BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Christian Science in the Greater Philadelphia Area - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD 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:20260425T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T120000 DTSTAMP:20260409T175006Z CREATED:20260409T171648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T175006Z UID:10002570-1777114800-1777118400@www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org SUMMARY:"Giving Freely of Ourselves -- And what we all gain" - A Talk sponsored by First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Wilmington\, DE DESCRIPTION:About this talk:\nSaturday\, April 25th at 11:00 a.m.  This 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\, Berwyn\, PA. \n“When we feel overwhelmed by life’s problems\, we may want to try to get more from the world\,” says Ms. Wahlberg. “But when we do the opposite–give more of ourselves or focus on the God-given qualities we already have to express or contribute\, we find that we end up not lacking anything. Really\, we gain the unexpected good of joy\, health\, and strength that move our lives and the world forward.” \nSharing examples of healing from her own life and professional practice of Christian Science\, Ms. Wahlberg 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. \nMs. Wahlberg will also touch on the life of Mary Baker Eddy\, and how she 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\, with healings of physical ills and personal difficulties. \nClick here to learn more about the branch church sponsoring important event. \nFrom Melanie to you: \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 \n \n \n \n \n \n   \nAbout our Speaker Melanie Wahlberg\, CS:Member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship\nTwo influences that Melanie will never forget were the Christian Science Sunday School and a mom who turned to prayer and encouraged her to do the same. These influences showed her something of the reliability of God and spiritual inspiration\, and trusting this helped her find her way growing up. Significant healing experiences with relationship and food issues\, and violence in the community\, were also unforgettable. From this\, Melanie got an idea of the many ways that Christian Science can transform lives. \nAfter finishing a doctorate in mathematics\, Melanie became a college professor and truly enjoyed teaching. She found that teaching was less about telling students something than facilitating the students’ discoveries of new concepts. There was nothing better than witnessing a reluctant student realize that a previously mystifying concept was actually within reach to anyone. \nBut the higher promise of Christian Science beckoned her to help people redeem and uplift their lives in a fuller way. When students came to her office for help with calculus\, Melanie and her students often found themselves talking about the joy and excitement of growing spirituality. After just two years at the college\, Melanie resigned from her position and began accepting calls as a Christian Science practitioner. She wrote articles for the Christian Science periodicals\, was a frequent guest on Sentinel radio\, and began advertising her practice in The Christian Science Journal in 2004. She and her husband also started a family. \nMelanie loves working from her home office in the Los Angeles area. She likes to see lives transformed by the healing ideas of Christian Science\, where we ourselves are helped and\, at the same time\, find we can help others. Her life as a mom has a lot of the same focus. And whether the spiritual ideas apply to health issues\, school\, social lives\, or sports\, her three kids push her to “keep it real.” URL:https://www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org/event/wilmington-wahlberg-april-2026/ LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Wilmington\, 103 Brandywine Blvd.\, Wilmington\, DE\, 19803\, United States CATEGORIES:Church Services,Featured,Free Public Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Wilmington-poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T120000 DTSTAMP:20250320T231749Z CREATED:20250320T225803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T231749Z UID:10002556-1745665200-1745668800@www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org SUMMARY:"Never Too Late To Experience Freedom" - A Talk sponsored by First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Wilmington DE DESCRIPTION:About this talk:\nThe little bird in my hand was free to fly away. We’d banded him as part of an Audubon Society effort and the time had come for his release. But even when I opened my hand to let him go\, he didn’t budge. What did he need? He just needed a little lift. When I gave him even the tiniest nudge upward\, off he flew. Free! \nWhat is it that gives this kind of lift to our lives? Good news\, for one thing. And what better news than the promise that health and freedom can be ours today. Yes\, today! \nMy lecture traces the origins of this good news to Christ Jesus’ ministry\, and then explores how the discovery of a 19th-century woman named Mary Baker Eddy—who found freedom from chronic illness and other struggles in her own life—shows the provable relevance of Jesus’ ministry in our lives today. What she discovered through this study she called Christian Science—a view of God and the universe that uplifts our thoughts\, changes our perspective to a spiritual viewpoint\, and heals. \nAnd it lifts all of us\, and can heal all of us. I’ll share the way Christian Science has brought healing to my own life\, rescuing me from a troubling situation with my teenage daughter\, and freeing me from the effects of an accident\, as well as examples of how it has helped others from different walks of life. The common thread through these experiences is the way a clearer view of the reality of our God-given wholeness also releases us from burdens in our lives and causes us to soar. Free! \nClick here to learn more about the branch church sponsoring important event. \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 \n \n \n \n \n \n About our Speaker Patricia Cohan Woodard\, CS:Member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship\nPatty discovered Christian Science as an adolescent and soon thereafter experienced the complete healing of a broken arm through Christian Science treatment\, to the amazement of her mother\, a registered nurse. \nAfter working in New York City in the fashion business\, Patty realized she wanted to help children learn how to learn. So she returned to school and earned a Masters of Arts in Teaching. This desire to help others and her love of Christian Science impelled her to set time aside to pray for others. While a mother of two children\, she became a full-time Christian Science practitioner\, and has pursued a lifelong career of learning about God\, sharing Truth\, and witnessing God’s love for mankind. \nPatty has lived in six states in the U.S. and twice in São Paulo\, Brazil\, where she became fluent in Portuguese. Each new culture and environment has taught her more about God\, universal Love\, and how God’s goodness is reflected by all people. These new views have opened up wonderful opportunities to interact with people from a wide variety of cultural and economic backgrounds\, faiths\, and age groups. In Brazil\, Patty helped start up an award-winning social program that taught mothers living in a favela (slum) how to make beautiful handmade quilts for resale\, the income from which put shoes on their childrens’ feet and gave these women a new sense of self-worth. \nUnderlying all of her experiences is the desire to bring healing to mankind\, to show each individual their God-given freedom\, their real heritage\, their right to happiness and health\, and their inherent ability to feel God’s love. \nToday\, Patty resides in Dallas\, Texas\, where she nurtures her healing practice as well as an active in prison ministry. While serving on the Board of Lectureship\, she has given lectures at food pantries\, museums\, libraries\, community centers\, churches\, as well as at local\, state\, and federal prisons. URL:https://www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org/event/never-too-late-to-experience-freedom-a-talk-sponsored-by-first-church-of-christ-scientist-wilmington-de/ LOCATION:Woodlawn Room Doubletree Hotel\, 4727 Concord Pike\, Wilmington\, DE\, 19803\, United States CATEGORIES:Church Services,Featured,Free Public Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Wilmington-square.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR