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

Save the Dates

July 7, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.
Thank you to all who donated cakes and were present to help us celebrate with the residents of Luther Manor Hillcrest Facility their July Birthdays.  We were blessed to be a part of that celebration.


WHAT'S COMING:

SUNDAY July 7, 2019 
9:00 a.m. Bible Study Group
10:00 a.m. Worship with Holy Communion
11:00 a.m. Fellowship
2:00 Luther Manor Birthday Celebration

MONDAY July 8, 2019
9:00 - Noon Pastor's Scheduled Office Hours
12:30 p.m. - Trustees
6:30 p.m. - Diaconate

SUNDAY July 14, 2019 
9:00 a.m. Bible Study Group
10:00 a.m. Worship 
11:00 a.m. Fellowship
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MONDAY July 15, 2019
9:00 - Noon Pastor's Scheduled Office Hours

SATURDAY July 20, 2019
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. C. J. Adams 97th Birthday Celebration

SUNDAY July 21, 2019 
9:00 a.m. Bible Study Group
10:00 a.m. Worship with Dedication of Food Pantry Gifts
11:00 a.m. Fellowship

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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 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.


" It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that’s how freedom grows. For everything we know about God’s Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That’s an act of true freedom. If you bite and ravage each other, watch out—in no time at all you will be annihilating each other, and where will your precious freedom be then?"
Galatians 5:13-15 (MSG)

With us celebrating our nation's independence on July 4th 
I thought I would share some thoughts on freedom
from scripture.  I am using Eugene Peterson's
"The Message" translation because it paraphrases
rather than translating literally word for word the scriptures.
By paraphrasing, Peterson is trying to convey
the heart of the message of the scriptures
in everyday terms that can be understood,
so lets read on further about freedom in Christ.

"My counsel is this: Live freely,
animated and motivated by God’s Spirit.
Then you won’t feed the compulsions of selfishness.
For there is a root of sinful self-interest in us
that is at odds with a free spirit, just as the free spirit
is incompatible with selfishness. These two ways of life
are antithetical, so that you cannot live at times one way
and at times another way according to how you feel
on any given day.
Why don’t you choose to be led by the Spirit
and so escape the erratic compulsions
of a law-dominated existence?
19-21 It is obvious what kind of life develops
out of trying to get your own way all the time:
repetitive, loveless, cheap sex;
a stinking accumulation of mental and emotional garbage; frenzied and joyless grabs for happiness; trinket gods; magic-show religion; paranoid loneliness; cutthroat competition; all-consuming-yet-never-satisfied wants;
a brutal temper; an impotence to love or be loved;
divided homes and divided lives;
small-minded and lopsided pursuits;
the vicious habit of depersonalizing everyone into a rival; uncontrolled and uncontrollable addictions;
ugly parodies of community. I could go on.
This isn’t the first time I have warned you, you know.
If you use your freedom this way,
you will not inherit God’s kingdom.
22-23 But what happens when we live God’s way?
He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart,
and a conviction that a basic holiness
permeates things and people.
We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments,
not needing to force our way in life,
able to marshal and direct our energies wisely.
23-24 Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good—crucified.
25-26 Since this is the kind of life we have chosen,
the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts,
but work out its implications in every detail of our lives.
That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse.
​We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original."
Galatians 5: 16-26 (MSG)

O God, who moved over the waters of creation,
as we celebrate our freedom this Independence Day,
let us truly embrace what freedom means in your eyes,
Freedom to live in the Spirit,
freedom from self-centeredness and self-indulgence,
free from living in ways that destroy and devour.
Gracious God set us free to serve one another in love,
to live in ways that produce the good fruits of this life 
such as Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness,
Gentleness, Goodness, Generosity, Self-control,
Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Compassion
among other things.
Holy Spirit, breathe over all of creation
and help us to truly live.
We ask this in the name of Jesus.  Amen.