Building a House for Hope This year’s pledge campaign kicks off February 15. This annual drive is a time to consider and record your anticipated contribution to the church for the next program year July 2026 to June 2027. Pledges can be contributed in any frequency—such as a lump sum, monthly, or quarterly—and transferred to … Continue reading Feb. 15 – Mar. 29: Pledge Campaign
AUUC’s Outreach Collection for March supports NAMI Northern Virginia, 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 has thousands of service touchpoints with residents of our community each year. Offers hope … Continue reading March Outreach Collection: NAMI Northern Virginia
Bring a dish to share and join us for food and friendship after service March 8!
Visit our Write Here! Write Now! table during this Sunday’s after-church potluck. We will be writing and sending letters to our local Virginia Senate and House legislators in Congress thanking them for: (1) standing firm to fund DHS only with effective, legal limits on ICE actions, and for (2) supporting the need for a War Powers Resolution. … Continue reading Mar. 8: Write Here! Write Now!
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo Now in our third year, Racial Justice and True Accotink Colors host a monthly Banned Book Club on the second Tuesday of every month. If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo is a big-hearted novel about being seen for who you really are. It’s the story of Amanda, a teenage trans … Continue reading Mar. 10: Banned Book Club
The next Board of Directors meeting will be held from 7-9 pm on Wednesday, March 11. Here is the draft Board agenda. As always, the agenda for each meeting will begin with a 10-minute open forum for members and friends to share questions and feedback. Meetings are usually hybrid (in-person at church and via Zoom), but it’s a good … Continue reading Mar. 11: Board of Directors Meeting
The Women’s Book Discussion Group will meet via Zoom March 17 to discuss All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley. Members of the group will receive a Zoom invitation before the meeting. Coming up 4/21/2026 The Safekeep: A Novel / Yael van der Wouden 5/19/2026 Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir / Griffin … Continue reading Mar. 17: Women’s Book Discussion Group
When: Saturday, March 28, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Where: Kings Park Shopping Center. 8970 Burke Lake Rd., Springfield, VA 22051. At a large triaanuglar area with sidewalks on Braddock Rd., Burke Lake Rd. and Rolling Rd. What: Working with two other Indivisible groups, AUUC is coordinating the protest at the Kings Park Shopping Center Needed: Folks to help with the action. We … Continue reading Mar. 28: Next No Kings Day
Our 4th annual Pie-Off Contest & Fundraiser will take place after service on Sunday, March 29 during coffee hour along. This event, full of deliciousness and fun, is held by True Accotink Colors in March to coincide with Pi Day (March 14) and Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31). Compete: We need pies! Enter a … Continue reading Mar. 29: Annual Pie-Off Fundraiser
Located in the cozy corner of AUUC’s Gallery area, our DEAI Library has over 600 picture books plus a small collection of chapter books available for everyone to borrow. The books are color-coded and organized by six UU values plus two: inspiration (silver) and chapter books (black). To borrow books to enjoy at home, use the … Continue reading Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion Library
Ballot Question: Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumes for all future redistricting after the 2030 census. The amendment would allow the Virginal General Assembly to redraw Congressional districts mid-decade, … Continue reading Apr. 21: Special Election on Constitutional Amendment
Invitation to Honor Through AUUC’s Social Justice Committee, our congregation has supported the Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County since 2007. Each year our 28 local high schools are given the opportunity to select a junior, senior, or student organization to receive the Peace Award for their school. Once again, all 28 schools selected awardees, students … Continue reading Mar 1: Student Peace Awards
