away with spiritual lessons learned
and more awareness of God’s protecting care for all of us.

Join us via Zoom to hear this week’s Sentinel Watch podcast

• Tuesday, February 17
• 2:00 pm EST
• via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83436895293
• Meeting ID: 834 3689 5293
• OR, join by phone: 1-301-715-8592

(NOTE: The current and past Sentinel Watch programs are always available online.)

This week’s collection of articles in the Christian Science Sentinel can be read or listened to online:

This week’s issue of the Sentinel reflects a shared conviction: Joy is not distant or fragile, but is present, strong—and spiritually active. We all have joy, always, because its source is God, not circumstances.

Read articles about:

• Daily practice:
  • A spiritual perspective on employment
  • Continual opportunities and evidence of spiritual progress
• Loving the Scriptures: superiority of spiritual power over human challenges
• Back to basics: addressing schadenfreude
• Testimonies of healing and more

(Articles are offered in audio format as well as print.)

“to injure no man but to bless all mankind”

Go to CSMonitor.com for the latest headline news

The weekly Monitor Discussion group.
Wednesday, February 25
5:30 – 7:00 pm
Join in-person at Christian Science Reading Room, 910 – 16 St. NW
OR join remotely at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr

See attached flyer for information about next week’s special guest presentation

As usual, “Come now and let us reason together…” — Isaiah 1:18.

This week we’ll be discussing the following articles.

• Phillis Wheatley wrote poetry while enslaved. Now, she graces a postage stamp.
• Prayer that holds crime in check
• Clergy look to Bible on immigration enforcement. Interpretations can differ.
• How a faith-based AI bot is helping one man rewrite retirement
• Other articles may be considered. Feel free to bring one!

We order from www.potbelly.com and eat at 5:00pm.

For more information and to find out about ordering dinner for this event
(RSVP by 4:00 pm)
and join in eating together at 5pm,
call 202-807-1877 or email readingroom@firstchurchdc.org
All are welcome! Invite more friends. See you then!

Thursday evening Bible study group.
Feel free to join this online gathering.
Hosted by Christian Science Reading Room, 910 – 16 St. NW
For more information, email: readingroom@firstchurchdc.org

Thursday evenings at 7:00-8:15pm

Join the online Bible Study group
Online Conference at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr
Password: Truth
Meeting ID/password: 9101691016
Or call: (253) 215-8782

Effective Prayer: Finding healing and wholeness in divine Love

Speaker: Bobby Lewis, CS (Member, Christian Science Board of Lectureship)

Date: Sunday, February 22
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: First Church of Christ, Scientist
890 McKinley Road
Arlington, VA

For more information: 703 532 2396 — christiansciencearlington.org

Listen to and explore many audio resources—
podcasts, articles, books, and more.
Learn more about the Bible by reading or listening to
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
a book dedicated to the spiritual seeker.
Available to read or listen to online for free.

There are Reading Rooms in the DC metropolitan area
(and around the world)
where you can discuss ideas and ask questions
about the above programs and articles

• Visit a local Reading Room
• Email us at jmrr.dc@gmail.com
• Visit our website to find quick links to more information

thought for the week

When we pray . . . to our dear Father-Mother God
let’s begin with a song
of gladness and gratitude
of praise and rejoicing
as birds sing

before the dawn

— When we pray by Diane Warneck, February 16, 2026 Christian Science Sentinel

Jointly Maintained Christian Science Reading Room
PO Box 9511 • Washington, DC 20016 240-935-8697
jmrr.dc@gmail.com www.ChristianScienceMetroDC.org
Facebook: @DC.CSReadingRoom
• Instagram: @christiansciencedc
Twitter: @JMRR_DC

Weekly activities at DC Reading Rooms this week

All are welcome!

