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Last Tuesday, Feb. 25, we kicked off the first meeting of the San Diego County Reading Room Group—and what a night it was! About 25 folks from eight different churches gathered at the Encinitas Reading Room, ready to collaborate and energize our outreach.
Sabrina Stillwell, CSB, from the Escondido church got things rolling with an inspiring reading before explaining why we were all there. The Mother Church had reached out to see if San Diego County would be interested in a Reading 
Room workshop—led by them but shaped by us. Our mission? Identify our needs, brainstorm ideas, and form a steering committee with representatives from each participating church.
And brainstorm we did! The whiteboard filled up fast as ideas flew. A young member from Encinitas Society 
even gave us a quick lesson on leveraging Instagram to connect and share. After our lively discussion, we wrapped up the night with a delicious potluck—salmon and veggie burgers sizzling on the BBQ, courtesy of the Encinitas Society.
The Mother Church was thrilled with our gathering and has set up a Google Group for our new steering committee. Encinitas Society will also manage a calendar and email group so we can coordinate and support each other’s outreach efforts. We’ve officially named ourselves the San Diego County Reading Room Group—exciting times ahead!
Next up? A meeting at the Escondido Reading Room (date TBD) to solidify our workshop goals. The Mother Church has asked us to plan for a Saturday in April or early May. Stay tuned!
Oh, and if you’re in the area, consider joining the Encinitas Christian Science Society for Sunday service at 10 am PT, either in person or on Zoom. Want to be inspired? Stay afterwards where we share testimonies of healing that we have experienced with the study of the Bible and Science and Health. Want to join us? Shoot us an email at christiansciencenote@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
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We are having an initial Reading Room get-together for all of San Diego County in response to the TMC’s call out for a reading room work shop. So we thought we would get the ball rolling with a little get together at the Encinitas Reading Room.
Start time
4:00 Introductions and discussion about TMC Reading Room workshop
4:30 Instagram
Fellowship 5:00 to 6:00. (Includes BBQ and refreshments)
Kendra our social media expert will start off with a 15 min introduction to Instagram and how we can connect with Gen Z and Gen X, how you can connect with Encinitas Reading Room’s instagram and or how you can set your own Reading Room’s account. Q&A to follow.
Bring your Smart phone and Kendra can give you some one on one time during fellowship.
Bring your Ideas of how we can support each others Reading Rooms and Church outreach.
Bring something to share with the BBQ if you like.
Every one is welcome and please RSVP to Bill Blok at Christiansciencenote@gmail.com or call his cell at 541 753 6395
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When we heard about the wildfire situation in Los Angeles, we thought of an article that Cindy Martin had written for The Christian Science Journal. In it, she shared how she and her husband prayed when they were faced with an unconfined fire in her community. So we asked her to come on Sentinel Watch to share more about that with our listeners.
Citations referenced in this episode:
Cindy Martin, “Quieting destructive winds and catastrophic wildfires,” The Christian Science Journal, January, 2020
Mark Swinney, “In God we trust?,” cssentinel.com, January 20, 2025
From the Bible, King James Version:
Exodus 3:4–6, 14
Acts 17:27, 28
I Kings 18:1–39
I Kings 19:1–12
From the writings of Mary Baker Eddy:
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 293
Science and Health, pp. 258–259
Science and Health, p. 597
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From the January 1885 issue of The Christian Science Journal
This article was later republished in Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896: Mis. 320:3-321:22
This interesting day, crowned with the history of Truth’s idea, its earthly advent and nativity, is especially dear to the heart of Christian Scientists, to whom Christ’s appearing in a fuller sense is so precious, and fraught with divine benedictions for mankind.
The star that looked lovingly down on the manger of our Lord, lends its resplendent light to this hour. The light of Truth to cheer, guide and bless man, as he reaches forth for the infant idea of divine perfection that dawns upon human imperfection, that chides man’s fear, bears his burdens, that beckons him on to Truth and Love, and the sweet immunity they bring from sin, sickness and death.
This polar star, fixed in the heavens of divine science, shall be the sign of his appearing who “Healeth all our diseases,” and it hath traversed night over to where the young child lies, wading through darkness and gloom, on to glory. It meets the antagonism of error, addressing to dull ears, and undisciplined beliefs, words of Truth and Life.
The star of Bethlehem is the star of Boston, high in the zenith of Truth’s domain, that looketh down on the long night of human beliefs to pierce the darkness, and melt into dawn.
The star of Bethlehem is the light of all ages; the light of Love, christening to-day religion, divine science, giving it a new name, and the white stone, a token of purity and permanence.
The wise men follow this guiding star; the watchful shepherd chants its welcome, and saith, at the cradle of a great Truth, “Unto us a child is born,” and his birth is less of a miracle than eighteen centuries ago, and “his name shall be called wonderful, the mighty counsellor, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.”
