January
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| 4 "JESUS' MAIN MESSAGE" Opening: The time is now for me to open myself to Truth! Closing: My thinking is changed and I live in God’s Kingdom.
11 "THE HEALING OF THE OFFICIAL'S SON" Opening: I believe that health is my Divine Birthright. Closing: I speak the Word with belief and conviction!
18 "LIVING OUT YOUR DREAM" (Martin Luther King Jr.) Opening: I hold myself accountable for the thoughts I think and think only Good. Closing: I use the Law of Mind Action and bring forth my Good!
25 "YOU SAY--GOD SAYS" Opening: I embrace my journey to transform my ego. Closing: I listen to God and live out the Truth.
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February
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| 1 "BALANCING LIFE BY THE RULE" Opening: I have an awareness of God at the center of my being. Closing: I put God first and Divine Good follows.
8 "A FRIEND SHOULD BE..." (Friendship Sunday) Opening: I behold the Truth regardless of any appearance. Closing: I AM the friend I want to experience.
15 "THE GIFT OF LOVE" (Valentine’s Day) Opening: I demonstrate the Love that I AM. Closing: I Am the Gift I want to receive.
22 "THE LORD'S PRAYER UNDERSTOOD" Opening: I center my mind in a framework for soul development. Closing: My mind is attuned to the Mind of God.
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March
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| 1 "A COMMON DENOMINATOR OF LIVING" Opening: I give meaning to and transform every experience of life. Closing: I choose to find the good in every experience.
8 "ENLIGHTENMENT ON 'THE UNPARDONABLE SIN'" (Daylight Savings Time begins) Opening: The activity of God within me expressed as Divine Ideas. Closing: I attach my I AM to words of Truth.
15 "THE KINGDON OF HEAVEN PARABLES" Opening: In my spiritual growth I see the value of life experiences and expand my awareness of Truth. Closing: The Kingdom of Heaven is my personal, individual, growing consciousness of God and Truth.
22 "THE PARABLE OF THE TARES" Opening: In Divine Order and through my faculty of Judgment, I discern right timing and action. Closing: I welcome the cycles of choice and embrace divine judgment.
29 "I ONLY HAVE..." Opening: The activity of God is everywhere presence. Closing: I live in a consciousness of abundance.
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April
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| 5 "BURNING BRIDGES" (Palm Sunday) Opening: The bonds of love can never be broken and my good can never be lost. Closing: Nothing is ever lost in Spirit.
10 Good Friday Evening Service 7PM
12 "GIVING UP ON YOURSELF" (Easter) Opening: My True Self is Spiritual Being and I live from this awareness. Closing: I release my idea of self and demonstrate Being.
19 "LESSONS ON HEALING" Opening: I am open to the awareness of God in action working through me now! Closing: I shift my faith from fear to Truth.
26 "WHO DO YOU SAY I AM?" Opening: I AM the Christ, the child of the living God. Closing: I use the power of denial and affirmation to discern the Truth.
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May
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| 3 "DEALING WITH THE STORMS OF LIFE" Opening: Under the direction of spiritual awareness, I know that all things are possible. Closing: I walk through the experiences of life faith-filled.
10 "DIRECTING OUR LOVE" (Mother’s Day) Opening: I center my emotional nature in Divine Love and peace follows. Closing: I direct my faculty of love to live in peace.
17 "YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD" Opening: I am awakened in spiritual awareness and discern through the Mind of God. Closing: I allow my light to shine and see only Divine Light in everything.
24 "ABOLISHING 'US' (Memorial Day) Opening: Spirit within me is eternal and not bound to time, space, or form. Closing: I am receptive to the revelation of Truth.
31 "HARVEST IS PLENTY, LABORERS ARE FEW" Opening: Divine substance is awaiting my action to harvest. Closing: I AM open to the omnipresent substance of God.
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June
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| 7 "THE SAMARITAN STATE OF MIND" Opening: The Truth within me is right action, right belief, and a right attitude. Closing: I live from an attitude of love and compassion.
14 "CASTING OUT THE DEMONS" Opening: I agree with my adversary quickly and I AM blessed with abundant choices. Closing: I cast out and overcome error thinking.
21 "HONORING GOD" (Father’s Day) Opening: I AM a Divine expression of the Creator. Closing: I honor God by living the Truth that I AM.
28 "COMING OUT OF HIDING" Opening: What I hold in mind is expressed in my experience. I hold only thoughts of Truth. Closing: The Christ is God’s Idea of Itself and expressed as me.
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July
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| 5 "DO NOT BE ANXIOUS" (Independence Day) Opening: My life is an opportunity to grow in spiritual awareness. I know my Oneness with the Source of all Supply. Closing: I no longer divide my mind, but keep it centered on God and Truth.
