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The Principia Club of Greater San Diego invites you to our annual Christmas Sing! Saturday, December 16, 2023 4:00–6:00 p.m.
December 11th, 2023
Reminder: Church Start time is going back to 10 Am PT Start time.
December 9th, 2023You are always invited to join us for our Sunday church service at the Reading Room in person or on zoom Sunday morning at 10 am PT. To let us know you are coming, please email us at christiansciencenote@gmail.com and we can help you find the link to our meeting. After church we have an open discussion about the week’s Bible lesson and/or testimonies of healing and comments and questions about Christian Science.
Phone (760) 753 4545
912 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024
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Reaching Out, Christian Science Reading Room, Encinitas, Ca
November 29th, 2023The purpose of the Christian Science Society of Encinitas is to bless our community with healing and spiritual support for all.
These are great examples of some of our outreach activity’s
Spread the word and please let us know anyone who would like to help out. You are always invited to join us for our Sunday church service at the Reading Room in person or on zoom Sunday morning at 10 am PT. To let us know you are coming, please email us at christiansciencenote@gmail.com and we can help you find the link to our meeting. After church we have an open discussion about the week’s Bible lesson and/or testimonies of healing and comments and questions about Christian Science.
Phone (760) 753 4545
912 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024
If you would like to receive information from our Christian Science Society of Encinitas which includes notices about our events and services, please enter your email address to the right in the subscribe window. It is free, and you will then be sent an email to confirm your
In memory of Mark Patterson
November 22nd, 2023
Mark Patterson, the artist of the controversial Encinitas “Surfing Madonna” mosaic, passed on Sept. 20 of this year.
Mark has been a dedicated member of our Encinitas Christian Science Society from its early days. As a dedicated life long Christian Scientist he has contributed so much to our church and our community. Here is an example of his writing.
See what Love has prepared by Mark Patterson
Excerpt:
Praying lets me glimpse that if God really is Love, and if God really is power, and if God is really actively present in our lives, then I can be a witness to that. I cling to this idea. You could say I “stand still” with it, because it is a solid Biblical truth. Not an “if it’s right it’ll work out” kind of thing. No. Solid. It helps me actively look and see what Love has prepared for us, right here and right now. That’s all I need to do: just see what Divine Love has prepared for us……
Read full article click here
Here is one such post from someone who knew Mark very well:
Heard about Mark’s passing a few days ago. Sadly, I had not been in touch with him in years. I remember hearing about him some years ago when his art mural made the news all over San Diego County. I had not even known that Mark was a fine artist. Mark never boasted about his talents to me. Though he had many. I believe at one time he worked with some other local Christian Scientists at a computer firm called DataTrek which was located on Saxony Road in Encinitas, which as I recall was where former Encinitas Church members, Fern and Ralph Ritchie used to have their home.
I first met Mark when I was a Sunday School student at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Encinitas, when it was still located at the corner of Encinitas Boulevard and Balour Drive. It was a pretty large Church edifice with a good-sized Sunday School and Childcare. The Church had once been located west of Highway 101. It was moved to the aforementioned address.
Mark was always very kind to me. He had a ready smile and a great laugh. As I recall, he was pretty well thought of by the bulk of the membership. He was a great organist. I think he held the position for quite some time. Rick Froese was First Reader sometime during the years that Mark played the organ. The Froese family were also good friends with our family, as were many of the Encinitas Church members. Encinitas Church used to have membership picnics onsite at the church, and I think even a barbecue or two at one of the local beaches-probably Moonlight Beach, or perhaps Cardiff Reef. Mark also came to our family’s home for various celebrations. As I recall, he was there for my High School graduation party. As were many of the Encinitas Church members and Sunday School students.
Mark told me a funny story about his first Sunday morning, or perhaps Wednesday evening, as organist at Encinitas Church. As I recall the story, he had gotten to church early, to practice before the service, and had gotten quite comfortable sitting at the organ. He had taken off his shoes, and was immersed in his practicing. When he was through practicing, he decided to leave the auditorium and go out into the foyer/entryway. So, he’s strolling leisurely up the side of the auditorium thinking that it was still early. He then notices the auditorium is pretty full of people, and they are looking strangely at this new guy strolling around the church in his stocking feet! I had not thought of the story in a while, and I treasure the memory of Mark’s sharing. He told it with a smile and chuckles.
