I am not religious and have no desire to start being now but sometimes I just want the community people get with church. I am craving connection with the community and feel it’s very healthy for families and neighbors as well. The United States is seriously lacking in third spaces and communities. It’s leading to a serious loneliness epidemic… Just wondering if there is anything that can fill that need for non-religious folks?
Volunteer work is probably your solution.
Other than mere social activities, people work together towards common goals, and all of them considers them good goals (different than between you and your boss at work). This gives strong feelings of becoming a community etc.