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



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WHAT'S COMING:

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

MONDAY April 8, 2019
9:00 a.m. - Noon  Pastor's Scheduled Office Hours
1:00 p.m. - Trustees
6:30 p.m. Diaconate

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 Potluck 

MONDAY April 15, 2019
9:00 a.m. - Noon Pastor's Office Hours
​10:00 a.m. Christian Education

​WEDNESDAY April 17, 2019
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Lenten Study:
                                     The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi

THURSDAY April 18, 2019 MAUNDY THURSDAY
10:00 a.m. Women's Fellowship
5:30 p.m. Soup Supper with Holy Communion at Table
6:30 p.m. Worship Service

SUNDAY April 21, 2019 EASTER SUNDAY
9:00 a.m. Bible Study Group/Sunday School
10:00 a.m. Worship with Holy Communion
11:00 a.m. Fellowship

MONDAY April 22, 2019
9:00 a.m. - Noon Pastor's Office Hours
10:00 a.m. Buildings and Grounds
6:30 p.m. Church Council

WEDNESDAY April 24, 2019
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Lenten Study:
                                     The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi

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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.

An Easter Meditation

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene"11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her."
John 20: 11-18

Easter Reflections
Christ is Risen!  Christ is Risen Indeed!
Now Waht?

Like everyone else yes I love the excitement and joy of Easter; transitioning from sadness of Holy Week to joy of the Risen Christ, from confusion to seeking understanding of abstract signs, to even experiencing an encounter with the Risen Christ to the proclamation that “He’s Alive!” 
The thing is, if we only proclaim this joyous news in worship and not beyond the sanctuary what good does it do?   If we only know about the Resurrection, but never truly encounter the Risen Christ in both the challenges and consolation
that we are givenwhat have we gained?
If we truly believe that God can resurrect Jesus, then we are challenged to believe that God can resurrect new life in us not just when we experience physical death, but now transforming our lives and social and political systems from ways of death and destruction to ways that promote life and not mere existence. 
The truth about being Easter people is that we can be excited about resurrection hope and live in that joy while acknowledging and  wrestling with our very real fears and hurts of our current reality and examine what is the cost to us as we chose to live as Easter people .

Resurrecting God, you conquered death
and opened the gates of life everlasting
yet we acknowledge we also fear what that means.
In the power of the Holy Spirit, raise us with Christ
that we, too, may proclaim healing and peace to the nations. Grant us new life, new hope, renewed faith, renewed energy for a life of witness to the living Christ. Amen