First Church of Christ, Scientist
Palm Desert, California
Sunday Church Service
You are warmly invited to attend our weekly Sunday church services!
Sunday Services:
Sundays
10 - 11 am
Childcare is provided for children
too young to attend Sunday School.
Our church services consist of music; hymns; scriptural readings; the Bible Lesson, including the Lesson-Sermon, and prayer.
At the heart of our Sunday service is our weekly Bible Lesson, read at Christian Science churches around the world (and studied the week prior to Sunday).
It centers upon a particular subject for that week and is comprised of citations from the Bible and from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered and founded Christian Science.
Our full Order of Service is below.
Weekly Bible Lesson
The Bible Lesson for the week is one of 26 lesson subjects. Each of these subjects appears twice during the year and in the order listed below. The lessons may be found in the Christian Science Quarterly (an usher will provide you with a print version for the service.)
Christian Scientists study this lesson throughout the week prior to Sunday to deepen their understanding and find answers and healing. You may find the Quarterly in our Reading Room, next door to our church, or as a subscription online (print and/or electronic formats available).
bible lesson
subjects
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God
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Sacrament
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Life
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Truth
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Love
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Spirit
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Soul
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Mind
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Christ Jesus
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Man
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Substance
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Matter
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Reality
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Unreality
Each of these 26 Bible Lesson
subjects appears twice
during the year.
The Bible Lessons may
be found in the
Christian Science Quarterly.
Bible Lesson
JANUARY 2023
Dec 26 - Jan 1 God
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Jan 2 - 8 Sacrament
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Jan 9 - 15 Life
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Jan 16 -22 Truth
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Jan 23 - 29 Love
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Aug 1 - 7 Spirit
bible lesson
subjects
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Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?
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Doctrine of Atonement
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Probation After Death
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Everlasting Punishment
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Adam and Fallen Man
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Mortals and Immortals
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Soul and Body
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Ancient and Modern
Necromancy, alias Mesmerism
and Hypnotism, Denounced
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God the Only Cause and Creator
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God the Preserver of Man
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Is the Universe, Including Man,
Evolved by Atomic Force?
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Christian Science
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Thanksgiving Lesson (appears once a year )
Our Pastor
Mrs. Eddy ordained the Bible and her book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures as the Pastor of the Church. These two books provide guidance, understanding, spiritual inspiration, answers, comfort and healing.
Lay Readers read the Lesson-Sermon from these books each Sunday.
How do I read and subscribe to the Bible Lesson?
You may read (as well as purchase) the Bible Lessons in our Reading Room. You, also, may subscribe to print and/or electronic versions online. Simply click on the "Learn More" link, below.
Sunday
SERVICE
format
Organ Prelude
Hymn
Scriptural Selection
Silent Prayer
The Lord's Prayer with its spiritual interpretation
Hymn
Notices
Solo
Explanatory Note -
(Page 2 of the Christian Science Quarterly)
Subject of the Lesson-Sermon &
Reading of the Golden Text
Responsive Reading
Lesson-Sermon
Collection
Hymn
"The Scientific Statement of Being" -
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy 468: 8-15)
Correlative Scripture according to I John 3: 1-3
Benediction
Organ Postlude