
What we’re about
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

SACH Sunday @ Namu
While the fall weather is still so lovely, let's spend another Sunday outside. This time, we'll meet at Namu, a tasty Korean restaurant near the CH/Durham border. They've got plenty of outdoor seating surrounded by tall stalks of bamboo--which are native to Korea!
We're meeting at 11:45am, to beat the lunch rush.
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Stay in touch
Come hang out on Discord server, join our mailing list (~2 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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SACH Sunday @ Namu
Namu Korean Eats, Beer Hall & Coffee Bar, Durham, NC, USWhile the fall weather is still so lovely, let's spend another Sunday outside. This time, we'll meet at Namu, a tasty Korean restaurant near the CH/Durham border. They've got plenty of outdoor seating surrounded by tall stalks of bamboo--which are native to Korea!
We're meeting at 11:45am, to beat the lunch rush.
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Stay in touch
Come hang out on Discord server, join our mailing list (~2 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.3 attendeesSACH Bookgroup! A Psalm for the Wild Built
Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, USSunday Assembly Book Club is back to discuss a light yet thoughtful novella: A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers.
On the surface, the book follows the quiet life of a young monk's travels from town to town and their eventual discontentment with that easy life.
But the book also explores its setting, a post-industrial pastoral utopia. Whether or not the world Chambers presents appeals to you, it is bound to elicit a response, and that's why we're eager to discuss it. At about one hundred pages, it's a lightweight way to get into some headier conversations about how we all imagine our society's future.
So pick up your e-reader, headphones, or hardcover (shop local!), and dig in.
Then join us at the Chapel Hill Public Library on Tuesday, October 21st.
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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
We are part of a global movement of Sunday Assemblies.
2 attendeesWheels-Friendly Walk at the American Tobacco Trail
American Tobacco Trail endpoint/parking lot, 6319 Fayetteville Rd., Durham, NC, USLet's do another Wheels-Friendly Walk!
The goal, as always, is to make a walk that was open to a wide variety of ages and mobilities, including parents pushing strollers, which we were when we started running these.
We like to be accessible to the shy, too. That's why we'll be posting a short reading the week before the walk. It's not essential, but if you want to show up with something to talk about, you can.
Whether you're a regular Assembler or someone interested in good conversation with a good walk, we'd love to see you there!
EDIT: since the Bolin Creek Trail is still damaged from the flooding this summer, we'll be walking along the paved path on the American Tobacco Trail in Durham (near Southpoint mall).
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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
We are part of a global movement of Sunday Assemblies.
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