Sundays 11 am ET
3133 Dumbarton St. NW
Washington, DC
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Dumbarton offers its Adult Education program to anyone interested on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. except from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Except in summer (from Memorial Day through Labor Day), Adult Education classes begin each Sunday morning at ten in the church’s Fellowship Hall on the first floor. Worship services are upstairs in the sanctuary every Sunday at 11, generally concluding at noon or a few minutes thereafter. For all Sunday activities at Dumbarton, dress is casual.
Dumbarton UMC provides child care and children’s education classes for parents participating in Adult Education and/or worship services.
If you’ve visited Dumbarton in person or virtually and would like to get more deeply connected, please sign up to get e-Chips, Dumbarton’s weekly e-newsletter. It has links for each Sunday’s Adult Ed and worship service, and information about how to get involved in other activities like book or podcast groups, retreats, marches, meetings, or mission trips. To sign up to e-Chips, click here.
Dumbarton offers one worship service each Sunday. Except for the summer months from Memorial Day through Labor Day, when worship begins at 9:30 a.m., all our services begin at 11, usually winding up at noon or a few minutes after, depending on whether there is communion and on the length of congregation members’ sharings of joys and concerns. Adult Education sessions begin at ten each Sunday morning, again except for the summer months from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Faith is what gives each of us the strength to carry on in the face of grief, doubt, fear, isolation, shame, or unexpected reversal. Dumbarton offers a community that seeks to provide that strength by bringing people together for a deeper understanding of God and scripture to make better sense of their personal experience and the wider world.
Come as you are and be welcomed.
Dumbarton is an inclusive faith community and we have stood for full inclusion of LGBTQ persons since1987.
The church is also a leading advocate for changing national and global United Methodist policies to remove unjust and discriminatory provisions disqualifying openly LGBTQ candidates for the ministry and prohibiting all United Methodist clergy from officiating at same-sex weddings. We believe all people are children of God, and God loves consenting adults no matter whom they love.
December 21, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Dumbarton’s special Longest Night Service will be held on Thursday, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m. (on Zoom). A link to this online service will be shared in eChips, Dumbarton’s electronic newsletter. If you haven’t yet subscribed, do so now so that you’ll always have worship links, information about what’s going on, and how you can […]
December 23, 2023 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – While making plans for the Advent/Christmas Season, please remember our unhoused neighbors. On Saturday, Dec. 23, Dumbarton will be serving Christmas Dinner at Mt. Zion UMC. Watch eChips for further details on how you can participate. Not signed up to receive Dumbarton’s weekly enewsletter. Subscribe today so you don’t miss out on any upcoming programs, […]
December 24, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm – During Advent, Dumbarton is focusing on JOY with the theme: How does a weary world rejoice? Please make plans now to attend the Christmas Eve service, Sunday, Dec. 24, at 11 am. As we hold space for our weariness and our joy, we will seek a “thrill of hope” in our hurting world.
After Labor Day:
Adult Education: Sundays at 10 am
Worship: Sundays 11 am–12:30 pm
Dress comfortably or dress up! It’s your choice. Street parking is available in the neighborhood surrounding our church. We’re also a short walk, bus, or bike ride across the Key Bridge or from the Foggy Bottom metro stop.
Visitors are always welcome at Dumbarton
In person or online
Sunday Worship or Adult Ed
Childcare Provided
To view a recent sermon click Watch Now for a list.
Young people are an important part of our faith family and are always welcome in worship. Faith comes alive for children and youth at Dumbarton—not just through Sunday worship, but by also participating in one of our church’s many mission and outreach opportunities.
Thanks to Dumbartonian Nancy Holland for recommending this beloved poem, which aligns so beautifully with Dumbarton’s Advent theme of radical hope. “Hope” is the thing with feathers by EMILY DICKINSON “Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the...
Dumbarton is committed to Proclaiming Radical Hope in Precarious Times from the entrance of our church, all the way up the stairs into the sanctuary, and everywhere in between! Come see our brand new banner in person this Sunday at 11 am for worship. We are grateful...
Hope … is small and firm and looks into the face of God and says. “Good morning. I knew you would be there.” — Sister Mary Faith Schuster, (1914-2007) In this season of Advent, Dumbarton is focusing on JOY with the theme: How does a weary...