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:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD 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:20260314T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260314T120000 DTSTAMP:20260426T221237 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:20240615T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240615T150000 DTSTAMP:20260426T221237 CREATED:20240523T130402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T180402Z UID:10002539-1718460000-1718463600@www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org SUMMARY:Free Public Talk - Finding Trust In A Changing World DESCRIPTION:Finding Trust In A Changing World\nA FREE Inspirational Talk\nby Lesley Pitts\n— on learning to trust what we can truly rely on!\n\n\n\n\nWhat can we confidently depend on? Recognizing a loving\, divine presence can bring the reliable stability and support needed for progress.\nJoin us outside on the beautiful lawn of our Church property. We will have a large tent set up outdoors with chairs and a portable sound system. Of course\, in the event of inclement weather\, we will swiftly move the event indoors into our auditorium.\n\nJoin us for this free Christian Science Talk to consider with Lesley Pitts\, a Christian Science healer\, the idea of finding a spiritual basis of trust which enables us to turn to a divine presence whenever we need it. The love\, goodness\, and intelligence of God never change and are always available. The more we discover God’s love and care for us\, the more we can confidently turn to this divine presence and find our lives transformed and healed – and our families\, communities\, and the whole world benefit\, too. Anyone can learn how to lean into God’s trustworthiness. \n\n\n\n\nAbout Lesley Pitts\n\nIt was during high school that the direction of Lesley’s life changed. Although she was raised as a Christian Scientist\, it wasn’t until she experienced the joy of helping someone during a youth club outing that Lesley finally understood what it took to love unselfishly. This set her on a new path. She became aware that nursing qualities of willing service\, patience\, gentleness\, and compassion were expressed all around her as she grew up and that she wanted to live them\, too. They’ve woven themselves into every activity she has undertaken since then. \nFor example\, Lesley served as a Christian Science nurse for more than 30 years\, mostly in the United Kingdom. This work brought her to Boston in the United States to work in the Christian Science Nursing Activities department. Later\, she was part of the team that established The Mary Baker Eddy Library. Her nursing qualities were put to good use in organizing and caring for its collections — shared with the public for the first time. She served as Executive Manager and President of the Library for six years. \nWorking at the Library and becoming more familiar with Eddy’s remarkable accomplishments as the founder of a religious movement increased Lesley’s desire to better practice Christian Science in her own life and help others through her healing practice and lecturing. \nLesley believes that her unusual career path illustrates the idea that following God’s lead is a more trustworthy foundation for living than relying on society’s expectations or other people’s opinions. \n  URL:https://www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org/event/free-public-talk-finding-trust-in-a-changing-world-3/ LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Doylesown\, PA\, 29 N Church Street\, Doylestown\, PA\, 18901 CATEGORIES:Community Events,Featured,Free Public Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CSGP-Event-6.15.24-Wide.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:20231210T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231210T123000 DTSTAMP:20260426T221237 CREATED:20231118T202601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231118T203821Z UID:10000775-1702207800-1702211400@www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org SUMMARY:Bring Joy to the World! -- At Our Annual Hymn Sing DESCRIPTION:Bring joy to the world!\nJoin us at First Church of Christ\, Scientist in Doylestown\, PA for our Annual Hymn Sing!\nImmediately following our 10:30-11:30 Church service Sunday December 10\, you’re invited to join us in-person with family and friends.\nLet’s raise our voices together and sing of peace on earth\, good will to all\, accompanied by our Church musicians. You are also welcome to share in a light lunch afterward.\nClick here to download our flyer for additional details. We look forward to seeing you! URL:https://www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org/event/bring-joy-to-the-world-at-our-annual-hymn-sing/ LOCATION:First Church of Christ\, Scientist\, Doylesown\, PA\, 29 N Church Street\, Doylestown\, PA\, 18901 CATEGORIES:Featured,Hymn Sing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.csgreaterphiladelphia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/pexels-jeshoots-281618.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR