Order of Service
Sunday, May 24, 2026
Soul and Body
Hymn 153
Scriptural Selection
John 1: 1-5
Silent Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer with its spiritual interpretation
Our Father which art in heaven,
Our Father-Mother God, all-harmonious,
Hallowed be Thy name.
Adorable One.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy kingdom is come; Thou art ever-present.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Enable us to know, — as in heaven, so on earth, — God is omnipotent, supreme.
Give us this day our daily bread;
Give us grace for to-day; feed the famished affections;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And Love is reflected in love;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;
And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth us from sin, disease, and death.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
For God is infinite, all-power, all Life, Truth, Love, over all, and All.
From Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 16-17
Hymn 552
Notices
Solo
Lisa Huffaker, Soloist
A SONG OF PRAISE
Carl Fredrickson, words
Edvard Grieg, music
Unto Thee do I lift my song;
Praise be to Thy name, O Lord my God, through all the earth.
Thine the glory, Thine is the power;
Thine the kingdom, glory and power;
Thy love shall rule all the nations, shall rule all the earth.
I will trust in Thy love, O Lord;
Thou only shall be my strength and song, Thou art my God,
Great Thy mercy, great is Thy truth;
All the earth shall sing unto Thee,
Let all the nations be glad and rejoice in Thy love.
In my sorrow I cried unto Thee;
Thou hast healed me, Thou heardest my plea.
When I was lost, Thy staff did lead,
When I was sick, Thy Word did heal;
When I wandered from the pathway, Thy great love did guide;
Thy love did guide and lead me on.
Unto Thee do I lift my song;
Praise be to Thy name, O Lord my God, through all the earth.
Thine the glory, Thine is the power;
Thine the kingdom, glory and power;
Sing unto God, Oh rejoice and be glad, rejoice in Him.
Explanatory Note
Subject of the Lesson-Sermon
Soul and Body
Golden Text
Job 11:17 thou
. . . thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Responsive Reading
Isaiah 61:1 (to 1st ;), 10 (to ;), Isaiah 60:1, 2, 19–22 (to :), Matthew 5:12 (to 1st :), 14–16
The spirit of the Lord God is upon me;
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God;
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation:
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad:
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Lesson-Sermon
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Hymn 589
The scientific statement of being and its correlative scripture
There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 468:9-15)
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
(I John 3:1–3)
Benediction
II Cor 4:6
Postlude
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