Order of Service

Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Living in the Now

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.

Prelude

Hymn 484

God is here with me.
While praying, I find all good here provided.
I’m seeing views of Truth, and understanding all is well.
Infirmity is gone, now leaving me perfectly free.

I’m at one with God;
In unity with Love, no fear assails us.
Her love alone is filling every moment, every place.
My demonstration is complete in Her heavenly love.

God is true to me.
While praying, I can feel Her soft embracing.
As surely as the air I breathe, or as the morning dawns,
Love, serenading, whispers: I will be comforting you.

Christian Science Hymnal, No. 484. Words: Javier Gacías and CSPS. Music: Javier Gacías, harmonized by Felipe Blycker J. (DIOS ESTÁ AQUI).

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 565

Rise up and walk, take up your bed.
With these few words the sickness fled.
Stretch forth your hand. Receive your sight.
Jesus’ commands reveal God’s might.
You are God’s purpose, His great design.
Beautiful, blameless, His child divine.
Holding your thought to the good and the true,
Spirit will form you anew.

REFRAIN
Rise up and walk! God made you free,
Born of His liberty.
Carefree and strong, you are His song,
Perfect for all to see.
Mountains and seas, great rising trees,
Echo the joyous song:
Heaven is here, harmony’s bliss
To everyone belongs.

Cleanse the lepers, heal the sick.
Cast out demons. Raise the dead.
Truth is revealed in every place,
Throughout all time, throughout all space.
Right in this moment, doing God’s will
“These works shall you do, and greater still.”
Standing triumphant upon holy ground,
Songs of the angels resound.

REFRAIN

Christian Science Hymnal, No. 565, Words: Peter B. Allen. Music: Peter B. Allen (RISE UP).

Notices

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

  • Pause the live stream and call in to the meeting:
    Dial: (510) 338-9438 Enter Meeting Code 628 284 684#
    Once your call is connected, press *6 to unmute yourself, then begin speaking
    When you’re finished, be sure to press *6 again to put yourself back on mute or hang up and continue listening from here

  • Or - submit a testimony here. We will receive it shortly and the First Reader will read it aloud.

Hymn 529

Love divine, Your healing presence
Lifts us to the holy place,
Where we see Your whole creation
Filled with light and crowned with grace.
We Your children know Your glory,
See Your power from above
Sweep away the shade of darkness
With the healing tide of love.

Humble hearts accept Your blessing,
Turn from sorrow, want, and sin,
Turn the page, rewrite that story,
As the Christ is welcomed in.
Now we know our true relation,
Perfect God and perfect child,
We can live in joy and freedom,
Loved, and pure, and undefiled.

Christian Science Hymnal, No. 529. Words: Fenella Bennetts. Music: William P. Rowlands (BLAENWERN).

Postlude