BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Christian Science in the Greater Philadelphia Area - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Christian Science in the Greater Philadelphia Area X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Christian Science in the Greater Philadelphia Area REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260314T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260314T120000 DTSTAMP:20260415T195342 CREATED:20260210T205204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T205547Z UID:10002567-1773486000-1773489600@www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org SUMMARY:"Why Everyone is Needed" - A Talk sponsored by First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Doylestown PA DESCRIPTION:About this talk:\nThe talk will focus on universal healing precepts found in the Holy Bible\, especially in Christ Jesus’ life and teachings\, showing how they are available for anyone to understand and experience through the lens of Christian Science. The talk is free\, open to the community\, and sponsored by First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Doylestown. \n“I love exploring the nature of God\, infinite Love\, as the only cause\, and our unbreakable connection to God as God’s offspring\,” says Shepherd. “This connection gives us our purpose and worth by seeing everyone from a more God-like\, or spiritual\, point of view. I’ve experienced how this has an impact on my life and on the lives of others.” \nSharing examples of healing from his own life and professional practice of Christian Science\, Shepherd will explain why Christian Science is both Christian and scientific\, meaning that people can prove its effectiveness for themselves\, as fully described in the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures\, written by the founder of the Christian Science movement\, Mary Baker Eddy. \nShepherd will also touch on the life of Mary Baker Eddy\, who came to understand\, confirm\, and teach what she felt was original Christian healing. Eddy herself said she was especially inspired by Jesus’ demand\, “He that believes on me\, the works that I do will he do also; and greater works than these will he do\, because I go unto my Father” (found in the Gospel of John 14:12 in the Bible). \nFor over 150 years\, people around the world have worked to follow Christ Jesus in this practice of Christianity and continue to do so today\, experiencing healings of physical ills and personal difficulties. \nJames Shepherd has been a Christian Science practitioner for many years\, helping people on a daily basis through this scientific approach to prayer. He travels from his home base in Eugene\, Oregon\, to speak to audiences as a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n   \nAbout our Speaker James Shepherd\, CS:Member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship\nGod’s love is for everyone\, and a Christian Science lecture is a perfect setting to learn about God’s love and the healing that it brings. \nJames has seen the healing effects of God’s love since he was a youngster\, romping through the woods around his home with his three brothers. They had their share of scrapes and bruises which were quickly healed through prayer. On the rare occasions they felt sick\, they relied on Christian Science for quick healings. \nIn high school his family moved to a ranch where they had cattle\, horses\, sheep\, pigs\, chickens\, and turkeys. He graduated from college with a Bachelor’s degree in agriculture\, but realized that serving as a Christian Science healer was the best way he could serve others. He left the ranch and took up the full-time work of helping others find healing through prayer. Thirty years later\, he still loves this work as much as ever. \nOver the years\, James has enjoyed being active in many roles in his local Church of Christ\, Scientist\, and has worked at summer camps for Christian Scientists and their friends. He has also shared the message of Love’s transforming power in prison settings and youth detention centers. When his four children were little\, he coached their sports programs. He finds other ways to help his community\, such as by volunteering at a neighborhood church to help cook a free breakfast for those in need. \nJames loves spending time with his family and doing any outdoor activity. But his greatest joy will always be to find\, and to help others find\, a more tangible sense of God’s love for everyone and how that improves every aspect of our lives. URL:https://www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org/event/why-everyone-is-needed-doylestown/ LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Doylesown\, PA\, 29 N Church Street\, Doylestown\, PA\, 18901 CATEGORIES:Church Services,Featured,Free Public Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Doylestown-poster.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="First Church of Christ%2C Scientist%2C Doylestown%2C PA":MAILTO:firstchurch@csdoylestown.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T110000 DTSTAMP:20260415T195342 CREATED:20260306T165848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T172210Z UID:10002569-1774090800-1774090800@www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org SUMMARY:2026 High Oaks Annual Spring Meeting (In-person & online) DESCRIPTION:About our keynote talk:\nLois Herr\, CSB\, will share experiences and lessons as a Christian Science nurse\, practitioner\, and teacher. She will not only share how her own heart has  been touched along the way\, but will also offer healing spiritual ideas that will both inspire and resonate with listeners as they seek to touch the heart of  humanity. \nCome together in person at the Inn at Swarthmore or online.  Register here. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n   \nAbout our Speaker Lois Herr\, CSB:\n \nA Christian Science healing of a medically diagnosed condition as a teenager set Lois on the path of wanting to understand all she could about this dynamic Science of Being. \nAfter finding out about Christian Science nursing during college\, she put herself on a path to graduate from a three-year program offered under the auspices of The Mother Church to become a Christian Science nurse. She has had a wide-ranging career – from being a floor nurse at High Oaks when it was a nursing facility to holding the positions of Director of Christian Science Nursing at a facility outside London\, England\, and Executive Director of Lynn House in Alexandria\, Virginia. \nThis background of witnessing the effectiveness of Christian Science care and healing\, positioned Lois to become first a Journal-listed Christian Science practitioner and then\, in 2009\, a teacher of Christian Science. URL:https://www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org/event/2026-high-oaks-spring-mtg/ LOCATION:The Inn at Swarthmore\, 10 S Chester Rd\, Swarthmore\, PA\, 19081\, United States CATEGORIES:Church Services,Featured,Free Public Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/High-Oaks.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="High Oaks%2C Inc.":MAILTO:highoaksinc@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR