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Sunday services are conducted by a First and Second Reader and include music, hymns, prayer, and readings from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural selections are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Mimi Oka, First Reader
Don Wallingford, Second Reader
Subject: DOCTRINE OF ATONEMENT
Prelude:
Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
Adagio (from Sonata I) by Felix Mendelssohn
Soliloquy by Charles Callahan
Hymn 406
Margaret Glenn Matters, words
A. L. Peace, music
O Love, our Mother, ever near,
To Thee we turn from doubt and fear!
In perfect peace our thoughts abide;
Our hearts now in this truth confide:
Man is the child of God.
O Light, in Thy light we can see
That man is ever one with Thee.
In love our lives Thou dost enfold,
And now our waiting hopes behold
That man is God’s own child.
O joy that ever will remain,
Midst seeming sorrow, hate, and pain,
Our hearts to fill with this glad song
That soars above the mists of wrong:
Man is the loved of Love.
Scriptural Selection
Ps. 85:7–13
Titus 2:11–14; 3:4–8
Prayer
Silent prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord’s Prayer with its spiritual interpretation by Mary Baker Eddy
(Read in context)
Hymn 576
Mary Baker Eddy, words
Swaziland melody; arr. CSPS, music
Shepherd, show me how to go
O’er the hillside steep,
How to gather, how to sow,—
How to feed Thy sheep;
I will listen for Thy voice,
Lest my footsteps stray;
I will follow and rejoice
All the rugged way.
Thou wilt bind the stubborn will,
Wound the callous breast,
Make self-righteousness be still,
Break earth’s stupid rest.
Strangers on a barren shore,
Lab’ring long and lone,
We would enter by the door,
And Thou know’st Thine own;
So, when day grows dark and cold,
Tear or triumph harms,
Lead Thy lambkins to the fold,
Take them in Thine arms;
Feed the hungry, heal the heart,
Till the morning’s beam;
White as wool, ere they depart,
Shepherd, wash them clean.
Music arrangement © 2017 The Christian Science Board of Directors.
Notices
Solo
Rebecca Minor, Soloist of The Mother Church
Finding the Christ in Me
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link
Oh God, to Thee I turn.
Touch now this life.
On bended knee I come to Thee, lost in the dark of night.
Feeling you near, I seek your care, under your wings of light.
Here is Christ, here in my life, watching over me.
In this state truth is revealed. I’m seeking the Christ in Thee
and finding the Christ in me.
On bended knee I come to thee, seeking the narrow way.
I leave behind this mortal mind, these tired feet of clay.
All my life I’ve tried to live closer still to Thee.
As I strive, as I achieve, I’m seeking the Christ in Thee
and finding the Christ in me.
Here in my heart, my heart of hearts, here in this quiet place.
Here’s where the Christ abides with me, here in this silent grace.
God’s great love shows me the way. Here’s where I must be.
In this space, in love’s embrace, I’m seeking the Christ in Thee
and finding the Christ in me.
© 2008 Westrax Music Publishing ASCAP All Rights Reserved.
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
John 3:17 God
. . . God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world would be saved through him.
Responsive Reading:
Luke 15:4–6, 8–10
Zephaniah 3:17
Luke 15:4 “Suppose one of you has 100 sheep and loses one of them. He leaves the 99 in the wilderness and looks for the one that is lost until he finds it, doesn’t he?
5 When he finds it, he puts it on his shoulders and rejoices.
6 Then he goes home, calls his friends and neighbors together, and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I’ve found my lost sheep!’
8 Or suppose a woman has ten coins and loses one of them. She lights a lamp, sweeps the house, and searches carefully until she finds it, doesn’t she?
9 When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the coin that I lost!’
10 In the same way, I tell you that there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
Zeph. 3:17 The Lord your God among you is powerful—
he will save
and he will take joyful delight in you.
In his love he will renew you with his love;
he will celebrate with singing because of you.
The Golden Text and Responsive Reading are from the Holy Bible: International Standard Version®.
The Bible Lesson-Sermon, the Explanatory Note, Golden Text and Responsive Reading are from the Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson, a publication copyrighted by the Christian Science Publishing Society.
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Prayer by Alfred Hollins
Hymn 150
William P. McKenzie, words
Welsh Hymn Melody, music
In mercy, in goodness, how great is our King;
Our tribute, thanksgiving, with glad hearts we bring.
Thou art the Renewer, the Ancient of Days,
Who givest, for mourning, the garment of praise.
We thank Thee for work in the wide harvest field,
For gladness that ripens when sorrow is healed;
Made strong with Thy goodness that meets every need,
We gather the fruit of the Sower’s good seed.
Dear Father and Saviour, we thank Thee for life,
And courage that rises undaunted by strife,
For confident giving and giving’s reward,
For beauty and love in the life of our Lord.
Scientific Statement of Being
From Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, p.468, line 8
Correlative Scripture
I John 3: 1-3
Benediction:
Luke 10:20 2nd rejoice
I Cor. 3:23 ye
Postlude
Offertoire sur les Grands Jeux by François Couperin
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