Join us in the Nearly Native Garden for a fall work day! Learn about native plants as you help us maintain the garden beds. Saturday, Oct. 18, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (You’ll have plenty of time to get ready for the AUUC Auction later that day!) Dress for the weather. Bring garden gloves and garden … Continue reading Oct. 18: Fall Garden Workday
Oct. 19, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Floris United Methodist Church 13600 Frying Pan Rd, Herndon, VA 20171 Mark your calendars. You can sign up Sunday. Fliers with QR codes will be available. The Homes for All VOICE Assembly on Oct. 19 will draw hundreds of individuals from almost 50 interfaith and other VOICE member … Continue reading Oct. 19: Homes for All VOICE Assembly
Drumming will be on Sunday at 12:15 pm in the church sanctuary. All our welcome to join, whether you’ve brought a drum or not!
Every week at church, we are spotlighting a different LGBTQ+ individual you might or might not know about. Check the table during coffee hour to see the latest one featured. Not able to attend church in person or missed a week? We have them for you online as well. Learn and be inspired! August was Transgender History … Continue reading August’s Do You Know Spotlights
We’re looking forward to Sunday, Sept. 7, AUUC’s first meal packing assembly event of this church year. As an AUUC community, we will put together 140 weekend meal packs which we will deliver to 35 children identified as experiencing food insecurity at nearby Halley Elementary School. All children, youth, teens and helping adults are invited to participate … Continue reading Sept. 7: No Child Goes Hungry Meal Pack
Now in our third year, Racial Justice and True Accotink Colors host a monthly Banned Book Club on the second Tuesday of every month. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer is about a nine-year-old boy named Oskar Schell. Oskar discovers a key in a vase that belonged to his father, who died a year earlier … Continue reading Sept. 9: Banned Book Club
If you live in the 11th Congressional District and haven’t early voted or voted by mail, sure to remember to vote in-person in the Tuesday, September 9 Special Election. As a reminder, the VA General Election is Nov. 4 Gov, Lt Gov, Attorney General, All Delegates to VA House; Vienna Mayor and Town Council; Clifton … Continue reading Sept. 9: 11th Congressional District Special Election
Whatever their age, children removed from their home because of abuse or neglect face a frightening unknown, and for over 35 years, Fairfax CASA has made sure more than 8,500 abused and neglected children in our community don’t face it alone. Fairfax CASA is the only child advocacy program for abused and neglected children in … Continue reading July Outreach Collection: Fairfax CASA
Each summer we ask Accotinkers to consider sponsoring one or more students at the Mawlat Upper Primary School in a remote location in Northeast India. Our Social Justice Committee commits to sponsor at least 25 of the poorest students. Donating $40 (all donations of any amount are gratefully welcome!) sponsors one student for an entire year. The money … Continue reading Sponsor a Mawlat Student- Only $40
Beacon House School Supplies drive has begun! The collection boxes with signage are in the coat closet August 10. If you have more than the box will hold, or notice it is full, please contact Marsha White. See a list of suggested items. All supplies, including gently used, are welcome. An Amazon/equivalent Wish List will … Continue reading Aug. 10: Beacon House School Supply Drive Deadline
Accotinkers really stepped up and raised the full amount required for the renovation of ‘Our House’ in record time. This means a new hardwood floor on the main level, a new vinal floor in the kitchen, wall repair and newly painted walls in the sanctuary, new chairs, and better audio in the sanctuary. And this … Continue reading AUUC’s ‘Our House’ Sanctuary Renovation Project: A Huge Success Thanks to You!!!!
Pagans! Barbarians at the gate! They’re in the church and everywhere! Come see what the fuss is all about after service on Sunday, July 27th. Grab your coffee and come back into the sanctuary for an entertaining presentation on Paganism: what it is, what it isn’t, and why we should care. Hosted by yours truly, … Continue reading July 27, Paganism 101
