The group Sunday Assembly recently held a Rosewood event for families and young children, some in costumes, and partake in fun art making with the members.

“Art in the Park” wasn’t just a random event the organization decided to put on – everything it does has a deeper meaning within the members’ efforts to create a greater sense of community.

One of the creative directors of Sunday Assembly, Mags Munn, said life can be hard, and Sunday Assembly just wants to be a village of people that all support one another.

“So many people try to segregate themselves into belief systems and politics, putting up walls between each other,” Munn said. “Our mission is based on a simple and powerful idea: to live better, help often and wonder more.”

In hopes of finding “their people,” all members of the organization welcomed the attendees with open-arms – offering young children free food they bought for the event.

The main activities Oct. 26 included playing on the playground and doodling at a coloring station that was located under a tent with many fun supplies.

Sunday Assembly is a global organization, and another creative director, Savannah Chubb, said she found people to help her start a chapter here in Columbia.

“I made a post in a like-minded group about what we could do to get boots on the ground when it came to gun violence,” Chubb said. “A lot of people brought up the idea of Sunday Assembly, which is a global organization. We looked into it and decided to make our own chapter here.”

Chubb said their goal was to build a tighter community and make connections with other people with similar minds, ethics and values.

“We have a lot of pipe dreams that we want to make reality so the world can be a better place,” she said.

Secretary Danielle Oberski said the organization not only brings people together, but also gives back to the community.

“We want the Midlands to be better,” Oberski said. “We have canned goods and socks that we’re going to take to the homeless shelter. We want to gather everyone together and help with outreach.”

Chubb and Oberski said the organization is directed toward non-religious people who may feel like they don’t have their own group of people to connect with.

“We want to create a place where you can have a community even if you aren’t religious and be able to help locally through this group,” Chubb said. “The foundation of that idea is so often church. And all of us just wanted a sense of togetherness that you can get when you go to church around people who want the same things out of life as you.”