SUMMIT MINISTRIES MAIN TERMS OF SERVICE

THE SUMMIT SERVICES
YOUR USE OF SUMMIT SERVICES
SUMMIT CONTENT
USER-GENERATED CONTENT
DMCA NOTICE
USER FEEDBACK
INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION
AGREEMENT TO MARKETING AND SOLICITATIONS
SITE SECURITY
DISCLAIMERS
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
INDEMNITY
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
GENERAL
EVENT TERMS
SUMMIT MEDIA RELEASE APPLICABLE TO EVENTS
WEBSTORE TERMS & CONDITIONS
- Agreement to Advertising
- Return Policy
ADDITIONAL TERMS FOR SUMMIT UNIVERSITY

Summit Ministries, Inc. (“Summit,” “we” or “us”) provides this website (the “Site”) and all services we provide (the “Services”) for your use as a website visitor, community member, or user of our products or services including attendees of our virtual and in-person events. By using the Site or any of our Services (defined below) or by creating an account, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”) and also by our Privacy Notice. For purposes of these Terms, “Summit” shall also include Summit, its subsidiaries, successors, and their employees, partners, principals, agents and representatives, and any third-party providers or sources of information or data.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THE SITE OR SERVICES. Your acceptance of these Terms of Service is a condition of use of our Services. Summit may change these Terms of Service from time to time, at our sole discretion, though we will use our best efforts to provide you with advance notice. Your continued use of the Services following the posting of such changes will constitute your agreement to all changes. Please periodically visit this section of the Terms of Service to review the current version and any applicable policies.

IF YOU ARE SIGNING UP TO ATTEND ONE OF OUR LIVE OR VIRTUAL EVENTS, THESE TERMS ALSO CONTAIN A MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMAGES TAKEN OF YOU DURING THE EVENT. PLEASE CONTACT US WITH ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS RELEASE.

THESE TERMS CONTAIN A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION, A CLASS ACTION WAIVER, AND A JURY TRIAL WAIVER, THAT EACH APPLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW AND AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS UNLESS YOU OPT OUT AS DESCRIBED BELOW. IN ARBITRATION THERE IS NO JUDGE OR JURY AND THERE IS LESS DISCOVERY AND APPELLATE REVIEW THAN IN COURT. BY AGREEING TO THESE USER TERMS, YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS AND HAVE TAKEN TIME TO CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS IMPORTANT DECISION.

1. THE SUMMIT SERVICES

These Terms apply to the many products and Services that Summit offers throughout its community, including but not limited to those listed below, and we use the term Services to collectively refer to these. These Terms will govern all Services, unless we also post more specific terms for a specific offering.

Summit provides online content (such as Summit Talks and content on summit.org), educational and ecclesiastical materials (such as Summit University), and sponsored events to registered and (as applicable) non-registered users. Some Services permit registered users to create User Submissions such as comment and post material, select favorites, edit, rate, comment, and read other people’s User Submissions. Non-registered users can browse topics, profiles, and view publicly accessible materials available through the Services.

Summit Ministries may discontinue or make changes to the Services at any time for any reason and without notice.

2. YOUR USE OF SUMMIT SERVICES

Our Services are not available to anyone under 13 without express consent from a parent or guardian. Whenever you provide us with information to register an account or sign up for an event, you must provide accurate and complete information, and you agree to update your information to keep it accurate and complete. Any violation of these Terms, applicable laws, or our policies may result in your access to all or part of the Services being suspended, disabled, or terminated. For a complete description of how Summit information collected in connection with our Services, please see Summit’s Privacy Notice, which is incorporated into these Terms of Service by reference. By using the Services you agree to the use of your data consistent with the Privacy Notice.

You may only use this website for purposes expressly permitted by the TOS. As a condition of your use of the Services you represent and warrant to us that you will not use the website and any Service for any purpose that is unlawful, offensive, and/or prohibited by these Terms of Service.

