Manual of The Mother Church/Appendix/Order of Exercises

by Mary Baker Eddy

 

Order of exercises for the Sunday School of The Mother Church and Branch Churches.^[1]

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1. Call to order by the Superintendent.

2. Hymn.

3. Subject of the lesson announced; Golden Text repeated by the children; Responsive Reading.

4. Silent prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's Prayer in unison.

5. Instruction in classes, in accordance with Sections 2 and 3 of Article XX of the Manual of The Mother Church.

6. Entire school reassembles.

7. Hymn.

8. Scientific Statement of Being read by the Superintendent.

9. School dismissed.

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1. If a collection is taken, it should be taken in the classes before they reassemble.