Dorchester United Church

Easter Sunday April 20, 2025

Sunday April 13, 2025
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Sunday March 23, 2025
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Sunday January 26th, 2025
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Sunday January 12th, 2025
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Christmas Breakfast Dec. 29th, 2024
Christmas Eve Dec. 24th, 2024
Sunday Dec. 22nd, 2024
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Sunday May 26th, 2024
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Sunday April 28th, 2024
Sunday April 21st, 2024
Sunday April 14th, 2024
Holy Humor Sunday April 7th, 2024
Easter Sunday March 31st, 2024
Good Friday Mar. 29th, 2024
Sunday Mar. 17th, 2024
Sunday Mar. 10th, 2024
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Sunday Feb. 25th, 2024
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Sunday Jan. 28TH, 2024
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Sunday Dec. 31st, 2023
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Sunday Dec. 10th, 2023
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Sunday Nov. 26th, 2023
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Remembrance Day
Sunday Oct. 29th, 2023
Sunday Oct. 22nd, 2023
Anniversary
Sunday Oct. 15th, 2023
Sunday Oct. 8th, 2023
Sunday Oct. 1st, 2023
Sunday Sept. 24th, 2023
Sunday Sept. 17th, 2023
Sunday Sept. 10th, 2023
Sunday Sept. 3rd, 2023
Sunday August 27th, 2023
Sunday August 20th, 2023
Sunday August 13th, 2023
Sunday August 6th, 2023
Sunday July 30th, 2023
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Sunday July 16th, 2023
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Sunday June 25th, 2023
Sunday June 18th, 2023
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Sunday May 28th, 2023
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Sunday April 30th, 2023
Sunday April 23th, 2023
Sunday April 16th, 2023
Easter Sunday April 9th, 2023
Good Friday April 7th, 2023
March 26th, 2023
March 19th, 2023
March 12th, 2023
March 5th, 2023
February 26th, 2023
February 12th, 2023
February 5th, 2023
January 29nd, 2023
January 15th, 2023
January 8th, 2023
January 1st, 2023
Christmas Services 2022
Union Christmas Eve 2022
December 18, 2022
December 11, 2022
December 4, 2022
November 27, 2022
November 20, 2022
November 13, 2022
November 6, 2022
October 30, 2022
October 23, 2022
October 16, 2022
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September 25, 2022
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June 26, 2022
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May 29, 2022
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May 15, 2022
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May 1, 2022
Holy Humour Sunday April 24, 2022
Easter Sunday April 17, 2022
Good Friday April 15, 2022
April 10, 2022
April 3, 2022
March 27, 2022
March 20, 2022
March 13, 2022
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Feb. 27, 2022
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Feb. 13, 2022
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Jan. 30, 2022
Jan. 23, 2022
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Jan. 2, 2022
Dec 26, 2021
Christmas Eve 2021
Dec 19, 2021
Dec 12, 2021
Dec 5, 2021
Nov 28, 2021
Nov 21, 2021
Covenanting Service
Nov 14, 2021
Union 201st Anniversary
Nov. 7, 2021
Oct. 31, 2021
165th anniversary
Oct. 24, 2021
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Oct. 3, 2021
Sept 26, 2021
Sept 19, 2021
Sept 12, 2021
Sept 05, 2021
Aug 29, 2021
Aug 22, 2021
Aug 15, 2021
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Aug 1, 2021
June 27, 2021
June 20, 2021
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May 30, 2021
Pentecost
May 23, 2021
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Mothers Day
May 9, 2021
May 2, 2021
April 25, 2021
April 18, 2021
April 4, 2021
Easter Sunday
April 2, 2021
Good Friday
March 28, 2021
Palm Sunday
March 21, 2021
March 14, 2021
March 7, 2021
February 28, 2021
February 21, 2021
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January 31, 2021
January 24, 2021
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Christmas Eve 2020
December 20, 2020
December 13, 2020
December 6, 2020
November 29, 2020
November 22, 2020
November 15, 2020
November 8, 2020
November 1, 2020
October 25, 2020
October 18, 2020
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June 28, 2020
June 21, 2020
June 14, 2020
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May 31, 2020
May 17, 2020
Mothers Day
May 10, 2020
May 3, 2020
April 26, 2020
April 19, 2020
Easter Sunday
April 12, 2020
Good Friday
April 10, 2020
April 5, 2020
Mar 29, 2020
Mar 22, 2020
Mar 15, 2020
Mar 8, 2020
Mar 1, 2020
Feb. 23, 2020
Feb. 16, 2020
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Jan. 26, 2020
Jan. 19, 2020
Jan. 12, 2020
Jan. 5, 2020
Dec. 29, 2019
Dec. 24, 2019
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Dec. 15 2019
Dec. 8 2019
Dec. 1 2019
Cancelled Weather
Nov. 24 2019
Nov. 17 2019
Nov. 10 2019
Nov. 3 2019
Oct. 27 2019
Oct. 20 2019
Anniversary Sunday
Oct. 13 2019
Oct. 6 2019
Sept. 29, 2019
Sept. 22, 2019
Sept. 15, 2019
Sept. 8, 2019
Sept. 1, 2019
Aug. 25, 2019
Aug. 18, 2019
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June 30, 2019
June 23, 2019
June 16, 2019
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June 2, 2019
May 26, 2019
May 19, 2019
May 12, 2019
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Apr. 28, 2019
Easter Sunday
Apr. 21, 2019
Good Friday
Apr. 19, 2019
Apr. 14, 2019
Apr. 7, 2019
Mar. 31, 2019
Mar. 24, 2019
Mar. 17, 2019
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Dec. 30, 2018
Dec. 24, 2018
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Dec. 16, 2018
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Dec. 2, 2018 Ecumenical Service
Dec. 2, 2018
Nov. 25, 2018
Nov. 18, 2018
Nov. 11, 2018
Nov. 4, 2018
Oct. 28, 2018
Oct. 21, 2018 Anniversary Sunday
Oct. 14, 2018
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Sept. 30, 2018
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Sept. 16, 2018
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August 26, 2018
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May 27, 2018
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April 29, 2018
April 22, 2018
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Easter Sunday
April 1, 2018
Good Friday
March 25, 2018
March 18, 2018
March 11, 2018
March 4, 2018
February 25, 2018
February 18, 2018
February 11, 2018
Communion Sunday
February 4, 2018
January 28, 2018
January 21, 2018
January 14, 2018
January 7, 2018
December 31, 2017
Christmas Eve
December 24, 2017
December 17, 2017
December 10, 2017
December 3, 2017
November 26, 2017
November 19, 2017
November 12, 2017
November 5, 2017
October 29, 2017
October 22, 2017
October 15, 2017
October 8, 2017
October 1, 2017
September 24, 2017
September 17, 2017
September 10, 2017
September 03, 2017
August 27, 2017
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August 13, 2017
August 6, 2017
June 25, 2017
June 18, 2017
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June 04, 2017
May 28, 2017
May 21, 2017
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April 30, 2017
April 23, 2017
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April 14, 2017
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April 9, 2017
April 2, 2017
March 26, 2017
March 19, 2017
March 12, 2017
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FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
DECEMBER 31, 2017
Dorchester United Church

