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						<span class="service-title"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/services/envisioning-forgiveness/"><strong>Envisioning Forgiveness</strong></a></span>
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							<time class="service-date" datetime="2018-09-23T11:00:00+00:00">September 23, 2018 at 11:00 am</time><span class="speaker"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/speaker/rev-tricia-brennan/" rel="tag">Rev. Tricia Brennan</a></span>						</div>
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							<time class="service-date" datetime="2018-09-16T11:00:00+00:00">September 16, 2018 at 11:00 am</time><span class="speaker"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/speaker/rev-tricia-brennan/" rel="tag">Rev. Tricia Brennan</a></span>						</div>
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						<span class="service-title"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/services/water-is-life/"><strong>Water is Life!</strong></a></span>
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							<time class="service-date" datetime="2018-09-09T11:00:00+00:00">September 9, 2018 at 11:00 am</time><span class="speaker"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/speaker/rev-tricia-brennan/" rel="tag">Rev. Tricia Brennan</a></span>						</div>
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						<span class="service-title"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/services/eclectic-spirituality-and-the-future-of-our-community/"><strong>Eclectic Spirituality and the Future of Our Community</strong></a></span>
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							<time class="service-date" datetime="2018-09-02T11:00:00+00:00">September 2, 2018 at 11:00 am</time><span class="speaker"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/speaker/john-minahan/" rel="tag">John Minahan</a></span>						</div>
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						<span class="service-title"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/services/practicing-radical-hospitality/"><strong>Practicing Radical Hospitality</strong></a></span>
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							<time class="service-date" datetime="2018-08-26T10:00:00+00:00">August 26, 2018 at 10:00 am</time><span class="speaker"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/speaker/ardis-vaughan/" rel="tag">Ardis Vaughan</a>, <a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/speaker/lucas-gonzalez-milliken/" rel="tag">Lucas Gonzalez Milliken</a></span>						</div>
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						<span class="service-title"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/services/sunday-service-led-by-katherine-jenkins/"><strong>The Joys of Dismantling White Supremacy</strong></a></span>
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							<time class="service-date" datetime="2018-08-19T10:00:00+00:00">August 19, 2018 at 10:00 am</time><span class="speaker"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/speaker/katherine-jenkins/" rel="tag">Katherine Jenkins</a></span>						</div>
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						<span class="service-title"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/services/why-music/"><strong>Why Music?</strong></a></span>
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							<time class="service-date" datetime="2018-08-12T10:00:00+00:00">August 12, 2018 at 10:00 am</time><span class="speaker"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/speaker/tom-cunningham/" rel="tag">Tom Cunningham</a></span>						</div>
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