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
OAR: Opportunities, Alternatives & Resources: Breaking the Cycle of Crime Our February Outreach organization is O.A.R. This local non-profit restorative justice organization has provided opportunities, alternatives, and resources for court-involved individuals and their families in Fairfax, Loudon, and Prince William Counties since 1971. The organization’s main focuses are Alternative Sentencing Programs, Reentry, and Family Services. O.A.R. offers individuals … Continue reading February Outreach Collection: OAR
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Now in our third year, Racial Justice and True Accotink Colors host a monthly Banned Book Club on the second Tuesday of every month. Parable of the Sower is a 1993 dystopian novel by Black, sci-fi writer Octavia E. Butler. It is set in a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate … Continue reading Read & Discuss Banned Books, Feb. 10
Monthly Potluck, Feb. 8 Bring a dish to share and join us for food and friendship after service Feb. 8!
Bring a dish to share and join us for food and friendship after service March 8!
Visit our Write Here! Write Now! table during this Sunday’s after-church potluck. We will be writing and sending letters to our local Virginia Senate and House legislators in Congress thanking them for: (1) standing firm to fund DHS only with effective, legal limits on ICE actions, and for (2) supporting the need for a War Powers Resolution. … Continue reading Mar. 8: Write Here! Write Now!
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo Now in our third year, Racial Justice and True Accotink Colors host a monthly Banned Book Club on the second Tuesday of every month. If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo is a big-hearted novel about being seen for who you really are. It’s the story of Amanda, a teenage trans … Continue reading Mar. 10: Banned Book Club
The next Board of Directors meeting will be held from 7-9 pm on Wednesday, March 11. Here is the draft Board agenda. As always, the agenda for each meeting will begin with a 10-minute open forum for members and friends to share questions and feedback. Meetings are usually hybrid (in-person at church and via Zoom), but it’s a good … Continue reading Mar. 11: Board of Directors Meeting
The Women’s Book Discussion Group will meet via Zoom March 17 to discuss All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley. Members of the group will receive a Zoom invitation before the meeting. Coming up 4/21/2026 The Safekeep: A Novel / Yael van der Wouden 5/19/2026 Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir / Griffin … Continue reading Mar. 17: Women’s Book Discussion Group