You are solely responsible for your own communications and User Submissions including any data, images, graphics, text, audio, video, email, links, and/or screen names you post to our Services. You agree to use the Services to post and receive communications that are legal and proper. In addition, you agree:

You will not abuse, defame, harass, stalk, threaten, intimidate, or otherwise violate the legal rights of others.
You will not violate the intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights of others.
You will not upload, post or link to any material that is inappropriate, defamatory, infringing, obscene, vulgar, libelous, racially or ethnically hateful, objectionable, or unlawful (or promote or provide instructional information about illegal activities or communications that could reasonably cause damage, loss, harm, or injury to any individual or group).
You will not post, upload or link to (a) anything that promotes or distributes pyramid schemes or chain letters, or (b) other disruptive, illegal or immoral communications of any kind.
You will not use any Summit Ministries domain name as a pseudonymous return email address for any communications that you transmit from another location or through another service.
You will not transmit unsolicited or bulk communications to any Summit Ministries account holder or to any summit.org or affiliated email address (regardless of whether you use the website to transmit any such communication).
You will not post, upload or link to anything that could potentially exploit or harm children by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable details or information, or otherwise exposing them to materials or information which in any way could cause damage, injury, or harm of any kind.
You will not post, upload or link to anything that harvests or otherwise collects information about other users, including without limitation addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and/or health or financial information of any kind, without the users’ prior express consent in each instance.
You will not post, upload or link to anything that advertises any commercial endeavor (e.g., offering for sale any products or services) or otherwise engages in any commercial activity (e.g., conducting raffles or contests, displaying sponsorship banners, and/or soliciting goods or services), or solicits funds, advertisers or sponsors for any purpose.
You will not upload or post anything that infringes any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property or other legal right of a third party without prior written permission from the third party in each instance, which written permission you agree to disclose to us at any time on our request (subject to all applicable laws). You must not intentionally download any material that you know or should reasonably know cannot be distributed legally.
You will not impersonate another person, group of people, or entity at any time, which includes not using anyone else’s username or password.
You will keep your password confidential and report any suspicious conduct to info@summit.org.
You must not use the Services for any illegal, immoral, or unauthorized purpose.
You must abide by all applicable Federal, State and local laws. If you are outside the United States, you must comply with all local laws as well with respect to your online conduct and acceptable content including without limitation the exportation of data to the United States or to your country or residence.
You will not modify, edit, or delete any content and communications of Summit or other individuals other than your own content.
You must not transmit any viruses, worms, defects, Trojan Horses or any items and/or computer code, files or programs of a destructive nature and/or otherwise designed to interrupt or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications device.
You must not allow distribution of any spiders, robots or other information gathering computer programs or routines or their equivalents on or in the Service.
You must not do anything that disrupts the normal flow of dialogue, causes a screen to scroll faster than other users are able to type, or otherwise act in a way which affects the ability of other people to engage in real-time activities through this website.
You must not interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected with the Service or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service.
You cannot create user accounts under any false or fraudulent pretenses (including by automated means).
You must not state or imply that any of your User Submissions is endorsed by Summit or any affiliate thereof.
You must not retrieve, store or collect personal information about any user for any unauthorized purpose, and may not retrieve, store, or collect personal information about any user for any valid purpose without such user’s prior written consent in each instance.
You must not engage in any “spamming” of any kind, including without limitation ad spamming.
You cannot use the Summit name or trademarks or related trade names, which you acknowledge here to be valid, subsisting and enforceable without impediment, and you will not expressly or by implication create the false or misleading impression that Summit is associated with, or endorses, or is in any way connected with you, your business, or your content.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT IF YOU VIOLATE ANY OF THE ABOVE PROHIBITIONS AS DETERMINED BY SUMMIT, SUMMIT MAY SUSPEND AND/OR TERMINATE YOUR ACCOUNT OR USE OF THE SERVICES WITHOUT NOTICE AND WITHOUT ANY RIGHT OF REFUND OR A HEARING.

WHILE SUMMIT EXPLICITLY PROHIBITS THE ABOVE CONDUCT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU MAY BE EXPOSED TO SUCH CONDUCT AND CONTENT AND THAT YOU USE THE SERVICES ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND THAT SUMMIT SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY OF ANY KIND FOR SUCH CONDUCT AS CARRIED OUT BY ANY THIRD PARTY AT ANY TIME.

3. SUMMIT CONTENT

Summit makes material available in connection with its Services for your personal, non-commercial use, including, but not limited to news articles, photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips and video clips, including their design and layout, and collectively also known as the “Summit Content.” You acknowledge that Summit reserves the right to modify, revise or discontinue the Services, or any features, functionality or services provided as part of or in connection with the Services, without prior notice.

