7:30 pm, December 17 2015
Come sing all your favourite Christmas pop songs with the fantastic Sunday Assembly London band and choir.
Hosted by Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans, this is the ultimate fun times all wrapped up in tinsel.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/sunday-assembly-christmas_n_5645ab6be4b0603773488e3a
6:00 pm, December 4 2015
Join A Day Called Wonder 2015 for a gathering dedicated to celebrating life, building communities and wondering deeply. Sunday Assembly are bringing together inspirational speakers, profound thinkers and great doers who will provide you with tools to improve your life, grow your community and lead change in the world.
After a day of joyful gathering we’ll get together for an evening shindig which will carry on long into the night. The action doesn’t stop there as the next day there will be Sunday Assembly at 11 am in Conway Hall.
Visit www.adaycalledwonder.com to check out our awesome speaker line up and get your tickets today!
4 December, 6pm to 6 December, 1pm
2:00 pm, October 17 2015
Hey all you lovely walking people! Get your hiking boots at the ready!! We’ll be taking a walk along the river from Richmond to Hampton Court.
See you (promptly please!) at 2pm at Richmond Station.
7:00 pm, September 10 2015
Celebrate summer with Sunday Assembly’s awesome band and choir
Get to the beet with a fabulous feast of seasonal sing-a-longs!
Comedy, spoken word and an EPIC raffle. Tweed and seasonal garb highly recommended
Bring a donation of non-perishable goods for our community collection. Proceeds will be distributed to local food banks, drop-in centres and homeless organisations
Come on by, and give peas a chance…
Tickets £12.00 | £9.00 concessions
11:00 am, June 21 2015
Fresh Start
Our first assembly of 2015!
Humans are Better than Robots
Join us for another awesome Sunday Assembly at Conway Hall! This week, we’ll be joined by Wired’s Olivia Solon, who will explain Why Humans Are Better Than Robots – and really, who hasn’t asked themselves that question? You can also look forward to some poetry by Jon Sayers.
And of course, we have picked some excellent songs for the talented SA band to play and for you to sing along to!
Then there’ll be TEA AND CAKE! There’s no need to book and everyone is welcome. It’s free to attend, but please give a small donation if you can, so we can cover our costs.
Assemble!
This one is going to be special, as we are joined by Assemblies from all over the UK to talk about what Sunday Assembly is actually doing around the world.
Anna Kahn will read us some of her poetry and of course, we have picked some excellent songs for the talented SA band to play and for you to sing along to!
Then there’ll be TEA AND CAKE! There’s no need to book and everyone is welcome. It’s free to attend, but please give a small donation if you can, so we can cover our costs.
Just the Two of Us?
Rosie Wilby is coming to talk about Monogamy. Ooh er! And of course singing, listening, reflecting with awesome peoples.
Family Fairytale Fun
Fliss Russell is not only a wonderful member of our SA London gang, but also a leading children’s entertainer! Come sing Disney songs and reflect on why imaginative play is so important for both children and adults!
All welcome – especially those with kiddies!
Morning Gloryville Mash Up
On Sunday March 15th at 11 am the most joyous or uplifting place in the whole of London will be Conway Hall when Samantha Moyo of MORNING GLORYVILLE speaks at Sunday Assembly London on ‘THE POWER OF DANCE’.
More than just a talk as Samantha will bring a selection of Morning Gloryville dancers, and a DJ will be thrown into the mix alongside the Sunday Assembly House Band for a (morning) glorious singalong and (optional) booty shake.
Basically, the service will follow the traditional Sunday Assembly format with talks, poetry, reflection and tea and cake at the end, but with a bit more time to jiggle your tail feather.
Expect songs, (optional) dancing and non-chemical based fun times!
This Planet
Ed Gillespie talks about travelling the world – without those planes. Say what?
How Not to Join a Cult
Rebecca Wait talks about why our need to be accepted by others can be dangerous, and discusses her own experiences of manipulative groups.
See you there for singing, poetry and of course, tea and cake!
Free to attend – a collection will be made to cover the cost of running our fabulous events.
Play
Come hear great talks, sing great songs and celebrate this one life we know we have!
We have the fantastic Charlotte Roach coming to speak for us, as well as poetry from Clair Whitefield. We’ll also be hearing from our beautiful band.
Come have a sing and a listen!
Grace, John and Cake
Come hear great talks, sing great songs and celebrate this one life we know we have!
