Wow! Generous AUUC shoppers have donated all the food items we need for meal packing on Sunday, Oct. 20. Thank you! Do join us — one and all — to assemble meal packs for our Halley ES students who look forward to these special meals each week. The next assembly dates are 11/17, 12/15, 1/26, … Continue reading Accotink Meal Packing Assembly Sunday, Oct. 20
We know that it can be stressful caring for a loved one through a prolonged period of illness. Your loved one may have Alzheimer’s or another kind of dementia. They may have a loss of mobility due to age or a particular physical ailment. They may have cancer or another debilitating disease. Caring for a … Continue reading Caregivers Group at Accotink
It was just seven years ago that the Memorial and Meditation Garden was completed and below is a photo as it appeared in October 2017. Recently, we completed a renovation of the lower planting bed and it is shown in the second photo. Please stop by and pause , if only for a short time, … Continue reading Accotink Memorial News
Having a visit from a special Assistance Dog and their human client has been an exciting and moving AUUC tradition since 2014. Throughout October, our outreach collection will support paws4people®. On Sunday, Oct. 20, Laura Culp, accompanied by her Service Dog THURM, will tell us about paws4people® and the importance of THURM in her life, … Continue reading October Outreach Collection: paws4people
Posted on September 1, 2024
Located inside AUUC’s Sanctuary, the new Children’s Library for All Ages has a collection of 478+ picture books available for check-out. Many of these books have been used in children’s spiritual development classes or in the Time for All Ages portion of our Sunday services. The catalog of books is available online https://www.libib.com/u/childrens-books and through the … Continue reading AUUC’s Children’s Library for All Ages
If you have been coming to AUUC for a while now, we would like to invite you to become a member of our community. As a member, you will be able to help shape the direction of the church by your votes on major issues. There are many other benefits of membership outlined in our … Continue reading Come Join Us at AUUC, Sept. 1 & Sept. 8
Monthly Potluck on 2nd Sundays Starting on Sunday, Sept. 8, we’ll have a potluck after church on the 2nd Sunday of each month! And, yes, this is a Family Friendly Event. Sign up to bring something or volunteer to prep/clean-up here: Potluck Sign Up. (This link will be the same every month.) Please keep in mind … Continue reading Monthly Potluck, Sept. 8
In-person early voting will be available from Sept. 20 through Nov. 2 Early Voting begins Sept. 20 at three Government Center locations: Fairfax County, Mt Vernon, and North County Fairfax County Government Center Hours: Monday-Friday Sept 20-Nov 1: 1pm-7pm Saturdays Sept 21, Oct 19, Oct 26, Nov 2: 9am-5 pm Sunday Oct 27: 1pm-5pm Hours … Continue reading In-Person Early Voting in Fairfax County
Looking for Alaska by John Green Now in our third year, Racial Justice and True Accotink Colors host a monthly Banned Book Club on the second Tuesday of every month. Celebrating the start of a new school year, our next discussion will be about Looking for Alaska, the award-winning, genre-defining debut novel by John Green. … Continue reading Read & Discuss Banned Books, Sept. 10
Explore our monthly themes through the practice of writing in the UU Writers group! This will be our second year of meeting, and we’re open to a few more writers joining us. This Soul Matters Writing group meets online the second Thursday of each month from 7-8:30 PM. Our first meeting for this church year … Continue reading UU Writers Group Starts, Sept. 12
Join us on Saturday, Sept. 14, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, for a Fall Garden Workday. Learn about what’s growing in the nearly native garden and how you can help. All ages and abilities are welcome. RSVP to Kristina at auucgarden@accotinkuu.org. Posted on September 1, 2024
