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The Lord's Day, 7 December 2008

Welcome to Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
a member congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America
614 SW Park Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma 73501
(580) 355-4702 / www.bealheights.org / info@bealheights.org
The Elders: John O. Butler, Pastor / Mike Rogers, Clerk / Todd Cobb
Deacon: Michael R. Rogers

BHPC observes the Lord's Supper weekly. 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 desire to partake of the Supper, please contact one of the elders for a short interview. You may do this prior to Sunday through the church office or via email, or arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the beginning of the morning worship service. If you have not been interviewed, we ask that you refrain from taking the Supper.

A Few Notes About Our Services
* 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.
* When the prelude begins, please curtail conversation and prepare your hearts for worship. Please make sure electronic devices are off or using silent mode.
* 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 greeter for directions.
* Hearing assistance devices are available at the taping table.
* If you should need assistance in any way, please speak with our greeter.

Announcements for December 7, 2008
* We will have a Fellowship Meal after this morning's worship service in our Fellowship Hall. If you are visiting with us today, please be our guests!
* We will have an afternoon worship service today at 1:45 PM instead of an evening worship service.
* Our prayer meeting for the advance of the Gospel is this Wednesday at 7 PM in the Chapel.
* The Community Breakfast and Clothes Closet Outreach Ministries will be this Saturday from 9:00 AM until Noon. If you would like to help with these ministries, see Dave Francey (Breakfast) or Jeannette Rogers (Clothes Closet).
* Our annual congregational meeting and annual meeting of Beal Heights Presbyterian Church, Inc., will be after the morning worship service on December 28, 2008, in the sanctuary. More details will be published closer to the date of the meetings.

Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
The Morning Worship Service, 10:45 AM
Sunday, December 7, 2008

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

*The call to worship Almighty God
*Hymn 165 “Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim”
*Prayer of Adoration, Praise, and Invocation,with The Lord's Prayer

Old Testament Reading: Numbers 31:25-54
*Psalm 145C “The Eyes of All Upon Thee Wait”
New Testament Reading: James 5

Corporate Confession of Sin:

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth! Stir up your strength, and come and save us! Restore us, O God; cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved! O Lord God of hosts, how long will You be angry against the prayer of Your people? You have fed us with the bread of tears and given us tears to drink in great measure. Revive us, and we will call upon Your name. Restore us, O God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved! Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. (Psalm 80)

Assurance of Pardon: Romans 5:8

Prayer of Intercession and Thanksgiving

The Sermon “The Eternality of Christ”
Text: John 8:48-59
We pray for grace to apply what we have learned

*Hymn 163 “At the Name of Jesus”
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)
Words of Institution
Fencing of the Table
Prayer of Consecration
Distribution of the Supper
Prayer of Thanksgiving

The Offering
*The Doxology (Hymnal 731)
*Prayer

*Hymn 203 “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” *Benediction
Silent Prayer (Seated)
The Postlude: We go forth to glorify God

* the congregation will please stand

The Afternoon Worship Service
Sunday, December 7, 2008, 1:45 PM

The Call to Worship
*Invocation
*Hymn 246 “Man of Sorrows! What a Name”

Reading of God's Word:
Old Testament Reading: Zechariah 9
New Testament Reading: Luke 24:13-35
Reading of God's Law: Inside cover of hymnal (Unison)

Confession of Sin (Unison)

Blessed are you O Lord God of Israel, for you have visited and redeemed your people. You have raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of your servant David. Through the Christ you have saved us from our enemies and performed the mercy promised to us. You have remembered your holy covenant, the oath which you swore to Abraham: To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve you without fear, in holiness and righteousness before you all the days of our life. You have given the knowledge of salvation to us by the remission of our sins, through your tender mercy. The Dayspring from on high has visited us; to give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death. Lord, guide our feet into the way of peace. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Luke 1:68-79)

The Assurance of Pardon: Galatians 3:13
Exhortation to Walk in Obedience
Affirmation of Faith: Hymnal, p. 860 chapter 20.2, The Confession of Faith:Of Christian Liberty,and Liberty of Conscience
Intercessory Prayers
*Psalm 133A “Behold How Good a Thing It Is”
The Sermon: “The Passover”
Text: Numbers 9:1-14
*Hymn 267 “The Day of Resurrection!”
*Closing Prayer
*Benediction