Sundays at Sunnyhill
Rev. Jay Abernathy leading a Sunday Service
Our Sunday services are the focal point of our spiritual community. We gather in the Sunnyhill main room for inspiration, learning, friendship, and to share our individual joys and concerns.
Each service is unique. There are a wide variety of presentation styles and presenters. We offer a mix of minister-led services, presentations by Sunnyhill members, guest musicians, all-choir services, ministers from other churches, or invited guest speakers. To really get a feel for Sunnyhill, come several times.
Sunday, February 12, 9:00 and 11:30 am
The Gospel of Universalism: Love and Hope
Led by Rev. Jay Abernathy
The Universalist heresy among Christians was found in many anabaptist sects, but George Murray founded the first group focused primarily on this notion that God's love exceeds human sin. A little history and a few ideas about this part of our identity.
Sunday, February 19, 9:00 and 11:30 am
That Far
Led by Samuel Hazo
Sam Hazo returns to Sunnyhill to share his verse and his thoughts on "That Far," a simple phrase that can be understood in more than one way depending on the emphasis given. About our guest speaker: Sam Hazo is the Founder of the International Poetry Forum in Pittsburgh and former Poet Laureate of Pennsylvania. He is also the McAnulty Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Duquesne University, where he taught for over 40 years.