• Tuesday — Listen to the weekly Sentinel Watch podcast (online gathering)
• Wednesday — Discussion of current articles in The Christian Science Monitor (hybrid event in downtown DC)
• Thursday — Evening Bible reading and discussion (online gathering)

Healing depression

If you’re dealing with depression, you’re not alone.
This week’s guest shares how she turned to Christian Science during her struggles with depression.
Despite initially feeling hopeless, through prayer, she found hope—and lasting healing.

Join us via Zoom to hear this week’s Sentinel Watch podcast

• Tuesday, February 10
• 2:00 pm EST
• via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83436895293
• Meeting ID: 834 3689 5293
• OR, join by phone: 1-301-715-8592

(NOTE: The current and past Sentinel Watch programs are always available online.)

This week’s collection of articles in the Christian Science Sentinel can be read or listened to online:

In the light of God, our true identity as God’s beloved child is never hidden, but is instead revealed as good, wise, joyful, loved, and loving. This is because God’s children reflect Him. God is infinitely wise, limitless Love; therefore, His government is wise and loving.

• Facing political pressure with spiritual strength — when we hold truths of God in our hearts, we can respond to what may feel like overwhelming news and events with confidence in divine Love’s care
• The healing gift of Love — we can realize these truths when we accept Love’s gift of spiritual sight
• Let God love you — whatever issues we’re facing, we can turn to Love to find health and peace
• Marriage: A commitment that blesses and purifies
• The Lord’s Prayer
• Testimonies of spiritual healing
• BTW — Happy Valentine’s Day!

(Articles are offered in audio format as well as print.)

“to injure no man but to bless all mankind”

Go to CSMonitor.com for the latest headline news

The weekly Monitor Discussion group.
Wednesday at 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Join in-person at Christian Science Reading Room, 910 – 16 St. NW
OR join remotely at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr

“Come now and let us reason together…” — Isaiah 1:18

Here are the selected articles for reading and prayerful consideration this week.

• Bringing peace to our cities through wisdom and love
• Bad Bunny takes the stage at the Super Bowl. He faces a polarized America.
• Brazil’s Lula is on the left. So, how has he avoided Trump’s scorn?
• Other current articles may be discussed as they arise. Feel free to bring one.

Please join us on Wednesday, February 12, 2026, from 5:30 – 7:00 pm
for Monitor reading and prayerful reflection for our world at our Welcome Wednesday gathering.
You’re welcome on-site in the Reading Room;
OR Online at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr

As usual, let’s break bread together. We order from www.potbelly.com and eat at 5:00 pm.

For more information and to find out about ordering dinner for this event
(RSVP by 4:00 pm)
and join in eating together at 5pm,
call 202-807-1877 or email readingroom@firstchurchdc.org
All are welcome! Invite more friends. See you then!

Thursday evening Bible study group.
Feel free to join this online gathering.
Hosted by Christian Science Reading Room, 910 – 16 St. NW
For more information, email: readingroom@firstchurchdc.org

Thursday evenings at 7:00-8:15pm

Join the online Bible Study group
Online Conference at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr
Password: Truth
Meeting ID/password: 9101691016
Or call: (253) 215-8782

Effective Prayer: Finding healing and wholeness in divine Love

Speaker: Bobby Lewis, CS (Member, Christian Science Board of Lectureship)

Date: Sunday, February 22
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: First Church of Christ, Scientist
890 McKinley Road
Arlington, VA

For more information: 703 532 2396 — christiansciencearlington.org

Listen to and explore many audio resources—
podcasts, articles, books, and more.
Learn more about the Bible by reading or listening to
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
a book dedicated to the spiritual seeker.
Available to read or listen to online for free.

There are Reading Rooms in the DC metropolitan area
(and around the world)
where you can discuss ideas and ask questions
about the above programs and articles

• Visit a local Reading Room
• Email us at jmrr.dc@gmail.com
• Visit our website to find quick links to more information

thought for the week

You live right here—
cozy, comfortable,
completely happy to be
the loved of Love,
a resident of the many-mansioned
kingdom of God.

