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)
SENTINEL WATCH PODCAST
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
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
“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
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 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
Free public talk on Christian Science
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
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 to read or listen to online for free.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOMS
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
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