Howdy y’all! It’s Ross Llewallyn, outgoing president of Sunday Assembly Atlanta with one more yearly blog post highlighting events and progress from the past year while looking forward to the future of secular community. Sharing about 2021 activities can’t go without mentioning the pandemic, of course, as we continually adjusted …
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Welcome From Our New President
Hello, everyone! My name is Anna Varinsky and, as Ross stated, I am now president of Sunday Assembly Atlanta. I so appreciate how Ross has led us over the last four and a half years and I share his strong commitment to growing this Assembly specifically and to secular community …
Code of Conduct Released
Sunday Assembly Atlanta has long needed our own code of conduct that specifically reflects our values. For a long while, we’ve used Nashville’s while we struggled to create a document that, in my opinion, got too complex for what we needed. I also found that keeping it as streamlined as …
Looking Forward to In-Person Community
Hey y’all! It’s Ross Llewallyn. Every year that I’ve been president of Sunday Assembly Atlanta, I’ve made a post outlining goals for that year. 2020’s theme of “growth” didn’t happen in the way we planned at all, but it’s still an opportunity for reflection. 2020 – Growth? I am proud …
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COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Response
In Brief Sunday Assembly Atlanta (SAA) will follow guidance from the CDC, WHO, and the Georgia DPH to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as the pandemic evolves. Responsible action is therefore: Cancellation of upcoming in-person assemblies Cancellation of in-person small group activities Awareness of personal strategies to minimize risk of …
Childcare at Assemblies!
I am happy to announce that, starting on 16 February 2020, Sunday Assembly Atlanta will provide childcare for attendees of our monthly assemblies. Welcoming families must be a cornerstone of building community, and ensuring that both parents and children can enjoy themselves at our largest gathering is one important way …
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Theme for 2020: Growth
Welcome to a new decade! I’m Ross Llewallyn, president of Sunday Assembly Atlanta, and each year I like to post an update on the status of the community and progress made towards goals I and the board set out to accomplish. I love looking back at a year of Sunday …
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Theme for 2019: Help Often
2018 was the first full year that I operated as president of Sunday Assembly Atlanta, and I chose to create some overarching goals and a theme to focus our actions. In this post, I’ll reflect on past years, compare to the specific tasks I set out to accomplish, and plan …
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Gathering in Edinburgh and Future Plans
I got back from the Sunday Assembly Gathering in Edinburgh, Scotland a few weeks ago as the sole representative of the ATL! This is the same series of yearly conferences that was in Atlanta in 2015 and got me more heavily involved then. Being around leaders of SAs across the …
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Theme for 2018: Visibility
(The following is a blog-post form of a short presentation I gave at January’s gathering.) For those who have attended one of our monthly Sunday Assemblies, you’re probably familiar with the basic concept of our network of organizations. We’re a secular community without deity, dogma, or doctrine, striving to help …