This week our speaker is Grace Gelder, who married herself! Our poet is John McCullough and the whole thing will be held together with the glue that is Pippa Evans and Sanderson Jones.
We’ll also be having our first bake sale in aid of English For Action, a charity which offers free English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses to adults in our community.
So do bring a cake if you’d like to contribute!
Lessons From The Film ‘Up’ And Chinese Nail Houses
This week’s speaker is DREW BUDDIE, who’ll be telling us why stubbornness can be good and how he learned his most important lesson in life from the film ‘Up’ and Chinese Nail Houses.
There’ll be poetry from our resident scribe, JON SAYERS, and of course lots of singing! Then there’s tea and biscuits at the end. What a wonderful way to start your Sunday!
AND…
Remember CHARLOTTE ROACH, the speaker at SA on 3rd May?
She was the triathlete who cycled home from Beijing and now plays games with Rabble, because she was bored of boring exercise.
Charlotte will be leading a special SUNDAY ASSEMBLY RABBLE at 1.30pm, outside Conway Hall in Red Lion Square Gardens. No experience, or equipment necessary – just wear trainers and clothes you’re comfortable running around in:
No experience, or equipment necessary – just wear trainers and clothes you’re comfortable running around in. Come down for British Bulldogs, Dodgeball and more.
“Remixing the playground games of old, for smiles new. Rabble was born because we got bored of boring exercise. We don’t play traditional sports – it’s games from start to finish, rules are simple and each game builds on the last.”
7:00 pm, June 15 2015
Always wanted to play in the Sunday Assembly London band but didn’t know how? Sent in emails and been routinely ignored by our slightly disorganised administration system?
Well come to Premises Studios on June 15th and meet band members, jam along with songs we’re learning for the festivals and become part of the network that is SA London’s band of dreams!
We’ll be doing these songs
What a Feeling (Flashdance) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILWSp0m9G2U
Wonder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kASjW_aPbQ
Build Me Up Buttercup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iol0B-clFFM
Mr Brightside https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE
Call Me Maybe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic
It’s My Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SKFwtgUJHs
And might chuck in some more xx
11:00 am, December 21 2014
Forgiveness
Marina Cantacuzino founded The Forgiveness Project which uses the real stories of victims and perpetrators to explore concepts of forgiveness, and to encourage people to consider alternatives to resentment, retaliation and revenge.
Sounds pretty heavy! They will be songs and poems and joy and laughter as we explore the idea of forgiving people who we feel have wronged us.
Afterwards we’ll be having a picnic in the square. Bring some nibbles!
What does E=mc2 actually mean?
The fabulous Mr Russell N. Arnott MSc will be explaining to us some of those science facts that we think we know, but do we REALLY know?
There will be FACTS! There will be FUN and of course, SONGS!
It’s free to attend. We ask for donations to keep the event non-ticketed (the money pays for the hall, refreshments and expenses). Please give generously if you can so we can keep it free for those who can’t.
Everyone’s an artist!
Jo Hunter will be talking about her project ’53 Million Artists’, a campaign to unlock the creative potential of every human being in England. It invites people to commit to doing something different regularly, reflect on that and share it with other people at 53millionartists.com [Update 2026: it’s now known as 64 Million Artists]
As usual, there’ll also be some great songs, our lovely choir, fantastic band, poems, tea & cake.
Everyone’s welcome, no need to book. It’s free – but please donate if you can, so we can cover our costs.
It’s Play Time!
Join us for some Creative Adventures with Steve Chapman who believes we all have a unique ability to create, imagine and innovate no matter who we are, what we do or how creative we believe we are.
Steve will tell stories of losing and then re-discovering his own creativity, share some simple creative practices that can help us find our own and indulge the audience in some simple, exciting and energising experiments. If you want to discover your inner creative genius, this one is definitely for you!
As always, there’ll also be awesome songs to sing, poetry to listen to, tea to drink, cake to eat and other lovely people to meet. What a way to start your Sunday!
If you can, please bring along some cash for donations, so we can cover our costs. No need to book – just turn up!
Awareness is Freedom
Our headline speaker for this assembly is Dr Itai Ivtzan. Mindfulness meditation is becoming enormously popular, but what is it really about? And how could it contribute to our happiness? He says it makes his heart sing. He is convinced that if we befriend both psychology and spirituality, and succeed in introducing them into our lives, we will all gain super-strengths of awareness, courage, resilience, and compassion.