Wherever you are, whoever you are,
Join us in our Journey!

WE GATHER TO PRAISE GOD

TO PONDER:
It is time to let go of the old and to look forward to what a new year will bring. How is your faith affected by releasing what is old?

MUSICAL PRELUDE

HYMN: "Go, Tell It on the Mountain" V.U. 43

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO WORSHIP
Christmas also comes to those of age and experience.
It came to Elizabeth and Zechariah, John's parents.
Simeon and Anna in the Temple had their promise fulfilled.
We respond to the Coming with a willingness to change.
We have waited patiently in silence and in Song.
Today our dreams and our longings have been made real.

A CHRISTMAS PRAYER V.U. 39

A PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Gracious God, we have sought You in places where we expected to find You. But we were surprised to find You among the poor and lowly. Just as the manger and the stable overturned our expectations, even so the realities before us thoroughly confuse us. In the rough and tumble of our world, show us again how You come to us in the very ordinariness of life. AMEN

ASSURANCE OF PARDON
A very ordinary God comes to us in extraordinary ways. This is the wonder of Christmas. Let us reflect on the Coming of Jesus into our topsy turvy world and resolve to live a new life.

HYMN " Angels from the Realms of Glory" V.U. 36

SOLO "In the Bleak Mid-winter" Nancy Quinn

WE HEAR GOD'S LOVING WORD FOR US

FIRST TESTAMENT READING: Isaiah 61: 10 - 62: 3

PSALM: Psalm 148 VU 871

GOSPEL READING: Luke 2: 22-40

MESSAGE "Extravagant Promises"

RESPONSE: V.U. 400
Lord, listen to your children praying,
Lord, send your Spirit in this place,
Lord, listen to your children praying,
Send us love, send us power, send us grace

PASTORAL PRAYER

WE RESPOND TO GOD'S WORD IN FAITH AND ACTION

HYMN: " Angels We Have Heard on High" V.U. 38

OFFERING INVITATION

OFFERTORY RESPONSE: For food in a world where many walk in hunger, for friends in a world where many walk alone, for faith in a world where many walk in fear, we give you thanks, O God. V.U. 552

OFFERTORY PRAYER: The God who brought a child into the world has destined this child to overturn systems and to shatter known assumptions in every age. We offer up our lives and our worldly ways in this holy act. AMEN

HYMN: "Joy to the World" V.U. 59

COMMISSIONING AND BLESSING

POSTLUDE LicenSing #620168