If it seems as if you’ve done repeat performances of helping with meal packs, you have! AUUC has been assembling meal packs for children identified as experiencing food insecurity at nearby Halley Elementary School since 2017!! And we love having families new to AUUC jumping right in to join the fun and generosity. Month after month, … Continue reading No Child Goes Hungry/Accotink Meal Packs, Feb. 1
The Membership Committee welcomes all committees, clubs, groups, families and individuals of the Accotink UU community to come together to learn about each other. AUUC has groups of all kinds doing amazing work for our own community and those around us. Whether it be gardening, sharing reading experiences, advocating for causes and ensuring all identity … Continue reading Come take part in the Connections Fair! Feb. 8
Dear Martin by Nic Stone Now in our third year, Racial Justice and True Accotink Colors host a monthly Banned Book Club on the second Tuesday of every month. In Dear Martin, Justyce is a good kid, an honor student, and always there to help a friend—but none of that matters to the police officer who just … Continue reading Read & Discuss Banned Books, Jan. 13
UUC will be hosting our 15th annual hypothermia shelter and everyone is invited to participate. We provide a warm place to sleep, dinner each night at ~6:30and personal care items for our guests with to take with them. To make all this happen, we need a set-up crew each evening to ensure the building is ready … Continue reading AUUC Hypothermia Shelter, Jan. 11–18
lo Saturnalia! Holiday Celebration Sacred Wheel invites you to join in the chaos of the Yuletide season on Sunday, Dec. 28, when we will honor the God Saturn and, in the true spirit of the holidays, experience the topsy-turvy seasonal interruptions of same. In order to make it a feast for everyone, please consider bringing … Continue reading lo Saturnalia! Holiday Celebration
Whatever their age, children removed from their home because of abuse or neglect face a frightening unknown, and for over 35 years, Fairfax CASA has made sure more than 8,500 abused and neglected children in our community don’t face it alone. Fairfax CASA is the only child advocacy program for abused and neglected children in … Continue reading July Outreach Collection: Fairfax CASA
Each summer we ask Accotinkers to consider sponsoring one or more students at the Mawlat Upper Primary School in a remote location in Northeast India. Our Social Justice Committee commits to sponsor at least 25 of the poorest students. Donating $40 (all donations of any amount are gratefully welcome!) sponsors one student for an entire year. The money … Continue reading Sponsor a Mawlat Student- Only $40
Beacon House School Supplies drive has begun! The collection boxes with signage are in the coat closet August 10. If you have more than the box will hold, or notice it is full, please contact Marsha White. See a list of suggested items. All supplies, including gently used, are welcome. An Amazon/equivalent Wish List will … Continue reading Aug. 10: Beacon House School Supply Drive Deadline
Accotinkers really stepped up and raised the full amount required for the renovation of ‘Our House’ in record time. This means a new hardwood floor on the main level, a new vinal floor in the kitchen, wall repair and newly painted walls in the sanctuary, new chairs, and better audio in the sanctuary. And this … Continue reading AUUC’s ‘Our House’ Sanctuary Renovation Project: A Huge Success Thanks to You!!!!
Pagans! Barbarians at the gate! They’re in the church and everywhere! Come see what the fuss is all about after service on Sunday, July 27th. Grab your coffee and come back into the sanctuary for an entertaining presentation on Paganism: what it is, what it isn’t, and why we should care. Hosted by yours truly, … Continue reading July 27, Paganism 101
The Women’s Book Discussion Group will meet via Zoom July 15 at 1:00pm to discuss The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy. Members of the group will receive a Zoom invitation before the meeting. Coming up 8/19/2025 North Woods A Novel/Daniel Mason 9/16/2025 Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion … Continue reading July 15, Women’s Book Discussion Group
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, AUUC’s Outreach Sunday Collection for May will support NAMI Northern Virginia (http://www.nami-northernvirginia.org/) , 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 had over 10,000 touchpoints of service … Continue reading May Outreach Collection: NAMI Northern Virginia
