First Church of Christ, Scientist, Ashland

First Church of Christ, Scientist in Ashland is a congregation of the Christian Science church that also runs a public reading room and bookstore downtown. The reading room offers the Christian Science Monitor and the church's periodicals for reading or purchase, along with bound volumes of past periodicals and computers for reading online editions and listening to audio talks.

The reading room sits on East Main Street next to the Varsity Theatre and is open to the community, with afternoon hours Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Callers are asked to confirm hours by phone first. Sunday services and Sunday School meet at the church on Ashland Street, with a Wednesday testimony meeting in the evening, and the public is welcome.