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Reading Room Librarians: Your resources

Welcome to your resources

We hope these tools will help you feel confident and well equipped to serve your Reading Room, seeing it as an intrinsic part of your branch, bringing healing to your congregation and your community.

Can't find something? Please reach out to us.

Email: opendoors@csps.com

Getting started

Are you a librarian for the first time? Here are the basic instructions you cannot miss! 


Quick link: The Online Shop

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Product Lists

  • Read in the Church Manual about Reading Rooms

  • Support the work of the Reading Room through prayer.

  • Defend the healing atmosphere of the Reading Room.

  • Challenge impositions in thought about this work and invite other Reading Room attendants to do the same.

  • Prepare to welcome members of your community. 

  • Schedule a workshop provided by The Mother Church.



The “Reading Room Group” is a great way for Reading Rooms librarians, staff, and those interested in Reading Room activity to connect and share inspiration and fruitage; ask questions about Reading Room activities to other group members; post and share pictures, window display art, and videos; and locate out-of-print titles visitors are asking for. This is a private community to protect the members and their conversations, so first-time visitors will need to apply to join. Permission will be granted shortly after the request is received.

Sign up

  • Join the group with a personal email address. All email service providers can be used.

Join the conversation

  • Posting and reading threads is very easy.

    • Posts are visible to all group members.

    • Post comments can be seen by everyone unless you choose to contact the poster directly.

    • Attachments such as photos, video clips, and documents can be included in posts.

  • Group members can control how frequently they receive messages.

Go to the Reading Room Group


More detail

Communications: Newsletters (eBulletin) updates and archive

Read current and recent Reading Room eBulletins.

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Webinar schedule & replays

Here you can find our webinar schedule and view webinar replays.

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Get free posters, videos, and other promotional materials


Guidelines on window displays, websites, and social media

These were put together by our legal team to help provide guardrails and helpful insights.

Inspiring articles from the Christian Science magazines

From ‘What do I say?’ in the Reading Room, to ‘Thank you, God’ by Alexis Deacon (The Christian Science Journal, December 2019)

“Prepare to Share” Rachel Troutman interviewed by Jenny Sinatra from the August 8, 2016 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel.

I love Christian Science Reading Rooms! by Patti Ogden (The Christian Science Journal February 2025)

Every Christian Science Reading Room by Wendy Giersdorf (The Christian Science Journal, January 2025)

The Reading Room: A Well of Inspiration by Arthur Leslie McCarty (The Christian Science Journal, October 1958)

Welcome to our Reading Room by Naomi Price (The Christian Science Journal, June 1979)

The Importance of the Reading Room by Richard C. Bergenheim (The Christian Science Journal, November 1994)

The rewarding work of a Reading Room librarian by Robert Witney (The Christian Science Journal, December 2023)

Approved providers

  • Approved Providers (“Providers”) are individuals or companies who have been approved by The Mother Church and The Christian Science Publishing Society to supply display materials to Reading Rooms.

  • Original images posted on Provider websites have been reviewed and approved by TMC and CSPS.

  • Providers may also provide printing services for promotional materials from the online CSPS Reading Room Wholesale Shop.

  • Christian Science branch churches and Reading Rooms may request custom “one-off” designs from Providers, in accordance with TMC/CSPS display guidelines.

  • To inquire about applying to become an Approved Provider, or if you have questions about this program, please email approvedprovider@csps.com.

  • We will update this page from time to time to reflect recent changes to the list of Providers. Currently Approved Providers are:


Additional information


Schedule a Reading Room workshop

This workshop helps librarians and members focus on the Reading Room as a healing place for the community and brings a fresh perspective to this intrinsic part of “a church designed to reinstate primitive Christianity”. (Manual, p. 17)

If you would like to request a workshop please email TMCbranch@christianscience.com

Take a look here at the other workshops available for your branch.



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Online shop product information



Magazine order forms



Cross & Crown: Ordering and usage information


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