Welcome

First Church of Christ, Scientist in San Francisco is one of the many worldwide branches of The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts. Our church is designed to “commemorate the word and works of our Master [Christ Jesus], which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing” (The Manual of The Mother Church, by Mary Baker Eddy). As a Bible-based, Christian denomination, we have many resources to help you on your spiritual journey.

During shelter in place Sunday and Wednesday services at First Church of Christ, Scientist (1700 Franklin Street, San Francisco) have been cancelled until further notice, pending shelter-in-place directives from the City of San Francisco and the Governor of California. The Reading Room at 1643 Polk Street is also closed at this time. If you are interested in attending our online services please contact us at firstchurchofcs@sbcglobal.net.

Please go to christianscience.com for numerous spiritual resources.

free talk titled "Never too late to experience freedom"on Sunday May 31 at 3pm PDT. The talk will be given by Patricia Woodard, CS, a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship. More information is available here. You can join the lecture by visiting healing101talks.org.

CONTACT
1700 Franklin Street (at California St)
San Francisco, CA 94109
Tel 415.673.3544

Church Services

10 AM to 11 AM

Our Sunday Service is based on a weekly Bible Lesson subject with selections from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. This lesson is read in every Christian Science church throughout the world. It may be studied by anyone during the week before the Sunday Service.

Our Thanksgiving day service is an opportunity for our community to come together to share gratitude. Readings from the Scriptures and the Christian Science textbook are also part of the service.

Parking is available at Whole Foods for all of our services. Parking attendants are on duty in Whole Foods lower parking garage near the Franklin street entrance to assist you.

Sunday School

10 AM to 11 AM

Our Sunday School is for young people up to the age of 20. Early focus on the Ten Commandments and Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount helps guide thought to basic Christian living and healing. Older students learn how to apply scientific prayer to everyday problems.

Wednesday Meetings

7:30 to 8:30 PM

Come and hear testimonies from people applying the healing truths from the Bible and Christian Science teachings to all aspects of their lives. Readings from the Scriptures and the Christian Science textbook are also part of the service.

Parking is available at Whole Foods for all of our services. Parking attendants are on duty in Whole Foods lower parking garage near the Franklin street entrance to assist you.

Pastor

“I, Mary Baker Eddy, ordain the Bible, and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Pastor over The Mother Church …and they will continue to preach for this Church and the world” (Manual of The Mother Church). “As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life” (First Tenet of The Mother Church). Mary Baker Eddy is the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science. She is the author of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures – the book that contains the full statement of Christian Science.

“As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life.”

Practitioners, Teachers and CS Nurses

Christian Science Practitioners and Teachers are experienced healers who devote their full time to the healing ministry. They are usually available 24/7 to the general public. Practitioners and Teachers are enjoined by a Church Manual By-Law to “hold in sacred confidence all private communications made to them by their patients; also such information as may come to them by reason of practitioner to patient.” Click here for a worldwide Directory. You may also consult the listings at the back of each issue of the Christian Science Journal, available at our Reading Room. A Christian Science nurse is trained to provide skilled, non-medical care in meeting the physical needs of a patient who is working with a Christian Science practitioner.

Events

History

First Church of Christ, Scientist, San Francisco, a branch of The Mother Church in Boston, Massachusetts, was officially formed in 1895. The first public service was held in 1891 in Beethoven Hall at 336 Post Street in San Francisco. The permanent church at the corner of Franklin and California, designed by notable architect Edgar A. Mathews, was dedicated in 1913. Shortly after its dedication The Pacific Coast Architect wrote… read more

“The great structure stands, silently but eloquently beckoning us on towards a higher and more spiritual plane of living.”

Links

To learn more about Christian Science visit ChristianScience.com.

The First Church of Christ, Scientist publishes several periodicals including the Sentinel, Journal, and Herald to aid in the study of the Bible and Christian Science. They also include testimonies of healing resulting from the prayerful application of Christian Science.

The Pulitzer prize winning newspaper, The Christian Science Monitor provides daily unbiased perspective on world events.

Parking is available at Whole Foods for all of our services. Parking attendants are on duty in Whole Foods lower parking garage near the Franklin street entrance to assist you.

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