Join Team Accotink, have supper, and donate to CROP Walk 2026 The 34th Burke/Fairfax CROP Hunger Walk is scheduled for Nov. 8, 2026 and will step off at 2 pm. The need for food assistance, emergency aid and immigrant services continues to increase as US Government services are cut back further. Join the Accotink team now … Continue reading CROP Walk 2026
Whether you like sleeping in a tent or cabin, or “glamping” in an RV, there’s a place for you at Pohick Bay Campsites on August 14-16. Pohick Bay is a beautiful site with lots of activities that are fun for the whole family. If camping is not your thing, Pohick Bay is only a half … Continue reading Camping at Pohick Bay
Our Annual Congregational Meeting is on June 14, 2026, at 11:30 am, following that day’s church service. Our Bylaws require us to meet as a congregation yearly to elect new officers and provide information regarding church operations, including our financial status. We will also use this annual meeting to vote on three proposed changes to … Continue reading Annual Congregational Meeting, June 14
Healthy Mamas. Healthy Babies. Healthy Communities. Our outreach organization for May, sponsored by the Racial Justice Committee, is Mamatoto Village. Mamatoto Village is devoted to serving Black women by providing accessible perinatal support services and through the creation of career pathways in maternal health. Mamatoto Village’s services are designed to equip women with the necessary tools … Continue reading May Outreach Collection: Mamatoto Village
Sacred Wheel is once again arranging for a fun celebration outside in the upper parking lot on Sunday. May 3rd! Grab your coffee, drink it down, and come outside to cheer on the wedding of the Goddess and the God of the greening Springtime, dance the Maypole, leap a flaming cauldron, and order evil … Continue reading May 3: Beltane / May Day Celebration
AUUC’s Social Justice Committee has planted a pinwheel garden for Child Abuse Prevention Month. AUUC joins libraries, community centers, local businesses, schools, and other houses of worship throughout Fairfax County. Pinwheels symbolize a happy, healthy childhood and are the national symbol for child abuse prevention. Facts from Fairfax County: Nearly 260,000 children live in Fairfax … Continue reading April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
Do your children have books they’re no longer reading and are ready to give away? Please consider donating new or gently used children’s books for Halley Elementary students in Preschool through 6th grade. Halley’s reading specialist will be sending books home with the 35 children receiving our weekly meal packs along with some other students to read and … Continue reading Gently Used Children’s Book Collection
Do You Have a Non-Profit to Recommend? AUUC’s Social Justice Committee invites you to nominate an organization to receive one of next year’s Outreach Collections. If you would like to suggest and sponsor an Outreach Collection next church year for a non-profit that is special to you and supports our UU principles, please submit an … Continue reading Call for Nominations for 2026-27 AUUC Outreach Collection Recipients
Thank you to everyone who participated in last Sunday’s 4th Annual Pie-Off event by bringing a pie, judging, and eating! Every dollar of the $446 we raised will be donated to the local non-profit, the TransGender Education Association (TGEA). We had a record-breaking total of 20 pies in the competition this year, and each pie … Continue reading Pie-Off Wrap-Up
Please join us for the Annual Community Passover Seder dinner on April 7 from 5:00 to 7:00pm in the sanctuary. Both children and adults can participate in the tradition of reading the Haggadah and then enjoying the Seder dinner. Adults $20 (includes red and white wine) and Children $10. For more information or to reserve … Continue reading Apr. 7: Annual Community Passover Seder
AUUC members and friends are welcome to attend the Board’s monthly meetings. The next Board of Director’s meeting will be held on April 8 (the second Wednesday of the month) from 7-9 pm. As always, the agenda for each meeting will begin with a 10 minute open forum for members and friends to share questions … Continue reading Apr. 8: Board of Directors Meeting
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed Now in our third year, Racial Justice and True Accotink Colors host a monthly Banned Book Club on the second Tuesday of every month. When Stars are Scattered is a critically acclaimed graphic novel by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson, based on Mohamed’s true story of growing … Continue reading Apr. 14: Banned Book Club
