Sunday, June 21, 11:00am Watch Party at Accotink UU Church and Online NOTE ALTERNATE TIME: Service starts at 11am this Sunday! Join us to watch the livestream together of the UUA General Assembly Sunday Worship on June 21, 2026, at 11:00 am ET. It will offer a powerful and communal experience—the largest annual gathering of … Continue reading UUA General Assembly Sunday Worship
We began this church year in September exploring Building Belonging. Belonging is foundational for this month’s Soul Matters theme of Flourishing Together. Belonging begins with witnessing, with beholding one another. This beholding needs to be a way of creating a loving space for each other, a way of holding each other in love. Join us … Continue reading We Be Holding Each Other
A Multigenerational Berry Communion In celebration of summer we’re having a Berry Communion! Here in Virginia, beginning in May, strawberries are the first fruits of the berry season, followed by cherries (ok, ok, I know cherries aren’t actually berries, but …) in June, then raspberries in July, and finally blackberries in July and August. Join … Continue reading Berries in a Bucket for the Winter
When anxiety and uncertainty make it hard to know what to do next, our values and vision can serve as a compass. This Sunday, we will reflect on what our shared values, commitments, and dreams have to offer in difficult and turbulent times. Guest in the Pulpit: Rev. Kirk Freeman Rev. Freeman (he/him) has been … Continue reading Return Again
Special Note: You’re Invited to Wear Tie-Dye this Sunday! This Sunday we invite you to seek through your closet for your brightest happiest clothes for this special Tie Dye Sunday Service! We look forward to seeing you in your tie-dye splendor for this start of summer service about Questing for Joy. Join Rev. Caitlin Cotter … Continue reading Joy Questing: A Tie Dye Sunday
These days, for different reasons, it feels like every American feels like a stranger in our own nation. How did we get here? And what does Dolly Parton have to teach us about how we got here and what we do to bridge the divide? Join us this Sunday for an exploration of how to … Continue reading Strangers In Our Own Land
What if the hero’s journey is a false narrative? What if the true story is one of communal wisdom passed down from generation to generation? Join us as we explore an alternative perspective for how to create a more livable future … together. For Reflection: “What do you always keep in your pockets, purse, or … Continue reading “A Carrier Bag Theory of Unitarian Universalism”
A Multigenerational Service Monthly Theme for May: Awakening Curiousity The Nursery will be available during service for infants to preschool-aged children. View / download the Order of Service here. Join us for service on Sunday at 10:00 am in person, 10125 Lakehaven Ct., Burke, or online via Zoom. Stay after service for coffee … Continue reading Weaving New Ways
The birds, the trees, the mountains, the wind… the Earth gives freely to each of us; what will you give back? For Reflection: What special gift will you give to the Earth? Monthly Theme for April: Embracing Possibilities The Nursery will be available during service for infants to preschool-aged children. View / download the Order of Service … Continue reading “When the Forest Breathes Out, We Breathe In”
Music Sunday This Sunday, we’ll look at what the movie Princess Mononoke has to teach us about balancing the needs of humans and the needs of nature. We’ll explore the ways that the Earth and human beings practice resilience and endure through conflict and hardship. Featuring special music from AUUC members, including AUUC’s choir. For … Continue reading “The Enduring Spirit of the Forest”
In this service we’ll explore how the spread of Christianity through violent conquest and forced conversion changed the very nature of the faith. We’ll also explore how Christianity’s colonialist expansion within Europe set the stage for European colonial domination through the continuation of violent conquest and forced conversion. Finally, we’ll explore how to resist this … Continue reading “So We All Dressed Up as Wolves and We Looked Fire”
Multigenerational Worship Service In Person and Online Early Christians centered their faith in the resurrection of Jesus. The eucharist became a celebration of how life triumphed over death, a celebration of communal abundance and care. In keeping with the Passover meal it also celebrated liberation from the oppression of empire. This collective liberation, communal care … Continue reading “Paradise Is a Potluck, Y’all!”
