Summit Students Summer Camp

Summit Students is excited to present Student Camp 2022!

When: August 5th-8th
Where: Lake Swan Camp, Melrose, FL

Each student is on their own unique walk with Jesus and our time at camp will seek to minister to students right where they are. This year we have an intentional emphasis on diving into the scriptures and trusting God to bring transformation in our lives through His Word. We are excited to have Pastor Orlando Cabrera as our speaker for the weekend!

Student Camp is an incredible opportunity for students to be refreshed in their relationship with the Lord. We are praying that students would be encouraged and challenged in their walk with Christ, and also continue to establish gospel community in their lives!

We will be building relationships with each other through small groups, fun activities, and more! Student Camp is going to be a blast!

Hope for the Journey Conference simulcast

The Hope for the Journey Conference brings together proven, practical teaching and insight as well as everyday, hopeful wisdom—designed for parents and caregivers meeting the needs of children impacted by adoption and/or foster care. And for the churches and organizations seeking to serve these children and families, you will gain a better understanding of their complex needs along with resources to equip you in your walk with them.

Summit Church is hosting a simulcast of this conference on April 23rd at the University Campus, beginning at 8:30am.

Details and Registration at the link below!

Easter Weekend 2022

With much joy and anticipation, we are looking forward to celebrating Easter with you on the weekend of April 16th and 17th! As you make your Easter plans, consider what it means to share the good news of Jesus with your friends and co-workers this Easter season. It’s our desire that every man, woman and child in SWFL have repeated opportunities to see, hear, and respond to the good news that Jesus is alive! 

SERVICE TIMES

GOOD FRIDAY (April 15th) - 6:30PM ALL CAMPUSES

UNIVERSITY CAMPUS - EASTER SERVICES
19601 Ben Hill Griffin Parkway, Fort Myers, FL 33913
Saturday, April 16th - 5:30pm
Sunday, April 17th - 8:30am, 10am*, 11:30am

*This service will also be live-streamed

NAPLES CAMPUS - EASTER SERVICES
15220 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL 34110
Sunday, April 17th - 8:30am, 10am, 11:30am

GATEWAY CAMPUS - EASTER SERVICES
12941 Express Court, Fort Myers, FL 33913
Sunday, April 17th - 9am & 11am

2022 Summit Sports Camp

Sports Camp Snack Donations

One way that everyone can help with this year's Sports Camp is to help us provide snacks for our campers! We need approximately 1,000 of each of the below items (individually packaged). If you can bring any of these to the Summit Kids director at your campus, that would be greatly appreciated! (click any of the links below)

Snacks: 

• UNIVERSITY: Goldfish / Fruit by the Foot

• NAPLES: Pirates Booty / Freeze Pops

• GATEWAY: Pringles / Rice Krispies Treats

ATTENTION VOLUNTEERS: REGISTER BELOW!

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HOST OUR ANNUAL SPORTS CAMP THIS SUMMER!

Our theme this year is Faithful. During this week of camp, we will be learning about how the entire storyline of the Bible points to God's faithfulness put on display through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and how God has created each of us to glorify Him with our lives.

We are offering two opportunities to attend Sports Camp!

Week 1 - June 13th – June 17th

Week 2 - June 20th – June 24th

Camp will be from 9AM – 12:30PM each day. Both camps will be identical. Please only choose one week to allow space for other kids in the community. 

Registration opens on March 1st. Spaces in each sport are limited so please sign up early. The registration fee will be $60 and it will include a camp t-shirt, sports bag, water bottle, prizes, & daily snacks.

Connecting Point

We want to invite you to our next Connecting Point, happening soon at each one of our campuses. It will be a time of learning a little more about Summit Church, meeting some of our staff and leaders, and having fellowship with others who are new to the church! Refreshments and childcare will be provided.  For times and registration, visit your campus link below!

Ride Nature Fundraising Banquet

Join our mission partners, Ride Nature as they host their annual Fundraising Banquet at our University Campus on Monday, February 28th.

From Ride Nature

We are coming out of such an exciting year with the ministry and we can't wait to share testimonies and stories of all that the Lord has done over the last 12 months. In 2021 we officially opened the doors to La Casa de Ride Nature in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, we launched the Skate Church Movement Curriculum (skatechurchmovement.com), we purchased our properties here in Fort Myers, and as our team has continued to grow, so has our impact both here in SWFL and the nations through action sports outreach, evangelism, and discipleship.

