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 Fri. Oct. 11, 2019 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Sat. Oct. 12, 2019 8:00 a.m. - Noon Sunday October 20, 2019 All Church Meeting following worship with Celebration Dinner to follow. WHAT'S COMING: SUNDAY September 8, 2019 9:00 a.m. Bible Study Group 9:00 a.m. Pictures Taken for New Directory 10:00 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Fellowship 11:00 a.m. Buidlings and Grounds Meeting/ Pictures taken for New Directory MONDAY September 9, 2019 9:00 - Noon Pastor's Scheduled Office Hours 12:30 p.m. Trustees 6:30 p.m. Diaconate WEDNESDAY September 11, 2019 7:00 p.m. Opening Doors Presentation SUNDAY September 15, 2019 Food Pantry Sunday 9:00 a.m. Bible Study Group/Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Pictures Taken for New Directory 9:00 a.m. O/M/E Meeting 10:00 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Fellowship/ Pictures Taken for New Directory MONDAY September 16, 2019 9:00 - Noon Pastor's Scheduled Office Hours 10:00 a.m. Christian Education 6:30 p.m. Diaconate THURSDAY September 19, 2019 10:00 a.m. Women's Fellowship - Following the business meeting we will go to Happy Joes for lunch together.. SUNDAY September 22, 2019 9:00 a.m. Bible Study Group 10:00 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Fellowship MONDAY September 23, 2019 9:00 - Noon Pastor's Scheduled Office Hours 6:30 p.m. Church Council 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 Friend Comes at Midnight5 And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’?8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.
Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.11 If a son asks for [e]bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?13 If you then, being evil, know how to givegood gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” Luke 11:5-13 (NKJV) The neighbor in this text who asked for the bread did so shamelessly because that was the only way to provide the hospitality expected. He found no shame in asking for what was needed. There is no shame is asking for what is needed. God wants us to turn to the Creator as a loving parent shamelessly for that which we need. It is okay to pray for ourselves as a part of our prayer life. I don’t know how many times people have told me how guilty they have felt because they have prayed for themselves. Clearly, we don’t always get what we believe we need, but what this parable tells us is that God gives us God’s self through granting us the gift of God’s Holy Spirit. The gift of the Holy Spirit will guide, strengthen, and uphold us through the storms and joys of everyday life, but it will also cause us to look beyond ourselves, to see others and creations as God sees, to be able to offer forgiveness and mercy because we have received that gift from God. Deliverance from the evil one does not mean that the Holy Spirit will protect us from all harm, but that the Holy Spirit will guard our soul so that we do not have to give into the ways of the evil one, even though we experience evil. “When you pray, say:Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.” Luke 11:2-4 (NKJV) |