Make Your Voice Heard! The Virginia General Assembly started Jan. 10 (adjourns March 9) and it’s moving fast (~2500 bills). 

Gun Violence Prevention Join us at the NRA Wednesday, Feb. 14, 10:00 AM Join us for our vigil at the NRA that we hold on the 14th of every month as we meet on the anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary Dec. 14. Our monthly vigil for the Sandy Hook tragedy is … Continue reading Vigil at the NRA, Feb. 14

Sunday, Feb. 11, will be our sixth Meal Packing Sunday of this school year! Please join AUUC children, youth and helping adults after the Sunday service to assemble meal packs for 35 Halley Elementary School children identified as experiencing food insecurity. We welcome everyone’s help!

True Accotink Colors & the Racial Justice Committee invite everyone to join us for a movie night on Saturday, February 10 at 6:30pm. Together, we’ll watch the recent film, Rustin, a biopic about gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who helped Martin Luther King, Jr., and others organize the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs … Continue reading TAC & RJC Movie Night: Rustin, Feb. 10

Fairfax CASA served 367 Fairfax children this past year. Fairfax CASA Executive Director Darcy Hubbard notes that well over 50% of their cases in the past two years involve domestic violence (up from 30%), with increased cases involving substance abuse and mental health issues. She adds, “We have over 70 children on our waitlist (unheard … Continue reading February Outreach Collection: Fairfax CASA

Are you a poetry lover or are you interested in becoming a poetry lover? This group is open to anyone with an interest in reading and understanding poetry. In February, we’re celebrating Valentine’s Day together! Each participant can bring one or two love poems to share with the group. This online discussion will be Wednesday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m. Contact John L. … Continue reading Poetry Group, Feb. 14

Beloved by Toni Morrison Now in our second year, Racial Justice and True Accotink Colors host a monthly Banned Book Club on the second Tuesday of every month. Our next book is Beloved by Toni Morrison. Set in the period after the American Civil War, the novel tells the story of a dysfunctional family of formerly … Continue reading Read & Discuss Banned Books, Feb. 13

Our Whole Lives (OWL) is a comprehensive sexuality education curriculum created by the UUA to educate all ages about the spectrum of sexuality: physical, emotional, and social. We will be offering OWL for grades 4-6 in March – May (snow dates in June). An informational meeting for 4-6th Grade OWL will be held Feb. 4 … Continue reading OWL for 4th-6th Graders Info Session, Feb. 4

Sacred Wheel invites you and yours to the first Holy Day of 2024, Imbolc, the halfway point between Yule and Ostara, the Spring Equinox! Sunday, Feb. 4th at noon in the sanctuary we will celebrate Imbolc, the Celtic welcoming of the Goddess Brigid, and Roman Lupercalia, the original Valentine’s Day. Get ready to rid yourself of … Continue reading Sacred Wheel Imbolc Celebration, Feb. 4

Newcomers as well as established members are invited to participate in a 4-session online small group activity introducing our church and Unitarian Universalism.  The series, called “Starting Point”, introduces the philosophy and history of Unitarian Universalism in relation to our individual spiritual journeys. It uses the method of “deep listening” where each member of the … Continue reading “Starting Point” Small Group Series Begins Feb. 1