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 August, we’ll be discussing poems by John Donne, scholar, soldier, and secretary. He is considered the preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets. This online discussion will be Wednesday, August 21 at 7:30 p.m. Contact Connie D. for the Zoom link. Posted August … Continue reading Poetry Group, Aug. 21
Did you miss your opportunity to see the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C. perform at the Kennedy Center in June? Not to worry because now there will be a FREE screening of GMCW’s concert “Portraits” on the evening of Aug. 23 at 7 pm in the Sanctuary! This event, in conjunction with True Accotink Colors, … Continue reading Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington Concert Screening, Aug. 23
Postcard Writing Opportunity For our next postcard campaign, we’ll be writing cards for Virginia. This is a WRITE, HOLD, and MAIL LATER campaign. Mail date is Sept. 1 through Oct. 4. We will distribute postcards to you by end of August. For our third and last postcard campaign for the 2024 election, we are writing … Continue reading Support Voting Rights by Aug. 23
Mark your calendar for Sunday, Aug. 25, AUUC’s first meal packing assembly event of this church year. With the new school year starting soon, we are back in full swing with our No Child Goes Hungry/Accotink weekend meal packing for delivery to 35 Halley Elementary children identified as experiencing food insecurity. We are excited to … Continue reading No Child Goes Hungry Meal Packing, Aug. 25
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 for Just $40
Inova Health Systems, which is offering its presence and support to VOICE for the Sept. 29 Action Assembly, will also be sponsoring a two-day Act on Addiction Virtual Summit on Sept. 17 and 18, 7 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. The collaboration underscores the critical need to address addiction and behavioral health in the community together.Join this opportunity … Continue reading Inova Act on Addiction Summit, Sept. 17
VOICE Fairfax Behavioral Health Assembly As many of you know, VOICE (Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement) is sponsoring a Fairfax Youth and Family Behavioral Health Assembly, Sunday, Sept. 29 from 3 p.m.- 5 p.m. at Fairfax High School, 3501 Lion Run. Founded in 2008, VOICE is a respected and influential coalition of more than 50 northern Virginia interfaith … Continue reading VOICE Fairfax Behavioral Health Assembly, Sept. 29
Save the Date! Hope your summer is off to a great start! Thanks again for your incredible contributions to raising awareness about local and global hunger and raising over $31,000 to prevent hunger at the 2023 Burke/Fairfax CROP Hunger Walk. Spread the word, potential walkers. Get a cool summer treat as we prepare for CROP Walk. Save … Continue reading CROP Walk, Nov. 3
AUUC’s Outreach Sunday Collection for July supports the Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ). Their website is uusj.org UUSJ represents the views of UU’s on Capitol Hill and before Federal agencies. UUSJ sponsors the Write Here/Write Now and Action Alert campaigns, which give UU’s nationwide a chance to write to their representatives about an issue … Continue reading July Outreach Collection: UUSJ
Support Voting Rights For our next postcard campaign, we’ll be writing cards for Polk County, FL. This is a WRITE, HOLD, and MAIL LATER campaign. Mail date is Oct. 1 to 15. We will distribute postcards to you in late July. Background Info: We are writing to alert 969,000 registered Black women voters in Florida … Continue reading Postcard Writing Opportunity
Are you new to AAUC? An old-timer with new ideas? All Accotinkers are invited to a special listening session at 11:30 a.m., Sun. July 7 to learn about each other’s contributions to and wishes for our wider community — Fairfax and beyond. Rev. Kenneth Nixon from VOICE, an interfaith coalition that has achieved many things … Continue reading Building Beloved Community, Jul. 7
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 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 discussion will be about Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. Please be aware: this is the story of Hannah Baker, a high school freshman, … Continue reading Read & Discuss Banned Books, Jul. 9
