2885 JFK Road, Dubuque, IOWA 52002.
Phone 563.582.5661 and leave a message!
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.
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.
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The Rev. Ms. Karen Candee
is leading worship and preaching. By clicking on the link Worship Livestream on YouTube you can watch the entire Livestream. Previous services are available at that link also. If you would like the zoom link to join us on Sunday mornings at 10 please email the church at the link on the bottom of this page or call the church at the phone number at the top of this page.
We are hosting In-person Worship as well as on-line. Please join us in whatever way you feel comfortable in joining us. Whether you choose to worship in-person or remotely, please remember to stay connected and live out your faith. Save the Date Sunday August 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM Dubuque UCC Communities of Faith Joint Outdoor Worship Service & Potluck Where: Dubuque Botanical Gardens & Arboretum Packard Pavilion All Are Welcome! 9:00 AM: Set-up 9:45 AM: Choir Practice 10:30 AM Worship Service 11:30 AM: Potluck *Please bring a Dish to Share, & Table Service **Water will be available but if you want something else please bring your own beverage. ***Summit Cong. UCC will the back-up location for severe weather or dangerous air quality. What's Coming Sunday July 5, 2026 - 10:00 AM - Worship with Holy Communion 11:00 AM - Fellowship Monday July 6, 2026 9:00 AM - Noon Pastor's Office Hours Thursday July 9, 2026 - 9:00 AM - Trustees 9:00 AM - Noon: All-church Clean-up Day Saturday July 11, 2026 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Visitation for Susan K. (Knockle) Bruse 4:00 PM - Service of Praise and Thanksgiving Celebrating the life of Susan K. (Knockle) Bruse Sunday July 12, 2026 - 10:00 AM - Worship 11:00 AM - Fellowship Monday July 13, 2026 9:00 AM - Noon Pastor's Office Hours 9:30 AM - Diaconate 12:00 PM - Service of Interment Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:30 AM - Arboretum Service Planning Meeting Sunday July 19, 2026 - Food Pantry Sunday 10:00 AM - Worship 11:00 AM - Fellowship Revised Common Lectionary Suggested Readings for Sunday July 5, 2026 Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 and Psalm 45:10-17 or Song of Solomon 2:8-13 Zechariah 9:9-12 and Psalm 145:8-14 Romans 7:15-25a Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Sunday July 12, 2026 Genesis 25:19-34 and Psalm 119:105-112 Isaiah 55:10-13 and Psalm 65:(1-8), 9-13 Romans 8:1-11 Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Sunday July 19, 2026 Genesis 28:10-19a and Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24 Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16-19 or Isaiah 44:6-8 and Psalm 86:11-17 Romans 8:12-25 Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Visiting Summit:
Summit is a small congregation of around 80 members, 25 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. ****** 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. A Cause for Celebration, Challenge, & Encouragement The word of God has always offered words of comfort and encouragement along with words of challenge. Just as with any one single life, our nation has much to celebrate, but it also has had its moments, past and present that are not a cause for celebration. May we allow these following scriptures to both challenge and encourage us to become the individuals, churches and nation God created us to be. May we not be afraid to ask of ourselves, our churches and our nation, “How are we using our freedom? & “What are we enslaved to/what masters us?” And, may we never forget that God’s love and care are not limited to one nation or one group of people, it extends beyond any man-made boundary, physical or theoretical, we try to put up. “For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters, only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become enslaved to one another. For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:13-14 “As servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a pretext for evil.” 1 Peter 2:16 “They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, for people are slaves to whatever masters them." 2 Peter 2:19 I use the words from “America the Beautiful” as a prayer, celebrating the good, while seeking God’s refining of that which needs refining in our own lives, the lives of our churches, and the life of this nation. America the Beautiful O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea! O beautiful for pilgrim feet whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare of freedom beat across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law! O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife. Who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness and every gain divine! O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea! As we celebrate 250 years of freedom, and as we move forward as individuals, churches and a nation, as it says in Galatians 6:10, and with the help of God, “Whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all.” |