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, August 30, 2026
Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Laurie Richardson, Guest First Reader
Robert Witney, Second Reader
Subject: CHRIST JESUS
Prelude
Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now, BWV 655 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Slow Air for Organ No. 1 (arr. Robin Wells) by Herbert Howells
Hymn 131
L. T. Caswell, words
George M. Garrett, music
I am the way, the truth, the life,
Our blessed Master said;
And whoso to the Father comes,
Must in my pathway tread:
A way that is not hedged with forms;
A truth, too large for creeds;
A life, indwelling, deep and broad,
That meets the heart’s great needs.
To point that living way, to speak
The truth that makes men free,
To bring that quick’ning life from heaven,
Is highest ministry.
Scriptural Selection
Isaiah 42:1–9 (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)
Hymn 343
George W. Doane, adapted, words
Scottish Hymn Melody, music
Thou art the Way: to thee alone
From sin and death we flee;
And he who would the Father seek,
Must seek Him, Lord, by thee.
Thou art the Truth: thy word alone
True wisdom doth impart;
Thou only canst unfold that Truth,
And purify the heart.
Thou art the Life: the rending tomb
Proclaims thy conquering arm;
And those who put their trust in thee
Nor death nor hell shall harm.
Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life:
Grant us that Way to know,
That Truth to trust, that Life to learn,
Whose joys eternal flow.
Notices
Solo
Kendra Fogg, Soloist of The Mother Church
Communion Hymn
Saw ye my Saviour? Heard ye the glad sound?
Felt ye the power of the Word?
'Twas the Truth that made us free,
And was found by you and me
In the life and the love of our Lord.
Mourner, it calls you, — "Come to my bosom,
Love wipes your tears all away,
And will lift the shade of gloom,
And for you make radiant room
Midst the glories of one endless day."
Sinner, it calls you, — "Come to this fountain,
Cleanse the foul senses within;
'Tis the Spirit that makes pure,
That exalts thee, and will cure
All thy sorrow and sickness and sin."
Strongest deliverer, friend of the friendless,
Life of all being divine:
Thou the Christ, and not the creed;
Thou the Truth in thought and deed;
Thou the water, the bread, and the wine.
Words by Mary Baker Eddy
Music by G. O’Connor-Morris
Arr. Peter Pindar Stearns
© 1983 The Christian Science Board of Directors
All Rights Reserved
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
John 14:6 I am
. . . I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Responsive Reading:
Matthew 3:1–3, 11 he (to 2nd :), 13–17; 12:15 and
3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa,
2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
11 . . . he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear:
13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
12:15 . . . and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
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.
Offertory and collection
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Variation on "Stracathro" (Hymn 343) by George Thalben-Ball
Hymn 221
Margaret Glenn Matters, words
Justin H. Knecht, music
O Jesus, our dear Master,
Thy works, now understood,
Reveal their full effulgence
Through love and brotherhood.
Today Christ’s precious Science
Thy healing power makes plain:
With joy may all obey thee
And cast out sin and pain.
The Christ, eternal manhood,
As God’s own Son beloved,
A tender ever-presence
Within each heart is proved.
O God, our Father-Mother,
Thy name we see expressed
By man, who in Thy Science
Is perfect, holy, blessed.
O Science, God-sent message
To tired humanity,
Thou art Love’s revelation
Of Truth that makes us free.
Thy kingdom, God, within us
Shows forth Love’s sweet control.
God’s idea, man, rejoices;
He knows the reign of Soul.
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
John 10: 27
Postlude
Offertoire sur les Grands by Jeux François Couperin
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