Unless otherwise noted in a particular resource, Summit hereby grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license right to use the Summit Content for non-commercial purposes only. Any other use of Summit Content without prior written approval from Summit or the appropriate supplier or licensor is strictly prohibited.

Any links to other sites or services are provided solely for your convenience. Such sites are not under the control of Summit, and Summit is not responsible for their content, any changes or updates to them, or the collection of any personal data or information by the operators of such sites. Summit expressly disclaims any liability for any damages arising out of users’ access, use or inability to use any linked site or the content therein. The inclusion of any link does not imply that Summit Ministries endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content on such third-party sites.

4. USER-GENERATED CONTENT

Certain Services permit users to submit or post materials or information, including but not limited to opinions, comments, conversations or questions (“User Submissions”). Summit has provided those special sections as a service to members of our community. Summit reserves the right to make these User Submissions publicly available to anyone in Summit’s sole discretion. You grant to Summit a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, sublicensable, non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, display, modify, create derivative works, and distribute, (in any format whatsoever) the User Submissions for any purpose.

Further, by posting User Submissions, you thereby agree that all User Submissions are publicly and available to any user of the Services and potentially members of the public. You further agree that Summit shall have no responsibility, liability, or obligation to you with regard to the User Submissions other than as required by law, including to display such User Submissions. You further agree that once personal data is posted to our Services and made available to other users of the Services, Summit has no control over what is done to it by third parties. The presence of any User Submission does not imply any endorsement by or responsibility of Summit with regard to the contents. Summit is not responsible for any decisions made by any third party with regard to your User Submissions.

All User Submissions must comply with Summit’s reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any User Submissions for any reason whatsoever.

With respect to your User Submissions, you represent and warrant that:

You have all right, title, and interest to such User Submissions, including but not limited to any required consent from any third party (including, but not limited to, any release related to rights of privacy or publicity) necessary for you to abide by these Terms of Service.
The User Submissions do not violate or constitute the infringement of any intellectual property right recognized by any applicable jurisdiction of any person or entity, or otherwise constitute the breach of any agreement with any other person or entity.
You are who you say you are, that you have not submitted fictitious, false or inaccurate information about yourself, and that all information contained in the User Submissions is true and your own information.
The User Submissions do not contain any threatening, harassing, libelous, false, defamatory, offensive, obscene, or pornographic, material, or other material that would violate any other applicable law or regulation.

If you believe that any User Submissions infringes your copyrighted works, you may provide a notification of claimed copyright infringement to Summit’s Designated Agent for copyright complaints. Please see our DMCA Notice for further information.

5. DMCA NOTICE

Summit respects the intellectual property rights of our users and other third parties and expects our users to do the same when using the Services. We also reserve the right to suspend or terminate the account of any user who repeatedly infringes or is repeatedly charged with infringing the copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights of others.

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the “DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. If you would like to read the DMCA, please visit the U.S. Copyright Office website at http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf.

If you believe in good faith that materials on the Summit platform infringe your copyright, the DMCA provides that you (or your agent) may send us a notice requesting that the material be removed or access to it blocked.

The notice must include the following information:

the physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (or, if multiple copyrighted works located on the platform are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works);
identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to allow Summit to locate the material on the platform;
the name, address, telephone number, and email address (if available) of the complaining party;
a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Notices must meet the then-current statutory requirements imposed by the DMCA. Notices and counter-notices with respect to the Services can either be sent:

via mail:

We suggest that you consult your legal advisor before filing a notice. Also, be aware that there can be penalties for false claims under the DMCA.

6. USER FEEDBACK

If you transmit to or otherwise provide to Summit any feedback (such as questions, comments, suggestions, or the like) or data or materials (“User Feedback”), Summit shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such User Feedback, such as to compensate you in any way. By transmitting such User Feedback to us, you are deemed to grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive license (with rights to sublicense) to reproduce, use, disclose, modify, display and distribute the User Feedback to others without limitation and to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such User Feedback for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products incorporating such User Feedback.

7. INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION

The Site may provide access to international data about Summit or third parties, and therefore may contain references or cross references to products, programs, and services that are not available in your country. Such references do not imply that Summit, its partners, and service providers, or other third parties intend to make available such products, programs or services in your country. Summit may provide other websites directed at your region which may contain different products and services and be subject to different terms and conditions.

