Lafayette Square Christian Science Society

Where to find us:
1819 Park Ave
St. Louis, MO 63104
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Schedule of our Christian Science services:
Sunday School and Church: 10:30 am
Wednesday Testimony Meeting: 7:30 pm

All are welcome and encouraged to attend!

A brief history of our Christian Science Society:

In May of 2001, three students of Christian Science who lived in the Lafayette Square area of St. Louis, Missouri, decided to begin holding informal Christian Science services in a storefront at 1809 Park Avenue.  There were no Christian Science churches on the south side of St. Louis city at that time, so there was a desire to fill this need.

The group met sitting in a circle and just took turns reading the Weekly Bible Lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly aloud to each other on Sundays, and on Wednesday nights took turns preparing some readings from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, and sharing their testimonies of healing with each other.

Sunday School for children up to the age of 20 began and is  held the hour just before the Sunday Service.  As more people began to join the group for these services, original guitar, recorder and piano music from several of the members began to accompany the services. This grew into the musical group called the Solo Committee.

Finally there were enough people involved that a decision was made to apply for listing in the Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science Society.   (Listing was granted in March of 2003 by the Mother Church.)

The group found a new storefront to rent at 1819 Park Avenue.  The participants all gathered one weekend  to paint it and move in. That’s where we still meet.  All the activities of the Society are very much like a family operation.  No one is paid and everyone finds a way to contribute as they can.

We still meet in a circle and try to keep the functions of church as simple as possible.    Now, almost five years later, the Christian Science Society of Lafayette Square continues to grow and find ways to share with our  community including podcasts of our services which can be downloaded by anyone throughout the world from this website.

Come and visit us in person, or enjoy the podcasts wherever you are.  We’re glad you’ve found us!