BHPC Bulletin for August 19, 2007

The Lord’s Day, 19 August 2007

Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
614 SW Park Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma 73501
(580) 3554702 / www.bealheights.org / info@bealheights.org

The Elders: John O. Butler, Pastor / Mike Rogers, Clerk / Todd Cobb / C.D.Turner (Emeritus) / Bob Nauman (Emeritus)

Deacon: Michael R. Rogers

A Few Notes About Our Services

* Beal Heights observes the Lord’s Supper each Sunday. We invite all professing Christians whose membership is in good standing with an evangelical, Bible believing congregation to join with us at the Lord’s Table. If you are visiting with us today, please meet with our elder in the foyer for a quick interview to be admitted to the Lord’s Table. * When the prelude begins, please curtail conversation and prepare your hearts for worship. Please make sure electronic devices are off or using silent mode. * If you are visiting with us today, please help us to get to know you by filling out one of the blue cards in the pew racks and placing it in the offering plate when the offering is collected. * We love children in our worship services! For our parents, there is a Cry Room in the back of the sanctuary for calming children in order to return to the worship service. We also offer a Visitors’ Nursery for children 3 and under. If you wish to utilize it. Please speak with the greeters for directions. * Hearing assistance devices are available at the taping table. * If you should need assistance in any way, please speak with our greeters.

Announcements for August 19, 2007 ( Calendar – http://tinyurl.com/2y9kms )

* Our recreational youth outreach to the children of our neighborhood is on Monday evenings from 6-8 PM in the church parking lot. See Deacon Mike Rogers if you can help! * The Clothes Closet Ministry will be open this Wednesday from 9-Noon. If you can help, please see Jeannette Rogers! * Our Prayer Meeting & Bible Study will meet this Wednesday at 7:00 PM in the Chapel. * North Texas Presbytery will meet this Friday evening and Saturday morning at Park Cities PCA, Dallas.

The Morning Worship Service, 10:45 AM

* the congregation will please stand

The Prelude
Welcome and Announcements
Sharing of Praises and Prayer Requests
We silently prepare our hearts for worship

* The call to worship Almighty God * Hymnal 100 “Holy, Holy, Holy” * A Prayer of Adoration, Praise, and Invocation, with The Lord’s Prayer

Old Testament Reading: Leviticus 1

* Psalter 40 C “O Lord My God, How Many Are”

New Testament Reading: 2 Corinthians 8

Confession of Sin (Unison)

Most holy and merciful Father: We confess to You and to one another, and to the whole communion of saints in heaven and on earth, that we have sinned by our own fault in thought, word, and deed; against Your holy law by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart, and mind, and strength. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We have not forgiven others, as we have been forgiven. We have been deaf to Your call to serve, as Christ served us. We have not been true to the mind of Christ. We have grieved Your Holy Spirit. We confess to You, Lord, all our past unfaithfulness: the pride, hypocrisy, and impatience of our lives, Have mercy on us, O Lord, and forgive our sins, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Promise of God’s Pardoning Grace: Romans 8:31,32

Prayer of Intercession and Thanksgiving

Sermon: “A Warning Against Arrogance”
Text: Romans 11:17-22

We pray for grace to apply what we have learned

The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper

(All those who have been previously approved by our elders are invited to partake of the Supper. Others are invited to watch and pray)

* Hymnal 645 “Jesus, The Very Thought Of Thee”

The Words of Institution
Fencing the Table
A Prayer of Consecration
Distribution of the Supper
A Prayer of Thanksgiving

* The Offering * The Doxology * Prayer * Hymnal 170 “Fairest Lord Jesus” * Benediction

Silent Prayer (Seated)
The Postlude: We go forth to glorify God.

The Evening Worship Service, 6:00PM

* the congregation will please stand

The Call to Worship
Invocation

* Hymnal 316 “The Mighty God The Lord”

Reading of God’s Word: Daniel 3 & Mark 2
Reading of God’s Law: Inside cover of hymnal (Unison)
Confession of Sin (Unison)

We, O Lord, have been a stiff-necked people who love unfaithfulness. We have loved other gods before you and become their servants. We have not worshiped you in spirit and in truth and so we have mocked your glory in heaven. We have used your name in vain and profaned your reputation on earth. We have desecrated your Sabbath because we have not trusted you to give us rest. We have not honored our fathers and mothers and so we have proved ourselves rebels. We have hated our neighbors and murdered them in our hearts. We have made adulterers of ourselves in the lust of our eyes or in the deeds of our flesh. We have stolen honor and wealth and privileges that are not ours. We have lied and falsely accused for we love gossip more than truth. We have coveted blessings you wisely and righteously gave to others. O Lord, have mercy on us for we have not kept your law. In Jesus Name, Amen.

Assurance of Pardon Romans 4:25

Exhortation to Walk in Obedience
Affirmation of Faith: The Confession of Faith, 3.8, Hymnal, p. 850
Intercessory Prayers

* Hymnal 701 “Redeemed, How I Love To Proclaim It”

Prayer of Illumination
The Sermon: “We Are God’s Delight”
Text: Isaiah 62

* Hymnal 369 “Shout, For The Blessed Jesus Reigns!” * Closing Prayer * Benediction