Here are the top six reasons to attend this service: 

1. Because sometimes the heart yearns to stop, pause, reflect and drink in silence.

2. Because sometimes the heart yearns to encounter candlelight and beauty on a dark night in a warm, safe sanctuary

3. Because this season can bring up feelings that are hard to process – feelings of loss, grief, fear, disorientation – and acknowledging them can help.

4. Because there’s more kinds of grief than personal grief – there’s climate grief, there’s grief for an uncertain future…

5. Because solstice is a sacred time of year, literally the longest night, a time to embrace darkness and honour the light that is returning