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, March 15, 2026
Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Susan Booth Mack Snipes, First Reader
Eli Reynolds, Guest Second Reader
Subject: SUBSTANCE
Prelude:
Stephen Loher, Assistant Organist
Rigaudon by André Campra
Voluntary on Canonbury (Hymn 322)
Hymn 322
Caroline Gilman, adapted, words
Robert Schumann, arr., music
Sweet hour of holy, thoughtful prayer,
Thy peace and calm may we improve,
And in God’s healing service share
The truths revealed by His dear love.
Lord, may Thy truth upon the heart
Now fall and dwell as heavenly dew,
And flowers of grace in freshness start
Where once the weeds of error grew.
May prayer now lift her sacred wings,
Contented with that aim alone
Which bears her to the King of kings,
And rests her at His sheltering throne.
Scriptural Selection
Heb. 11:1–3, 5, 7 (to ;), 8–11, 23–27, 29 (to :), 30, 32–34; 12:1, 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)
Hymn 161
Mary Baker Eddy, words
Walter E. Young, music
It matters not what be thy lot,
So Love doth guide;
For storm or shine, pure peace is thine,
Whate’er betide.
And of these stones, or tyrants’ thrones,
God able is
To raise up seed—in thought and deed—
To faithful His.
Aye, darkling sense, arise, go hence!
Our God is good.
False fears are foes—truth tatters those,
When understood.
Love looseth thee, and lifteth me,
Ayont hate’s thrall:
There Life is light, and wisdom might,
And God is All.
The centuries break, the earth-bound wake,
God’s glorified!
Who doth His will—His likeness still—
Is satisfied.
Notices
Solo
Evan Bryant, Soloist of The Mother Church
Beatitudes
Blessed are the poor in spirit;
Theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn;
They will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek for
They will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness;
They will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful;
They will find grace and mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart;
They shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers;
They will be called the children of God.
Blessed are the persecuted for the sake of righteousness;
Theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness;
They will be filled.
Words Matthew 5:1-10
Music by Jay Stocker
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Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
I Timothy 6:6 godliness, 11 follow
. . . godliness with contentment is great gain. . . . follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Responsive Reading:
Deuteronomy 28:2 all, 3, 5, 6, 8 (to ;), 9
Deuteronomy 8:3 man
Deuteronomy 30:14 the
28:2. . . all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto;
9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.
8:3. . . man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
30:14. . . the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
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 Nestling (Hymn 332)
Hymn 332
based on the Danish of Nikolaj F. S. Grundtvig, words
August H. Winding, music
The Lord is in His holy place,
Let all the earth be still,
Be still and know that He is God,
And wait to do His will.
We need a sacred watchfulness,
An earnest deep desire for grace,
Our lives with true content to fill.
So hear and heed His faithful Word,
And trust His promise long,
For they who seek Him Life shall find,
And shall in Him be strong;
We need a perfect faith in Him,
With understanding never dim,
To fill our daily lives with song.
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:
Ps. 1:1, 2 (to ;), 3 2nd and
Postlude
Agincourt Hymn by John Dunstable
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