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, February 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: SOUL
Prelude:
Bryan Ashley, Organist
Before Thy Throne I Now Appear, BWV 668 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now, BWV 655 by J.S. Bach
Hymn 66
Violet Hay, words
R. Vaughan Williams, music
From these Thy children gathered in Thy name,
From hearts made whole, from lips redeemed from woe,
Thy praise, O Father, shall forever flow.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
O perfect Life, in Thy completeness held,
None can beyond Thy omnipresence stray;
Safe in Thy Love, we live and sing alway
Alleluia! Alleluia!
O perfect Mind, reveal Thy likeness true,
That higher selfhood which we all must prove,
Joy and dominion, love reflecting Love.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou, Soul, inspiring—give us vision clear,
Break earth-bound fetters, sweep away the veil,
Show the new heaven and earth that shall prevail.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
SINE NOMINE by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) from the English Hymnal. Licensed by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Scriptural Selection
John 14:1–3, 12–18; 15:1, 2, 4, 5, 7–9, 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 448
Gene Rice and Charlene Moore Cooper, words
Gene Rice; harm. Charlene Moore Cooper, alt.; arr. CSPS, music
REFRAIN
Bless the Lord, oh my soul; Bless God’s holy name!
Bless the Lord, oh my soul; Bless God’s holy name!
And all that is within me,
And all that is within me,
And all that is within me,
Bless God’s holy name!
REFRAIN
Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who forgives all your iniquities,
Bless God’s holy name!
REFRAIN
Who heals all your diseases,
Who heals all your diseases,
Who heals all your diseases,
Bless God’s holy name!
REFRAIN
Who crowns you with love and honor,
Who crowns you with love and honor,
Who crowns you with love and honor,
Bless God’s holy name!
REFRAIN
Words and Music © 1995 Gene Rice and Charlene Moore Cooper.
Notices
Solo
Evan Bryant, Soloist of The Mother Church
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
Amen.
Words from The Bible
Music by Albert Hay Malotte
© 1937 G. Schirmer, Inc. International Copyright Secured
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Psalms 104:1 O Lord
. . . O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Responsive Reading:
Psalms 66:8, 9
Psalms 84:4, 5, 7, 8 (to :), 10 (to 1st .), 11, 12
Isaiah 41:4 I the, 10
Isaiah 42:1 (to 2nd ;)
Ps. 66:8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer:
10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Isa. 41:4. . . I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth;
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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Our Father Who Art in Heaven, BWV 636 by J.S. Bach
Hymn 504
Leide Lessa; eng. tr. CSPS, words
Jaci Maraschin, music
I want to know the truth that Jesus taught us,
To taste the liberty his promise brought us.
In Life we see that fear and death are not found.
We know as Mind is knowing: We are God-crowned!
The master Christian gave us his pure teaching
And guided us in healing and in preaching.
Love’s gospel casts out sin, and brings us healing,
Whereby we all are blessed by Truth’s revealing.
Forever, we have Truth, as Jesus stated,
The Soul that gives the joy we’ve all awaited,
And Principle to guide our pathway upward,
The light and harmony that moves us forward.
English translation © 2017 The Christian Science Board of Directors. Music © 1987 Jaci Maraschin.
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:
Num. 6:24–26
Postlude
Kyrie, God Holy Ghost, BWV 671 by J.S. Bach
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