He is a positive psychologist, a senior lecturer, and the program leader of MAPP (Masters in Applied Positive Psychology) at the University of East London (UEL). He is also an honorary senior research associate at University College London (UCL).
Dr. Ivtzan has previously given a Russell Square TEDx talk in 2013.
As always, there’ll also be awesome songs to sing, poetry to listen to, tea to drink, cake to eat and other lovely people to meet. What a way to start your Sunday!
If you can, please bring along some cash for donations, so we can cover our costs. No need to book – just turn up!
Wonder More!
Come along to sing SONGS, hear TALKS, share TEA and CAKE and enjoy COMMUNITY.
The fantastic, funny and all round generally great Jenna Im is going to give a talk on what it’s like to grow up British, become Bahraini, move back to Britain and learn a lot about yourself, and the culture your from.
Come to the SUNDAY ASSEMBLY and celebrate being alive. It’s for everyone who wants to LIVE BETTER, HELP OFTEN and WONDER MORE.
See you soon down there.
Love,
Sunday Assembly Team
Assemble Everywhere!
Ruth Kaiser is bring positivity from California, we’re bringing songs and joy – we’d love you to be there.
We’ll be livestreaming and linking to all the Assemblies across the globe as we celebrate this movement going from strength to strength.
Awesome songs, a fantastic speaker and, of course, tonnes of cake!
Free entry: donations welcome!
What I Learnt as a Choir Leader
Following last week’s extra London Sunday Assembly to coincide with the launch of more than 30 Assemblies world wide, we’re back to normal now, meeting on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month.
For this week’s Assembly, we’ll be joined by Dom Stichbury, leader of the Chaps Choir – a choir of chaps. To get hundreds of people to sing as one voice takes some talent, and couldn’t we all do with being better leaders? He’ll share tips and tricks that help him turn the many into one.
Everyone is welcome and there’s no need to book.
It’s Not Boring!
Our headline speaker for this assembly is James Ward, founder of the Boring Conference and someone who knows a lot about stationery.
Edinburgh Fringe First Award winner, Katie Bonna, will treat us to some of her poetry.
Our lovely choir and band will provide the music for you all to sing along to. Dancing in the aisles is optional.
There’ll also be tea and cake and a chance to socialise. No need to book and everyone is welcome. The event is free, but as ever, we appreciate donations to cover our costs.
Remembrance
Last year we hosted the first ever non-religious Remembrance service. This will be our second. Come and remember those who gave their lives in battle.
I’m Alright Me!
We are back with an excellent speaker: Samantha Cleasby, writer, blogger and public speaker. Spreading awareness of IBD, Ulcerative Colitis, ileostomies and j pouches and being so bad ass…
Our poet this week will be Mike Galsworthy, and this is his YouTube channel.
Then there’ll be TEA AND CAKE! There’s no need to book and everyone is welcome. it’s free to attend, but please give a small donation if you can, so we can cover our costs.
Nice Cup of Tea
That’s right! We’re celebrating tea at Sunday Assembly London.
Come and hear Ed Flint talk about tea, listen to Sophia Walker’s poetry and sing some Christmas pop classics as we warm up for Yule Rock.
You can also find out about all the fantastic ways you can get more involved with Sunday Assembly London.
Festive Funtimes!
We’ll be having a fun look at the joys of giving, singing classic yuletide pop and wearing Christmas jumpers the likes of which have never been seen!
7:00 pm, December 18 2014
Yule Rock is the rockingest Christmas singalong in the land. Unleash all your favourite holiday classics for an evening of Wham!, Slade, Bing Crosby, Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl and many more.
Yule (!) be belting these out with sounds from the incredible Sunday Assembly house band and choir, with the help of some SPECIAL GUESTS. Good cheer mandatory. Christmas jumpers advisable.
7:00 pm, October 31 2014
The Sunday Assembly is a godless congregation that celebrates life, but for one night only this Halloween, we’re celebrating death (well, the walking undead) with our Halloween zombie party!
Whether you’re already a Sunday Assembly regular or keen to find out more, bring your friends and come dressed in your best zombie / funeral attire to mingle with the rest of the Sunday Assembly walking undead.
Step inside our dystopian World’s End-stye pub for:
– Free face painting,
– Devilish drinks,
– Sombie movies
– Frighteningly fun festival DJ Bomber Harris.
We’ll also have a costume contest for those of you with devilish dress-up skills and plenty of opportunities to make new friends (yay!)
