St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church (Bethesda, MD)

09/06/2026

YOU are warmly invited to worship at St. Dunstan's (either in person or online) this morning at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern). Come and see! God willing, this will be our last week of gathering in the Parish Hall; we are scheduled to return to the Nave next Sunday. Please click below to access today's service bulletin:

08/30/2026

08/30/2026

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Holy Eucharist, Children’s Chapel, and Anniversary and Birthday Prayers

08/23/2026

Please join us for worship this morning at 10:30! Our special Guest Preacher this week will be Evan Graber, second-year seminarian at Virginia Theological Seminary, from the Diocese of Kansas. Come and see - and hear! This week's bulletin may be found here:

08/15/2026

Healing gives us the opportunity to pass on something different from what was handed to us. We do not have to repeat the judgment, rejection, or shame that once wounded us.

Ask God to help your healed places become a source of compassion. Our free weekly devotional is available through the link in our bio.

08/15/2026

You are warmly invited to worship with St. Dunstan's this Sunday, August 16 (The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost) at 10:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall or here on livestream. This week's bulletin may be found here:

08/09/2026

“Homeless Christ”

“The Christian community, therefore, is that community that freely becomes oppressed, because they know that Jesus himself has defined humanity’s liberation in the context of what happens to the little ones. Christians join the cause of the oppressed in the fight for justice not because of some philosophical principle of “the Good” or because of a religious feeling of sympathy for people in prison. Sympathy does not change the structures of injustice. The authentic identity of Christians with the poor is found in the claim which the Jesus-encounter lays upon their own life-style, a claim that connects the word “Christian” with the liberation of the poor. Christians fight not for humanity in general but for themselves and out of their love for concrete human beings.”

~James H. Cone, God of the
Oppressed

Commissioned by Alex Spenik.

Signed Giclee Prints: kellylatimoreicons.com

08/08/2026

YOU are warmly invited to worship with St. Dunstan's this Sunday, August 9 (The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost) at 10:30 a.m. If you have been struggling to worship with us online this summer, it's not you...We have had connectivity issues in the Parish Hall. Tomorrow the Rector will be back and will livestream again, so please tune in! This week's bulletin may be found here:

08/03/2026

When you travel,
A new silence
Goes with you,
And if you listen,
You will hear
What your heart would
Love to say.

A journey can become a sacred thing.

Make sure, before you go,
To bless your going forth,
To free your heart of ballast
So that the compass of your soul
Might direct you towards
The territories of spirit
Where you will discover
More of your hidden life;
And the urgencies
That deserve to claim you.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from the blessing, For the Traveler, found in his books:
To Bless the Space Between Us (US) / Benedictus (Europe)
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill