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Celebrate with us 3rd Sundays • Next Celebration: May 17
Sunday Assembly
Live better. Help often. Wonder more.
Live better. Help often. Wonder more.
At Sunday Assembly, we celebrate living our lives.
We’re a non-religious community that meets up to enjoy each other’s company and encourage one another to do our best.
We gather as a larger group on one Sunday a month. While there’s an order to our meeting, we have no doctrine, no sermons, and no liturgy. Instead, we have speakers on wide-ranging topics, sing fun lyrics, and eat lunch together. On other days between the celebrations, we also get together to have book clubs, dine at restaurants, go on hikes, see movies, and lots more.
We currently use Meetup to list our many activities: monthly celebrations, smoups, and community service events.
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Live Better: Smoups
Live Better: Smoups
Our name for small groups is smoups.
The variety of smoups has grown out of our members’ interests and ideas. Anyone may propose a new one for just about any interest.
Philosophy Smoup
Lunch Bunch
Hiking Smoup
Living Better Book Club
Movie Smoup
Board Game Night (~weekly)
Help Often:
Serve Others
Help Often:
Serve Others
We look for ways to serve our community, aligned with the heart of our motto, “Help Often.”
As a community we also strive to help one another when one of our members is in need.
Please visit our Help Often page for more information.
Wonder More: Celebrate
Wonder More: Celebrate
Our main event is our monthly celebration, usually held on the third Sunday.
Come for the talks, sharing, singing together, and inspiration—stay to mingle and get to know folks like you over the potluck (whether or not you bring food)!
10:30am Celebration
12:00pm–1:00pm Potluck
In February 2026, we’re meeting at BFUU, 1924 Cedar Street in Berkeley.
Visit our Meetup page for more info.
Photo: Debra Crow
Next Celebration: May 17
Fostering Future Guide Dogs
We welcome Debra Crow of the Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) Berkeley Puppy Raising Club. She'll be accompanied by her foster puppy Namaka who will one day be a certified guide dog. Debra is a retired finance executive who joined the Berkeley Puppy Raising Club in 2022.
Join us after the potluck for an interactive ession on assisting people who are blind or have low vision. Learn how to approach a person with a disability, how to find out if they would like your help, how to walk with someone who uses a cane or a guide dog, how to assist someone who has limited vision, and understanding some of the dos and don'ts. Have some fun while learning in a safe environment.
What should you expect from a Sunday Assembly event?
What should you expect from a Sunday Assembly event?
Our community recharges us. Whether in our smoups or the monthly celebration, we hope to solace worries, provoke kindness, and inject a touch of transcendence into the everyday. We strive to make Sunday Assembly a place of love and compassion where—no matter what your situation—you are welcomed, accepted, and loved.
Part of a larger community
Part of a larger community
While Sunday Assembly is a growing global movement with chapters in Europe, Australia, and other parts of the United States, this site is the hub for our local East Bay chapter (in the San Francisco Bay Area).
Sunday Assembly was dreamed up in 2013 in London, England, by two comedians, and their light-hearted approach infuses all chapters.
Meet SAers worldwide
Meet SAers worldwide
Sunday Assembly Conference • July 16–19, 2026 • Atlanta, Georgia
Early bird ticket pricing until March 1st.Sunday Assembly Conference • July 16–19, 2026 • Atlanta, Georgia
Sunday Assembly hosts an annual, international conference where you can have a great time with other like-minded people from around the world. Sunday Assembly East Bay hosted in 2022, and Atlanta, Georgia hosts the next gathering.
Learn more about the Conference and its theme Welcome Y'all! 👋
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