The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Now in our third 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 The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. You are welcome to read the original … read more.
Join us on Saturday, November 16th at 3pm for a memorial service for AUUC member, Marge Runge.
Emails and cards of condolence may be sent to Marge’s daughter, Sharon. See This Week for the contact details.
Posted November 2, 2024
We are Grateful!
As we enter the month of Thanksgiving Day, we thank everyone for your generous donations of food and time to fill the meal packs for our 35 children at Halley Elementary children identified as experiencing food insecurity.
Our next meal pack assembly will be … read more.
The Women’s Book Discussion Group will meet via Zoom on November 19 to discuss Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. Members of the group will receive a Zoom invitation before the meeting.
Coming up
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True Accotink Colors invites you to join a group of caring Accotinkers to attend this year’s Northern Virginia Interfaith Transgender Day of Remembrance Service.
Date & Time: Wednesday, November 20 at 7:00 pm
Location: Unity of Fairfax, 2854 Hunter Mill Road, Oakton, VA 22124
RSVP: … read more.
All are invited to AUUC’s family-friendly Friendsgiving celebration, hosted by True Accotink Colors, on Saturday, November 23 at 4pm. Bring your favorite side dish or dessert to share. We will enjoy fellowship and food, read out this year’s gratitudes from the Gratitude Jar, and choose … read more.
There’s still space in our gratitude jar! Add a recent joy or blessing in your life to the jar in the gallery. Gratitudes can be big or small, general or personal. They can be words, sentences, or even drawings. Members, visitors, youth, and children are … read more.
Our outreach collection recipient for November is O.A.R. This nonprofit restorative justice organization provides opportunities, alternatives, and resources for those involved with the courts in Fairfax, Loudon, and Prince William Counties. O.A.R. has a long relationship with AUUC, including a number of congregants volunteering. This … read more.
VICPP encourages civic engagement by supporting congregations to become 100% Voting Congregations. Because of our work supporting registration and encouraging voting, for the third year AUUC was identified as a “100 Percent Voting”.
To meet our pledge, our voting actions included:
Weekly articles on voting in … read more.
Michele Marie Andersen has lived in California, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Moving from a rural area in Oklahoma to Northern Virginia as a teenager was an exciting transition for her – getting to meet people from all over the world was thrilling and she continues … read more.
This year the traditional reading of names included in Accotink Memorials will be during the November 3rd All Souls Sunday service. At the service, we will be asking for donations to support the ongoing maintenance costs of the Memorials. Please make checks payable to “AUUC … read more.
All newcomers, new members, and anyone at all wishing to learn about some of Accotink’s history and the design of our current sanctuary are welcome to join us for a “Traveling Tour of Accotink” where we will walk around the sanctuary and a few of … read more.
