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 or in person for worship I am posting the Worship Script to Worship Script for your personal use.  The sermon of the week is a link to the audio and video for the reading of scripture and reflection on the scriptures.  Currently posted is the 7/26 Service

Save the Dates


The following links are resources
for those who need food
during these times
of so many places being shut down

https://www.dbqschools.org/coronavirus-information/food-resources/

http://www.cgim.org/dacuonline/newsletter/
​2020FebruaryNewsletter.pdf


WHAT'S COMING:

Pastor Karen will be on vacation August 3rd - August 16th.  
August 17th - August 22nd 
she will be working from home to self quarentine following her travels.

For worship during her vacation we encourage you to visit
http://www.1stcongucc.org/
​for their online worship service.

Revised Common Lectionary 
Scripture Readings for

August 2, 2020:
Genesis 32:22-31 with Psalm 17:1-7, 15 or
Isaiah 55:1-5 with Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21
Romans 9:1-5
Matthew 14:13-21
                  
August 9, 2020
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 with Psalm 105: 1-6, 16-22, 45b or
1 Kings 19:9-18 with Psalm 85:8-13
Romans 10:5-15
Matthew 14:22-33

August 16, 2020
Genesis 45:1-15 with Psalm 133 or
Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 with Psalm 67
Romans 11: 1-2a, 29-32
Matthew 15:(10-20),21-28
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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​
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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.
God Is Still Speaking
I believe that God speaks to us not only through scripture, but through ordinary human beings giving us words of wisdom that align themselves with the teachings and truths revealed in scripture. 
Once again I would like to share with you
some words of wisdom from various resources.

"If you’re going through hell, keep going."
Winston Churchill

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
Mahatma Gandhi

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."
William James

"If a house is divided against itself,
that house cannot stand."
Mark 3:25 NIV

"If I cannot do great things, I can do small things
in a great way."
Martin Luther King Jr.


The Greatest Commandment"37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Matthew 22:37-40 NIV

"Spread love everywhere you go."
Mother Teresa

"Love is a better teacher than duty."
Albert Einstein

"Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart."
Proverbs 3:3 NIV

I chose so many quotes and scriptures on love because love is a great motivator.  Think about it, when you love someone or something, you don't want any harm to come to  them or it.  When you do something out of duty, the motivation to act is from an external source, but when love is the motivator, the stimulus for action comes from within; there is a true desire to act in ways that not only preserve, but enhance the wellbeing of the person
or object of that love.  
The current theme of the United Church of Christ is
​Love of Neighbor, Love of Children, and Love of Creation.  If we bind love and faithfulness around our necks and write them on the tablets of our hearts, the motivation to act in ways that will not bring harm to others and creation, as well as to act in ways that preserve and enhance the well-being of others and creation will come from an inner desire to so.  We will be willing to make the sacrifices necessary to do so, because of our love for the other and creation. 
Actions have an impact no matter what---
both positive and negative.
May love guide us into acting in ways
that have a positive impact in this world.

Creator of all that there is,
help us to love you with our whole heart, soul and mind.
Help us also to not only love our neighbor
and all of creation as ourselves,
but as you have loved us.
May that love guide all of our actions;
so that how we act is life giving.
Amen.