Revive Us

What has God been doing in your life through “Revive Us”? Consider sharing your story with us so that we might rejoice in God’s goodness with you!

“Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? Show us your steadfast love, O LORD, and grant us your salvation.” - Psalm 85:6-7

“Revive Us,” is an opportunity to gather as a church family that is spread throughout southwest Florida. We come together in order that we might worship, cry out, repent, and hear from the Lord. Amidst a hurried world we are all in need of an unhurried time to be with brothers and sisters, united in our anticipation of the Lord’s reviving touch.

Join us and our guest, Pastor John Onwuchekwa (read more about John below), on the evenings of February 6th-9th as we sing, pray, share testimonies, celebrate baptisms, and sit under the teaching of God’s Word, seeking to be refreshed as the Spirit applies the gospel to our hearts in renewing and reviving ways!

WHEN: February 6th-9th (Sunday - Wednesday) at 6:30pm
WHERE: University Campus

Childcare is provided.

ABOUT JOHN ONWUCHEKWA

A native of Houston, TX, John was born into a Nigerian home where the gospel was cherished deeply and modeled excellently. After graduating from college, he studied at Dallas Theological Seminary. He’s served at churches in both Texas and Georgia and in 2015 moved into the Historic West End to help plant Cornerstone Church with his best friends. He and his wife, Shawndra, have been married since 2007. They welcomed their daughter, Ava, in 2017. They are eager to see the hope of the gospel restore a sense of family, dignity, and hope to their neighborhood through their local church of ordinary people.

Women's Ministry - Winter/Spring Semester

UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
Join us at our University Campus (open to all women) for our Winter semester beginning the first week of February! If you are eager to connect with other women and spend time walking through the Bible together, please join us this semester. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (by January 20th) as we strive to create and maintain a welcoming and safe environment.

We will be offering three different times to choose from, so please register for your choice at the link below.

Membership Class

At Summit Church we practice covenant membership. A covenant is a formal agreement between two or more parties. In covenant membership, the church and the individual link arms, to live as light in the midst of a dark world. In this relationship, the church member is cared for, protected, and commissioned by the church. In turn, the church body is strengthened by its members who embrace and live out the mission of the church.

Interested in joining us for our next Membership Class? We would love to have you! In Membership Class, we’ll cover in detail our story, our mission, vision, and values, our discipleship outcomes, and what it means to covenant with us.

Choose your campus to learn more about when the next class is and how to register.

Walk For Life

Join us as we support our Every Child Initiative partner, PRC of SWFL and their Walk for Life on December 4th, 2021 at Golden Gate Community Park in Naples!

Christmas Outreach Project

As we often say at Summit, we want to be a church that, if we ceased to exist, our community would actually miss us. Not for the name and glory of Summit, but for the glory of God and the work of His Kingdom. So to bless our community this Christmas season, and especially to represent the gospel, we are partnering with our local schools to help families in need by purchasing Christmas gifts and gift cards. We do this to remember, celebrate , and share that we’ve been given the ultimate gift, adoption through Jesus.

All three of our campuses will be participating, joining with 12 different school partners to bless families in need.

To participate, visit the tree or table at your campus in the galleria. There will be information that will clearly explain how you can help us build relationships and represent the love of Christ to families in our community.

Orphan Sunday

On Sunday, November 7th, we will recognize Global Orphan Sunday as part of our Every Child Initiative.

The Every Child Initiative exists to glorify God by envisioning, equipping, and empowering disciples to have gospel impact in the lives of vulnerable children. 

Our desire is that everyone who calls Summit Church “home” will partner with us in this gospel-motivated initiative and act on behalf of the vulnerable children who live in our communities and around our world.

Join us on Sunday, November 7th to hear stories, meet ministry partners, consider the plight of vulnerable children, and to ask the Father how He would have us respond.

We will also be hosting a Sunday evening of prayer and partner focus for those wanting to know more about how to get involved in the Every Child Initiative. That will be on Sunday, November 7th, at 6pm at the University Campus.

