AUUC’s Outreach Collection for August is for VOICE, Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement. The focus this year is Youth and Family Behavioral Health in Fairfax County. VOICE and its key allies will focus on passing groundbreaking housing reform on the state level during the 2025 … read more.
Email Photos and Get Ready to Submit
One more call for photos! Our promotional banners, posters, and slides are full of circles… but so many of the circles are empty. Help us fill these circles by sending us photos of popular items you have donated or … read more.
The Women’s Book Discussion Group will meet via Zoom on Aug. 20 to discuss Horse by Geraldine Brooks. Members of the group will receive a Zoom invitation before the meeting.
Coming up
9/17/24: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder / David Grann
10/15/24: Lessons in Chemistry / … read more.
The dog days of summer are wearing on, but that just means it’s time for the AUUC choir to begin again! Are you a singer? Join us! Don’t think you sing? Come join us anyway! A choir is for more than singing. It’s for socialization, … read more.
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, … read more.
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 … read more.
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 … read more.
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 … read more.
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 … read more.
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 … read more.
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 … read more.
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 … read more.
