Sunday Assembly Atlanta

We are not qualified to give professional advice, and that's not the purpose of our group. As a co-learning lab, we're here to listen to each other's experiences, make observations, and use evidence at hand to make personal decisions and report back on the results so we can learn together.

HOW TO PREPARE

When you join the Zoom, we'll do some intros and then talk about what each of us would like to improve in our lives. To figure out what you would like to improve in your life, we highly recommend doing a self-assessment before we meet. You can use the wellness self assessment OR the reflection tool found here: GUILD Forms

By the end of the meeting the plan is for everyone to have an Action Plan completed (also in the link above).

We also meet on the fourth Saturday of the month just for fun. We decide where to meet up over our WhatsApp group.

I hope you join us!

Welcome to our annual Winter Solstice Walk! Join us for sunset of the longest night of the year, and contemplate what you might leave behind in that darkness (metaphorically) to emerge changed in the new year as light returns.

We'll meet at the corner of Candler Park Drive and North Avenue, walk and talk through Freedom Park to a hill by Moreland Avenue, hold a scripted and community sharing ceremony using some nifty LED candles, and walk back with our newfound light. You'll get to socialize and share about your life, whether this is your first assembly experience or you're a longtime member.

Please note that we will start walking at 5PM sharp! We're on a cosmic calendar that doesn't wait for us, so we gotta go (no hard feelings). Come early and chat with us.

Stay afterward for food, games, and fun! After the walk, we'll reconvene for food, board games, and conversation at First Existentialist Congregation at 470 Candler Park Drive. Parking is plentiful along the street. The venue is wheelchair accessible via a ramp and has a bathroom in the foyer.

What To Bring

Grab a jacket, gloves, and maybe some rain gear if it looks wet that day. Feel free to bring a flashlight for if our walks get a little too dark by the end. Finally, bring a reflection on what you'd like to leave behind!

Assemblies, and the events around them, are open to the public and free to attend!

What's Sunday Assembly?

The Sunday Assembly is a life-celebrating congregation without deity, dogma, or doctrine. Our motto: Live Better, Help Often, Wonder More. Our mission: to help everyone find and fulfill their full potential. Read more info about us on our website: sundayassemblyatlanta.org/about

Stay in Touch!

Meetup is the best place to see all of our events, but we're all over the interwebs. Make sure to check out our Facebook group and page. If you've got questions, comments, or want to stay informed, we've got all our links on our contact page: sundayassemblyatlanta.org/contact

We'll see you at this upcoming assembly!

**YOU MUST WATCH THE FILM ON YOUR OWN BEFORE THIS EVENT**

For this Virtual Documentary Night we have voted to talk about the documentary, Dominion. Dominion uses drones, hidden and handheld cameras to expose the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture, questioning the morality and validity of humankind’s dominion over the animal kingdom. While mainly focusing on animals used for food, it also explores other ways animals are exploited and abused by humans, including clothing, entertainment and research. Again, you must watch the film before attending this event. Here is a link to where you can watch the film for free.

>>Click here to watch Dominion for FREE<<

This is a Voting Night, which means at the end of the night we brainstorm and vote to decide as a group what we will watch the following month, so please come ready with your recommendation. The only requirement is that the film must be available to watch online for free. If you need any ideas, you can search through the Flyers Page on the Community Documentary Night website. It is full of flyers based around certain themes and each flyer is full of documentary posters, which are hyperlinked to where you watch the films for free. Something to consider is that next month is January, which is Veganuary, January 1st is New Years Day, and January 19th is MLK Day. Check out the Veganuary flyer, Happy New Year flyer, or the MLK Day flyer if you're interested in recommending a film in honor of these holiday.

Again, you must watch the film on your own BEFORE the event. We will be meeting over Zoom, where we will break out into small discussion groups. We will do multiple rounds of small group discussion, then have a special guest Q&A, before closing out the night with a vote to decide what film we will watch the following month. The Zoom information is listed below.

>>Click here join Zoom Meeting<<
Meeting ID: 875 5525 6659
Passcode: 861888

This event is posted in multiple meetup groups, and on Eventbrite, as well as with members of the Community Documentary Night email list. (Message me if interested in joining the email list) Therefore, THIS RSVP LIST IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE ATTENDING THE EVENT. So even if you only see one person RSVPed in this meetup group, there will always be others in attendance from other groups. We tend to have at least 20 on average. By inviting numerous groups that increases the likelihood that those in attendance will be from varying backgrounds and beliefs. This is done purposefully to provide everyone with the opportunity to hear a wide range of perspectives.

This event is open to all who are open to all. The one thing we ask is that people allow others to get their full thought out and that any disagreement is voiced in a civil way. Check out the Community Documentary Night website for more info or links to previously shown documentaries.

Thank you and hope to see you there!