VOICE Fairfax Behavioral Health Assembly As many of you know, VOICE (Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement) is sponsoring a Fairfax Youth and Family Behavioral Health Assembly, Sunday, Sept. 29 from 3 p.m.- 5 p.m. at Fairfax High School, 3501 Lion Run. Founded in 2008, VOICE is a respected and influential coalition of more than 50 northern Virginia interfaith … Continue reading VOICE Fairfax Behavioral Health Assembly, Sept. 29

Save the Date! Hope your summer is off to a great start! Thanks again for your incredible contributions to raising awareness about local and global hunger and raising over $31,000 to prevent hunger at the 2023 Burke/Fairfax CROP Hunger Walk. Spread the word, potential walkers.  Get a cool summer treat as we prepare for CROP Walk. Save … Continue reading CROP Walk, Nov. 3

AUUC’s Outreach Sunday Collection for July supports the Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ). Their website is uusj.org UUSJ represents the views of UU’s on Capitol Hill and before Federal agencies.  UUSJ sponsors the Write Here/Write Now and Action Alert campaigns, which give UU’s nationwide a chance to write to their representatives about an issue … Continue reading July Outreach Collection: UUSJ

Support Voting Rights For our next postcard campaign, we’ll be writing cards for Polk County, FL. This is a WRITE, HOLD, and MAIL LATER campaign. Mail date is Oct. 1 to 15. We will distribute postcards to you in late July. Background Info: We are writing to alert 969,000 registered Black women voters in Florida … Continue reading Postcard Writing Opportunity

Are you new to AAUC? An old-timer with new ideas? All Accotinkers are invited to a special listening session at 11:30 a.m., Sun. July 7 to learn about each other’s contributions to and wishes for our wider community — Fairfax and beyond. Rev. Kenneth Nixon from VOICE, an interfaith coalition that has achieved many things … Continue reading Building Beloved Community, Jul. 7

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Now in our second year, Racial Justice and True Accotink Colors host a monthly Banned Book Club on the second Tuesday of every month. Our next discussion will be about Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. Please be aware: this is the story of Hannah Baker, a high school freshman, … Continue reading Read & Discuss Banned Books, Jul. 9

True Accotink Colors will host a summer movie night event on Saturday, July 20 at 6:30pm. We’ll watch the one-of-a-kind musical biopic that embarks on the spectacular journey of Elton John in his rise to fame: Rocketman. Please be advised that the movie is rated R. TAC will provide food, drinks, and possibly surprise goodies. … Continue reading TAC Movie Night: Rocketman, Jul. 20

All are welcome to come to church Sunday, July 21st in celebration of Lammas, or Loaf-Mass, the gift of grain. This will be the regular church service, but with some twists, so come with an open mind and ready to laugh as we talk grain, County Fairs and Highland Games on one of the hottest … Continue reading Celebration of Lammas, Jul. 21

Once again Sacred Wheel invites all to share in supporting our No Child Hungry Meal Pack program, which provides meals to underserved kids at Halley ES. That Sunday will also be a congregational Lammas, or Loaf-Mass, the celebration of the gift of grain of all types. At a time when we are celebrating the Staff … Continue reading Bake Sale, Jul. 21

All are welcome (including kids) to come bang on pots, pans, drums and anything else that makes noise on Sunday, July 21 at noon in the sanctuary. Don’t have a drum? No problem, we have Other Things to borrow. And we can always raid the kitchen for pots and utensils! A thoroughly informal drumming group, don’t hesitate … Continue reading Drum Circle, Jul. 21

This year’s Beacon House School Supplies drive has begun. The collection boxes are in the coat closet near the chalice fountain exit and/or in the fellowship area from now through Aug. 4. If you have more than the box will hold, or notice it is full, please contact Marsha White. You can also order directly … Continue reading Beacon House School Supply Drive, now-Aug. 4