— Many-mansioned by Kit Cornell Kurtz, February 9, 2026 Christian Science Sentinel

Jointly Maintained Christian Science Reading Room
PO Box 9511 • Washington, DC 20016 240-935-8697
jmrr.dc@gmail.com www.ChristianScienceMetroDC.org
Facebook: @DC.CSReadingRoom
• Instagram: @christiansciencedc
Twitter: @JMRR_DC

Weekly activities at DC Reading Rooms this week

All are welcome!

• Tuesday — Listen to the weekly Sentinel Watch podcast (online gathering)
• Wednesday — Discussion of current articles in The Christian Science Monitor (hybrid event in downtown DC)
• Thursday — Evening Bible reading and discussion (online gathering)

What does it mean to devote yourself to God?

If you’ve ever wanted to make yourself available as a spiritual healer—to help others through prayer—
you’ll want to make sure to listen to this week’s Sentinel Watch.
Our guest shares what she’s learned about what it takes to be ready to accept calls
and how to heal more effectively in general. Here’s a hint: It all starts with God.

Join us via Zoom to hear this week’s Sentinel Watch podcast

• Tuesday, February 3
• 2:00 pm EST
• via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83436895293
• Meeting ID: 834 3689 5293
• OR, join by phone: 1-301-715-8592

(NOTE: The current and past Sentinel Watch programs are always available online.)

This week’s collection of articles in the Christian Science Sentinel can be read or listened to online:

• We can pray about aging church concerns
• Are some people evil?
• The good fight — struggles to understand God
• The beatific presence that moves the heart — prayer that changes the heart
• Heart trouble healed — testimony of healing
• Understanding God’s all-power — a healing project
• Podcast: Aging gracefully? Or just not aging?

(Articles are offered in audio format as well as print.)

“to injure no man but to bless all mankind”

Go to CSMonitor.com for the latest headline news

The weekly Monitor Discussion group.
Wednesday at 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Join in-person at Christian Science Reading Room, 910 – 16 St. NW
OR join remotely at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr

“Come now and let us reason together…” — Isaiah 1:18

Here are the selected articles for reading and prayerful consideration this week.

• Europe wants Germany to arm up. But do Germans want to take up arms
• One man held the keys to KGB records. He turned them over to MI6.
• The civic future of America’s past
• Other current articles may be discussed as they arise. Feel free to bring one.

As usual, let’s break bread together. We order from www.potbelly.com and eat at 5:00 pm.

For more information and to find out about ordering dinner for this event
(RSVP by 4:00 pm)
and join in eating together at 5pm,
call 202-807-1877 or email readingroom@firstchurchdc.org
All are welcome! Invite more friends. See you then!

Thursday evening Bible study group.
Feel free to join this online gathering.
Hosted by Christian Science Reading Room, 910 – 16 St. NW
For more information, email: readingroom@firstchurchdc.org

Thursday evenings at 7:00-8:15pm

Join the online Bible Study group
Online Conference at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr
Password: Truth
Meeting ID/password: 9101691016
Or call: (253) 215-8782

Listen to and explore many audio resources—
podcasts, articles, books, and more.
Learn more about the Bible by reading or listening to
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
a book dedicated to the spiritual seeker.
Available to read or listen to online for free.

There are Reading Rooms in the DC metropolitan area
(and around the world)
where you can discuss ideas and ask questions
about the above programs and articles

• Visit a local Reading Room
• Email us at jmrr.dc@gmail.com
• Visit our website to find quick links to more information

thought for the week

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

— Matt. 5:3

Jointly Maintained Christian Science Reading Room
PO Box 9511 • Washington, DC 20016 240-935-8697
jmrr.dc@gmail.com www.ChristianScienceMetroDC.org
Facebook: @DC.CSReadingRoom
• Instagram: @christiansciencedc
Twitter: @JMRR_DC