First Church of Christ, Scientist, Ashland, OR https://christianscienceashland.org Welcome to our Healing Church! Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:26:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://christianscienceashland.org/files/2021/03/cropped-cross-crown-32x32.jpeg First Church of Christ, Scientist, Ashland, OR https://christianscienceashland.org 32 32 52245144 Reading Room Article Week of July 6, 2026 https://christianscienceashland.org/2026/07/05/reading-room-article-week-of-july-6-2026/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:26:33 +0000 https://christianscienceashland.org/?p=2449 Continue reading →]]> KIA ORA FRIENDS 🌅 –
The Christian Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson on “SACRAMENT” are:
1.    “Sacrament”
      by Ella W. Hoag
      from the July 7, 1923 CSS
2.    “Commemorating The Morning Meal”
       by Mary R. Hutson
       from the November 1946 CSJ
           🎵 Saw ye my Saviour?
                Heard ye the glad sound? 🎶
                         (Hymn # 298)
    “ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “
With love, Tim
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COMMEMORATING THE MORNING MEAL

Taking of Christ (Section 4) (Caravaggio)

Morning breakfast (Section 5) (Michael Dudash)

]]> 2449 Reading Room Article Week of June 29, 2026 https://christianscienceashland.org/2026/06/27/reading-room-article-week-of-june-29-2026/ Sat, 27 Jun 2026 19:00:27 +0000 https://christianscienceashland.org/?p=2438 Continue reading →]]> TUNGJATJETA FRIENDS 👋 –
The Christian Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson on “GOD” are:
1.    “And I, If I Be Lifted Up”
      by Evelyn F. Heywood
      from the October 17, 1936 CSS
2.    “Family”
       by George S. Cook
       from the September 1941 CSJ
      🎵 Everlasting arms of Love
              Are beneath, around, above 🎶
                      (Hymn # 53)
    “ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “
With love, Tim
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Hagar and Ishmael in wilderness (Section 2) (Karel Dujardin)

The door of the sheep (Section 5) (Jenny Paige)

]]> 2438 Reading Room Article Week of June 22, 2026 https://christianscienceashland.org/2026/06/22/reading-room-article-week-of-june-22-2026/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:16:54 +0000 https://christianscienceashland.org/?p=2432 Continue reading →]]> BLESSINGS FRIENDS 👋 –
The Christian Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson on “CHRISTIAN SCIENCE” are:
1.    “The Comforter With Us Today And Forever”
      by Mark Swinney
      from the October 4, 2010 CSS
2.    “Straightway”
       by F. Mildred Rickman
       from the January 19, 1935 CSS
        🎵 How quickly burdens fall away 🎶
                        (Hymn # 243)
    “ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “
With love, Tim
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Jesus heals man with leprosy (Section 4) (Anthony Van Dyck)

Jesus heals woman bowed together (Section 6) (Harold Copping)

]]> 2432 Reading Room Article June 15, 2026 https://christianscienceashland.org/2026/06/14/reading-room-article-june-15-2026/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:39:20 +0000 https://christianscienceashland.org/?p=2421 Continue reading →]]> YASSAS FRIENDS 🌞 –
the Christian Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson “IS THE UNIVERSE, INCLUDING MAN, EVOLVED BY ATOMIC FORCE?” are:
1.    “The Powerlessness Of Evil”
      by Helen W. Bauman
      from the November 8, 1958 CSS
2.    “Steadfast Faith”
       by Violet K. Seymer
       from the June 22, 1929 CSS
      🎵 All power is given unto our Lord 🎶
                         (Hymn # 10)
    “ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “
With love, Tim
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THE POWERLESSNESS OF EVIL

Paul heals the crippled man at Lystra (Section 4) (Karel Dujardin)

John receives Revelation on Patmos (Section 5) (Gaspar de Crayer)

]]> 2421 Reading Room Article Week of June 8, 2026 https://christianscienceashland.org/2026/06/14/reading-room-article-week-of-june-8-2026/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:36:24 +0000 https://christianscienceashland.org/?p=2413 Continue reading →]]> OSIYO FRIENDS 👋 –
the Christian Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson on “GOD THE PRESERVER OF MAN” are:
1.    “Turn To A Friend, Not To An Enemy!”
      by Nathan A. Talbot
      from the March 22, 1982 CSS
2.    “Touching The Hem”
       by Esther V. Mc Gruder
       from the October 16, 1926 CSS
   🎵 The power that filled the garment’s hem
                is evermore the same 🎶
                      (Hymn # 96)
    “ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “
With love, Tim
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An angel awakens Elijah (Section 3) (Juan Antonio Frias y Escalante)

Woman with issue of blood touches Jesus’ hem (Section 5) (Harold Copping)

