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, January 18, 2026
Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Susan Booth Mack Snipes, First Reader
Robert Witney, Second Reader
Subject: LIFE
Prelude:
Stephen Loher, Assistant Organist
If Thou Are Near by Johann Sebastian Bach
Scriptural Selection
I Kings 19:1–12
Ps. 46:10 (to :)
Prayer
Silent prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord’s Prayer with its spiritual interpretation by Mary Baker Eddy
(Read in context)
Notices
Solo
Evan Bryant, Soloist of The Mother Church
God Is My Shepherd
God is my shepherd,
I want for nothing.
My rest is in the pleasant meadows,
He leadeth me where quiet waters flow!
My fainting soul doth He restore,
And guideth me in the ways of peace,
To glorify His name.
And though in death's dark valley
My steps may wander,
My spirit shall not fear,
For Thou art by me still;
Thy rod and staff are with me,
And they shall comfort me.
Thou preparest me a table
In front of my enemies.
Thou anoint’st my head with finest oil,
Thou pourest my cup to overflowing!
And even more shall goodness
And mercy follow me.
And mercy follow me
For all the days of my life!
I will dwell in the house of the Lord,
Both now, and for length of days.
Words from Psalm 23 (Bible of Králice, 16th century)
2nd verse adapted by Evan Bryant
Music by Antonín Dvořák
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Hosea 1:10 2nd You
. . . You are the children of the living God!
The Golden Text is from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version—Second Edition.
Responsive Reading:
Acts 17:24, 25, 28 (to ;)
Psalms 23:1–6
Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being;
Ps. 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
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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Voluntary on Ewing (Hymn 148)
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:
Matt. 28:20 lo (to 1st .)
Postlude
Processional by Sir Geoffery Shaw
Copyright
The Golden Text for the Bible Lesson on Life is from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version—Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by permission.
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