Worship Service, August 2, 10:00am In person and online The Nursery will be available during service for infants to preschool-aged children. View / download the Order of Service here soon. Join us for service on Sunday at 10:00 am in person, 10125 Lakehaven Ct., Burke, or online via Zoom. Stay after service for coffee hour and conversation … Continue reading Worship Service Aug. 2
Worship Service, July 26, 10:00am In person and online Monthly Theme for July: Resilience The Nursery will be available during service for infants to preschool-aged children. View / download the Order of Service here soon. Join us for service on Sunday at 10:00 am in person, 10125 Lakehaven Ct., Burke, or online via Zoom. … Continue reading Worship Service, July 26
What does it truly mean to “hold space” for another person? Drawing from more than a decade as a birth doula, Jenn Carlson explores how the sacred practice of presence, offering compassion without fixing, judgment, or control, can transform not only birth, but every stage of our lives. This service invites us to consider how … Continue reading The Art of Holding Space
Resilience is adapting our behavior in the face of adversity, tragedy, or stress. How can we cope with negative experiences to move forward and improve our lives? Members of the Congregation will share their life experiences dealing with adversity. For Reflection: What did you do to right yourself when things in your life seemed to … Continue reading Carrying On
This service will feature AUUC members sharing reflections about ways that we’re engaging in our Defending Our Democracy initiative and how you might join in the efforts. For Reflection: “How are you called to help move society one more step towards defending our democracy or supporting the most vulnerable?” Monthly Theme for July: Resilience … Continue reading One More Step
It’s easy to be a good neighbor to those who are like us, who look like us, who vote like us, who love like us. But the real challenge, and thus blessing, is when we dig deeper with those who have differences of opinions. Instead of focusing on the stark differences between us, we can … Continue reading Who Is My Neighbor?
Sunday, June 21, 11:00am Watch Party at Accotink UU Church and Online NOTE ALTERNATE TIME: Service starts at 11am this Sunday! Join us to watch the livestream together of the UUA General Assembly Sunday Worship on June 21, 2026, at 11:00 am ET. It will offer a powerful and communal experience—the largest annual gathering of … Continue reading UUA General Assembly Sunday Worship
We began this church year in September exploring Building Belonging. Belonging is foundational for this month’s Soul Matters theme of Flourishing Together. Belonging begins with witnessing, with beholding one another. This beholding needs to be a way of creating a loving space for each other, a way of holding each other in love. Join us … Continue reading We Be Holding Each Other
A Multigenerational Berry Communion In celebration of summer we’re having a Berry Communion! Here in Virginia, beginning in May, strawberries are the first fruits of the berry season, followed by cherries (ok, ok, I know cherries aren’t actually berries, but …) in June, then raspberries in July, and finally blackberries in July and August. Join … Continue reading Berries in a Bucket for the Winter
When anxiety and uncertainty make it hard to know what to do next, our values and vision can serve as a compass. This Sunday, we will reflect on what our shared values, commitments, and dreams have to offer in difficult and turbulent times. Guest in the Pulpit: Rev. Kirk Freeman Rev. Freeman (he/him) has been … Continue reading Return Again
Special Note: You’re Invited to Wear Tie-Dye this Sunday! This Sunday we invite you to seek through your closet for your brightest happiest clothes for this special Tie Dye Sunday Service! We look forward to seeing you in your tie-dye splendor for this start of summer service about Questing for Joy. Join Rev. Caitlin Cotter … Continue reading Joy Questing: A Tie Dye Sunday
These days, for different reasons, it feels like every American feels like a stranger in our own nation. How did we get here? And what does Dolly Parton have to teach us about how we got here and what we do to bridge the divide? Join us this Sunday for an exploration of how to … Continue reading Strangers In Our Own Land