Tickets are FREE but we’ll be collecting donations on the door for one of our fave local London charities, Oasis Play, (or if you prefer you can make a donation now).
11:00 am, June 15 2014
It’s the New Year!
Our first assembly of 2014! Our guest speaker was Alom Shaha: science teacher, writer and film-maker.
Brains
Sunday Assembly London meets on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month to celebrate LIFE! Woooo! And this month Sam Nightingale, a brain science man, will be talking about our brains and how amazing they are.
We’ll be singing and leaping and learning. What more could you want at 11am on a Sunday?
Happiness
We return to the Conway Hall with the wonderful Dr Anita Marsden telling us about the psychology behind happiness! We’ll have readings and super songs and it might just blow your mind.
There is no better way to start your Sunday!
Bring cake!
Tunnel to Greatness!
We meet once again to celebrate being alive!
This time we have Robert Hulse from the Brunel Museum, talking about the 1st tunnel under the Thames. How is that relevant to us now? Come find out!
There will be the usual songs, poems and laughter and your hosts Sanderson and Pippa.
Bring cake! Bring your kids! Bring your friend with cake and kids! All welcome!
Big love
It’s a Wander-ful Life!
On 2 March Sunday Assembly is taking to the streets for an immersive experience of insight and learning with our friends from Street Wisdom.
If you thought the street was just a place to hurry through on your way to and from work, think again. A non-profit venture led by human development honchos David Pearl and Chris Barez-Brown, Street Wisdom sees the city street as an amazing place to learn – an invisible university – for those that know how to look.
It’s urban magic on your doorstep.
All you’ll need is your curiosity and a secret question – about your personal and/or work life – that you’d like a fresh perspective on.
We’ll start at 1100 at The Penderel’s Oak, Holborn, spend an hour on individual street quests and return to the pub at 1200 to share what the street taught us. If it’s raining, bring a brolly. And if it’s glorious sunshine – a parasol! [optional]. And remember, it’s a wander-ful life!
Play
Another wonderful speaker – this time from Brighton (we in fact saw him talking at Sunday Assembly Brighton and loved him so much we asked him to come talk to us too!) Dr David Bramwell to tell us about his attempt to play with the way we do things!
We’ll have poems and songs – choir is back this week! And of course, the awesome band.
All hosted by Pippa and Sanderson and the fantastic SA London volunteers.
See you there!
Crumble with Loyd Grossman
That’s right! He had to drop out in December but Loyd’s back to talk to us about the wonder of buildings as part of his role as a Trustee for the Churches Conservation Trust.
Why should we keep these buildings alive? What do they represent? Are they still relevant in our increasingly secular society?
We’ll have songs and the band (maybe we can convince Loyd to join in) and of course, tea and cake!
See you there!
Let’s Get Optimisterical!
This week’s talk is by Mark Stevenson who wrote The Optimist’s Tour of the Future! He’ll be giving us an optimistic view of life and getting us to ask ourselves questions about what the future holds.
There will be awesome songs, a rockin’ band and of course, tea and cake.
We All Gonna Die Some Day
Death is inevitable. So why don’t we like talking about it? Well luckily, Lucy Porter does. Yes – Lucy Porter all round funny lady off the telly will be talking about dying.
We’ll have the usual poems and songs and a lot of visitors from around the world as this Sunday Assembly falls in the middle of our SA International Conference.
See you there, you wonderful people!
Express Yourself!
We like a bit of culture at Sunday Assembly London! And so our speaker on May 18th is talking about Street Art.
Lee Bofkin runs Global Street Art. Philosopher-scientist-street dancer turned curator of the world’s largest street art archive! Come and hear what is going on in the world of street art and what has been happening over the last 45 years!
And, of course, all the usual sing-songs, poems and community fun!
Free! Donations welcome!
What We Still Haven’t Learnt From The Greeks
Those Greeks! They had lots of good ideas. But have we actually listened to anything they said? Let’s find out with the fantastic Jules Evans!
There’ll be the usual fantastic songs, poems and tea and cake! And it’s all free if you need it to be!
Donations welcome.
Be Kind!
Bernadette Russell is a fabulous human who spoke at our first ever Conference. She was so brill, we’ve invited her back for more! Come join us talk about the art of being kind. We’ll have poems, songs and the usual delightfulness!
It’s Free – we do ask for donations to cover our costs (the hall, the Meet Up account, the tea/coffee etc) but that is voluntary!
No tickets – just turn up!
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