Reading Room

"Seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." (Matthew)

Our Portland Reading Room Programs

Our Reading Room in Portland hosts several free programs each week. All are invited to participate and find inspiration!

Mondays 11:30 – 12:00 Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (from a variety of translations). Come join us in reading aloud or simply listen.

Wednesdays 2:00 – 3:00 Live Broadcast of the Testimonial Meeting from The Mother Church in Boston. Sing along with hymns and join in the Lord’s Prayer or simply listen to the readings from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, followed by testimonies of healing and remarks on Christian Science sent in each week by listeners around the world.

Fridays 11:30 – 12:00 Ongoing reading of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. Join in reading aloud or simply listen.

Saturdays 11:30 – 12:30 Sentinel Watch Weekly inspirational audio program. Each week we listen to a program, usually the most recent one released, and talk about our “take-aways” afterwards.

Available Books

Our Portland Reading Room has a selection of books and magazines for sale. We have the King James Version of the Bible and books by Mary Baker Eddy, including the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. You can purchase current issues of The Christian Science Monitor, a weekly print magazine covering international news; The Christian Science Sentinel, a weekly inspirational magazine; and The Christian Science Journal, a monthly magazine with in-depth articles on Christian Science and a directory of churches and other services around the world. We also sell The Christian Science Quarterly with weekly Bible-Lessons for study on your own. And we carry many other books about the Bible, the healing practice of Christian Science, and Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science. Read more about available publications from The Christian Science Publishing Society here.