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						<span class="service-title"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/services/love-the-hell-out-of-this-world/"><strong>Love the Hell Out of This World</strong></a></span>
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							<time class="service-date" datetime="2018-06-03T11:00:00+00:00">June 3, 2018 at 11:00 am</time><span class="speaker"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/speaker/matt-meyer/" rel="tag">Matt Meyer</a></span>						</div>
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						<span class="service-title"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/services/justice-forgiveness-hospitality-whats-creativity-got-to-do-wth-it/"><strong>Justice, Forgiveness, &#038; Hospitality: Whatâ€™s Creativity Got to  Do wth it?</strong></a></span>
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							<time class="service-date" datetime="2018-05-27T11:00:00+00:00">May 27, 2018 at 11:00 am</time><span class="speaker"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/speaker/rev-benjamin-perkins/" rel="tag">Rev. Benjamin Perkins</a></span>						</div>
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						<span class="service-title"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/services/creating-a-new-story-2/"><strong>Creating a New Story</strong></a></span>
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							<time class="service-date" datetime="2018-05-20T11:00:00+00:00">May 20, 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/mother-love/"><strong>Mother Love, and then some&#8230;</strong></a></span>
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							<time class="service-date" datetime="2018-05-13T11:00:00+00:00">May 13, 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/leaving-room-for-surprise/"><strong>Leaving Room for Surprise</strong></a></span>
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							<time class="service-date" datetime="2018-05-06T11:00:00+00:00">May 6, 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/no-part-too-small-no-person-without-power/"><strong>No part too small, no person without power</strong></a></span>
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							<time class="service-date" datetime="2018-04-29T12:00:00+00:00">29-04-2018 12:00pm</time>						</div>
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						<span class="service-title"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/services/trust-in-action-control-freaks-and-flower-children-part-2/"><strong>Trust in Action &#8211; Control Freaks and Flower Children, part 2</strong></a></span>
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							<time class="service-date" datetime="2018-04-22T11:00:00+00:00">22-04-2018 12:00pm</time><span class="speaker"><a href="https://firstparishdorchester.org/speaker/laura-graham/" rel="tag">Laura Graham</a></span>						</div>
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