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Upcoming Events at PPC
Following are items from this coming Sunday’s bulletin and announcements:
Summer Choir Continues Through August
A summer choir began Sunday, Aug. 1, but it’s not too late to lend your voice.
If you have had a desire to sing in the Pinnacle Chancel Choir but could not make the Wednesday rehearsals, here is your chance to sing your praises. Each Sunday in August, the summer choir will meet at 9 a.m. in the music rehearsal room to prepare the music for the service. Singers will not need to wear choir robes.
Musical selections will not be difficult, so we encourage all to come and have a great musical experience. Plus have a front row seat!
If you have additional questions, please contact Brent Hylton in the church office 480.585.9448 ext. 213.
Welcome Back! Everyone Is Invited To Come Join Us For The Fall Round–Up On Sept. 12! We’ll kick off our new church year on September 12 with a Fall Round Up full of fellowship, families, food, and fun. After the 10am service, you’re invited to join us for some fellowship on The Green, to visit and catch up with friends, learn more about ways to be involved at church, watch the kids play games, make crafts, and hang out with everyone. We’ll have a full FREE lunch for everyone, with ice cold drinks to help you stay cool, and a great setting to catch up with friends. All are invited to this annual event! If you’d like to assist in any way, from setting up for lunch to filling bags of popcorn to organizing and helping with a game, please contact Debbie Lisk at 480.585.9448 or using the staff e–mail page.
The Thoughtful Christian article for August is titled: Prosperity Gospel: Will Jesus Make You Rich? A look at the theology and preachers of the Word of Faith movement. This article is available free of charge in the narthex of the Chapel and Sanctuary.
The Chapel is open daily for prayer and meditation. Worship service is held in the Chapel Sunday mornings at 8am.
Splash! Our Summer Water Fun Day Is Today right after church. Feel free to stay after the 10am service for some water fun on The Green – we'll have a water slide, kiddie pools, and water squirters for the kids to play with. Bring a picnic lunch, a blanket, and enjoy lunch on The Green while the kids have fun staying cool in our summer sun. No RSVP needed, just come along and join us!
PPC Committee Heads, Group Coordinators, And Event Planners – Please join us on Sunday, Sept. 12 for our Fall Round–Up at 11am. As part of this celebration we would like to ask your group, event or activity to join us. This is a wonderful way for our members and guests to have a meet and greet or simply sign up with a representative from your group. If you'd like to have a table or display, and want to share the word with others, please contact Amy Dahlby at aspence1@cox.net, Kristin Willett or Debbie Lisk using the staff e–mail page.
Join Our Children's Ministries Team – We are actively recruiting adults to teach children in our Sunday Church School program. If you like the story of Noah's Ark, and you're here on Sept 12, 19, and 26 – please sign up! All lesson plans, materials, and resources are supplied to you – and you'll teach the same lesson for 3 weeks. Each week your lesson is the same, and you have a new audience – the first graders, second graders, and third graders. You can choose to cook in the kitchen, tell a story, create a craft, play games and be active with the kids – the sky's the limit!
If you like working with 4th and 5th graders, come join us on our journey through the New Testament. This is an opportunity to really get to know the life of Jesus, and share it with our upper elementary students.
Finally, we're looking to add to our 3s and Kindergarten classes, and we'd love to have you lead these children. Again, all materials, lessons, and resources are provided to you, and you have 45 minutes to share the word of God with our youngsters.
To learn more about these opportunities, please contact Debbie Lisk using the staff e–mail page.
Year Of The Bible – This week’s readings are Psalms 126–145 and I Corinthians 10–14. Contact Shelly Core at snscore@msn.com to join the group!
 Backpacks donated to this year’s Vista Del Camino back–to–school drive. |
Backpack Drive A Huge Success – Thank you to everyone who helped to make this year's Vista del Camino back to school drive a big success. Pinnacle Presbyterian donated well over 150 backpacks, thousands of sheets of paper, hundreds of pencils and markers as well as many other school items. Vista del Camino was especially glad to receive these items this year because the number of families applying for help was significantly greater than the donations available. These items will helps many children start school with what they need to learn and grow.
Fall Adult Ed Classes Begin with What Makes You Tick? What Makes Them Tick? facilitated by Dr. Jonieta Stone. The class will meet in the Chapel library at 8:45am on Sept. 12 and at 8:45 and 11:15am on Sept. 19 and 26. This series of three interactive workshops will provide insights into what energizes us, how we use or ignore our feelings when making a decision, and why some of us are early to appointments and some of us aren't. Based on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, you will come to understand four dimensions of personality behavior. Come and enjoy! It will be fun.
Stepping Up: A Journey Through The Psalms Of Ascent facilitated by Shelly Core begins Wednesday, September 15 from 6:00–7:15pm in Fellowship Hall room 2. This 12 week video based study by Beth Moore explores Psalms 120–134. Traveling pilgrims sang these Psalms both on the way to the great festivals of the Jews and as key elements of the worship at those festivals. Students will interact with the Scriptures in new ways. They will gain a new appreciation for the life of faith as a journey to greater fellowship with and worship of God. Contact Shelly Core at snscore@msn.com with questions or to purchase the participant book at a cost of $16.
What Does Science Tell Us About God? Facilitated by David Schaller, this class begins Thursday, September 16 through Nov. 4 at 7pm in Fellowship Hall room 1. Science tells us that we live in a vast and ancient universe on a planet that is ideal for life. Does the ongoing evolution of the universe point towards a higher purpose and a creator? Although many scientists like Richard Dawkins have notoriously told us that God is nothing but a delusion, others such as NIH director Francis Collins, makes a case for the opposite conclusion. After reviewing the latest scientific discoveries about the origin of the universe and life on earth, we will explore the arguments for and against God within the framework of the common ground shared by science and theology.
Prayer List
Members and friends have requested prayers for the following:
• Please pray for Karen who is trying another procedure to help ease her chronic depression.
• Please pray for Jerry who had colon surgery and is in ICU with congestive heart failure.
• Prayers for Shirley’s family and friends as they grieve her death.
• Prayers are requested for guidance and growth for Ben and Carolyn.
• Diane is waiting for a double lung transplant and needs our prayers.
• Please pray that Josh, father–in–law, Polly, Rio, Adessa and Carl will find strength, hope and peace.
• Continued prayers are requested for Sara, who is fighting lung cancer.
Military Prayer List
• Grandson Steven is in Afghanistan. Pray for his safety.
• John, husband and father of five, is in Afghanistan. Prayers for his safe return.
• Please keep John in your prayers as he is in Baghdad.
• Son Keith is a medic in Afghanistan. Pray for his safety.
Prayer Chain: To add yourself or someone you know, click here for information.
Mission Opportunities at PPC
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| Sunday, Aug. 29 | Vista del Camino Food Drive |
Volunteers Needed – Volunteers are needed to serve meals for the homeless at Andre House on Thursday, September 9, Tuesday, September 14, and Sunday, September 26. Contact Lin Ogden at 480.563.0018 or linogden@aol.com, or Stephanie Webster at 623.516.7687 or stephaniebwebster@yahoo.com.