8. AGREEMENT TO MARKETING AND SOLICITATIONS

By signing up for an account or using the Services, you are also consenting to receive email or other notifications about products, services, and events from Summit, its partners, service providers. In addition, Summit, its partners, and service providers may also use this information to contact you about content you may have submitted in connection with any of Summit’s products or services or for any other purpose permitted by law, including the processing of your sensitive personal information. Our Privacy Notice provides further detail on the manner in which Summit may collect and use personally identifiable information about you, including any information you supply in connection with your use of these Sites and participation in the Community. As outlined in our Privacy Notice, you may opt out to the processing of this information by contacting us at info@summit.org.

9. SITE SECURITY

We care about the security of our users. While we work to protect the security of your account and related information, Summit cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security measures. Please notify us immediately of any compromise or unauthorized use of your account by emailing info@summit.org.

10. DISCLAIMERS

THE SITE AND ALL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY SUMMIT “AS-IS” AND WITH ALL FAULTS. SUMMIT MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WITH REGARD TO THE SERVICES, OR ITS CONTENTS, ITS OPERATION. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SUMMIT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, SUMMIT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THE USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. SUMMIT DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY WITH REGARD TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE, THE ACCURACY OR TIMELINESS OF THE SITE, OR ITS CONTENTS OR THE INFORMATION OR MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN, ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SITE OR ITS CONTENTS OR THE INFORMATION OR MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE FREE OF ERRORS, VIRUSES OR OTHER COMPONENTS THAT MAY INFECT, HARM, OR CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR ANY OTHER PROPERTY, OR ANY WARRANTY THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR ITS CONTENT OR THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS CONTAINED HEREIN WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, SUMMIT SPECIFICALLY INFORMS YOU THAT SUMMIT, MAKES NO WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, OR GUARANTEES AS TO THE ACCURACY, TRUTHFULNESS, OR RELIABILITY OF ANY USER SUBMISSIONS.

11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL SUMMIT OR ITS SUPPLIERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, ECONOMIC OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF DATA OR LOSS OF USE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS (AND WHETHER SUCH LOSS OF PROFITS IS DIRECT OR INDIRECT)) ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THE SERVICES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THEIR OPERATION, THEIR CONTENTS OR THE INFORMATION OR MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN, OR THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, OR THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE ANY OTHER SITE LINKED TO THE SITE, OR ANY CONTENT CONTAINED IN ANY SUCH SITE, OR THESE TERMS OF USE, OR THE PRIVACY NOTICE APPLICABLE TO THIS SITE) EVEN IF SUMMIT OR ITS SUPPLIERS, OR LICENSORS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY DAMAGES.

BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, THE RESPECTIVE LIABILITY OF SUMMIT AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND LICENSORS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

12. INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend Summit and our licensors, suppliers, officers, directors, employees, and agents (collectively “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all liability, loss, claim, damages, expense, or cost (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees), incurred by or made against the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising from or related to your use of Site, the placement, posting or transmission of any messages, information, software, content or other materials on or through the Site by you or users of your account, or any breach or violation of these Terms of Service by you or users of your account. You agree to fully cooperate as reasonably required by an Indemnified Party(ies). Each Indemnified Party may, at its own expense, assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which it is indemnified hereunder. You shall not enter into any settlement agreement imposing obligations on the Indemnified Party without the consent of the applicable Indemnified Party.

13. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING SECTION CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT LIMITS CERTAIN LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL, THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY FORM OF CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM, DISPUTE OR ACTION, AND THE RIGHT TO CERTAIN REMEDIES AND FORMS OF RELIEF. Other rights that we or you would have in court, such as an appellate review, also may not be available in the arbitration process described within this section.

In the event that there is a dispute, claim, or controversy between you and Us, or between you and Summit or any other third-party service provider acting on our behalf, arising out of or relating to federal or state statutory claims, common law claims, this Agreement, or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity thereof, including the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, such dispute, claim, or controversy will be, to the fullest extent permitted by law, determined by confidential arbitration in Colorado Springs, Colorado before one arbitrator.