12 "THE PARABLE OF THE RICH FOOL" Opening: The only thing important is my consciousness of God and Truth. Closing: What I receive and achieve is by right of consciousness.
19 "FACING THE FIRE" Opening: My mind is cleansed by the fire of Truth and the baptism of the whole Spirit of God. Closing: I release the world of appearances and live from a consciousness of Truth.
26 "PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED" Opening: I live in the Kingdom of God in which I AM aware of all Divine Ideas of life, love, substance and intelligence. Closing: My thinking and belief rests on the foundation of Truth.
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August
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| 2 "WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?" Opening: I recognize the presence of God in all experiences of life. Closing: I raise my level of thinking to create a rise in my level of being.
9 "PARABLEOF THE LEAVEN" Opening: I hold Truth in mind and put Truth into practice. Closing: I not only think about Truth but invest my feeling nature in Truth to manifest harmony in my life.
16 "HELP MY UNBELIEF" Opening: God’s Spirit is implanted in me as my True Self. Closing: God Mind is expressed through me.
23 "BEING PRESENT AT THE BANQUET" Opening: I nourish my soul awareness of Spirit. Closing: I am absorbing spiritual food that nourishes my soul.
30 "GIVING UP THE LESSER FOR THE GREATER" Opening: I release the old to allow the new to grow and unfold within me. Closing: I release the thoughts of my old self that my Divine Self may be seen more clearly.
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September
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| 6 "THE PARABLE OF THE SALT" Opening: Through a deep experience of Prayer and Meditation, the inner Teacher reveals the Truth. Closing: I give up the little for the greater and allow Truth to flavor my life.
13 "THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP" (Grandparent’s Day) Opening: I AM spiritually minded and keep my thoughts centered on Truth. Closing: I AM willing to release everything to live in a consciousness of God.
20 "THE PARABLE OF THE LOST COIN" Opening: I harmonize my thinking and feeling nature to experience growth toward perfection. Closing: I AM important to the whole of the universe.
27 "THE PRODIGAL SON" Opening: I AM not a servant but a child of God. Closing: I AM eternally one with God.
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October
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| 4 "AVOIDING THE SEVEN STEPS TO HELL" Opening: I transform the ego and live abundantly. Closing: I AM God’s steward of Divine good.
11 "SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN" Opening: I choose to live in a heaven state of consciousness. Closing: I move out of a self-made hell and move towards my awareness of God.
18 "THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD" Opening: Blessings come when I acknowledge an error and correct it. Closing: I find the good in error and my life is blessed.
25 "THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS" (Halloween) Opening: I live my life in acceptance and embrace all forward movement. Closing: I maintain only what I have accepted in consciousness.
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November
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| 1 "PARABLE OF THE UNWORTHY SERVANT" (Daylight Savings Time Ends) Opening: I do not profit by that which is required; my profit is the balance after the deduction of an exchange. Closing: I do more than I am required to do by choice and reap abundance.
8 "AWAKENING THE DEAD" Opening: The miracle-working power of Christ within me brings Divine Ideas to life. Closing: Within me is the Perfect Pattern for good and the power to make it manifest.
15 "FIVE STEPS TO WORK A MIRACLE" Opening: I release all concern and fear and let God bring forth my perfect miracle now. Closing: Thank you God for the perfect fulfillment of my miracle.
22 "LIVING A CONSCIOUSNESS OF THANKSGIVING" (Thanksgiving Day lesson) Opening: I combine the ideas of substance and faith and express spiritual wholeness. Closing: I give thanks before I see the manifestation with my physical eyes.
26 Annual Thanksgiving Day Dinner
29 "LOOKING FOR SIGNS AND WONDERS" Opening: I release my need for outer signs and wonders and find the inner splendor which is the kingdom within. Closing: I become inwardly quiet and acknowledge the power and love of God in the silence of my being.
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December
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| 6 "THE PARABLE OF THE DISHONEST JUDGE" Opening: Faithfulness and persistence brings about my answered prayer. Closing: My faithfulness changes me, not God.
13 "THE PARABLE OF THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN" Opening: I do not compare myself with others, for I have the same spiritual potential as everyone. Closing: I am judged by my own state of awareness.
20 "GIVING BIRTH TO OUR CHRIST AWARENESS" (Christmas Lesson) Opening: I am born anew each moment I grow in spiritual awareness. Closing: I live in the consciousness of Christ within me.
24 Christmas Eve Candlelighting Service 7PM
27 "ALL THINGS MADE NEW" (New Year Lesson) Opening: I AM centered on Truth and born anew! Closing: I AM open to the Christ Ideal within me.
31 New Year’s Eve Burning Bowl Service 7PM
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