Sunday Assembly: A Church For The Godless Picks Up Steam

"...Congregants in Los Angeles were encouraged to volunteer to read to children at a downtown elementary school, to donate blood and plant some trees with a local charity organization....
It sometimes feels like church in the auditorium of the Professional Musicians union in Hollywood. It's a Sunday morning, and hundreds of people are gathered to meditate, sing and listen to inspirational poetry and stories.
But then, the live band starts up — performing songs by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Jerry Lee Lewis. And instead of a sermon, there's a lecture by experimental psychologist and neuroscientist Jessica Cail about the biology of gender identification and sexual orientation...

"...There's little talk of God at "Sunday Assembly," but you will find community, music and skepticism. There are now almost 30 congregations in several c... "    Read more