Fern Lodge

11/28/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from Fern Lodge! We have a lot to be grateful for here, including our wonderful patients and hardworking staff, the beautiful plants that fill our grounds, and, of course, the loving and generous community that supports our steadfast care. God's love, resilience, and never-ending compassion is constantly reflected at Fern Lodge, and we are happy to celebrate it today and everyday.

09/09/2025

Fern Lodge and Twelveacres invite you to a special joint Annual Meeting on Sunday, September 28, 2025! This event will include a talk by Kate Dearborn, C.S., entitled "Tangible Angels" and music from Matthew and Liz Hammond. Everyone is welcome to attend on Zoom or in-person at First Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Altos. Refreshments and fellowship to follow. Please RSVP at twelveacres.org/events.

06/10/2025

The summer newsletter is now available online. It focuses on Christian Science nursing education at Fern Lodge and includes testimonies of healing.

Readers can sign up to receive online or print newsletters on our website any time.

06/03/2025

So far this spring, Andrew has given about a dozen concerts at Christian Science churches and Christian Science nursing facilities across the western and northeastern states.

Reflecting on his time with us in May, he shares, “‘Brood o’er us with Thy shel’tring wing’ came very much to thought while visiting Fern Lodge . . . I was struck by the overwhelming sense of brotherly love—and Love in the wider sense. Speaking with one nurse, I asked, ‘Why are you a Christian Science nurse?’ His reply: ‘I love it!’ Looking forward to sharing and extending that brotherly love across the U.S.A. as I share the same calm, clear sense of God’s loving arms—through my music and healing ministry—as a natural extension of Christian Science care. It’s an honor and a joy to be part of this.”

During December, Andrew will offer a special Christmas event for us all and our communities: Christ Be in Your Christmas, featuring exclusively the lyrics of Jill Gooding, C.S.B.

For more information about scheduling an event with Andrew, inquire online at fernlodge.org/christian-science-music-ministry.

05/28/2025

Fern Lodge continues to improve and revitalize our programs, facility, and spirit. We remain committed to the vision and practice of Christian healing through spiritual witnessing, which is the essence of Christian Science nursing.

Recently, a loving donor offered a matching grant of $20,000. Until July 31, every donation will be matched 1:1. Your donation will support three key areas: patient benevolence, Christian Science nurse education, and renewal projects.

If you are interested in expanding the matching grant to create a multiplier grant, please be in touch with the front office.

Thank you for joining us in caring for our brothers and sisters in need—our brothers and sisters in Christ.

04/23/2025

Fern Lodge has a new Director of Music Ministry!

Beginning in May, Andrew Brewis will join us for several weeks each year — providing live performances, working closely with staff members to further integrate music into our healing ministry, and offering workshops on how music can be used as a tool for spiritual uplift and healing. He also plans to provide inspirational workshops across the country, acting as an ambassador of Fern Lodge.

With 35 years of professional experience, Andrew has previously conducted workshops and performed concerts around the world, in addition to composing 8 hymns for the Christian Science Hymnal, and releasing many solos and spiritual compilation albums.

“The more I write,” Andrew explains, “the more I discover how music can spiritually prod and poke us: stirring, awakening, and ultimately healing. It brings me blessings every day, and I love few things more than being able to share these melodies, harmonies, and healing messages with anyone who will listen.”

04/09/2025

The spring newsletter is now available online. It shares important and inspirational messages about Fern Lodge’s work and progress in renewal. Please read and share it.

Readers can sign up to receive online or print newsletters on our website any time.

03/11/2025

Two weeks ago, we celebrated the dedication and service of three staff members, Rosa, Jared, and Cybill. Rosa, the housekeeping manager, has been working at Fern Lodge for 30 years, seeing us through thick and thin. Jared and Cybill have graduated from the fourth and final level of Christian Science nursing education. We are grateful for all they have done to further our mission of dignity and care. Congratulations and thank you!

01/07/2025

All the varied expressions of God reflect health, holiness, immortality — infinite Life, Truth, and Love.
Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures

12/31/2024

O blessings infinite!
O glad New Year!
Sweet sign and substance
Of God’s presence here.

Give us not only angels’ songs,
But Science vast, to which belongs
The tongue of angels
And the song of songs.

Mary Baker Eddy, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany

12/24/2024

We wish everyone a blessed Christmas and a joyous new year! This holiday season is always special for our patients and staff. We are celebrating together with Christmas cookies, tree decorating, music, and other delights of the season.

If you'd like to be part of our ongoing benevolence and renewal, please click here: https://fernlodge.org/donation/.

“The basis of Christmas is the rock, Christ Jesus; its fruits are inspiration and spiritual understanding of joy and rejoicing, — not because of tradition, usage, or corporeal pleasures, but because of fundamental and demonstrable truth, because of the heaven within us.”

Mary Baker Eddy, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany

12/18/2024