Welcome to Sunday Assembly’s Help Often Week! Join us as we live out an important part of our motto, which is to “Live Better, Help Often, and Wonder More” in this one life we know we have. We aspire to improve lives within and outside of our local communities, and we’re putting that into action. April 13–21, local chapters all over the world will be focusing on volunteering, service, and charity. They’re hosting events at food banks, gathering canned goods and supplies for those in need, cleaning up their communities, raising funds for good causes, and more. We need your help! Join Sunday Assembly Gainesville is collecting donations for the Outreach Van. Suggested items are canned food, socks, shampoo, bug spray, and other personal items. Bring your donations to our next Sunday Assembly on April 21. We’re so excited to work together as a community to do good and demonstrate the positive values our people live every day. NPR reports:
A new study shows nearly one-third of Americans have no religious affiliation. Some secular organizations are trying to create the community of church — without the religion. Hear the whole story or read on their website: https://www.npr.org/2024/01/28/1227487416/non-religious-americans-seek-community Sunday Assembly Gainesville will take part in the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. parade on Monday, January 15th at noon. This year's celebration will feature floats and bands for the first time. We will meet on the east side of the Bo Diddley Plaza (next to the courthouse) at 11:45. Look for the Sunday Assembly banner. The parade ends at Citizen’s Field. It is recommended that you park early at Citizen’s Field and get a shuttle bus downtown. More information about the parade is available at the Martin Luther King Commission's website.
September's book club meeting will be on a special day and time, for the month of September only. The Sunday Assembly Gainesville Book Club will meet Saturday, Sept. 16 at 10:00 a.m. at the Pride Community Center of North Central Florida (PCCNCF) at their new location in the Springhill Professional Center, 3850 NW 83rd Street, Suite 201. September's book is 400 Souls, edited by Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain. From Goodreads.com: An epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, Four Hundred Souls is a chronological account of four hundred years of Black America as told by ninety of America's leading Black writers. The SAGA Book Club will resume its regular schedule in October, meeting the 2nd Saturday of the month at 10:00am. Want to join the club? Contact Mary Nutter at: [email protected] The Sunday Assembly Gainesville Book Club has chosen The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray as its August selection. The club will meet Saturday, Aug. 5 at 11am via Zoom. From GoodReads.com: The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan's personal librarian—who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray. Interested in joining? Contact the club by email at [email protected]. Important Announcement for SAGA Members
Sunday Assembly Gainesville will not meet for an assembly in July. We will resume on Sunday, August 20 at the Pride Community Center of North Central Florida (PCCNCF). Please note their new location: Springhill Professional Center, 3850 N.W. 83rd Street, Suite 201. [ map ] More information regarding PCCNCF's move is available on their website. Sunday Assembly Gainesville is pleased to have been featured in the Gainesville Sun/The Guardian February 24. The online edition ran a feature about SAGA's February assembly featuring local historian Peggy Mcdonald and her presentation “Carolyn Beatrice Parker: Gainesville's own hidden figure.”
Read the full article (along with great photos!) at the link below. https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/guardian/2023/02/20/gainesville-native-carolyn-beatrice-parker-was-topic-at-sunday-event/69922917007/ The Sunday Assembly Gainesville Book Club has chosen Battle for the Big Top by Wes Standiford as its December selection. The club will meet Saturday, Dec. 10 at 11 am via Zoom. From GoodReads.com: Millions have sat under the “big top,” watching as trapeze artists glide and clowns entertain, but few know the captivating stories behind the men whose creativity, ingenuity, and determination created one of our country’s most beloved pastimes. In Battle for the Big Top, New York Times–bestselling author Les Standiford brings to life a remarkable era when three circus kings—James Bailey, P. T. Barnum, and John Ringling—all vied for control of the vastly profitable and influential American Circus. Ultimately, the rivalry of these three men resulted in the creation of an institution that would surpass all intentions and, for 147 years, hold a nation spellbound. Interested in joining? Contact the club by email at [email protected]. Sunday Assembly is participating in the 2022 Pride Festival, Saturday Oct. 22, from noon to 8pm at the Bo Diddley Plaza, 111 E. University Avenue in Gainesville.
These are difficult times for many marginalized people. Join SAGA as we declare that all people deserve to be seen, to be heard, to be recognized, and to be honored. Meet us there! More: https://www.meetup.com/gainesville-humanists-sunday-assembly/events/289090515/ |
Archives
April 2024
Categories
|