Into the Jordan - Benefit Dinner

Our Xpansion partners, Into the Jordan Ministries exist to bring the hope of Jesus to women trapped in the bondages of human trafficking and sexual exploitation in SWFL.

We are hosting a benefit dinner at our University Campus on Friday, October 29th. If you are interested in attending or learning more about how you can support Into the Jordan Ministries and their fight against human trafficking, visit the link below.

Personal Mission Workshop

Many Christ followers understand that the mission of God is to save a people for his glory and to reconcile all things to himself. But do you understand your specific role in accomplishing his mission? This Personal Mission Workshop is designed to help you identify your gifts and passions, and your areas of influence, and then equip you to confidently join God on his mission.

This 4 week workshop begins Sunday, September 12th.

Every Child Initiative - Community Group

Our Every Child Initiative (ECI) Community Group will be starting on September 13th at 6pm.  This fall, the ECI group will be going through a study called Created to Connect, A Christian’s Guide to The Connected Child.  This will be a place to find community, encourage one another, and support each other in prayer.  We will meet every other week through November.

If you are engaged in caring for kids from hard places- whether you foster, are a non-relative/relative caregiver, have adopted, or in some other way care for children, please join us this fall on Monday evenings from 6-7:45 pm.  Childcare and dinner will be provided.

To join please contact Vicky.Stinziano@summitlife.com by September 5th to RSVP for dinner and childcare.

Baptism Services

We are holding Baptism Celebration services on November 3rd. If you are interested in being baptized, talk to a Pastor at your campus or click the link below!

Men's Monthly Dinner

The men’s ministry is a place for men to develop greater intimacy with God and build close relationships with each other. Our hope is to help men become more like Christ and serve their families well. We encourage this through monthly discipleship dinners, Bible studies and discipleship groups. If you’re a man who desires to grow in your walk with Christ, build strong relationships, and practically live out the gospel, we invite you to join us.

WHEN: The second Monday of every month from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
WHERE: University campus - Multipurpose room downstairs

For more info, contact Al Minott at Al.Minott@summitlife.com

Wait No More - Event

Foster. Adopt. Support. ­­­ Did you know there are thousands of children in Florida in need of help?

Join us as our Every Child Initiative partners with Focus on the Family for this FREE event in SWFL, on October 2, that will help you understand God’s heart for vulnerable children in foster care. Learn about foster care and adoption, and practical ways you can support foster and adoptive families. Engage with experts who will answer your questions, and discover your role in God’s plan. Whether you are considering fostering a child, adopting, or supporting a family who does, attending one of these events will help you explore the vital part you can play in your community and for His kingdom.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 – 10AM TO 2PM
SUMMIT CHURCH (GATEWAY CAMPUS)
12941 EXPRESS COURT
FORT MYERS, FL 33913

Women's Summer Study

WOMEN’S SUMMER STUDY

Do you ever feel like you consistently frustrate and disappoint God? Maybe you know he loves everyone else, but have a difficult time believing it for yourself? Those thoughts can have a crushing effect on a person's spirit.

Consider Jesus' response to you, though! In Matthew 11:28, he says, "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

In Gentle and Lowly, Dane Ortlund, "reflects on Jesus' words, diving deep into Bible passages that speak of Christ’s affections for sinners and encouraging believers as they journey, weary and faltering, toward heaven."

All Women are invited to join us on Wednesday evenings at our University Campus as we read and discuss it together. Our hope is that you will be encouraged as you consider the love of Christ toward you.

Summit Sports Camp 2021

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HOST OUR ANNUAL SPORTS CAMP THIS SUMMER!

This year, our camp theme is “Glory!”  We will be learning about how the entire storyline of the Bible points to God's glory put on display through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and how God has created each of us to glorify Him with our lives.

We are offering two opportunities to attend Sports Camp!

Week 1 will be June 28th – July 2nd 

Week 2 will be July 5th – July 9th.

Camp will be from 9AM – 12:45PM each day. Both camps will be identical, please only choose one week to allow space for other kids in the community. 

Registration opens on April 15th. Spaces in each sport are limited so please sign up early. The registration fee will be $60 and it will include a camp t-shirt, sports bag, water bottle, prizes, & daily snacks.