The parties agree to submit the dispute to binding arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) then in effect. Except as otherwise provided herein, the arbitrator shall apply the substantive laws of the state of Colorado, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Within ten (10) calendar days after the arbitration demand is served upon a party, the parties must jointly select an arbitrator with at least five years’ experience in that capacity and who has knowledge of and experience with the subject matter of the dispute. If the parties do not agree on an arbitrator within ten (10) calendar days, a party may petition the AAA to appoint an arbitrator, who must satisfy the same experience requirement. In the event of a dispute, the arbitrator shall decide the enforceability and interpretation of this arbitration agreement in accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”). The parties also agree that the AAA’s rules governing Emergency Measures of Protection shall apply in lieu of seeking emergency injunctive relief from a court. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding, and no party shall have rights of appeal except for those provided in the FAA. Each party shall bear half of the fees paid for the arbitrator and the administration of the arbitration; however, the arbitrator shall have the power to order one party to pay all or any portion of such fees as part of a well-reasoned decision. The parties agree that the arbitrator shall have the authority to award attorneys’ fees only to the extent expressly authorized by statute or contract. The arbitrator shall have no authority to award punitive damages and each party hereby waives any right to seek or recover punitive damages with respect to any dispute resolved by arbitration.

The parties agree to arbitrate solely on an individual basis, and these Terms do not permit class arbitration or any claims brought as a plaintiff or class member in any class or representative arbitration proceeding.

You have the right to opt out of binding arbitration within 30 days of the date you first accepted the terms of this Section by sending an email to info@summit.org. In order to be effective, the opt-out notice must include your full name and clearly indicate your intent to opt out of binding arbitration. By opting out of binding arbitration, you are agreeing to resolve disputes in accordance with the law of the State of Colorado and in the state and federal courts in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

14. GENERAL

These Terms of Service are governed by the laws of United States of America, without regard to the rules of conflict which may cause the laws of another jurisdiction to apply. You agree to the sole and exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of Colorado Springs, Colorado in the event of any dispute of any kind arising from or relating to the Services, or your use of them. Summit’s right to enforce any provision or right of these Terms of Service will not constitute a waiver of such provision or right. These Terms of Service constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter unless these Terms state otherwise with respect to a particular provision. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision or portion of these Terms of Service to be unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms of Service will continue in full force and effect.

Any waiver or amendment by Summit must be in writing and signed by an authorized representative of Summit to be effective.

15. EVENT TERMS

The following terms apply if you are attempting to register for or have registered for one of our virtual or in-person conferences, unless contrary terms are posted on the event registration pages (in which case those terms will control where they are inconsistent with the below).

Online Conferences

Online Event Fees and Deadlines:

Reservation – Paid $95 nonrefundable deposit.
Confirmed Seat – Paid full account balance.
Confirmed Attendance – Paid full amount and application complete.
Payment Due Date – 5:00 P.M. MDT on the Monday twenty-one (21) days prior to the start of your session (indicated on the payment page in the registration portal)
Cancellation Deadline – 5:00 P.M. MDT on the Monday fourteen (14) days prior to the start of your session (indicated on the payment page in the registration portal)

Online Event Payments

The deposit ($95.00) is non-refundable and reserves your space in an online session until the payment due date.
All payments must be received (by check, credit card via phone, or through the registration portal) prior to the payment due date.
Any balance remaining at 5:00 P.M. MDT on the payment due date will be billed to the card used for the deposit.

Online Event Applications

You must finish the application in its entirety to confirm attendance.
If your application has not been fully completed by the cancellation deadline, your reservation will be canceled.
After the cancellation deadline, you will not be eligible to receive a refund of monies paid towards tuition.

Online Event Cancellations

Cancellations by you:
- If you must cancel for any reason, please give as much notice as possible to allow another student the opportunity to fill your space in the online small group.
- E-mail all cancellation requests to registration@summit.org from the email address you used to register.
- All cancellations must be received by email prior to the cancellation deadline to be eligible for any refund.
- Once our team has received this email, they will immediately cancel your registration and send you an email confirming the cancellation. This confirmation email will also include any refund information, which is determined by whether you canceled before the cancellation deadline.
- Last-minute cancellations made due to illness will be evaluated by the Program Director. A physician’s note stating the reason for the student’s inability to attend must be received before the first Wednesday of the session to be considered for an exception.
Cancellations by Summit
- If for any reason Summit Ministries makes the decision to cancel a conference session before its start date, registered attendees will receive a full refund.
- If we are forced to cancel a session while it is ongoing, we will provide a prorated refund based on the amount paid and the time remaining in the session.

