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A Reconciling Congregation. All are welcome to Sunday worship at 10 AM (summer schedule) in person and on Zoom! Nursery provided. Accessible. All are Welcome!

Join us on Sundays at 11:00 am for Sunday Worship.

05/28/2026

❤️🔥Celebrating Pentecost Sunday at Dumbarton UMC ❤️🔥

Together, we celebrated the coming of the Holy Spirit and the beautiful diversity of languages that make up both our church and our world. Pentecost reminds us that God speaks through many voices and calls us into community with one another.

☀️ Summer Schedule Reminder:
Beginning next Sunday, our worship service will move to 10:00 AM for the summer season. We hope to see you there!

05/15/2026

Join us this Sunday for our final Adult Ed gathering before we pause for the summer! ☀️

📍 Adult Ed
🗓 Sunday, May 17 at 10am
💻 In person & online

This week’s topic is Gender Identity: Ann Thompson Cook will lead a conversation with Jay Pryor, a former member of Dumbarton, about the realities facing transgender people in America today. Drawing from over 35 years of LGBTQ+ activism, spiritual leadership, and personal experience, Jay will join us via Zoom for a time of honest dialogue, reflection, questions, and deeper understanding.

Jay credits Dumbarton UMC with helping shape their early understanding of “Social Justice Jesus” and faith in action, and we are grateful to welcome them back into conversation with our community.

If you missed last week’s Adult Ed featuring Jay’s one-human show, The Gender Reveal Party, we encourage you to watch it before Sunday. It’s a powerful, funny, and deeply human exploration of gender, identity, belonging, and what it means to be fully seen.

Please note: this will be our last Adult Ed until September.

05/12/2026

Join us in celebrating a special milestone for our own pastoral intern, Cesar Lodiha! 🎓

This week Cesar graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Wesley Theological Seminary.

Cesar’s leadership, compassion, and deep love for God and people have been a gift to our community, and we celebrate this next step in his ministry journey.

Please join us in congratulating and praying for Cesar in this new chapter!

05/06/2026

✂️ Learn to Sew: Turn a T-shirt into a Dress!

Looking for a creative and practical way to spend your Sunday afternoon? Join us for a hands-on sewing workshop at Dumbarton UMC!

🗓 Sunday, May 31�🕐 1:00 PM (in person)

Whether you’re brand new to sewing or looking to sharpen your skills, this workshop is a welcoming space to learn and create together. Experienced seamstress Christine Axsmith will guide you through measuring and cutting your fabric—then you can finish sewing the simple seams at home.

👕 What to bring:�• A comfortable-fitting T-shirt�• Tape measure (we’ll have extras if you need one)�• Scissors or a cutting wheel (with cutting pad)

🧵 Have an unfinished sewing project? Bring it along—we’d love to help you move it forward!

All are welcome!

04/22/2026

This Earth Day, we give thanks for the gift of God’s creation and for the ways our community is caring for it together. 🌿

Recently, we made two meaningful updates to our church spaces:

✨ We replaced all sanctuary and social hall lightbulbs with energy-efficient LED lighting, made possible through a generous gift from a church member and a rebate from the District of Columbia.

🌱 We also planted new native plants in our garden, in partnership with Swamp Rose Co-op (www.swamprosecoop.com), helping to support local ecosystems and create a more sustainable, welcoming outdoor space.

As we celebrate Earth Day, we invite you to reflect:
How is God calling you to care for creation right where you are?

04/06/2026

From darkness into light, from silence into song, Easter has come. 🌅

We gathered for the Easter Vigil, holding space for the story of God’s redeeming love as the light of Christ broke through the night. And on Easter Sunday, we rejoiced together in the resurrection celebrating hope, new life, and the promise that love always has the final word.

This year, our joy was even deeper as we celebrated baptism and welcomed three children into the family of God. 💧 🐚

Christ is risen! Chris is risen indeed. Alleluia! 🌸

🎵▶️ Watch the Easter sermon and Dumbarton choir on YouTube: YouTube.com/

04/03/2026

Last night, we gathered around tables across our community for Maundy Thursday sharing food, stories, and a simple liturgy together.

In homes filled with conversation and connection, we remembered Jesus’ invitation to love one another.

There is something sacred about breaking bread together. Thank you to all who opened your homes, prepared meals, and made space for community.

04/01/2026

Holy Week is here, and we invite you to journey with us at Dumbarton UMC as we remember, reflect, and celebrate together. ✨

Maundy Thursday
🗓 Thursday, April 2 | 6–8pm (In person only)
Gather around tables in homes across our community for shared meals, meaningful conversation, and a brief liturgy. Sign up for a group dinner!

Good Friday – Ecumenical Seven Last Words
🗓 Friday, April 3 | 12pm (In person only)
📍 Epiphany Catholic Church
Join us alongside our Georgetown neighbors for this ecumenical service. Rev. Rachel and Cesar Lodiha will offer one of the reflections with clergy from across the community.

Good Friday – Tenebrae Service
🗓 Friday, April 3 | 7pm (In person & livestream on YouTube)
“Tenebrae” means darkness. Through scripture from the Gospel of Luke and powerful music led by Nakia Verner (featuring songs from Nina Simone, Bernice Johnson Reagon, and more), we will walk through the story of Jesus’ arrest and crucifixion.

Easter Vigil
🗓 Saturday, April 4 | 6:30pm (In person only)
An intergenerational service of storytelling, hands-on activities, and baptism renewal followed by a joyful Resurrection dessert celebration. Sign up to bring something to share!

Easter Sunday
🗓 Sunday, April 5 | 11am (In person & on Zoom)
Celebrate the Resurrection with special music, preaching, Holy Communion, and an Easter egg hunt for the kids.

Come for one service or walk through the whole week with us. There is space for you here. 🌿

03/31/2026

Today, we celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility.

We give thanks for the lives, gifts, and sacred worth of our transgender siblings seen and unseen, known and still becoming.

At Dumbarton UMC, we believe every person is created in the image of God and beloved just as they are. We commit to being a community where all can live fully, safely, and authentically.

You are seen. You are loved. You belong.

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3133 Dumbarton Street NW
Washington D.C., DC
20007

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

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http://www.dumbartonumc.org/

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