2885 JFK Road, Dubuque, IOWA 52002.
Phone 563.582.5661 and leave a message!
Phone 563.582.5661 and leave a message!
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The Rev. Ms. Karen Candee
is leading worship and preaching. Save the Dates Thrift & Bake Sale with Country Store Friday April 5th: 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sat. April 6th: 8 a.m. - Noon All Thrift Sale Items 50% off all day on Saturday unless otherwis marked. Palm Sunday: April 14, 2019 Palm Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m. Plam Sunday Brunch: 11:00 a.m. Maundy Thrusday: April 18, 2019 5:30 p.m. Soup Supper with Table Communion 6:30 p.m. Worship WHAT'S COMING: SUNDAY March 17, 2019 Food Pantry Sunday 9:00 a.m. Bible Study Group 9:00 a.m. O/M/E Meeting 10:00 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Fellowship/Choir Practice MONDAY March 18 9:00 a.m. - Noon: Pastor's scheduled Office Hours 10:00 a.m. Christian Education 6:30 p.m. - Church Council WEDNESDAY March 20, 2019 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Lenten Study: The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi THURSDAY March 21 10:00 a.m. Women's Fellowship SUNDAY March 24, 2019 9:00 a.m. Bible Study Group/Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Fellowship/Lay Committee MONDAY March 25 Pastor Karen at Spring Renewal All Day WEDNESDAY March 27, 2019 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Lenten Study: The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi FRIDAY March 29, 2019 SPARKS ARTICLES DUE! SUNDAY March 31, 2019 9:00 a.m. Bible Study Group 10:00 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Fellowship/Lay Committee MONDAY April 1, 2019 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Thrift and Bake Sale Set-up TUESDAY April 2, 2019 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Thrift and Bake Sale Set-up WEDNESDAY April 3, 2019 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Lenten Study: The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi THURSDAY April 4, 2019 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Thrift and Bake Sale Set-up FRIDAY April 5, 2019 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Thrift and Bake Sale with Country Store SATURDAY April 6, 2019 10:00 a.m. - Noon. Thrift and Bake Sale with Country Store (Half Price on Thrift Sale Items unless otherwise marked) SUNDAY April 7, 2019 9:00 a.m. Bible Study Group/Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Worship with Holy Communion 11:00 a.m. Fellowship/Choir Practice WEDNESDAY April 10, 2019 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Lenten Study: The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi SUNDAY April 14, 2019 Palm Sunday 9:00 a.m. Bible Study Group 9:15 a.m. Choir Practice 10:00 a.m. Palm Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m. Palm Sunday Brunch 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. ****** 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. A Lenten Meditation
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare. Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David. Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. Isaiah 55:1-3, 6-7 God proclaimed through the Prophet Isaiah to those in exile – a message of hope, a message of instruction to return to the Lord, a message of mercy and abundant pardon from past transgressions, not only for those who had been exiled, but for those who never knew God and would turn to God. God asks thought provoking questions to humanity through the Prophet Isaiah. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Exile from God is not only about physical placement (be removed from Jerusalem, the Temple being destroyed, unable to attend church) it is also about spiritual exile, a turning away from God and before we know it there is a thirst in our lives for something more than what we are currently doing cannot satisfy. We find ourselves buying that which is not bread for our souls, we find ourselves laboring for that which does not satisfy. Sure maybe we get a brief high, joy but it soon fades. Did you know you can be physically thirsty and not even know it? The same is true of our spiritual lives. God through Isaiah is letting us know that we are thirsty even if we can’t or won’t acknowledge it right now and then invites to drink from the water that satisfies; to turn to God, to listen so that we may have life. But what does it mean to return to God? It is more than just a change in behavior, it is a change of heart. Sometimes God uses the practice of changing our behavior to create a change of heart, other times our hearts are changed first and out of that change flows a change in our actions. Either way, true turning to God results in both a change of heart and a change of action. This Lent let us accept God's invitation to return to the Lord, or even turn to the Lord for the very first time! God, you invited all who are thirsty and hungry to turn to you for that which satisfies. Help us to accept that invitation. Let us not so stuff ourselves with the small things of the world that we don’t even recognize our hunger and thirst for that which truly satisfies. God help us to cleanse our diet from spiritual junk food, (that which destroys the soul and lives) so there will be room to receive the bread of life, and drink from the cup of salvation, and draw from the well of living water that not only satisfies, but changes our hearts, gives life and allows us to experience God’s greatness. Amen. |