About us
The Sunday Assembly is a secular congregation that celebrates life. Our motto: live better, help often, wonder more. Our mission: to help everyone find and fulfill their full potential. Our vision: a secular congregation in every town, city and village that wants one.
We are here for everyone who wants to:
Live Better. We aim to provide inspiring, thought-provoking and practical ideas that help people to live the lives they want to lead and be the people they want to be.
Help Often. Assemblies are communities of action building lives of purpose, encouraging us all to help anyone who needs it to support each other.
Wonder More. Hearing talks, singing as one, listening to readings and even playing games helps us to connect with each other and the awesome world we live in.
The Sunday Assembly . . .
• Is 100% celebration of life.
• We are born from nothing and go to nothing. Let’s enjoy it together.
• Has no doctrine. We have no set texts so we can make use of wisdom from all sources.
• Has no deity. We don’t do supernatural but we also won’t tell you you’re wrong if you do.
• Is radically inclusive. Everyone is welcome, regardless of their beliefs--this is a place of love that is open and accepting.
• Is free to attend, not-for-profit, and volunteer run. We ask for donations to cover our costs and support our community work.
• Has a community mission. Through our Action Heroes (you!), we will be a force for good.
• Is independent. We do not accept sponsorship or promote outside businesses, organizations, or services.
• Is here to stay. With your involvement, The Sunday Assembly will make the world a better place.
• We won’t tell you how to live, but will try to help you do it as well as you can.
• And remember point 1… The Sunday Assembly is a celebration of the one life we know we have.
What should you expect from a Sunday Assembly event?
Just by being with us you should be energized, revitalized, restored, repaired, refreshed, and recharged. No matter what the subject of the Assembly, it will solace worries, provoke kindness and inject a touch of transcendence into the everyday.
But life can be tough… It is. Sometimes bad things happen to good people, we have moments of weakness or life just isn’t fair. We want The Sunday Assembly to be a house of love and compassion, where, no matter what your situation, you are welcomed, accepted and loved.
Most of all, have fun, be nice, and join in!
Featured event
Assembling at Durham Food Hall
***** CHANGE OF PLANS *****
Unfortunately, our regular venue fell through, and none of us much feel like meeting outside at near noon in August—a shocker!
So instead, we'll be meeting up at the Durham Food Hall, which is near Durham Central Park.
We've made the tough call to hold off on Show and Tell until our September assembly. It was a hard one, but we'd like to do it in a comfortable space that will be a great fit for it!
For anyone that signed up, stay tuned for the new meetup event coming soon to a computer screen near you!
We'll start holding down a table at 11am, and you are welcome to join anytime you'd like. One organizer will be wearing a bright yellow-orange SACH shirt.
Some food options at the Food Hall include pizza, burritos, bagels, Indian food, and more :)
We're still planning on having a little organizer chat later on in the meetup, for anyone who wants to lean in to it.
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Stay in touch
Come hang out on Discord server, join our mailing list (~3 emails a month), or drop us a line at info@sundayassemblychapelhill.org.
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Sunday Assembly is a secular congregation that celebrates community. Everyone is welcome, regardless of your beliefs. Our motto comes in three parts: live better, help often, and wonder more.
We are part of a global movement of Sunday Assemblies. We're completely volunteer-run and funded solely by donations. Please consider donating to our Paypal to keep us building and supporting our community.
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Assembling at Durham Food Hall
Durham Food Hall, 530 Foster Street,, Durham, NC, US***** CHANGE OF PLANS *****
Unfortunately, our regular venue fell through, and none of us much feel like meeting outside at near noon in August—a shocker!So instead, we'll be meeting up at the Durham Food Hall, which is near Durham Central Park.
We've made the tough call to hold off on Show and Tell until our September assembly. It was a hard one, but we'd like to do it in a comfortable space that will be a great fit for it!
For anyone that signed up, stay tuned for the new meetup event coming soon to a computer screen near you!
We'll start holding down a table at 11am, and you are welcome to join anytime you'd like. One organizer will be wearing a bright yellow-orange SACH shirt.
Some food options at the Food Hall include pizza, burritos, bagels, Indian food, and more :)
We're still planning on having a little organizer chat later on in the meetup, for anyone who wants to lean in to it.
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Stay in touch
Come hang out on Discord server, join our mailing list (~3 emails a month), or drop us a line at info@sundayassemblychapelhill.org.***
Sunday Assembly is a secular congregation that celebrates community. Everyone is welcome, regardless of your beliefs. Our motto comes in three parts: live better, help often, and wonder more.
We are part of a global movement of Sunday Assemblies. We're completely volunteer-run and funded solely by donations. Please consider donating to our Paypal to keep us building and supporting our community.
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SACH Bookclub: "Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents""
Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, USThis month, we're turning towards nonfiction in the first time in a while! We'll be reading the NYT Bestseller Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents.
Many of us at Sunday Assembly come from backgrounds where we have distanced ourselves from the families and communities that we were brought up with. There are many reasons to have break ties, but an unhealthy relationship is unfortunately a common one.
We hope this read, and the discussion we'll have together, will bring some light to how our past continues to affect the way we interact with our world.
From the book:
If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met, when your feelings were dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort to compensate for your parent's behavior. These wounds can be healed, and you can move forward in your life.In this breakthrough book, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable. You will see how these parents create a sense of neglect, and discover ways to heal from the pain and confusion caused by your childhood. By freeing yourself from your parents' emotional immaturity, you can recover your true nature, control how you react to them, and avoid disappointment. Finally, you'll learn how to create positive, new relationships so you can build a better life.
We'll see you on Tuesday 8/25 at the library!
P.S. As always, support your local booksellers like Flyleaf and Golden Fig!
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Sunday Assembly is a secular congregation that celebrates community. Everyone is welcome, regardless of your beliefs. Our motto comes in three parts: live better, help often, and wonder more.
We meet on the second Sunday of every month. We keep in touch between assemblies through our mailing list (http://eepurl.com/bhnz2v), which sends ~2 emails a month. You can email directly with questions or feedback at info@sundayassemblychapelhill.org, or join our Discord server
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