It fills my heart with joy, that each receding year we see the steady gain of Truth’s idea in Christian Science; that each returning year the balance is adjusted more on the side of God, the supremacy of Spirit, the triumph of Truth over error, of health over sickness, Life over death, and of soul over sense.
“The time cometh, and now is, when they that worship the Father shall worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.” “For the law of the spirit of Life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from sin and death.” “Fear not, little flock, it is the Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”
“Press on, press on! ye sons of light,
Untiring in your holy fight,
Still treading each temptation down,
And battling for a brighter crown.”
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Lets start with the Dreidels. The letters on them stand for the phrase:
Nes Gadol Haya SHEM.
A great miracle happen THERE.
In Hebrew, the word menorah means “lamp.” The ancient menorah had seven branches—one for each day of Creation—and it burned in the Temple in what was then Judea, a small area caught in the middle of conflict between the Egyptian empire and the Greek-Assyrian empire. It was an everlasting light, an oil lamp that was never supposed to go out. Those two empires clashed in 167 B.C.E., and under the ruler Antiochus IV, Judea became Hellenized. Antiochus outlawed Judaism. The Jewish people were told they could not keep the Sabbath, they could not keep kosher, and the Temple was desecrated. A small group of people rebelled, and they became known as the Maccabees. Over several years, they were able to take back the Temple and relight the menorah. As the story goes, one day’s worth of oil miraculously lasted for eight days. That’s why the Hanukkah menorah has nine candles: one for each of the eight days, and one to light the rest. The Hanukkah menorah is more accurately called a hanukkiyah. One additional oil wick or candle is lit each night to celebrate the eight days of Hanukkah. By the way, oil also finds its way into Hanukkah foods such as latkes—potato pancakes fried in oil—and delicious jelly-filled doughnuts called “sufganiyot.”
Is Hanukkah a time of sacred holy days in the Jewish calendar? Or more like a festival?
It began as a delayed celebration of Sukkot, an eight-day agricultural festival that also recalled the time of wandering in the desert. The Jewish people had not been able to celebrate Sukkot in the fall, during the Maccabean rebellion. It’s harvest festival, a time of joy. One of the things that happens in Sukkot is the singing of Hallel—Psalms of Praise—so during Hanukkah we sing those same songs of thanksgiving.
Hanukkah means dedication. Historically, Hanukkah marks the rededication of the sanctuary itself. The story of the oil and how it lasted for eight days came later in Jewish tradition. And it was most likely an attempt by the rabbis to take a story that began as a military saga and shift the emphasis to the importance of religious freedom and hope and light.
Do you see any common threads linking Hanukkah with other religious observations that happen this time of year?
In faiths throughout the world, there’s power in the metaphor, the imagery, of light. Hindus have their own festival of light, called Diwali, which was beautifully celebrated in Rollins Chapel at the end of October. The Buddhist’s day of enlightenment is Bodhi Day, on Jan. 2 this year, when they string trees with beads and lights, similar to the way Christians light Advent candles and decorate an evergreen. For Hanukkah, the menorah was traditionally put on a shelf on the outside of the house to show that this was a Jewish home. Now it’s often put on a windowsill, to shine a light through darkness at a time of year when the days grow short.
What do you think the menorah, and Hanukkah, signify in our modern world?
It’s really a minor holiday in the Jewish calendar, but it’s grown in significance. One way to view it, even if you are not Jewish, is that it celebrates the miracle of people looking after one another and doing what is right. In a traditional hanukkiyah, the candles representing each day are not higher than one another. In a divisive world, we have rituals to remind us that there’s danger when we lift one group over another, and there’s hope and beauty when we connect to one another as equals.
Christian Science
MIRACLE. That which is divinely natural, but must be learned humanly; a phenomenon of Science.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 591:21)OIL. Consecration; charity; gentleness; prayer; heavenly inspiration.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 591:21; 592:25)Light is a symbol of Mind, of Life, Truth, and Love, and not a vitalizing property of matter.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 510:27–28)
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The Principia Club of Greater San Diego invites you, your family, and friends to our annual
Christmas Sing and lunch. Join us for a festive afternoon as we sing and celebrate the season with joy and cheer!
Sunday, December 22, 2024
12:00 p.m. Buffet Lunch | 12:30 p.m. Sing
First Church Christ, Scientist, San Diego
2450 2nd Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101
Free parking is available behind the church.
Click here to RSVP or contact 619.233.3571.
You are welcome to bring Christmas cookies or other treats to share.
For questions the day of the Sing, contact 619.233.3571.
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You can purchase a Principia 2025 calendar at the Sing or order online here.
All are lovingly welcome!
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