News and Events: Latest News
Read here about some of the most important issues and developments within the United Church and beyond. You can read elsewhere about Events taking place at UCD. You may also want to read the weekly notices, monthly news sheets and annual reports.
Access to United Church Dorchester Due to the Fire in South Street, it is currently only possible to enter United Church Dorchester from the Coffee #1 end of South Street, or preferably via our Charles Street entrance opposite the Library. Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the Gorge’s building fire, especially the owners.
Churches Together Dorchester is organising a series of services and events for the 2025 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which will take place between 18th-25th January. The progamme is available here - you’re welcome to worship at any of these venues across the week. Each day explores a particular aspect of the overall theme, which this year is ‘Do you believe this?’. Services, with the exception of the opening and closing, will generally be brief. Services have been arranged for a variety of times to enable you to come when it is most convenient. The national Churches Together web site provides further background about the purpose and organisation of the week, as well as additional resources.
Dorford Baptist Church is running two CAP money courses to help people rebuild their finances after an expensive Christmas season. The local courses provide very practical support on how to manage money and budgeting, and offer a £20 Co-op voucher for attendees living in DT1/DT2 postcodes, or working for NHS. Choose from one of these dates/times: Saturday, 18th January, from 9.30am – 12.30pm (with coffee / pastries from 9.00am!) Tuesday 21st January, from 2.00pm – 5.00pm For further details or to book on the course contact the Dorford Centre: 01305 262045, or see the Dorford website for more info.
Weybay Methodist Church is hosting Oddments Theatre Company for a performance of The Hiding Place, at 7.00pm on Saturday 15 February. Tickets can be bought for £14 in advance, or for £16 on the door. The Hiding Place is the story of Corrie Ten Boom, a Christian woman who lived in Haarlem, Holland during World War II, and her family. Corrie saw the horrific threat the Nazis posed to the Jewish people and decided that she couldn’t just sit back and do nothing. With the help of an Underground regime, her family’s faith and a man called Fred, Corrie was able to create a safe place for Jewish people to hide in her family’s home. But what could the Ten Booms do when they were arrested?
The Dorchester Town Chaplaincy team wants to recruit more people who can offer support and encouragement for shop workers, market traders, shoppers and anybody working in the town of Dorchester. The team is drawn from members of local churches. Each week chaplains visit the town centre. It is an initiative of Churches Together in Dorchester, backed by Dorchester BID and Dorchester Town Council. See the Dorchester Chaplains information sheet for more information, including the possibility of joining an introductory training session.
It is now some time since Traidcraft went into administration. However, a limited number of their own brand products have been re-launched by Transform Trade, including tea bags, greetings cards and toilet rolls. The United Church remains committed to Fair Trade, and we continue to use Fair Trade tea and coffee at church events. The Church shop stocks many Fair Trade items, including Divine chocolate, cocoa, coffee, peanut butter, honey, Fair Trade cards and gifts. Thank you for your support.
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