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 1, 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: CHRIST JESUS
Prelude:
Bryan Ashley, Organist
Now Come, Saviour of the Nations, BWV 659 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Communion Op. 8 by Louis Vierne
Hymn 541
Adrienne M. Tindall, alt., words
Welsh melody; harm. David Evans, music
O God, my Friend and Guardian,
In all my times of need
I yield me to Your guiding,
And follow where You lead.
No shadows of the darkness
Will dim the light You send,
And night becomes the morning
By Your divine command.
Forever Father-Mother,
Your children everywhere
Are cherished in Your loving,
Your kind, Your perfect care.
All-knowing and all-seeing,
All-powerful, divine—
I know Your ever-presence
Is healing humankind.
You sent Your Son as Savior
That joy and health increase;
Your justice and Your mercy
Will give the world its peace.
And when I humbly listen,
I know my Guide is wise;
The pathway may seem rugged,
But heaven is its prize.
Words © 1990 Adrienne M. Tindall. Music harmonization from the Revised Church Hymnary, 1927. Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Scriptural Selection
Mark 1:1–5, 7–11
Matt. 4:1–11
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 304
Mary Baker Eddy, words
Lyman Brackett, music
Shepherd, show me how to go
O’er the hillside steep,
How to gather, how to sow,—
How to feed Thy sheep;
I will listen for Thy voice,
Lest my footsteps stray;
I will follow and rejoice
All the rugged way.
Thou wilt bind the stubborn will,
Wound the callous breast,
Make self-righteousness be still,
Break earth’s stupid rest.
Strangers on a barren shore,
Lab’ring long and lone,
We would enter by the door,
And Thou know’st Thine own;
So, when day grows dark and cold,
Tear or triumph harms,
Lead Thy lambkins to the fold,
Take them in Thine arms;
Feed the hungry, heal the heart,
Till the morning’s beam;
White as wool, ere they depart,
Shepherd, wash them clean.
Notices
Solo
Kendra Fogg, Soloist of The Mother Church
Finding the Christ in Me
Oh God, to Thee I turn.
Touch now this life.
On bended knee I come to Thee,
lost in the dark of night.
Feeling you near, I seek your care,
under your wings of light.
Here is Christ, here in my life,
watching over me.
In this state Truth is revealed.
I’m seeking the Christ in Thee
and finding the Christ in me.
On bended knee I come to Thee,
seeking the narrow way.
I leave behind this mortal mind,
these tired feet of clay.
All my life I’ve tried to live
closer still to Thee.
As I strive, as I achieve,
I’m seeking the Christ in Thee
and finding the Christ in me.
Here in my heart,
my heart of hearts,
here in this quiet place.
Here’s where the Christ
abides with me,
here in this silent grace.
God’s great love shows me the way.
Here’s where I must be.
In this space, in love’s embrace,
I’m seeking the Christ in Thee
and finding the Christ in me.
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link
Words and Music © 2008 Westrax Music Publishing
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Mark 1:11 there
. . . there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Responsive Reading:
Mark 9:2–5 Jesus, 7
II Peter 1:2–4 (to :), 18, 19
Mark 9:2. . . Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
II Pet. 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises:
18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
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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I Call to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, BWV 639 by J.S. Bach
Hymn 136
Violet Hay, words
Irish Melody, music
I love Thy way of freedom, Lord,
To serve Thee is my choice,
In Thy clear light of Truth I rise
And, listening for Thy voice,
I hear Thy promise old and new,
That bids all fear to cease:
My presence still shall go with thee
And I will give thee peace.
Though storm or discord cross my path
Thy power is still my stay,
Though human will and woe would check
My upward-soaring way;
All unafraid I wait, the while
Thy angels bring release,
For still Thy presence is with me,
And Thou dost give me peace.
I climb, with joy, the heights of Mind,
To soar o’er time and space;
I yet shall know as I am known
And see Thee face to face.
Till time and space and fear are naught
My quest shall never cease,
Thy presence ever goes with me
And Thou dost give me peace.
Music by permission of H. Walford Davies.
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. 129:8 The
Postlude
Plein Jeu & Caprice sur les grands jeux by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
(from Suite du Deuxième Ton)
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