Christian Science Reading Room Georgetown

The Christian Science Reading Room at 1222 31st Street NW is a Christian Science ministry in Georgetown’s residential neighborhood, providing the public space for the individual study of the Bible and the Christian Science literature that the Christian Science tradition maintains as the reading room’s specific function. The Christian Science Reading Room, which Mary Baker Eddy established as the specific ministry format in the earliest years of the Christian Science church, serves the function of the accessible public library of the Christian Science thought that is open to anyone who wants to explore the Christian Science tradition through the primary sources.

The Reading Room at 1222 31st Street NW holds the complete collection of the Mary Baker Eddy publications, including Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, the foundational text of the Christian Science tradition that Eddy published in 1875; the Concordances to the Bible and to the Christian Science textbook that the student uses to look up the specific passage on any topic; the Christian Science Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel, the periodicals that the Christian Science movement has published since the 1880s; and the Christian Science Monitor, the international daily newspaper that the movement founded in 1908.

The 31st Street Georgetown address at 1222 NW provides the Reading Room with the Georgetown residential neighborhood setting that the individual study ministry benefits from: the quiet residential street provides the contemplative context appropriate to the spiritual reading and the study that the Reading Room’s purpose requires. The Reading Room is open to all visitors.

Hours run Monday through Friday from 10am and Saturday through early afternoon. The Christian Science Reading Room at 1222 31st Street NW provides the Georgetown community with the contemplative reading space that the residential neighborhood setting on 31st Street makes available to the Georgetown visitor who wants the quiet study environment distinct from the Georgetown commercial district’s activity. The Reading Room’s collection of the Christian Science Monitor, which has maintained the reputation as the most respected American international affairs newspaper since its founding in 1908, is available to the Reading Room’s visitor who wants to read the Monitor in the quiet reading room setting.

The 31st Street Georgetown residential neighborhood’s quiet character provides the appropriate setting for the Christian Science Reading Room’s contemplative purpose. The Reading Room is open to all visitors Monday through Friday and Saturday morning at 1222 31st Street NW. The Christian Science Reading Room at 1222 31st Street NW Georgetown is open Monday through Saturday for the individual study of the Bible and the Christian Science literature. The Georgetown visitor to the Reading Room who uses the contemplative study space for the individual exploration of the Christian Science tradition finds the 31st Street residential neighborhood setting appropriate for the quiet reading and the reflection that the Reading Room provides.