2885 JFK Road, Dubuque, IOWA 52002.
Phone 563.582.5661 and leave a  message!
The Rev. Ms. Karen Candee
is leading worship and preaching.


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FOOD PANTRY NEEDS FOR HOLIDAY BASKETS 
Specific needs for holiday baskets are canned fruit, soup, vegetables, stuffing mix, ramen noodles, boxed potatoes, and brownies and cake mixes.  Bring items any time and put them in the shopping cart and the church will make sure to get the items delivered by Dec. 13th to the Food Pantry.

Keeping Christ in Christmas as we live
in the Advent of Christ’s Second Coming.
Summit Congregational UCC 
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SUNDAY DEC 1, 2019 – 1st Sunday of Advent
Lighting the Candle of Righteousness & Peace
Worship  10:00  a.m.  with Holy Communion 
Katie Hansen will share about her trip to Korea, what she experienced and learned; offering each of us the opportunity to learn and grow from that.
 
SUNDAY DEC. 8, 2019 – 2nd Sunday of Advent
Lighting the Candle of Preparation
                      for the coming of the Messiah
Worship 10:00 a.m.
 
SUNDAY DEC. 15, 2019 – 3rd Sunday of Advent
Lighting the Candle of Remembering –
                     Christ comes to both comfort & afflict
Worship 10:00 a.m. Youth planned and led worship
                with intergenerational Christmas Program 
 
SUNDAY DEC. 22, 2019 – 4th Sunday of Advent
Lighting the Candle of Hope & Joy
                                       in God’s Coming & Healing.
Worship 10:00 a.m.
 
TUESDAY DEC. 24, 2019 – Christmas Eve
Candlelight Worship at 6:00 PM re-telling the True Christmas Story through Lessons and Carols and what it means for us today.  There will be a relighting of the Candles of Advent; Lighting the Christ Candle and then passing that light to all who will receive thus symbolically experiencing how Christ’s light shines in the darkness and grows brighter as more hearts are open to receiving that light and passing it on to others.
 
WEDNESDAY Dec. 25, 2019 – Christmas Day
Have a Very Merry & Blessed Christmas
as you let the light of Christ Shine in & through you.

WHAT'S COMING:

SUNDAY December 1, 2019 
9:00 a.m. Bible Study Group/Sunday School
10:00 a.m. Worship
11:00 Fellowship

MONDAY December 2, 2019
9:00 a.m. - Noon:  Pastor's Scheduled Office Hours

SUNDAY December 8, 2019 
9:00 a.m. Bible Study Group/Sunday School
10:00 a.m. Worship 
11:00 Fellowship 

MONDAY December 9, 2019
9:00 a.m. - Noon:  Pastor's Scheduled Office Hours
12:30 p.m. Trustees
6:30 p.m. Church Council

SUNDAY December 15, 2019 
9:00 a.m. Bible Study Group/Sunday School
10:00 a.m. Worship Planned and Led by our Youth                   
                    incorporating the Christmas Program
11:00 Fellowship with Birthday Cake for Jesus

MONDAY December 16, 2019
9:00 a.m. - Noon:  Pastor's Scheduled Office Hours
Visiting Summit:

Summit is a  small congregation of around 100 members, 50 of whom attend the Sunday  service.  While many members are older, there are some young families and  we have a multiracial Sunday School class of around 10 children.  People  wear what's comfortable for them. 

There is plenty of parking and  the main entrance is the one with the canopy (where you may drop people off in  bad weather or if they need assistance).
Someone will greet you at the  door.  The worship space is to the right, and the restrooms are to the  left. 

Visitors are always welcomed warmly.  You are invited  to contact us if you'd like more information before attending for a first  time.

Email the church with any questions or  comments.

E-Mail:  click here to send us a  message
Sunday  Worship Service - 10 AM

 COMMUNION  is the first Sunday of each month for children and adults, old-timers and  newcomers.
 
Sunday Learning Opportunities: 
          Adult Bible Discussion - 9 AM
         Multi-age Sunday School -
                    Every Other Week 9 AM                                                           (October - May)
                         
  Youth Moment during 10:00 a.m.  worship.

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All are welcome to check us out and see if we measure up to what you're seeking in a  church community.

Summit Church is an  accessible facility with no steps anywhere!
Summit Endowment:
Summit Congregational United Church of Christ has created an agency endowment at the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque. This fund assures our organization of a permanent source of steady income to stabilize and strengthen our programs. Any gift over $50 to this fund is eligible for the Endow Iowa 25% State Tax Credit. You can contribute directly to this fund by visiting our Giving Center page on the CFGD website (click here) or by contacting CFGD at 563-588-2700.

"Advent is the spiritual season of hope par excellence,
and in this season the whole church is called to be hope,
for itself and the world."
Pope Benedict XVI

Advent Begins! 

The Mountain of the Lord
"2 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning
Judah and Jerusalem:
2 In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple
will be established as the highest of the mountains;
it will be exalted above the hills,
and all nations will stream to it.
3 Many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law will go out from Zion,
the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 He will judge between the nations
       and will settle disputes for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
       and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
       nor will they train for war anymore.
5 Come, descendants of Jacob,
​let us walk in the light of the Lord."
Isaiah 2:1-5  (NIV)

Come decendents of Jacob,
let us walk in the light of the Lord!

The scripture above was one of the lectionary readings designated for the first week of Advent. 
In our New Testament reading
from the Epistle of Paul to the Romans
he tells that community to
"put aside the deeds of darkness 
and put on the armor of light. ... 
clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ,"

What does it mean to walk in the light of the Lord,
to put on the Armor of Light,
to clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ?
It is more than just appearences
whether it be the way we dress or the things we do.  Appearences mean nothing if we don't open our lives to the guidance and desires of God in a way that our desires become in alignment with what God desires.
Mother Teresa has a quote that both asks a question
and then gives us a charge
that I think helps us understand what it means to 
walk in the light of the Lord,
to put on the Armor of Light,
to clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ.
She asks,
"At this Christmas when Christ comes,
will He find a warm heart?"
then challenges all to,
"Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God's own love and concern"
 God of of all creation,
help us this Advent season to open our hearts to you more fully each and every day so that we may truly 
clothe ourselves with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
and walk in your light, O God,
Creator, Redeemer, & Sustainer of all life,
not only for this season, but for every day of our lives.
Amen!