Our Sunday Best.

Like most people at Summit, I’m proud of how we worship on a weekly basis.

But I can easily say that one of the most beautiful times of year is Christmas. As the “music guy” at Summit, it’s also the busiest time – rehearsals, picking music, rehearsals, working with an arranger for string/horn parts, and rehearsals.

Did I also mention the rehearsals?

Despite the busy schedule, Christmas is a season of light, love, family and most importantly, the celebration of the birth of Jesus.

So, after all the work is done, and “Silent Night” is sung, I sit in awe of what God does here in our community. I remember my first Christmas Eve at Summit was in a tent in the parking lot of the Wigwam Resort with a handful of people, all passionate about this church. We worshipped there with passion and hope.

Those same people took a risk and followed God, which brought us to our beautiful high school auditorium stage that we shared Christmas Eve at just a few weeks ago at Verrado High School. Those same people prayed and asked for guidance for building here in the West Valley. And from there, many, many Christmas Eves will follow!

We’ve come a long way, and God still has places he wants to take us. So from one Christmas Eve to the next, well into the future, we seek to reach more and more people in our community. That’s our true “Sunday Best” – not how we look, how we act, or how we sound. It’s how we declare ourselves as God’s people, serve others, and reach people for Jesus, one life at a time.

-Ryan Jimison