Order of Service
Sunday, September 27, 2026
Reality
Hymn 486
Scriptural Selection
Ps. 33: 1-15, 18-22
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 23
Notices
Solo
Julie Funston, Soloist
REALITY
If God doesn't know it, there's nothing to know
If God didn't sow it, there's nothing to grow
Unless he fashion it, favor it, have pride in it,
Can reality abide in it?
If God doesn't see it, there's nothing to see
If God couldn't be it, there's nothing to be
But if his tender love enfold it, embrace it
Nor time, nor tide erase it
If God didn't plan it, it isn't a plan
If God couldn't bless it, it isn't for man!
"God made the heavens and earth, and all that is therein"
"And for his glory was every man created"
If God couldn't hear it, it's never been heard
If God didn't say it, it isn't "the word"
But if he order it, honor it, rejoice in it
Then hear Truth's voice in it!
Explanatory Note
Subject of the Lesson-Sermon
Reality
Golden Text
Psalms 119:89, 105
For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. . . . Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Responsive Reading
John 1:1, 14, Matthew 4:17 Jesus; 7:7, 8, 24 whosoever, 25; 24:35
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
. . . Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
. . . whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Lesson-Sermon
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Hymn 206
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
Ps 118: 14
Postlude
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