Listen live and up to 24 hours afterward

Every Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, join the online congregation of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, MA, USA. 

You'll hear hymns and readings specially compiled for the day, as well as testimonies submitted by listeners. Readings are from the Christian Science pastor, the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. There is an organ prelude and postlude, plus an online church lobby, open for 15 minutes after the meeting.

The meeting is conducted by the First Reader, who selects the readings and hymns. Some testimonies of healing and other comments about Christian Science submitted by listeners are read live by testimony readers. Bios are available.

Testimonies, music, reading citations, and replays

Please feel free to submit testimonies (at the bottom of this page) in advance of the meeting. Guidelines are available. By Wednesday morning, music and hymns for the meeting will be posted. Citations for the readings, approved submissions, and an audio replay will all be available less than a half hour after the meeting ends. All of these will remain posted for 24 hours after the meeting ends, until 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday.

Frequently asked questions and live tech support

A list of frequently asked questions is available here. If you don't find the answer to your question, during the meeting a live usher can assist you if you click the Live Chat button at the bottom of the FAQ page.

Church lobby

Say hello, meet new people, share short inspirational ideas, chat informally, and mingle for fifteen minutes after the meeting. To sign in, click on the word “Guest,”  type your name over the text that appears, and click “Sign in.” To send a message, type in the horizontal area and press "Return". To make the lobby bigger, click on the diagonal up arrow located at the bottom right corner of the lobby.

Testimonies and comments

You can submit a comment or testimony at any time. We don’t publish all comments, nor do we publish them immediately. Submissions may be lightly edited for length or clarity. Please put "Name from [location]" in your submission, so we can embrace our global audience, and remember that we have listeners from many different backgrounds, with varying degrees of familiarity with Christian Science. For more information, please refer to our guidelines.

Comments do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of The First Church of Christ, Scientist.  Please do not print or share copies of these testimonies.