Highlights from 2019
WORSHIP In the 22nd chapter of the book of Matthew, we are given the greatest commandment. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." Worship, Mission and Education is how we live out this call.
ONE SUNDAY BECOMES
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30,692 IN ATTENDANCE
Week in and week out we gather as God's church at Pinnacle to conduct worship in a variety of services. In addition to our outstanding weekly Sunday services, we also offered creative, diverse, and engaging vesper services during the Lenten and Advent season. Offerings included The Holden Prayer Service, a contemporary band, Pinnacle musical ensembles, visual artists, and instrumentation. More than 270 attended the Good Friday evening service, where the Chancel Choir presented Return to Me, a musical setting of the Stations of the Cross. Also during Easter and in conjunction with Earth Week, our Spiritual Arts group created and installed a Chihuly inspired chandelier made of 3,000 plastic water bottles entitled "Caring for Creation". The project raised awareness to the use of plastics in our world and the lack of adequate recycling. The project was recognized by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, when in August members of the committee were presented the Voluntary Environmental Stewardship Program (VESP) Cooper Award. As in each year, preaching continues to draw members and visitors to worship at Pinnacle—one word becoming the poetry of praise. Alongside the steady preaching of our Pastor, Wes Avram, in 2019 we continued to welcome Allen Hilton as a
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