2885 JFK Road, Dubuque, IOWA 52002.
Phone 563.582.5661 and leave a  message!
Join us Sunday Mornings at 10 am using ZOOM.
Go to zoom.us using any browser, click "Join a Meeting", and input the meeting ID number.  To get that meeting ID number and password please email the church at the link on the bottom left hand side of this web page.
The Rev. Ms. Karen Candee
is leading worship and preaching.

If you are unable to join us by ZOOM for worship I am posting the Worship Script to Worship Script for your personal use.  Currently posted is the 04/18  Service.  Worship Livestream on YouTube is where you can view the worship service live or recorded if you click on that link after the worship service.  Previous services are also available at that link.

We are once again hosting In-person Worship as well as on-line.  Please join us in whatever way you feel comfortable in joining us whether that be in-person, via the zoom link or watching on Summit Worship YouTube.  Those worshipping in person will be required to wear face coverings, remain socially distanced.  If you are not feeling well stay home.  We will also be taking names for contact tracing should we discover a case of Covid 19.  Whether you choose to worship in-person or remotely, please remember to stay connected.  If you are hurting, reach out for help.  If you are doing well reach out to others and let them know you care.  Together, with the help and guidance of God, we will get through this time of trial; hopefully emerging even better for having gone through this and the lessons learned.

Save the Dates
May 22,2021 - CROP Walk
Registration 9:30 at Murphy Park
Walk to begin at 10:00
25% 0f the Funds raised will remain in Dubuque and 75% of the funds will be distributed worldwide.  All money will go to help stomp out food insecurity addressing both immediate needs and underlying causes.


WHAT'S COMING:

Sunday April 11, 2021
10:00 Worship Service
           Ms. Kaity Kemp - Supply Pastor

Monday April 12, 2021
9:00 a.m. - Noon Pastor's Designated Office Hours
12:30 p.m. - Trustees

Tuesday April 13, 2021
12:30 p.m. - Bible Study - Session 2
                       Easter for the Progressive Christian 

Thursday April 15, 2021
10:00 a.m. - Women's Fellowship

Sunday April 18, 2021
10:00 a.m. - Worship Service
11:00 a.m. - Fellowship 

Monday April 19, 2021
9:00 a.m. - Noon Pastor's Designated Office Hours

Tuesday April 20, 2021
10:00 a.m. - OME
12:30 p.m. - Bible Study - Session 3
                       Easter for the Progressive Christian 

Sunday April 25,2021
10:00 a.m. - Worship Service
11:00 a.m. - Fellowship 

Revised Common Lectionary 
Scripture Readings for      

April 11, 2021
Acts 4:32-35
Psalm 133
1 John 1:1 - 2:2
John 20:19-31

April 18, 2021
Acts 3:12–1
Psalm 4
1 John 3:1–7
Luke 24:36b–48

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Below is a link for the following devotional on Grief
​Grieving Together and Apart
A Devotion by John Edgerton
https://www.ucc.org/daily_devotional_grieving_together_and_apart?utm_campaign=dd_jun17_20&utm_medium=email&utm_source=unitedchurchofchrist​
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. 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!
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.
Resurrection People

"9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11 Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed."
1 Corinthians 15:9-11(NIV)

 These words from scripture help me embrace or grasp what the resurrection means and does when we don’t just know the stories about the Risen Christ but encounter the Risen Christ and allow that grace and love to infiltrate our lives and flow forth from them.
What we believe mean absolutely nothing if it does not impact the way we live our lives.  Paul’s encounter transformed his life.  Paul embraced the enormity of the grace offered to him by God.  Paul was always an extremely religious person, trying to do what was right in the sight of God, but he had it wrong – so wrong he was killing those who proclaimed otherwise.  Not only did Paul change the message he was proclaiming, he changed how he was proclaiming the message.  Though he was willing to suffer and die for the message of Jesus Christ, no longer would he kill others who believed differently.  He used his times of imprisonment to share the gospel message of God’s grace and forgiveness with those who imprisoned him.  He was willing to challenge people on their actions and beliefs, reminding them to work together to build up the body of Christ, that all parts of the body are needed and important, that we are to care for one another and to work together to build each other up and to stop tearing others down in order to appear more important.
If Paul had not embraced the forgiveness offered to him and allowed the grace of God to work in and through him, his ministry would not have been possible and he acknowledges that very point, that is was the grace of God that not only transformed his life but was now at work in and through him.
Now it is our turn to encounter the empty tomb and ponder it’s meaning for us today.  Will the resurrection story be wasted, having no impact on our lives or will we allow, like Paul, the grace of God to transform our lives by allowing Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to live in us and flow from us into the world.
Christ is Risen!  Christ is Risen, Indeed!  The empty tomb is not the end but a leading into a new beginning of resurrection life.  It is up to us to continue the story, not only through our words, but more importantly with our lives.  What story will we pass on to the next generation?

"We know that we have come to know him
if we keep his commands.
Whoever says, “I know him,”
but does not do what he commands is a liar,
and the truth is not in that person.
But if anyone obeys his word,
​love for God is truly made complete in them.
This is how we know we are in him:
Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did."
1 John 2:3-6 (NIV)

God of all creation,
let not your death and resurrection be in vain. 
Help us to open our lives to you
so we too may  rise up to new life in Christ
from this day forward, forever more!  Amen!