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 4, 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: GOD
Prelude:
Bryan Ashley, Organist
Prélude by Théodore Dubois
Méditation by Maurice Duruflé
Scriptural Selection
Ps. 91:1–4, 9–13; 92:1, 2, 4, 5; 93:1, 2
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
Where Can I Go?
Where can I go from You
O Lord, you’ve searched
And known my ways;
You trace my paths,
You count my days.
If I ascend unto the heavens,
You are there.
Even before my voice is heard,
You read each thought,
You know each word,
And surely darkness cannot hide me,
You are there.
Where can I go,
O Lord from You?
If I should flee,
You would pursue.
Though I should take the wings of morning,
I am known,
O Lord, you’ve searched
And known my ways
You saw my face,
You knew my name.
Your hands have woven me together
I am known.
All-knowing Lord,
You test my heart;
You search out ev’ry inward part.
Where can I go,
Except to You, Lord,
You alone.
Where can I go?
You are there.
Words by Eileen Berry eileenberry@yahoo.com
Music by Molly Ijames
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Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Psalms 77:13 who
. . . who is so great a God as our God?
Responsive Reading:
Psalms 104:31, 33, 34; 86:7–12
Jude 1:25 (to 1st .)
Ps. 104:31 The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.
33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.
86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
11 Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
Jude 1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and 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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Larghetto (from Sonata HWV 580) by George Frideric Handel
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:
Deut. 33:26, 27 (to :)
Postlude
Prelude on the Introit to Epiphany by M. Duruflé
Fugue on the theme of the Carillon of Soissons Cathedral
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