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, November 15, 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: MORTALS AND IMMORTALS
Prelude:
Bryan Ashley, Organist
[Allegro moderato] & Adagio (from Sonata No. 1 in E-flat Major), BWV 525 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Hymn 197
Laura C. Nourse, words
Lyman Brackett, music
Now sweeping down the years untold,
The day of Truth is breaking;
And sweet and fair the leaves unfold,
Of Love’s immortal waking.
For flower and fruitage now are seen,
Where blight and mildew rested:
The Christ today to us has been
By word and deed attested.
His living presence we have felt,
The Word made flesh among us:
And hearts of stone before him melt,
His peace is brooding o’er us.
Scriptural Selection
Acts 20:7–12 upon
I Cor. 15:51–58
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 142
John Greenleaf Whittier, words
Jeremiah Clark, music
Immortal Love, forever full,
Forever flowing free,
Forever shared, forever whole,
A never ebbing sea,—
Our outward lips confess the name
All other names above;
But love alone knows whence it came,
And comprehendeth Love.
Blow, winds of God, awake and blow
The mists of earth away.
Shine out, O light divine, and show
How wide and far we stray.
The letter fails, the systems fall,
And every symbol wanes:
The Spirit overbrooding all,
Eternal Love, remains.
Notices
Solo
Christa Seid-Graham, Guest Soloist of The Mother Church
Peace Like a River
I will extend peace, peace like a river
To lift you up and carry you home.
Just like a mother comforts her children,
Just so will I with you.
The man, he was dirty. He was empty,
Unseen, unwanted and torn.
A battle raged deep within him,
A war of wills with a shadow called sin.
It felt like he’d wandered his whole life,
Homeless among homes, alive among tombs.
But it was there, when there was no light,
He heard a voice inside, like an angel guide:
“You, My most precious gift.
You, whom My image bear.
You, not what you think you see.
You, you are the best of Me.”
This whisper pursued him, convinced that it knew him
Innocent and free, as he was made to be.
Day by day it grew louder
And with it came peace, peace like a river.
The man, he was gentled, redeemed,
Like the child he’d forgotten inside.
Steady and sure, this touch of a Mother.
God knew him, a child divine.
“You, My most precious gift.
You, whom My image bear
You, not what you think you see
You, you are the best of Me.”
I will extend peace, peace like a river
To lift you up, and carry you home.
Just like a mother comforts her children,
Just so will I with you.
Words by Tessa E.B. Frost
Music by Jay and Tessa Frost
© 2012 Frost Music Productions. All Rights Reserved. #130803
Explanatory Note
Subject: MORTALS AND IMMORTALS
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
I Corinthians 15:53 this mortal
. . . this mortal must put on immortality.
Responsive Reading:
Psalms 30:2, 11
Mark 6:34; 10:46–52 and as
Ps. 30:2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Mark 6:34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
10:46 . . . and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimæus, the son of Timæus, sat by the highway side begging.
47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
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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Prelude on the foundation stops by Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly
Hymn 51
Mary Alice Dayton, words
Louis Spohr, music
Eternal Mind the Potter is,
And thought th’ eternal clay:
The hand that fashions is divine,
His works pass not away.
Man is the noblest work of God,
His beauty, power and grace,
Immortal; perfect as his Mind
Reflected face to face.
God could not make imperfect man
His model infinite;
Unhallowed thought He could not plan,
Love’s work and Love must fit.
Life, Truth and Love the pattern make,
Christ is the perfect heir;
The clouds of sense roll back, and show
The form divinely fair.
God’s will is done; His kingdom come;
The Potter’s work is plain.
The longing to be good and true
Has brought the light again.
And man does stand as God’s own child,
The image of His love.
Let gladness ring from every tongue,
And heaven and earth approve.
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. 91:15,16
Postlude
Allegro (from Sonata No. 1 in E-flat Major), BWV 525 by J.S. Bach
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