]]> 2413 Reading Room Article Week of June 1, 2026 https://christianscienceashland.org/2026/06/02/reading-room-article-week-of-june-1-2026/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:07:24 +0000 https://christianscienceashland.org/?p=2408 Continue reading →]]>
MOLO FRIENDS 👋 –
the Christian Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson on  “GOD THE ONLY CAUSE AND CREATOR” are:
1.    “God, The Eternal Maker Of Man”
      by Paul Stark Seeley
      from the February 1944 CSJ
2.    “With Whom Is No Variableness”
       by Paul H. Eames
       from the April 27, 1963 CSS
   🎵 Great is your faithfulness, God, our creator,
         With You no shadow of turning we see 🎶
                         (Hymn # 487)
    “ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “
With love, Tim
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GOD, THE ETERNAL MAKER OF MAN

God creates all (Responsive Reading) (Bill Bell)

Jesus gives the Lord’s Prayer (Responsive Reading) (Ludwig Glotzie)

]]> 2408 Reading Room Article Week of May 25, 2026 https://christianscienceashland.org/2026/05/24/reading-room-article-week-of-may-25-2026/ Sun, 24 May 2026 15:13:38 +0000 https://christianscienceashland.org/?p=2401 Continue reading →]]> BAWO NI FRIENDS 👋 –
the Christian Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson on “ANCIENT AND MODERN NECROMANCY, ALIAS MESMERISM AND HYPNOTISM, DENOUNCED” are:
1.    “Innocence”
      by Oscar G. Peeke
      from the April 1923 CSJ
2.    “The Straight And Narrow Way”
       by Jeanne R. Price
       from the June 28, 1958 CSS
      🎵 It is the straight and narrow way
            That leads to that eternal day 🎶
                      (Hymn # 288)
    “ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “
With love, Tim
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INNOCENCE

Daniel in the Lions’ Den (Section 3)  (Briton Rivière)

Daniel’s reply to the king (Section 3) (Briton Rivière)

]]> 2401 Reading Room Article Week of May 18, 2026 https://christianscienceashland.org/2026/05/17/reading-room-article-week-of-may-18-2026/ Mon, 18 May 2026 02:54:14 +0000 https://christianscienceashland.org/?p=2394 Continue reading →]]> SAWUBONA FRIENDS 👋 –
the Christian Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson on “SOUL AND BODY” are:
1.    “Let Your Light So Shine”
      by Jeanne R. Price
      from the December 26, 1970 CSS
2.    “Peter’s Release”
       by Mabel R. Hyzer
       from the June 20, 1936 CSS
           🎵 My light, my help is near  🎶
                         (Hymn # 77)
    “ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “
With love, Tim
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“Let your light so shine”


Jesus feeding the multitude (Section 5) (Harold Copping)

Angel frees Peter from prison (Section 6) (Bartolome Esteban Murillo)

]]> 2394 Reading Room Article Week of May 11, 2026 https://christianscienceashland.org/2026/05/12/reading-room-article-week-of-may-11-2026/ Tue, 12 May 2026 21:27:50 +0000 https://christianscienceashland.org/?p=2388 Continue reading →]]> XIN CHAO FRIENDS 👋 –
the Christian Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson
on “MORTALS AND IMMORTALS” are:
1.    “Scientific Rebuke Of Error”
      by A. Lincoln Rothblum
      from the August 10, 1946 CSS
2.    “Understanding Life And Death”
       by Nathan A. Talbot
       from the May 22, 1978 CSS
         🎵 And thine immortal life
                   shall be revealed 🎶
                      (Hymn # 359)
    “ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “
With love, Tim
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Scientific Rebuke of Error

Elijah’s ascension (Section 3) (Giuseppe Angeli)

The mount of transfiguration (Section 4)(Giacinto Calandrucci)

]]> 2388 Reading Room Article Week of May 4, 2026 https://christianscienceashland.org/2026/05/04/reading-room-article-week-of-may-4-2026/ Mon, 04 May 2026 23:41:02 +0000 https://christianscienceashland.org/?p=2378 Continue reading →]]> WILUJENG ENJING FRIENDS 👋 –
The Christian Science Sentinel and/or Christian Science Journal articles for consideration with next week’s Lesson on “ADAM AND FALLEN MAN” are:
1.    “What Say You Of Woman?”
      by A. Lincoln Rothblum
      from the February 1945 CSJ
2.    “Burn The Tares!”
       by Paul Stark Seeley
       from the March 18, 1944 CSS
        🎵 We shall neither faint nor fall  🎶
                         (Hymn # 58)
    “ The Lord bless thee and keep thee “
With love, Tim
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“WHAT SAY YOU OF WOMAN?”

Solomon coronated king (Section 3) (Luca Giordano)

Swords into plowshares (Section 6) (Mishell Aghion)

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