What’s On

Our Summer Sync-Up deserves a sequel! We’ve planned an array of fun activities to go alongside our autumn assemblies, including…

Earth Wind & Fire Day activity – Sunday 21st September

“Do you remember the 21st night of September?” asked Earth Wind & Fire in their song September. We’ll leave the nights to you and focus on the day… and we’ll be making the most of it with an art activity to accompany our assembly.

Halloween Bake Off – Sunday 19th October

Today’s assembly comes with extra cake! Whether you’re making, tasting or both, help us turn Backyard into Bake-yard. With Halloween as our theme, it could be a case of “traybake or treat?” (That’s all the wordplay we’ve got for now, though we may have a pun in the oven.)

Sunday Assembly London choir – Wednesday 22nd October, Sunday 2nd November

Reviving a little bit of Sunday Assembly heritage. Following a rehearsal in October, our pop-up choir (or do we mean pipe-up choir?) will be performing an uplifting song for our fellow Sunday Assemblers during our first November assembly (or “Novembly” as no one will be calling it).

Look out for further details on this page and on our social media. Or, if you’re ready to put your name down for any of these activities or have specific questions, email Tanya at community@sundayassembly.com

Join us for lunch after our assembly (Weird Science) on 21st September! 

If the weather is good we’ll be outside, so bring blankets and food to share. Otherwise, we’ll head for a local restaurant, café or pub that serves food. (We’ll tell you which during the assembly.)

Keep an eye on the weather and event listing in case we need to change venue. And if you have any portable games, bring them too. Newcomers are very welcome.

Article Club is where the Sunday Assembly London community read a diverse range of articles, share them with like-minded people and deal with our anxiety that we aren’t reading books.

This will be our 72nd meeting but it’s never too late to join! Just like at our assemblies, we love welcoming new members and their unique opinions.

This meeting has been rescheduled from 18 September.

How Article Club works

1. We meet every six weeks or so in the National Theatre building in Central London by the river. We go for the round seats in the Lyttelton Theatre bar on the first floor.

2. We vote in advance and pick two articles from a short list to read before we meet. Usually one relates to politics/current affairs and the other to history, culture or science.

3. We talk about each one for around half an hour. The beauty of Article Club is that we can think more deeply about the broader themes of a topic, and how well the article gets to grips with them.

4. We each give a score out of 10 for the articles that have been discussed.

5. We set the date for the next Article Club and sometimes adjourn to the pub.

Look out for details of our next Article Club. And to meet more of the Sunday Assembly London community while learning about a new or familiar topic, you’re always welcome at our Sunday Assemblies too!

Sunday Assembly’s annual global conference! Meet people from all over the world in Glasgow on 25th – 28th September.

From our hosts, Sunday Assembly Glasgow:

‘Every year members of different Sunday Assemblies across the UK, Europe and America come together in celebration, through a programme of talks, workshops and activities, that help us live by our motto to Live Better, Help Often and Wonder More. This year, we at Sunday Assembly Glasgow are excited to host the gathering and welcome people to our incredible city.

The conference is open to any Sunday Assembly members or supporters, and anyone interested in celebrating life with us. Children are welcome but must have their own ticket and anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a responsible adult. We can’t wait to see you all!

Expect wonder-provoking talks, interactive workshops, and carefully curated activities that will help you build connections, live better and make the most of your time in Scotland. There’ll be something for everyone, whether you’re an organiser looking to develop your assembly, an assembly member looking to feel more connected to our network, or if you simply want to come along and celebrate life with like-minded people. And of course, there’ll be plenty of fun, food, singing and live music from a mega band of Sunday Assembly musicians from around the world.

If finding affordable accommodation is an issue then please get in touch. We have some members with spare rooms that may be able to offer a bed for the weekend. Send us a message on Instagram or by email hello@sundayassemblyglasgow.com and we will do our very best to find a place for you.

For those who are considering buying tickets, there is an incentive to buy soon: anyone buying a full priced weekend ticket between now and the end of August will be entered into a draw to win 2 Ceilidh tickets for Sloan’s Ceilidh on the Friday night of the gathering. It’s a great night, lots of fun in a beautiful historical building in the heart of the city.

The Glasgow Gathering is for members from around the world, as well as those who are new to Sunday Assembly and interested in learning, celebrating and making connections with us. So if you have friends who are interested in Sunday Assembly but can’t commit to regular meetings, please do bring them along.

There are also some subsidised tickets available at the very reduced rate of £40, for those who may not otherwise be able to attend.

These tickets may be purchased by those who meet one of the following criteria:

In full time education; Not receiving a waged income; Receiving income support (including pension credit), government assistance or other social security support. 

(Subsidised tickets are very limited and you may only book one per order. If you’re not sure whether you qualify please get in touch to check.).’

Find out more at sundayassemblyglasgowgathering.com