Online Event Fee Refunds

The deposit is non-refundable. Rare exceptions will include a death in the immediate family, military deployment, or if Summit must cancel the session for any reason.
To be eligible for a refund, your cancellation must be received prior to the cancellation deadline.
No refund will be made for cancellations after the cancellation deadline except in extenuating circumstances (ex: a death in the immediate family).

Online Event Code of Conduct

Each registrant at an online conference hereby agrees to abide by the following code of conduct, and understands that violations of this code of conduct could subject the attendee to dismissal from the event without a refund:

Respect of Speaker: Comments and questions during lectures should be respectful and on topic.

Respect of Peers: Students will also show respect to the comments and thoughts of their peers and not belittle others’ words.

Language: Foul or crude language or behavior is not allowed at any time during the discussions or in the chat and question features of the platform or small groups.

Zoom Backgrounds: Use your ZOOM background to show creativity and humor. Inappropriate backgrounds will not be tolerated and could result in a student’s removal from the program.

Sexual Harassment: Any form of sexual harassment is grounds for dismissal from any Summit-sponsored event. Summit has a zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual harassment.

The standards will be enforced by the Summit Admin team with the oversight of the event’s Program Coordinator. Violation of these standards will result in discipline, up to and including dismissal from the Summit Virtual platform. Dismissal is at the sole discretion of the Summit Program Director.

In Person Events

In Person Event Fees

Reservation – Paid $195 nonrefundable deposit.
Confirmed Seat – Paid full account balance.
Confirmed Attendance – Paid full amount and application complete.
Payment Due Date – 5:00 P.M. MDT on the Friday thirty (30) days prior to the start of your session*.
Cancellation Deadline – 5:00 P.M. MDT on the Friday twenty-three (23) days prior to the start of your session*.

*The start date for your session can be found on the payment page in the registration portal.

In Person Event Payments

The deposit ($195.00) is non-refundable and reserves your space in a session until the payment due date.
All payments must be received (by check, credit card via phone, or through the registration portal) prior to the payment due date.
Any balance remaining at 5:00 P.M. MDT on the payment due date will be billed to the card used for the deposit.

In Person Event Application Status

You must finish the application in its entirety to confirm attendance.
If your application has not been fully completed by the cancellation deadline, your reservation will be canceled.
After the cancellation deadline, you will not be eligible to receive a refund of monies paid towards tuition.

In Person Event Cancellations

Cancellation By You

If you must cancel for any reason, please give as much notice as possible to allow another student the opportunity to fill your space
All cancellations must be received by email prior to the cancellation deadline to be eligible for any refund.
E-mail all cancellation requests to registration@summit.org from the e-mail address you used to register.
Once our team has received this email, they will immediately cancel your registration and send you an email confirming the cancellation. This confirmation email will also include any refund information, which is determined by whether you canceled before the cancellation deadline.
Last-minute cancellations made due to illness will be evaluated by the Program Director. A physician’s note stating the reason for the student’s inability to attend must be received before the first Wednesday of the session to be considered for an exception.

Cancellation By Summit

If for any reason Summit Ministries makes the decision to cancel a conference session before its start date, registered attendees will receive a full refund.
If we are forced to cancel a session while it is ongoing, we will provide a prorated refund based on the amount paid and the time remaining in the session.

In Person Event Refunds

The deposit is non-refundable. Rare exceptions will include a death in the immediate family, military deployment, or if Summit must cancel the session for any reason.
To be eligible for a refund, your cancellation must be received prior to the cancellation deadline.
No refund will be made for cancellations after the cancellation deadline except in extenuating circumstances (ex: a death in the immediate family).
If a student is sent home from the program at the discretion of the Program Director due to the student’s failure to adhere to standards of conduct, the student will not be eligible for a refund.

In-Person Event Code of Conduct

By signing below and attending an in-person event with Summit, you agree and commit to the following Code of Conduct:

Respect: I agree to respect classmates, staff, speakers, and Summit’s rules.
Classmates: I agree to conduct myself in a manner that benefits my fellow students. Some examples include: using respectful language and observing lights out so that roommates can sleep.
Staff: Event staff has been given responsibility for the care of the students, and this responsibility will be shown proper respect. I agree to follow instructions I may receive from the staff.
Speakers: I agree to be on time to class and to listen and dialogue respectfully with Summit’s speakers (even those with whom I may theologically or ideologically disagree).
Substance Use: We do not allow the use, possession, and/or distribution of alcoholic beverages, marijuana, any non-prescribed or illegal drug, or any inappropriate use of prescription drugs while at Summit. These actions are grounds for discipline, including immediate dismissal. Use of tobacco products and vapes are permitted only for those 21 or older in a designated area.
Sexual Harassment: Any form of sexual harassment is grounds for dismissal from any Summit-sponsored event. Summit has a zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual harassment.
Summit’s rules: I agree to abide by any further guidelines Summit has established to ensure the proper running of a session.

