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, September 6, 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: MAN
Prelude:
Bryan Ashley, Organist
O Man, Bemoan Thy Great Sin, BWV 622 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Méditation (from Organ Symphony No. 1) by Charles-Marie Widor
Scriptural Selection
John 8:1–11
Luke 5:12, 13
Eph. 4:1–6
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
Christa Seid-Graham, Guest Soloist of The Mother Church
Father of Lights
Father of lights, light up the world!
You made us sons and daughters.
Oh, this must be Love holding us close,
Drawing our lives to open them wider.
Your Truth has kept us, taught and blessed us;
Life not of dust;
Soul shines through us;
One perfect God!
Let us sing!
Lift them up, let praises ring.
Yes, this, this is our King!
Lift them up, let praises ring!
Mother of all: all beautiful good
You give us the Key to the Kingdom.
Unwavering Love, guiding us home,
Marking the way with every healing.
Oh, Mind has fed us, healed and led us;
Principle kind,
Spirit’s design;
One perfect God!
Let us sing!
Lift them up, let praises ring.
Yes, this is our King!
Lift them up, let praises ring!
Yes! This is our King!
Lift them up, let your praises ring!
Oh this, this is our King!
Lift them up, let your praises ring!
Words by Tessa E.B. Frost
Music by Jay A.H. Frost
©2012 Frost Music Productions, Seattle, WA
Courtesy of Watchfire Music, all rights reserved
Explanatory Note
Subject: MAN
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Genesis 1:27 God
. . . God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Responsive Reading:
Isaiah 43:1 now, 4 (to :), 5–7, 21; 55:12 ye
43:1 . . . now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee:
5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
55:12 . . . ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
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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Andante religioso (from Sonata IV) by Felix Mendelssohn
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 from the Revised Standard Version
Benediction:
Acts 3:25
Postlude
Grand Chœur by Théodore Dubois
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