Mark’s presence in our world is dearly missed. I find comfort in a passage a Christian Scientist friend shared with me a few years ago:
“Where God is we can meet, and where God is we can never part.”
Source: The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany page 131:20-21, by Mary Baker Eddy.
Best regards to all,
-Jeff Ailshire
Thank you Jeff.
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You are always invited to join us for our Sunday church service at the Reading Room in person or on zoom Sunday morning at 10 am PT. To let us know you are coming, please email us at christiansciencenote@gmail.com and we can help you find the link to our meeting. After church we have an open discussion about the week’s Bible lesson and/or testimonies of healing and comments and questions about Christian Science.
Phone (760) 753 4545
912 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024
If you would like to receive information from our Christian Science Society of Encinitas which includes notices about our events and services, please enter your email address to the right in the subscribe window. It is free, and you will then be sent an email to confirm your Subscription.
Encinitas Holiday Street fair Today, November 19, 2023
November 19th, 2023Come and join the Fun!
We need volunteers, Sunday school teachers, and or just come and be a part of the scene!
The Reading Room will be open from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on today, Sunday, November 19, 2023, during the Encinitas Holiday Street Fair. Parking is tight so it might be a good time to take the train! Come by and say hi if you can.
We will have a treasure hunt called “The God’s name game” in our Garden where the kids search for the seven synonyms for God. In our textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy she defines God in the glossary as:
God. The great I AM; the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-acting, all-wise, all-loving, and eternal; Principle; Mind; Soul; Spirit; Life; Truth; Love; all substance; intelligence.
So we place the names: Principle; Mind; Soul; Spirit; Life; Truth; Love around the garden to be found by the seekers. Come by and join the fun and win a prize .
Click below to download a PDF of the game.
This game is based on ideas taught in a Christian Science Sunday school. For more information about a Sunday School click Here .
Be a part of this exciting event by sponsoring the kids. Our goal is to collect enough donations to give out a shirt to every youth who participates.
At these Street Fairs we have had over 600 people come through our garden and into our Reading Room made up of children and adults chaperoning the children and individuals without children and many with dogs. After the children fill out the God’s Name Game card with the synonyms for God they turn it into the Reading Room to win a prize. If they take the T shirt challenge and can memorize all seven synonyms, they will get the free T-shirt as a prize. So please support this great CS Sunday school activity and outreach to our community with the “power of Truth” and the “worthiness of Love”.
Please email or call if you can help with any time to give and/or if you would like to do a sponsorship Click here.
Spread the word and please let us know anyone who would like to help out. We will not be having our normal service during this event but will be rebroadcasting the service from the Mother Church but you are invited to join us for our Sunday church service at the Reading Room in person or on zoom Sunday mornings at 9:30 am PT. It will be helpful to know you are coming. For Zoom please email us at christiansciencenote@gmail.com and we can send a link to our meeting. After church we have an open discussion about the week’s Bible lesson and/or testimonies of healing and comments and questions about Christian Science.
Phone (760) 753 4545
912 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024
If you would like to receive information from our Christian Science Society of Encinitas which includes notices about our events and services, please enter your email address to the right in the subscribe window. It is free, and you will then be sent an email to confirm your subscription.
Encinitas Holiday Street fair November 19, 2023
November 15th, 2023Come and join the Fun!
We need volunteers, Sunday school teachers, and or just come and be a part of the scene!
The Reading Room will be open from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Sunday, November 19, 2023, during the Encinitas Holiday Street Fair. Parking is tight so it might be a good time to take the train! Come by and say hi if you can.
We will have a treasure hunt called “The God’s name game” in our Garden where the kids search for the seven synonyms for God. In our textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy she defines God in the glossary as:
God. The great I AM; the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-acting, all-wise, all-loving, and eternal; Principle; Mind; Soul; Spirit; Life; Truth; Love; all substance; intelligence.
So we place the names: Principle; Mind; Soul; Spirit; Life; Truth; Love around the garden to be found by the seekers. Come by and join the fun and win a prize .
Click below to download a PDF of the game.
This game is based on ideas taught in a Christian Science Sunday school. For more information about a Sunday School click Here .
