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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, November 17, 2024
Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptural quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Mimi Oka, First Reader
Don Wallingford, Second Reader
Subject: MORTALS AND IMMORTALS
Prelude
Bryan Ashley, Organist of The Mother Church
Nimrod (from "Enigma" Variations) by Edward Elgar
Elegy by G.T. Thalben-Ball
Hymn 324
Frances R. Havergal, adapted, words
Arr. from G. F. Händel, music
Take my life, and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my hands, and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet, and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee.
Take my voice, and let me sing
Always, only, for my King.
Take my lips, and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee.
Take my every thought, to use
In the way that Thou shalt choose.
Take my love; O Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store.
I am Thine, and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee.
Scriptural Selection
John 3:1–10, 14–17 as, 21 he
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 600
Fenella Bennetts and Robert Witney, words
Andrew D. Brewis, music
Who was that man in Galilee,
Healing and teaching beside the sea?
What was the power that made him strong?
How can we learn to sing his song?
He told us,
I am the light of the world,
I am the light of the world,
So follow me and shine out
For I am the light of the world!
Why are we here, and who are we?
What is his purpose for you and me?
Our little light seems small and dim
Next to the blaze that comes from him!
He told us,
You are the salt of the earth,
You are the light of the world.
So follow me and shine out
For you are the light of the world!
Christ is the light with which we shine,
Lit from within by this love divine.
Step out with courage, dare to go,
Give from the heart the love you know.
He told us,
We are the salt of the earth,
We are the light of the world.
We follow him and shine out
For Christ is the light of the world!
Words © 2017 The Christian Science Board of Directors. Music © 2011 Andrew D. Brewis.
Notices
Solo
Kendra Fogg, Soloist of The Mother Church
In Thee O Spirit, True and Tender
In Thee, O Spirit true and tender,
I find my life as God's own child;
within Thy light of glorious splendor
I lose the earth-clouds drear and wild.
Within Thy love is safe abiding
from every thought that giveth fear;
within Thy truth a perfect chiding
should I forget that Thou art near.
In Thee I have no pain or sorrow,
no anxious thought, no load of care.
Thou art the same today, tomorrow;
Thy love and truth are everywhere.
Words: Frances A. Fox
Music: Peter Hodgson, based on the tune "Alma" by Lyman Brackett
© 1997 Lightchild Publishing, BMI, All Rights Reserved
Explanatory Note
Golden Text and Responsive Reading
Golden Text:
II Chronicles 30:8 yield (to :)
. . . yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever:
Responsive Reading:
Matthew 5:14, 16, 38–41, 43–45 (to :), 48
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven:
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
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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Liturgical Improvisation II by George Oldroyd
Hymn 14
Mary I. Mesechre, words
Arranged from Johann Sebastian Bach, music
Arise, arise and shine,
On thee hath dawned the day;
God is thy sun, and Christ thy light,
Be thou a steadfast ray.
Sing praise, O waking heart,
For all thy God hath wrought;
For Truth’s clear light on thee hath shone,
And purified thy thought.
No more shall sin and wrong
Obscure the light divine,
For God hath given thee His Son,
And lo, all things are thine.
Arise, arise and shine,
Uplift thee from the sod,
And let thy living light show forth
Man’s unity with God.
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.
I Thess. 5:5 (to :)
Postlude
Processional by William Mathias
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