Order of Service

Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Forgiveness: Our Obligation to Forgive Others

The second half of this meeting is for your testimonies, experiences, or remarks on Christian Science.
You can submit a written testimony here at any time, and it will be read during the meeting.

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Prelude

Hymn 360

True, the heart grows rich in giving;
All its wealth is living grain;
Seeds which mildew in the garner,
Scattered, fill with gold the plain.
Is thy burden hard and heavy?
Do thy steps drag wearily?
Help to bear thy brother’s burden,
God will bear both it and thee.

Is the heart a well left empty?
None but God its void can fill;
Nothing but a ceaseless fountain
Can its ceaseless longings still.
Is the heart a living power?
Self-entwined its strength sinks low;
It can only live in loving,
And, by serving, love will grow.

Hymn 360. Words: Elizabeth Charles, adapted. Music: C. Hubert H. Parry (RUSTINGTON).

Readings
From the Bible, and correlative passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.

Silent Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.

Hymn 134

I look to Thee in every need,
And never look in vain;
I feel Thy touch, eternal Love,
And all is well again:
The thought of Thee is mightier far
Than sin and pain and sorrow are.

Thy calmness bends serene above,
My restlessness to still;
Around me flows Thy quickening life
To nerve my faltering will:
Thy presence fills my solitude;
Thy providence turns all to good.

Embosomed deep in Thy dear love,
Held in Thy law, I stand:
Thy hand in all things I behold,
And all things in Thy hand.
Thou leadest me by unsought ways,
Thou turn’st my mourning into praise.

Hymn 134. Words: Samuel Longfellow. Music: Edward J. Hopkins (WESSEX).

Notices

Experiences, Testimonies, and Remarks on Christian Science
To share your testimony, please do one of the following:

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Hymn 519

Lean on the sustaining infinite
And blessings will be yours.
Lean not on person, place, or thing,
Or economic laws;
But lean upon all-blessing God
Who will all needs supply
And give to all abundant good
That money cannot buy.

Let the healing reign of Truth and Life,
The reign of Love divine,
Be now established within me
To show Soul’s clear design
Of Oneness, indivisible—
Of God and me as one—
As water is to ocean wave,
As sunbeam is to sun.

Love with a heart of tenderness
Your enemies and friends;
However hard this may appear,
This quality just mends.
For Love is God in action true,
A presence that is felt;
A healing and a saving power
That will all discord melt.

So lean, and let, and love;
This is the balanced Way.
It’s free from self-will, pressure, stress;
It welcomes in God’s day.
The leaning is so gentle;
The letting is so free.
And loving is the only way
To think, and speak, and be.

Hymn 519. Words: Jill Gooding, alt. Music: Andrew D. Brewis (SUSTAINING)

Postlude