This service will feature music, reflections, and readings celebrating Christmas. The 5:00 service will be inter-generational, featuring many of our children and youth, and the 7:00 service will be more contemplative in nature.

This service will feature music, reflections, and readings celebrating Christmas. The 5:00 service will be inter-generational, featuring many of our children and youth, and the 7:00 service will be more contemplative in nature.

This special “Longest Night” vesper service, featuring the music of Leonard Cohen, is designed for anyone who is struggling or not feeling particularly cheerful during this holiday season. We will create and hold space for our individual and collective grief and longing.

This service will include holiday­-themed music from various Sunnyhill members and friends, including the choir  and other individuals and groups in many different styles. Join us in celebrating music and the season!

Christmas is celebrated as both a secular and religious holiday. We would do well to remember that two of the primary themes of Christmas as a religious holiday are joy and liberation–both of which are sorely needed today.

Religious freedom and political resistance are major themes in the story of Hanukkah and the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire. In this service we will explore how and why these themes are just as relevant now as they have ever been.

Although many of us have been looking forward to being able to gather with families and friends for holiday celebrations, the reality of these gatherings is often complicated and problematic. At a time of unprecedented polarization, how are we to celebrate with those whose values differ from our own?

What are the most important promises that we make to one another, and how do we call ourselves and others back to these promises when they are ignored or forgotten? This sermon will explore these questions and others related to the concept of covenant and how it might help us within our congregations and in … Continued