At the United Methodist Church of Summit, we strive for our worship experience to be a thoughtful and joyful experience where you can praise God and learn what it means to be a Christian in today's world.

Our Sunday service schedule offers a time for education for all ages and a worship service that includes both adults and children.

Fall
9:30 am - 10:15 am : Church School for grades 4-12th and adults
10:45 am - 11:30 am : Church School Pre K-3rd grade
10:30 am - 11:30 am : Worship Service
- Nursery care for infants and toddlers
* Holy Communion celebrated the first Sunday of every month
* Please join us for Coffee hour following the service

Summer schedule starting the first Sunday of July through the second Sunday of September
10:00 am - 11:00 am : Worship Service
- Nursery care is available for infants through toddlers
- Junior Church for children 1st grade and younger
* Holy Communion celebrated the first Sunday of every month
* Please join us for Coffee hour following the service in the Fellowship Room

Special Services

Worship is not confined to Sunday Morning. Throughout the year, special worship services are held to celebrate significant Church holidays and important events of our lives.

Blessing of the Animals

The gifts God gives us are many and varied, some have fur, some fins, some feathers. Some bark, meow, chirp, or make no noise at all. The Blessing of the Animals service is a special time celebrated on the point in front of the church where God's gift to us of our pets is acknowledged and blessings are asked for them and for us.

Christmas

The four weeks prior to Christmas are known as Advent. Throughout these weeks we prepare for the arrival of the Messiah into our lives and into our world. The word Advent literally means "coming," or "arrival," and so the Advent season is the time of waiting and watching.

We honor this season of preparation and hopeful waiting through the use of an advent wreath, in which we light a candle each Sunday, and we share in scripture readings, all related to eager anticipation. In these weeks we also adorn the sanctuary with greens and other festive decorations, we enjoy a Christmas pageant, and we celebrate special seasonal music.

This is our time of preparation, as we determine the changes and priorities in our lives that will truly enable Christ to be welcome in our hearts and homes. We do so with trust and anticipation of the return of the One who is the source of all our hope.

Christmas Eve is an evening of joy and celebration. We hold two Christmas Eve services: an early evening intergenerational service that engages parishioners of all ages, and an 11pm service which includes special music and message. Both services end in candlelight and all are welcome as we celebrate God's gift to us in Jesus Christ.

Lent

During the season of Lent, special services are held each Wednesday night focusing on a Lenten theme. Each week a different scripture passage is used to focus on understanding how we can carry out Christ's directions in our lives. Each service is proceeded by a dinner and childcare is available during the service.

Palm Sunday

Join us and celebrate Jesus' arrival into Jerusalem and the start of Holy Week. Waving palms fill the air and Hallelujah! is shouted to the heavens as we welcome Jesus in the same manner as those who lined the road so many, many years ago.

Maundy Thursday and Good Friday

A time for reverence and reflection on the evenings of Holy Week preceding Easter, draw our time of Lent to a close and prepares us for the last days leading to Christ's crucifixion. We retrace the events of Holy Week through readings and hymns and celebrate communion together as Christ did with his disciples.

Easter

The holiest day of our Christian faith, the resurrection of Jesus Christ, is a day of great celebration. Sunrise service starts our celebration as we join together to welcome the day and Christ's triumph over death. The worship service is a time of great joy with songs from our children and adult choirs, special music, and the sounds of He is Risen! from the congregation.