Upcoming at St. Dunstan's

• Sun., Sept. 8: 10:00 AM Sunday Service Resumes
• Sat., Sept. 14: Dover Days & A Place to Turn, 10:00-3:00 PM
• Sun., Sept. 15: Blessing of Groceries at 10:00 AM Service
• Sun., Sept. 22: Parish Picnic & Service, starts at 10:00 AM
• Mon., Sept. 23: Christianity Then and Now first session
• Fri. Oct. 4: Meal Packing for Ukraine and Haiti, starts at 4:00 PM
• Sun., Oct. 6: First Sunday of the Month Church School, 10:00 AM
• Sun., Oct. 6: Soup and Choral Evensong at 6:00 PM
• Sun., Oct. 13: Blessing of the Animals 10:00 AM
• Sun., Oct. 20: Pizza and Evening Prayer, 6:00 PM

Details below and on Featured Events page HERE

Dover Days

Volunteers Needed

Saturday, September 14^th from  10:00 -3:00 p.m.

Volunteers Needed for Sept. 14^th. Young, not so young - all welcome! 

Please sign up below to work a 1 1/2 hour shift - comfy chair, lots to entice people to the booth, fantastic posters, bags to color, bags to fill with fill groceries for ‘A place to turn’. Everyone gets a sticker!!! 

• Sign up alone or with a friend, spouse, friend, children. 
• If it’s just you then either, Myself, Catherine, George, Jim or Rick will join you on the shift. 
• Any questions please email Hazel at Hazelblyzinskyj@gmail.com 
• Together let’s make this a success for a great cause. 

Join us for Our

Welcome Back Parish Picnic!!

Sunday, September 22^nd

Following Our 10:00 a.m. Service

at the Home of John & Hazel Blyzinskyj

Dear Friends, please join us on Sunday, September 22^th for the Welcome Back Parish Picnic immediately following the 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Service. Both are to be held at the home of John & Hazel Blyzinskyj, 16 Snows Hill Lane, Dover.  

The church will be providing an assortment of sandwiches and roll -ups plus all the condiments. Additionally Chub's Ice Cream Truck will be offering a variety of free ice cream treats 11:30 - 12:00 noon! 

We will also have corn hole games, a fun quiz & possibly a game! 

Please click the RSVP by September 17^th to let us know you are coming. It's important that we know how many to expect so we can plan for sandwiches and roll-ups - and please come, even if you can't bring anything. 

Parking - available at the top of steep drive for those that need it ( 6 spaces & John will be there to assist & direct) otherwise park on the street & walk/skip/run up! There is a short flattish walk into the garden. If able please bring a lawn chair - if not no worries we will have about 20 here.  

Please contact Hazel Blyzinskyj at hazelblyzinskyj@gmail.com or 203 722 4452 with questions.

We look forward to seeing you all for fun fellowship and great food! 

Welcome Back! 

2024 Fall Adult Education Program

“Christianity Then and Now”

Eight Bi-Weekly Zoom Meetings

First Session Monday September 28^th

What—exactly and in depth—is “Christianity” as a religion? How has it grown, flourished, and evolved, and is now approaching possibly terminal decline in our secular culture? What, if anything, might be done to help save it?

Program Schedule

September 23: Introduction—to the booklet, to Religion and Secularity

10/7: Chapter 1: Gospel of John

10/21: Chapter 2: Augustine, the City of God, and Christendom

11/4: Chapter 3: St. Dunstan

11/18: Chapter 4: Luther

12/2: Chapter 5: English Reformation—William Tyndale

12/16: Chapter 6: Anglicanism: Richard Hooker and Skeptism

12/23: Chapter 7: Secularization: Early Modern Europe

1/6: Chapter 8: Christianity Now: This New Age

If you are interested in joining and for more information please email gemccully@icloud.com

For each meeting we shall read and discuss with their author chapters of a short (44-pp.) booklet, Christianity Then and Now, by fellow parishioner and historian George McCully.

Participants may attend any number of meetings. The booklet is a PDF document, freely downloadable HERE. (*See below for (2 pp.) introduction and overview.)

As part of our “Dover Unplugged” community outreach "Caring" series, meetings are open to the public, who are cordially invited to join us.

*Preview (2 pp.) Introduction: This Book, Religion and Secularity

This series of brief essays is intended to provide a concise, in-depth, historical account of the Christian religion as a religion—how it has grown and evolved under the leadership of a few heroic individuals as they have contended with their various challenging environments; how it has gradually ceased to grow and is radically declining under the conditions of modern Western secular culture; and at least tentatively how that might be remedied. ....continue reading HERE

18,000 Meals for

Ukrainian Children and Haitian Migrants

Friday, October 4^th

Please join us for a community service event for all the family hosted by Dover UNPLUGGED!

St. Dunstan’s Church, 18 Springdale Ave, Dover, MA 02030

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Meal Packing Volunteers

40 volunteers for an hour shift to arrive between 5:45pm-7:00pm (allow for packing briefing)

40 volunteers for an hour shift to arrive between 6:45pm-8:00pm

(allow for packing briefing)

Additional Volunteers

10 high schoolers to work unloading truck (4:00-6:00pm)

6 to help with set-up (4:45 – 6:00pm)

2 car park attendants (5:30 – 7:15pm)

4 to help at the packing tables (5:45 – 8:00pm)

4 to greet and register attendees (5:30 – 7:30pm)

6 to help with clean up (7:00 – 8:30pm)

Contributions

These will go toward the cost of the food, transportation etc.  

Cash at the door or online: suggested min. $15 per person

For online contributions & for those unable to attend but would like to donate please use the donate button below.

Dover Unplugged will work with the Outreach Program to set up meal packaging lines. The Outreach Program is a nonprofit organization that delivers food, water purification technology, medical care, and education to impoverished areas around the globe (https://outreachprogram.org).

New Sunday School Curriculum 

Sunday October 6^th

Starting on October 6^th, St. Dunstan's will unveil it's new Sunday School Curriculum called Holy Moly. Holy Moly is a bible story based curriculum that tells the Biblical story in unique and exciting ways. Check out the introductory trailer below.

Official Trailer - Holy Moly

Sunday School is offered on the first Sunday of the month for children ages 4 to grade 6 during the first half of our worship service. If you would like more information, contact Fr. Sean (revsean@saintdunstansma.org).

Coffee Hour Hosts

Needed for Sept 29^th & Oct 6^th 

Please sign up for Coffee Hour as you are able. This is an important part of St. Dunstan's ministry that helps build our community and welcomes new people to the church.

Sign up to host HERE