Be a part of this exciting event by sponsoring the kids. Our goal is to collect enough donations to give out a shirt to every youth who participates.
At these Street Fairs we have had over 600 people come through our garden and into our Reading Room made up of children and adults chaperoning the children and individuals without children and many with dogs. After the children fill out the God’s Name Game card with the synonyms for God they turn it into the Reading Room to win a prize. If they take the T shirt challenge and can memorize all seven synonyms, they will get the free T-shirt as a prize. So please support this great CS Sunday school activity and outreach to our community with the “power of Truth” and the “worthiness of Love”.
Please email or call if you can help with any time to give and/or if you would like to do a sponsorship Click here.
Spread the word and please let us know anyone who would like to help out. We will not be having our normal service during this event but will be rebroadcasting the service from the Mother Church but you are invited to join us for our Sunday church service at the Reading Room in person or on zoom Sunday mornings at 9:30 am PT. It will be helpful to know you are coming. For Zoom please email us at christiansciencenote@gmail.com and we can send a link to our meeting. After church we have an open discussion about the week’s Bible lesson and/or testimonies of healing and comments and questions about Christian Science.
Phone (760) 753 4545
912 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024
If you would like to receive information from our Christian Science Society of Encinitas which includes notices about our events and services, please enter your email address to the right in the subscribe window. It is free, and you will then be sent an email to confirm your subscription.
Reminder: New Church Start time is 9:30 Am PT. Also this weekend is Daylight savings time. So don’t forget to fall Back
October 30th, 2023
October the 31st can conjure up many images and emotions, but at the Christian Science Society of Encinitas Reading Room, we take this opportunity to reach out to the community and bless big and small with a stroll through the Garden of the Great Spirit. Last year’s event had another very large attendance, from both repeat guests that were delighted to be greeted again by friendly faces and big smiles as they made their way through the decorated garden, as well as first time visitors looking in wonder as they read signs of Truth and Love and met with costumed greeters. One such visitor approached to say,
“ I really feel the Spirt here” For many, it may be their first introduction to knowing God is Love, and for others it may just be a peaceful respite from what can be a frightening evening, but everyone who came through expressed gratitude either by word or smile.
Some stopped to ask questions about Christian Science, some took literature, but most of all it blessed the community with sharing messages of Truth and also a little fun and a sweet treat. Come and experience it for yourself this Halloween, as we will be back to welcome all to the Garden of the Great Spirit once again.
Also, put Sunday, November 19th on your calendar this year to come to the Reading Room to volunteer, participate, or just take in the vibe of the day at your local community Christian Science Reading Room as it opens up for the day during the Encinitas Street fair. When you come, you will find that we are not just passive observers of the event, but instead an active focal point where we interact with the fair 
goers as they flood through our gate and into the garden to play the God’s name game.
Over the years we have become one of the fair’s most popular events with hundreds of kids and their parents in tow entering the Reading Room garden to play this game and have a day of Christian Science Sunday school learning the 7 synonyms of God as expressed in the Christian Science text book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
Please come and be a part of this community event. If for some reason you can not attend but would like to support our event, you may do so by sponsoring 10 kids with their T-shirt prize that they receive after completing the game. The cost for a sponsorship is $100 for 10 kid’s, or however more or less you want to sponsor as the Spirit moves you. To donate please click here.
Spread the word and please let us know anyone who would like to help out. You are always invited to join us for our Sunday church service at the Reading Room in person or on zoom Sunday morning at 9:30 am PT. To let us know you are coming, please email us at christiansciencenote@gmail.com and we can help you find the link to our meeting. After church we have an open discussion about the week’s Bible lesson and/or testimonies of healing and comments and questions about Christian Science. *Please note: we do not have church during the Street Fair, but we do have the Mother Church service playing on the computer in our quiet study room.
Phone (760) 753 4545
912 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024
If you would like to receive information from our Christian Science Society of Encinitas which includes notices about our events and services, please enter your email address to the right in the subscribe window. It is free, and you will then be sent an email to confirm your
The Garden of the Great Spirit October 31st 2023
October 19th, 2023
October the 31st can conjure up many images and emotions, but at the Christian Science Society of Encinitas Reading Room, we take this opportunity to reach out to the community and bless big and small with a stroll through the Garden of the Great Spirit. Last year’s event had another very large attendance, from both repeat guests that were delighted to be greeted again by friendly faces and big smiles as they made their way through the decorated garden, as well as first time visitors looking in wonder as they read signs of Truth and Love and met with costumed greeters. One such visitor approached to say,
“ I really feel the Spirt here” For many, it may be their first introduction to knowing God is Love, and for others it may just be a peaceful respite from what can be a frightening evening, but everyone who came through expressed gratitude either by word or smile.
