Where is First Church of Christ, Scientist located?

First Church of Christ, Scientist is at 701 Mt Hope Ave, Rochester, NY, 14620-2721.

What time are services at First Church of Christ, Scientist?

First Church of Christ, Scientist meets Sunday at 10:30am (School). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

First Church of Christ, Scientist

First Church of Christ, Scientist is a church at 701 Mt Hope Ave in Rochester, NY 14620-2721. It is one of 423 churches in Rochester.

701 Mt Hope Ave, Rochester, NY, 14620-2721

Service times

Sunday 10:30am · School

Phone: +15852717503 · Website: https://www.christiansciencerochester.org/

First Church of Christ, Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 71 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across New York — 991 across the United States on The Church Map.

Christian Science, Unity, Religious Science, Swedenborgian and Spiritualist congregations use Christian Scripture and Christian language, and read both through convictions about mind, healing, and an indwelling divine that historic Christian teaching does not share. Reference sources genuinely disagree on whether to file them as Christian at all; this map lists them and leaves the question open.

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The community around First Church of Christ, Scientist

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 7 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

Child Poverty: 73.2%
Social Isolation: 37.7%
Poverty Rate: 25.2% (16.8–33.6%)
Food Insecurity: 20.7%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.3%
Depression: 23.8%
Housing Insecurity: 17.4%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.0%
Unemployment: 6.5% (1.6–11.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

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