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Weekly activities at DC Reading Rooms this week

All are welcome!

  • Tuesday @ 2pm — Listen to the weekly Sentinel Watch podcast (online gathering)
  • Wednesday @ 5:30 pm — Join a discussion of recent articles in The Christian Science Monitor (hybrid event in downtown DC)
  • Thursday @ 7pm — Evening Bible reading and discussion (online gathering)

SENTINEL WATCH PODCAST

My favorite healing; No more back pain

After dealing with recurring back pain, our guest gleaned something new spiritually that ended the problem once and for all. Join us for the first episode of our new series, “My favorite healing,” to hear all about it.

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

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

More audio content for you

Listen to free podcasts, as well as an archival collection, on JSH-Online.com and other websites. Explore Christian Science Audio

This week’s collection of articles in the Christian Science Sentinel address how “the world cries out for … truths that can lift despair into hope and bring light to dark places.” Read or listen online at the Christian Science Sentinel.

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

“to injure no man but to bless all mankind”

Go to CSMonitor.com for the latest headline news

You’re Invited. This week, a special Welcome Wednesday gathering! Author Talk with David A. Grier, PhD, who has expertise and experience in Statistics and Technology. Dr. Grier will join the gathering on Wednesday to discuss his September 2026 CS Journal article on human thinking in the era of Artificial Intelligence or AI. He will help unpack his Journal piece as well as other AI related articles from the Monitor and Sentinel and take our questions.

Please review these three articles in advance:

David Alan Grier has a doctorate in Statistical and Computer Science from the University of Washington, in Seattle. He is a retired professor and associate dean at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He attended Washington University in the St. Louis, Mo campus when he was in high school.

Dr. Grier has written a number of books on computers and computing including “When Computers Were Human” (Princeton, 2005) and “Crowdsourcing for Dummies” (Wiley 2013). Also, he has written for many publications (including the Christian Science Monitor) and served as the lead columnist for Computer Magazine, Consumer Electronics Magazine, and The Communications of the Chinese Computing Federation. He is a Fellow of the IEEE Computer Society, the Irish Computer Society and the Chinese Computing Federation. Dr. Grier’s dad was a computer scientist and worked in an early computer firm, and his maternal grandmother was a trained mathematician whose story was published in the Home Forum page of the Monitor.

Join this timely discussion on Thinking and AI this Wednesday, August 26, 2026, from 5:30 – 7:00 pm.

You’re welcome On-site – in the Reading Room.
OR Online at: https://bit.ly/firstchurchdcrr

As usual, let us break bread together. We order from www.potbelly.com and eat at 5:00 pm. RSVPs [by 4:00 pm] are welcome for sandwiches/salads or other refreshments if you’re joining us on-site in the Reading Room.

Kindly let us know of any comments and questions. Invite more friends. Everyone is welcome at Welcome Wednesday in the Reading Room or Online via Zoom. See you then!

Christian Science Reading Room
readingroom@firstchurchdc.org

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

Supporting your SPIRITUAL STUDY

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 evening, 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

Explore free online spiritual resources

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 online for free.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOMS

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(and around the world)
where you can discuss ideas and ask questions
about the above programs and articles

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