Do You Have a Non-Profit to Recommend? AUUC’s Social Justice Committee invites you to nominate an organization to receive one of next year’s Outreach Collections. If you would like to suggest and sponsor an Outreach Collection next church year for a non-profit that is special to you and supports our UU principles, please submit an … Continue reading Call for Nominations for 2026-27 AUUC Outreach Collection Recipients
Building a House for Hope This year’s pledge campaign kicks off February 15. This annual drive is a time to consider and record your anticipated contribution to the church for the next program year July 2026 to June 2027. Pledges can be contributed in any frequency—such as a lump sum, monthly, or quarterly—and transferred to … Continue reading Feb. 15 – Mar. 29: Pledge Campaign
When: Saturday, March 28, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Where: Kings Park Shopping Center. 8970 Burke Lake Rd., Springfield, VA 22051. At a large triaanuglar area with sidewalks on Braddock Rd., Burke Lake Rd. and Rolling Rd. What: Working with two other Indivisible groups, AUUC is coordinating the protest at the Kings Park Shopping Center Needed: Folks to help with the action. We … Continue reading Mar. 28: Next No Kings Day
Our 4th annual Pie-Off Contest & Fundraiser will take place after service on Sunday, March 29 during coffee hour along. This event, full of deliciousness and fun, is held by True Accotink Colors in March to coincide with Pi Day (March 14) and Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31). Compete: We need pies! Enter a … Continue reading Mar. 29: Annual Pie-Off Fundraiser
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed Now in our third year, Racial Justice and True Accotink Colors host a monthly Banned Book Club on the second Tuesday of every month. When Stars are Scattered is a critically acclaimed graphic novel by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson, based on Mohamed’s true story of growing … Continue reading Apr. 14: Banned Book Club
Please consider purchasing any of the 10 food items that we’ll be packing into bags during our next meal packing assembly on Sunday, April 19th. Once again, we’ll deliver 140 meal packs to our 35 children identified as experiencing food insecurity at nearby Halley Elementary School. To help us plan, please visit our Sign Up Genius … Continue reading Apr. 19: Meal Packing
Ballot Question: Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumes for all future redistricting after the 2030 census. The amendment would allow the Virginal General Assembly to redraw Congressional districts mid-decade, … Continue reading Apr. 21: Special Election on Constitutional Amendment
AUUC’s Outreach Collection for March supports NAMI Northern Virginia, the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI Northern Virginia serves individuals, family members, and friends affected by mental health challenges through awareness, education, support, advocacy, and collaboration with community partners. NAMI Northern Virginia has thousands of service touchpoints with residents of our community each year. Offers hope … Continue reading March Outreach Collection: NAMI Northern Virginia
Located in the cozy corner of AUUC’s Gallery area, our DEAI Library has over 600 picture books plus a small collection of chapter books available for everyone to borrow. The books are color-coded and organized by six UU values plus two: inspiration (silver) and chapter books (black). To borrow books to enjoy at home, use the … Continue reading Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion Library
Invitation to Honor Through AUUC’s Social Justice Committee, our congregation has supported the Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County since 2007. Each year our 28 local high schools are given the opportunity to select a junior, senior, or student organization to receive the Peace Award for their school. Once again, all 28 schools selected awardees, students … Continue reading Mar 1: Student Peace Awards
Come one, come all, and join the fun of assembling 140 meal packs for our 35 students at Halley Elementary School whose families experience food insecurity. We’ll set up tables in the Sanctuary and bring out the food items about 10 minutes after the Sunday service, and finish up in no time! The final two … Continue reading Mar. 1: Meal Packing
Small Groups are a way that Accotink and other UU congregations build up their community, deepen relationships, and engage with meaningful issues. Accotink will be hosting its next iteration of Starting Point in March and April, welcoming newcomers and long-time members to engage with each other in an introductory experience of a small group, practicing … Continue reading Mar. 3: New Starting Point Small Group
