11/16/2025 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am – So much of life is hoping & dreaming our futures, or the ones of our loved ones, praying them into existence. More often than not, though, there is heartbreak when those dreams don’t become reality. Join Rev. KC as we ponder the questions: How do we be grateful when our hearts break? How can we […]

11/23/2025 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am –   Does gratitude come only after we get everything we want?  Or is gratitude a decision we make here and now, regardless of circumstances?  The way we answer these questions deeply shapes the quality of our lives.  The Roman philosopher Seneca wrote that “Gratitude is not only the greatest of all the virtues, it is […]

11/24/2025 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm – Meetings will be held 2nd & 4th Mondays of the month. 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. With the option to continue past noon if needed. Agenda: Brief check-in. Then, a brief history of who you are. Group Vision: “Don’t Wait for the Celebration of Life”; get to know each other while we can. Hopefully we’ll […]

11/30/2025 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am – Gratitude is an essential part of having faith, especially during challenging, chaotic and difficult times. Understanding the aspects of gratitude is the key to unlocking our inspiration and transforming our suffering into true discernment and knowledge. The daughter of refugees from Afghanistan, Mejgan Afshan grew up in City Heights and La Mesa and is dedicated […]

12/03/2025 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Will Harris spokesman for the Western Service  Workers Association will be speaking.

12/04/2025 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Purpose: 1. To come together and share “prayers” (poems, writings, lyrics, prayers, etc.) with each other. And in sharing we feel/encourage/stimulate, spiritual connection & growth. To encourage spiritual fulfillment/satisfaction by ministering to each other. 2. The emphasis is on experience vs discussion. 3. The Prayer Circle is open to all members & friends of Summit […]

12/07/2025 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am – When we live in a world inundated with toxic positivity, it can occasionally be difficult to suss out real hope from the commercial, especially when an overload of untethered, unhelpful hope can feel thin at best, and dangerous at worst. How do we hold the stories of our past, and relish the possibilities of our […]

12/21/2025 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am – In their book Active Hope, Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone posit that “…we take a clear view of reality, …we identify what we hope for in terms of the direction we’d like things to move in or the values we’d like to see expressed, and …we take steps to move ourselves or our situation in […]

12/24/2025 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm – Sometimes, hope can feel perilously close to disappearing, as if the wind might huff, and puff, and blow all our hope away. But what does hope look like when we consider the partnership between the light and the darkness? How do we keep the flame of hope alive, while also honoring the work in the […]

12/28/2025 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am – Hope is the energy that sustains a new vision while it transforms from the realm of the imagination into the realm of manifest reality. Hope is prayer married to thanksgiving. It’s not something we have; it’s something we do. It is contagious. And we can grow it through our prayer and intentions. It is an […]