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.
August 18, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm –
Pickett Craddock, our long-time Godly Play coordinator, will be providing training for anyone interested in serving in this ministry on Sunday, August 18 …
August 18, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am –
We are excited to welcome Pastor Elijah, the United Methodist Chaplain at Frostburg State University and Program Director for Project Transformation DC.
August 11, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am –
We are excited to welcome Pastor Elijah, the United Methodist Chaplain at Frostburg State University and Program Director for Project Transformation DC.
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.
Dumbarton UMC and Mt. Vernon Place UMC recently partnered to create a Vacation Bible School (VBS) Weekend experience for children ages 4 to 11–and adults too! Volunteers from both churches came together, June 14-16, to create a welcoming, fun weekend full of...
Thanks to the many people who participated in this June 9 event to benefit Project Transformation DC (PTDC), an organization focused on meeting the academic, physical, social-emotional and spiritual needs of children from under-resourced communities. Dumbartonians...
Mittie Quinn, beloved long-time member of Dumbarton UMC and outspoken ally for full LGBTQIA+ inclusion in our denomination, reflected on how she felt in the lead up to and during the UMC’s recent 2024 General Conference. We are so grateful for Mittie’s...