Sunday Assembly Sheffield and Sheffield Humanists are having a Secular Social to give non-religious people from across Sheffield a chance to to get together, share ideas and have friendly conversations with like-minded folks.

Have you tried an escape room? It’s the perfect way to spark meaningful connection. By stepping into a shared mission, you skip the small talk and dive straight into teamwork. Solving the final code together creates a real sense of accomplishment and a bond that lasts long after the clock stops.

When everything feels urgent, important goals get buried. To break the cycle, try time blocking. Schedule your non-urgent, high-value work as non-negotiable blocks of time in your week. If you don't defend your time, the "urgent" will always steal it.

When emotions feel like a tangled mess we can't escape, the weight of the unspoken can stall our healing. Writing offers a way out. By moving pain from the mind to the page, we organize the chaos, gain perspective, and begin to reclaim our story.

There is so much to worry about, but there is power in grounding ourselves in this moment. While so much remains beyond our control, we can practice self-care by gently pulling our attention back to the present. We are here. We are alive. We have much to be grateful for. And we're doing our best.

Our brains are hardwired with psychological tendencies designed to manage uncertainty, yet these same instincts can create significant friction when conflicting versions clash within a group.

We believe in compassion, dignity and the inherent worth of every human being. We stand with our fellow human! We stand with immigrants, refugees and families who are living in fear because of systems designed to intimidate, separate and dehumanize them.

What direction would you like Sunday Assembly to move into? What do you think our community is missing? How can we make your life more fulfilling?

Our universe is full of mysteries, and so are our lives. From the vast unknowns of cosmology to the quieter questions we carry day to day, curiosity and uncertainty often move us forward more than easy answers. Not knowing is often where discovery begins.

“Funny the way music finds you when you're a kid. It sneaks up on you. It's in the air, in the mood of the room, all around. And then, when it happens in just the right way, it can get under your skin and hang with you for just about forever.” – Steve Aoki

Join the London gang for some top-quality comedy tonight. James Ross and Thom Tuck will be doing their things. They are jolly good things.

New Year's Resolutions? Just a con by Big Gym to get new memberships (probably). Is changing our attitudes vs. behaviours more beneficial? That's what The Sunday Alternative in Reading will be asking this weekend. 10:30am at the Rising Sun Arts Centre to grab all the tea and cake before it starts!

After living with spina bifida, footballer & coach Jude Geoghegan created inclusive football opportunities for young people with disabilities. He shared with Sunday Assembly London how sports changed his life and how coaching became his platform for the kind of community change we love to support.

Original music written by a Sunday Assembly band?! That's what was featured at Sunday Assembly Atlanta's New Year, New Music Potluck! Plus great food, fellowship, and sparkling conversation. Given all the classic songs about Georgia, breaking away into original music is something to be applauded!

Life presents moments that require us to pause, reflect, grieve, celebrate, or to begin again. We must mourn loss, whether it's in our personal lives or in the wider world around us. Tending our grief is the way through.

Visit Italy by way of Sunday Assembly Pittsburgh this weekend! This meal will include: brief history of modern Italy; an introductory lesson on Italian pronunciation using primarily food words. And for the best part (see comment below)...

Lauren Samuels will talk about ICE in our neighborhoods to Sunday Assembly Gainesville. Lauren is the ID Coordinator in the Social Justice Division at the Rural Women’s Health Project. sagainesville.weebly.com/january-2026...

On average, humans need to use restrooms 8 to 10 times a day. Do you always have access to a restroom when you need one? Public restrooms are often hard to find, poorly maintained, or unavailable altogether, leading to repeated, preventable infectious diseases like Hepatitis A and Shigellosis.

To visualize the staggering scale of our universe, you don't need a telescope or a particle accelerator—just a standard ruler and a drop of water. Inside the drop of water is roughly 1.7 x 10²¹ water molecules, each containing 3 atoms, meaning it contains about 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms.

Let's take a moment to venture far beyond Earth to Saturn’s moon, Titan. Groundbreaking research published in December 2025 is fundamentally overturning a decade-old assumption about Saturn’s largest moon.

California’s water system is a massive engineering feat designed to bridge a huge gap: 75% of the state's water originates in the north, while 80% of the demand is in the south.

“I just want to feel better. My own body is my deepest enemy. It wants, it wants, it wants and when it does not get, it cries and cries and I punish it.” ― Kathleen Glasgow, from Girl in Pieces

In a world that is increasingly always on, silence is a precious resource. In religious and philosophical tradition, silence is a key ingredient in the pursuit of wisdom and insight. Science confirms that silence is good for our brains.

New Year, New Thoughts: take a look at the benefits of plant-based eating. Plant-based diets have been found to: ⬇️ the risk of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes; aid in weight loss; improve gut health; reduce inflammation; and strengthen our immune systems.

