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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, May 4, 2025
Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Mimi Oka, First Reader
Don Wallingford, Second Reader
Subject: EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT
Prelude
Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
Préambule by Louis Vierne
Adagio (from Organ Symphony No. 5) by Charles-Marie Widor
Hymn 531
E. Jewel Robinson, alt., words
Henry Lawes, alt., music
My one desire, dear Lord, with You to walk;
And in that sweet communion, day by day,
So quickened be, that I may hear You talk,
And garner closely all that You would say.
While in that sweet converse, as friend to friend,
What boundless love would You to me unfold,
And truths reveal, whose worth should far transcend
Earth’s rarest gems or priceless gifts of gold.
Within that hallowed atmosphere with You,
My every thought with purest love imbued,
I would rejoice—to see Your vision true—
And let my deeds attest my gratitude.
Scriptural Selection
Acts 2:14 Peter, 22–24 Jesus, 32, 36–42, 47 2nd And
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 555
Rafael Grullón, adapt.; eng. tr. S T Kimbrough, Jr., adapt., words
Rafael Grullón; arr. Jorge Lockward, adapt., music
Only love, only love,
Suffers long and sacrifices all.
Love helps us each to live graciously,
Forever seeks to heal through its great humility.
Love is kind and forgiving.
Love is all this and more:
God is Love.
Only love, only love,
Thinks of others, not just of itself,
Rejoices not in wrong but in truth,
Forgives all things, is never provoked, believes
and hopes!
When it’s true, real, and faithful,
Love is all this and more:
God is Love.
Words and Music © 1987 Abingdon Press (administered by Music Services).
Notices
Solo
Josh Henn, Soloist of The Mother Church
I Come to Him
They came to Jesus in Galilee
Seeking the Master, to learn at his feet,
How kind his teachings, How gentle his voice,
And in his word, every heart may rejoice,
For blessed, he said, are the humble and meek,
All they who mourn, who come unto me,
For they shall find comfort and peace,
I come to him like the multitude,
Fed by his wisdom, my spirit renewed,
Trusting his word led by his light,
Knowing his law will lead me to life,
I come as they came,
with faith in his name, I come to him.
They sought the healer, they brought their lame,
Blind and infirm, their afflicted and maimed,
They cried to Jesus, in sorrow and loss,
“Thou Son of David, have mercy on us!”
They reached out to him in their suffering and grief,
Trusting his pow’r, they sought him in faith,
And thus were they healed by his grace,
I come to him like the blind and lame,
Seeking his mercy to quiet my pain,
For as he blessed his children of old,
I trust in his pow’r to succor my soul,
I come as they came,
with faith in his name, I come to him.
Words and Music by Sally DeFord
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
Luke 19:10 the
. . . the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Responsive Reading:
John 3:16–18 (to :), 21 he
Romans 6:14, 17 God, 22 now; 8:1
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned:
21 . . . he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Rom. 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
17 . . . God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
22 . . . now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
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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Adagio K.356 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Hymn 601
James R. Corbett, words
Ryan Vigil, music
With one accord in one place,
In joyful praise of God’s grace,
We join together in one divine embrace.
A rushing mighty Spirit
Descends from heaven, hear it:
“I have touched your heart
And made whole your heart,
Now go walk in My light.”
All can hear of it,
Hearts revealing it,
Gently moved by Your might.
Of one accord, of one Mind,
Our healing mission we find.
We pray together—our lives in worship bind.
The Comforter is with us;
Its presence here assures us:
“I am guiding you
And uniting you
Through the love of God’s Son.
I am blessing you;
I am healing you;
I am making you one.”
Words and Music © 2016 The Christian Science Board of Directors.
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.
Eph. 2:4–6 God
Postlude
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 by Johann Sebastian Bach
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