Sleepy Hollow Presbyterian Church 100 Tarry Road, San Anselmo, CA 94960

"We started attending this church last year, and it's a wonder community--with great music! Having recently moved to the area, it's great to have a central place for friendships and service projects. There's a beautiful garden, and the pastor and leadership create a warm, loving atmosphere."

"My family has been going to SHPC for 23 years. I have so enjoyed this warm and welcoming church community. The Pastor and worship team provide joyful, relevant, and inspirational services along with beautiful music!"

"My family has attended Sleepy Hollow Presbyterian Church for about 13 years, we have raised our boys in this church and feel grateful to have been able to be a part of this welcoming community of people, who care deeply about living lives that embody the principles of justice, forgiveness and love that we learn of in the Scriptures. Pastor Bev Brewster is an inspired and inspiring leader, she works tirelessly to serve us and the broader community to bring justice, hope or a meal where there isn't. Our services are joyful, thought-provoking and uplifting and Pastor Bev's children's message at the start of each service is a truly wonderful moment for everyone. She has a true heart for our kids and youth and has been an anchor and guide to so many of them. We used our outdoor services during Covid to renew our sanctuary space, with improved ventilation and beautiful new doors that enable the sanctuary to open onto an outdoor patio, not only increasing our capacity, but we are now also able to accommodate those who feel safer sitting outside."

"UPDATE 12/2021: No one from the church has contacted me to help heal this relationship. The leadership asked me not to come to functions if I ask for help, so I don't really see what I can do to improve things. I had a decidedly mixed experience at this church when I and my two young sons attended for several years. On the one hand, the ethics are socially liberal which aligns with my reading of the Gospels. Also, the church welcomes people of any denomination as well as non-Christians and agnostics, important because my partner and our children absolutely don't identify as Christian. On the other hand, in an odd series of events I learned that the pastor had shared information I gave her in confidentiality, and also that what she shared was quite inaccurate. Apparently, she wrote me in an email, she reported to church leadership that I believed my children were superior to the others in the church and was determined to keep them separate. When I tried to correct this misunderstanding with the pastor I found myself -- and my two children -- suddenly and completely pushed out of the community. My children were no longer welcome to attend worship as they had, I myself was censured and forbidden from church activities unless I stopped "asking for help" and "making people feel sorry for me." The leadership contacted my husband and asked him to help "rein me in." As a result, I've lost my husband's support for bringing my children to any sort of church. He's quite disillusioned. And I'm rather broken-hearted. The take-home message is that this church is quite wonderful and open right up to the moment that it isn't, and honestly the odds are you'll have a fine experience yourself."

"My family has been a member of this church for nearly 25 years. I've enjoyed watching all my kids grow up in this loving, nurturing community, and I've been blessed with fellowship from families I never would have met otherwise. I'm still a loyal attendee and supporter!"