Small Groups are a way that Accotink and other UU congregations build up their community, deepen relationships, and engage with meaningful issues. Accotink will be hosting its next iteration of Starting Point in March and April, welcoming newcomers and long-time members to engage with each other in an introductory experience of a small group, practicing … Continue reading Mar. 3: New Starting Point Small Group
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
Happy Easter! What? Not yet, right? Aha! But Ostara is the original Easter, marking the Spring Equinox! Sunday, March 22, at noon in the sanctuary all are welcome to participate of simply come observe Sacred Wheel’s Spring Equinox celebration, with jelly beans and the story of the Easter Bunny! We will meet for about one … Continue reading Mar. 22: Ostara Celebration
Accotink UU Church has a group of retired and nearly-retired men who meet every two months to catch up on each other’s lives. Each person gets 2-5 minutes to talk about their current activities, challenges and joys, and the group discusses what we have in common. Then we eat our lunches and talk some more. … Continue reading Mar. 24: M&M Meeting
OAR: Opportunities, Alternatives & Resources: Breaking the Cycle of Crime Our February Outreach organization is O.A.R. This local non-profit restorative justice organization has provided opportunities, alternatives, and resources for court-involved individuals and their families in Fairfax, Loudon, and Prince William Counties since 1971. The organization’s main focuses are Alternative Sentencing Programs, Reentry, and Family Services. O.A.R. offers individuals … Continue reading February Outreach Collection: OAR
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Now in our third year, Racial Justice and True Accotink Colors host a monthly Banned Book Club on the second Tuesday of every month. Parable of the Sower is a 1993 dystopian novel by Black, sci-fi writer Octavia E. Butler. It is set in a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate … Continue reading Read & Discuss Banned Books, Feb. 10
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
