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Join our services and meetings online

The meeting will be live streamed to this page in the window above.
​A video recording will be available afterwards on our YouTube channel - click here.
If you would like to donate to our church please click this link and use the form on our donate page.
There are two other ways to join us
  • You can join the service on Zoom by clicking this link at the time of service or meeting - https://zoom.us/j/5777368174 -   ​The passcode, if requested is 1866.
    ​​Using Zoom requires you to give a name (make one up if you prefer).

    ​You will join with your camera turned off and sound muted. 
  • Or you can join by phone: dial 0203 695 0088 and then key in 5777368174 followed by # #.
    If you wish to speak in a Wednesday meeting you can key *6 to unmute your phone and *6 to mute it again. If you have a phone tariff that includes weekend and off-peak calls there will be no phone charge if you stay on for less than an hour.
    If you are calling from outside the UK you can find local dial in numbers here. The conference code remains the same as above. ​You can also join the sound only call via the web: just click here.

Open to all

Our weekly service (Sunday) and meeting (Wednesday) are open to all. They are simple, uplifting occasions. Lasting up to an hour. They are easy to follow and there are no rituals or ceremonies.
You are welcome to come along and we promise not to pressure you or try to convert you or, if you prefer, you can join us by phone.
We have a weekly Sunday School for young people up to 20. There is also a nursery where we will take care of very young children while you attend our Sunday service.
Photo showing a service underway in our auditorium

Sunday Service

Our church is run by its members for the benefit of the community and the world. Our Sunday Service at 10.30am is very simple in format, easy to follow and inclusive.
We do not have ministers or priests. Our services are centred on the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. The services are conducted by two readers who are elected from our church membership and read a weekly Bible lesson consisting of 26 subjects repeated twice a year.
The format of the service is a follows:
  • Opening hymn
  • Short Bible reading from the First Reader, setting the tone of service
  • Silent prayer followed by the Lord’s Prayer ​
  • Second hymn
  • Short notices or announcements
  • Solo or musical item
  • Reading of the weekly Bible lesson by the First and Second Readers
  • Collection
  • Final hymn
  • Benediction
This glass plaque, entitled 'Love', includes quotations from the Bible and Science & Health
This plaque is on the end wall of our church
You are welcome to stay and chat with other members of the congregation, some of whom will probably be visitors like you, or leave quickly.

The Lords Prayer

In our services we use the Lord’s Prayer given in the Gospel of Matthew (Chapter 6 verses 6-13). 

Meet our pastor

Christian Science churches are unusual in that they do not have personal ministers or pastors. Instead we have two books at the heart of our services and citations from them are read aloud to give a direct link to Biblical truths and their spiritual interpretation.
These books, The Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy help lift the listeners' thought from personal opinions to God-given truths. To us, they open a direct channel to healing.
The Holy Bible and Science & Health

Wednesday meeting

We hold a meeting each Wednesday to which you will be very welcome. It usually lasts between 45 mins and an hour and includes an opportunity for members of the congregation to share their healings and inspiration (don’t worry you are not under any pressure to speak).
The meeting starts with a hymn, is followed by readings from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook read by the First Reader, a short period of silent prayer and the Lord’s Prayer, another hymn and then, a period for testimonies from anyone who wishes to speak. The meeting closes with a hymn.
Remember you can join any of our meetings by phone and some are streamed live.
Our Wednesday meetings are held at 7.45pm most weeks except on the first Wednesday of each month when it takes place at 1pm in our Reading Room on the ground floor.

Have you got a testimony to share?

From time to time, we hear from people who, for one reason or another, cannot get to a service or meeting but would still like to share their healings and inspiration. If you have something you would like to share, why not email or post your thoughts to us for the First Reader to share with the rest of the congregation? Either send it by post to the church or email to us here.

If you would like to make a donation to the church please use the form on the right

We welcome donations. If you are enjoying one of our services and would like to contribute to the collection, for example, use the form on the right. If you are UK taxpayer you can also Gift aid your donation so that we can reclaim tax.

If this does not work for any reason you can visit https://www.cafonline.org/my-personal-giving/start-giving/find-a-charity.aspx and enter the church charity number which is 1040054 and then follow the instructions.
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