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SUNDAY SERVICES
1. Hymn. 2. Reading a Scriptural Selection. 3. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord’s Prayer with its spirit- ual interpretation. 4. Hymn. 5. Announcing necessary notices. 6. Solo. 7. Reading the Explanatory Note on first leaf of Quarterly. 8. Announcing the subject of the Lesson- Sermon, and reading the Golden Text. 9. Reading the Scriptural Selection, entitled “Responsive Reading,” alternately by the First Reader and the congregation. 10. Reading the Lesson-Sermon. (After the Second Reader reads the Bible references of the first Section of the Lesson, the First Reader makes the following announcement: “As an- nounced in the explanatory note, I shall now read correlative passages from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.”) 11. Collection. 12. Hymn. 13. Reading the Scientific Statement of Being, and the correlative Scripture accord- ing to I John 3:1–3. 14. Pronouncing Benediction. Thanksgiving Day Order of Service for The Mother Church and Branch Churches 1. Hymn. 2. Reading the Thanksgiving Proclamation of the President of the United States, or the Governor of the state, or both. 3. Reading a Scriptural Selection. 4. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord’s Prayer with its spirit- ual interpretation. 5. Hymn. 6. Reading the Explanatory Note on the first leaf of the Quarterly. 7. Announcing the subject of the Lesson- Sermon, and reading the Golden Text. 8. Responsive Reading by the First Reader and the congregation. 9. Reading the Lesson-Sermon prepared by the Bible Lesson Committee. 10. Solo. 11. Testimonies by Christian Scientists, appropriate for the occasion. 12. Hymn. 13. Reading the Scientific Statement of Being, and the correlative Scripture according to I John 3:1–3. 14. Pronouncing Benediction. No collection is to be taken at this service. |
WEDNESDAY MEETINGS
1. Hymn. 2. Reading from the Bible, and correlative passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. 3. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord’s Prayer, its spiritual interpretation being omitted. 4. Hymn. 5. Announcing necessary notices. 6. Experiences, testimonies, and remarks on Christian Science. 7. Closing Hymn. Communion Service 1. Hymn. 2. Reading a Scriptural Selection. 3. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord’s Prayer with its spiritual interpretation. 4. Hymn. 5. Announcing necessary notices. 6. Reading Tenets of The Mother Church. 7. Collection and Solo. 8. Reading the Explanatory Note on first leaf ofQuarterly. 9. Announcing the subject of the Lesson-Sermon, and reading the Golden Text. 10. Reading the Scriptural Selection entitled “Responsive Reading” alternately by the First Reader and the congregation. 11. Reading the Lesson-Sermon. (After the Second Reader reads the Bible references of thefirst Section of the Lesson, the First Reader 126makes the following announcement: “As announced in the explanatory note, I shall now read correlative passages from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.”) 12. The First Reader briefly invites the congregation to kneel in silent Communion.This is concluded by the audible repetition of the Lord’s Prayer (spiritual interpretation omitted). 13. Singing the Doxology: “Be Thou, O God, exalted high;And as Thy glory fills the sky,So let it be on earth displayed,Till Thou art here and now obeyed.” 14. Reading the Scientific Statement of Being and the correlative Scripture according to I John 3:1–3. 15. Pronouncing Benediction. The Church Tenets shall be read at this service. Man. 61:11 Communion of Branch Churches. Sect. 2. The Communion shall be observed in the branch churches on the second Sunday in January and July of each year, and at this service the Tenets of The Mother Church are to be read. The Christian Science Bible Lessons
Are a publication of the Christian Science Publishing Society. Each week's Lesson that is used for individual study during the week, and as the Sunday sermon read during Christian Science church services around the world. It is not an originally written sermon unto itself, but is composed of a series of references from the Bible and Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. The particular topic for each week's lesson follows one of twenty-six subjects chosen by Christian Science founder, Mary Baker Eddy. They are in order: God; Sacrament; Life; Truth; Love; Spirit; Soul; Mind; Christ Jesus; Man; Substance; Matter; Reality; Unreality; Are Sin, Disease and Death Real?; Doctrine of Atonement; Probation After Death; Everlasting Punishment; Adam and Fallen Man; Mortals and Immortals; Soul and Body; Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced; God the Only Cause and Creator; God the Preserver of Man; Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?; and Christian Science. This series of 26 subjects is repeated to comprise the 52 weekly lessons each year. Yet, each week's "Lesson-Sermon" is unique, and relates to its subject in a fresh and timely way. Each lesson begins with a "Golden Text" -- a short quote from the Bible that helps set the tone and focus of that lesson; followed by a "Responsive Reading: -- a brief series of Bible citations that help overview and lead into the lesson. During Christian Science Sunday services, the individual citations in this Responsive Reading are read alternating between the First Reader, and the congregation. The body of the Lesson is divided into a series of sections. Following each Lesson's Golden Text and Responsive Reading, the sections develop different aspects of the subject. Bible verses are read first in each section, followed by passages from Science and Health, which reveal the spiritual meaning of the Scriptures. During Sunday services there are two "Readers" who conduct the service. When they come to the portion of the service where the Bible lesson is read, they take turns reading the citations in each section. The "Second Reader" reads the Bible citations, then the "First Reader" reads the citations from Science and Health. They repeat this for each section. |