Some stopped to ask questions about Christian Science, some took literature, but most of all it blessed the community with sharing messages of Truth and also a little fun and a sweet treat. Come and experience it for yourself this Halloween, as we will be back to welcome all to the Garden of the Great Spirit once again.
Also, put Sunday, November 19th on your calendar this year to come to the Reading Room to volunteer, participate, or just take in the vibe of the day at your local community Christian Science Reading Room as it opens up for the day during the Encinitas Street fair. When you come, you will find that we are not just passive observers of the event, but instead an active focal point where we interact with the fair goers as they flood through our gate and into the garden to play the God’s name game.
Over the years we have become one of the fair’s most popular events with hundreds of kids and their parents in tow entering the Reading Room garden to play this game and have a day of Christian Science Sunday school learning the 7 synonyms of God as expressed in the Christian Science text book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
Please come and be a part of this community event. If for some reason you can not attend but would like to support our event, you may do so by sponsoring 10 kids with their T-shirt prize that they receive after completing the game. The cost for a sponsorship is $100 for 10 kid’s, or however more or less you want to sponsor as the Spirit moves you. To donate please click here.
Spread the word and please let us know anyone who would like to help out. You are always invited to join us for our Sunday church service at the Reading Room in person or on zoom Sunday morning at 10 am PT. To let us know you are coming, please email us at christiansciencenote@gmail.com and we can help you find the link to our meeting. After church we have an open discussion about the week’s Bible lesson and/or testimonies of healing and comments and questions about Christian Science. *Please note: we do not have church during the Street Fair, but we do have the Mother Church service playing on the computer in our quiet study room.
Phone (760) 753 4545
912 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024
If you would like to receive information from our Christian Science Society of Encinitas which includes notices about our events and services, please enter your email address to the right in the subscribe window. It is free, and you will then be sent an email to confirm your
Still Small Voice
August 20th, 2023And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lordpassed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
-1 Kings 19:11-13
We will not be Holding a in-person service today at the reading room, but you are invited to join us for our Sunday church service at the Reading Room on zoom today at 10 am PT.
To let us know you are coming, please email us at christiansciencenote@gmail.com and we can send a link to our meeting. After church we have an open discussion about the week’s Bible lesson and/or testimonies of healing and comments and questions about Christian Science.
The Encinitas Reading Room is currently open by appointment only.
Phone (760) 753 4545
912 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024
If you would like to receive information from our Christian Science Society of Encinitas which includes notices about our events and services, please enter your email address to the right in the subscribe window. It is free, and you will then be sent an email to confirm your subscription.
Andrew Brewis returns to San Diego! He will be performing in Encinitas this Saturday, May 20,2023 at 4:30 at the Encinitas Community and Senior Center.
May 19th, 2023
Andrew Brewis, composer of eight hymns in our Gray Hymnal including his much beloved
arrangement of “Satisfied “ will be giving a concert in Encinitas on Saturday May 20th at 430
at the Encinitas Community and Senior Center.
Andrew returns to San Diego after his last visit ten years ago to share his much beloved
hymns and songs from his newly released CD called “Home”. Please join us in showing our
love, support and appreciation for Andrew and his music and in Christian Science Community
fellowship.
You are also invited to join us for our Sunday church service at the Reading Room in person or on zoom Sunday mornings at 10 am PT. To let us know you are coming, please email us at christiansciencenote@gmail.com and we can send a link to our meeting. After church we have an open discussion about the week’s Bible lesson and/or testimonies of healing and comments and questions about Christian Science.
The Encinitas Reading Room is currently open by appointment only.
Phone (760) 753 4545
912 S. Coast Hwy. 101, Encinitas, CA 92024
If you would like to receive information from our Christian Science Society of Encinitas which includes notices about our events and services, please enter your email address to the right in the subscribe window. It is free, and you will then be sent an email to confirm your subscription.