These standards will be enforced by the Summit leadership team with the oversight of the Director and Conference Manager. Repeated violations of these standards will result in character-building work project(s) with your small group leader. Dismissal from Summit is at the discretion of the Summer Program Director and the Conference Director.

16. SUMMIT MEDIA RELEASE APPLICABLE TO EVENTS

To help promote Summit events and conferences and encourage others to experience them as well, we will be capturing video footage and still photographs throughout our events. We appreciate you agreeing below to allow us to do so.

The event participant (here, that means you) hereby grants to Summit Ministries the following rights in the interest of furthering Summit’s creation and distribution of religious, educational, and artistic materials.

The right to record participant’s name, image, photograph, picture, likeness, and voice by any technology or means.
The right to copy, use, publish, perform, display, and distribute such recordings for any legitimate purpose, including but not limited to publication in Summit’s promotional materials, distribution on Summit’s website or other Internet sites; and distribution through streaming and other audiovisual means.
The right to combine such recordings with other images, recordings, or printed matter in the production of motion pictures, television tape, sound recordings, still photography, MP3s, CD- ROM, and any other media.
The right to reproduce, edit, alter, retouch, revise, and otherwise change my likeness and the recordings in which they are contained at Summit’s discretion.
The right to use my likeness in connection with the marketing of Summit’s programs, events, and religious, educational, and artistic materials.

The participant understands that Summit may use the participant’s likeness in products or services it offers for free or for purchase. Participant understands and agrees that participant will not receive any compensation, now or in the future, in connection with Summit’s exercise of such rights and Participant agrees to forever waive Participant’s right to removal or deletion of such images recorded by Summit in good faith for these purposes. Participant hereby assigns to Summit any and all copyright, right to privacy, or right to compensation or other ownership right that participant has or may have in the recordings made hereunder.

17. WEBSTORE TERMS & CONDITIONS

Agreement to Advertising:

As a user of the Services you also understand and agree that the Services may display advertisements. You agree that such advertisements are not “unsolicited commercial email advertisements” and, subject to all applicable laws, you agree to receive them and you will not be able to opt out of receiving such communications. You understand and agree that your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and the advertiser. You agree that Summit shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage incurred as the result of such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Service.

18.RETURN POLICY

Hard Copy Purchases

Sometimes, you may need to return a Summit product that you’ve purchased. In order to ensure you receive the proper credit, please follow the procedures listed below.

Any shipping problems or damaged products must be reported to Summit’s Customer Care Team within 15 days from receipt of materials.

Full credit (excluding shipping and handling fees) will be given on merchandise returned within 45 days of receipt.

You are requested to pay expenses incurred in returning Summit products unless the products were damaged or the wrong products were shipped.

Please return Summit products in undamaged condition. Products received in less than re-sellable condition will not be credited or returned to you.

Digital Purchases

Since Summit offers non-tangible products, some of them for a fee, we do not issue refunds once the order is placed and the product is made available for download. As a customer you are responsible for understanding this upon purchasing any item at our site; however, we may make exceptions in certain circumstances.

18. CONTACT

Summit Ministries, Inc.
PO Box 207
Manitou Springs, CO 80829
United States of America
Email: summittalks@summit.org or info@summit.org.
Phone: 719.685.2862

19. ADDITIONAL TERMS FOR SUMMIT UNIVERSITY

Summit Ministries does not grant academic credit for the completion of courses offered through Summit University. Unless otherwise explicitly indicated by a credit-granting institution, participation in or completion of specific course offerings does not confer any academic credit. Even if credit is awarded by one institution, there is no presumption that other institutions will accept that credit. Summit, its instructors, and the associated content providers have no obligation to have course offerings recognized by any educational institution or accreditation organization. You are advised to research, understand and comply with the requirements in the applicable state and/or country in which you attend school, and to investigate whether the course offering in which you intend to enroll meets your academic and/or professional needs before enrolling.

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