Building a House for Hope This year’s pledge campaign kicks off February 15. This annual drive is a time to consider and record your anticipated contribution to the church for the next program year July 2026 to June 2027. Pledges can be contributed in any frequency – such as a lump sum, monthly, or quarterly … Continue reading Feb. 15 – Mar. 26: Pledge Campaign
AUUC’s Outreach Collection for March supports NAMI Northern Virginia, the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI Northern Virginia serves individuals, family members, and friends affected by mental health challenges through awareness, education, support, advocacy, and collaboration with community partners. NAMI Northern Virginia has thousands of service touchpoints with residents of our community each year. Offers hope … Continue reading March Outreach Collection: NAMI Northern Virginia
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
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
When: Saturday, March 28, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Where: Kings Park Shopping Center. 8970 Burke Lake Rd., Springfield, VA 22051. At a large triaanuglar area with sidewalks on Braddock Rd., Burke Lake Rd. and Rolling Rd. What: Working with two other Indivisible groups, AUUC is coordinating the protest at the Kings Park Shopping Center Needed: Folks to help with the action. We … Continue reading Mar. 28: Next No Kings Day
Our 4th annual Pie-Off Contest & Fundraiser will take place after service on Sunday, March 29 during coffee hour along. This event, full of deliciousness and fun, is held by True Accotink Colors in March to coincide with Pi Day (March 14) and Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31). Compete: We need pies! Enter a … Continue reading Mar. 29: Annual Pie-Off Fundraiser
