Past Events

February 2021 - Free Hugs!

Start your Valentine's Day with heart-warming hugs! Before the pandemic, CK Goldiing, an overthinker in need of rehabilitation, was challenged to find 61 strangers to hug. We'll be viewing "61 Hugs," Goldiing's winner of the Best Short Documentary of the Year 2019.

We'll also be singing along with the band on:

  • Love Shack - The B52s
  • You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes
  • Shower the People - James Taylor

Our celebration also includes a reading, how a member is doing their best, and a moment of reflection. Steve S. will be hosting.

January Assembly - Stepping Up

Have you been told you’re too quiet or meek? Or that you take up too much space, or that you’re a bully?

Come to our January Assembly and learn how to “Stand in your Power: How to be Assertive (Without Being Aggressive).” Learn to show up as your full self and be seen, own your presence with confidence and ease, and match your intention with your impact.

Winter Solstice Party (Online)

We hope you can join us for our Winter Solstice Party on Sunday, December 13, 2020 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM on Zoom. It will feature...

  • A Sharing Showcase, featuring live and pre-recorded songs, readings, and other performances by our attendees
  • Holiday singalongs, including photos to review the past year. Please email or message us your photo highlights from the past year!
  • A poem marking the end of the year

November Assembly - Renewal

It's our 7th birthday and the perfect excuse for baking yourself a cake to celebrate!

Our guest speakers, Maia and Greg Coladonato, want to fix something that's broken: our tendency to throw things away when they break, leading to overflowing landfills and lost treasures. At Repair Cafe Mountain View, passionate fixers connect with forlorn owners of broken valuables to change the world one part at a time.

We'll be singing:
Thank You for Being a Friend - Andrew Gold
Kind & Generous - Natalie Merchant
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

September 2020 Assembly - Bridging Differences

Join us online, Sunday, 9/13 at 11am. Our speaker will be Randy Lioz from Braver Angels. Randy has made it his life’s work to depolarize conversations we have surrounding politics. Too often we demonize and dehumanize those we don’t agree with about politics, but what if we emphasize curiosity, and even building relationships? Can we actually be more effective advocates for our deeply held beliefs if we hold off on expressing them? Let’s find out!

We will meet on Zoom and have breakout room mingling at 10:30 am, assembly at 11:00 am, and more mingling at noon.

August Assembly - Greater Community

Community is why we come together at Sunday Assembly. We hope you can join us, Sunday, August 9th for inspiring speakers and fun singalongs.

Our guest speaker, Chuck Blair, will talk with us about the Oasis community which, like Sunday Assembly, is both secular and inclusive. Chuck will share with us Oasis' core values and how they practice them. Please see the Oasis website and Facebook group.

Sunday Assembly July (online) - Wildlife About

"Help! A bird struck my window . . . there's a baby squirrel at my doorstep . . . now what?" Our guest speaker, Stephanie Ellis, has an enormous wealth of knowledge and passion for avian rehabilitation and conservation on both coasts. Currently, she is the executive director of Wild Care, Inc., a nonprofit wildlife hospital dedicated to the rescue and release of injured and orphaned wildlife on Cape Cod. She is also well known in Silicon Valley for all her work with birds and other wildlife in this area.

Alex R. will be hosting!

Sunday Assembly California! - Live Long and Prosper

For our May online event, we’re teaming up with other California Sunday Assemblies!

Star Trek, one of the world’s most successful and beloved television series is uniquely concerned with ethics. Many of its episodes directly address questions of right and wrong, exploring ethical questions in a science fiction setting. In this presentation, philosopher and Ethical Society Outreach Director James Croft, Ed.D., explores how the show inspires us to live better, help often, and wonder more as we “live long and prosper."

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