Did you know some animals can, theoretically, live forever?! What does that mean for human aging? #WonderMore

We don’t have to travel far or spend a lot of money to see the benefits of travel. Just look at leaving our homes as a chance to interact with different cultures and find something new that can improve our lives. It can be fun, rewarding, and life changing, if you do things a little differently.

Holidays ☃️ are wonderful/stressful. To recover from holiday burnout 😵, seek relaxation with music, movement, meditation, journaling, etc. Gradually re-establish boundaries 💪, say no to things that don't energize you ✋, and set aside time to disconnect from social media and news 📴.

Sunday Assembly London is a teenager! It’s 13 years since that first meeting, and many 100's of thousands of cups of tea later, we're doing that whole ‘community without religion’ thing. There are UK assemblies in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Grimsby plus loads more throughout the month.

Want to add more singing to your day? Nathan W. Pyle has you covered! Also works for other single syllable hours!

What an inspiring story. We can't all pay for the tuition for 4000 kids to college, but we can donate what we can to improve our communities and our world to #HelpOften this holiday season and year round.

Did you know there is group in the Phillippines holding Sunday Assemblies? The Philippine Pastafarian Church will be visiting the elderly, playing bingo, singing and having lunch with them, as well as doing a poetry reading and a message of hope. 🍝🗣️🎶🍽️

Times are hard, but together is how we get through it. Sunday Assembly Pittsburgh celebrates what their community is all about: each other. They encourage everyone to invite the special people in their lives, whether friends, family, or found family.

Sunday Assembly-North Idaho marked their first anniversary with an afternoon of games, connection, and cake! 🎂🀄❄️🏳️‍🌈 Congrats, North Idaho assembly! Whoo!

“One kind word can warm three winter months” — Japanese Proverb

Did you know that the word carol comes from the Old French word carole, meaning a circle dance with singing? It was pagan tradition long before it was a Christian one. Sunday Assemblies love a good singalong, but this month 2 will be dedicating their events exclusively to belting out holiday songs.

Winter Solstice is coming! If there's no Winter Solstice celebration near you, you can participate on Sunday, December 21st by lighting a candle or a fire, setting your intentions, connecting with loved ones, or however you want to dedicate the shortest day of the year and the return of the light.

It can be difficult to care for others long term without getting burnt out. Ryan McCune is a former children and therapist who looks at how we can create a greater capacity for compassion through curiosity, empathy, and a strong foundation.

🎶Fly me to the moon and let me play among the stars🎶 Our moon has been interpreted across human history as a deity, a timekeeper, a symbol in myth and religion, and an enduring muse for artists and writers.

Year in Reviews are all the rage these days! It seems like every app now wants to tell us what our year has looked like with them. But we can also use this time of year to do our own reflection on how our Life Happened this year. What shaped us? Surprised us? Challenged us? Connected us?

🌞 Weston-Super-Mare is starting a brand-new Sunday Assembly! It will be a place for community, joy, thought-provoking ideas, music, reflection, and connection. No dogma. Just people coming together to celebrate life.

Here at Sunday Assembly, we're all about celebrating, and making the best of, the one life that we know we have because one day it will end. But should death be something to fear, or something that brings meaning to our lives?

How was it for you? Like most years, 2025 has seen its share of good things and not-really-quite-so-good things - but we believe that highs should be celebrated as part of a community and that lows shouldn't have to be faced alone. It's kind of our bag, baby.

Who says January has to be ‘that sad month after December’? Join Sunday Assembly London and Quantum Leopard on 22nd January for an evening of shared laughter, well-crafted comedy and birthday joy!

Poetry and performance have been a part of Sunday Assembly since it started 12 years ago; there's more than one way to communicate! Here's one of Sunday Assembly London's favourite poet photos: Lydia Daisy.

Jane Goodall dedicated her life to erasing the arbitrary line between humans and animals, proving chimpanzees display intentionality, grief, and complex tool use. Her groundbreaking legacy inspires us to recognize and respect the deep kinship we share with all life. 🦍🌱

How can we find happiness in difficult times? In The Book of Joy, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu outline 8 pillars of joy in order to help us detach our happiness from our external circumstances: 1. Perspective allows us to view situations with a wider lens to find hope (con't ⬇️)

Volunteering can make a huge difference in people's lives, and your actions, big and small, can help others and benefit your own health. Those health benefits include improved physical and mental health, a sense of purpose and learning valuable skills, and nurturing new and existing relationships.

Did you know there is a women-led, nonpartisan group driving climate literacy and advocacy called The CLEO Institute? They have mobilized community action to leverage over $500 million in federal funding for climate solutions, while also pioneering youth networks and equity plans.

More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application process.

The food pantry at Brashear High School is open once a week, and each student gets about five minutes to shop. Any snacks they don't take often go to teachers, to offer to hungry pupils. n.pr/47NnEYp