Worship Service 10:00am In Person and Online Monthly Theme for February: Embodying Resilience The Nursery will be available during service for infants to preschool-aged children. View / download the Order of Service here before the service. Join us for service on Sunday at 10:00 am in person, 10125 Lakehaven Ct., Burke, or online via … Continue reading Worship Service, Feb. 1
Worship Service, Jan. 25, 10:00am In Person and Online Monthly Theme for January: Practicing Resistance The Nursery will be available during service for infants to preschool-aged children. View / download the Order of Service here before the service. Join us for service on Sunday at 10:00 am in person, 10125 Lakehaven Ct., Burke, or online via … Continue reading Worship Service, Jan. 25
Never in history has humanity lived in as interdependent a world as today. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote about this in his 1964 essay The World House. Join us as we explore together how to make The World House we all share into a diverse multicultural Beloved Community where all thrive. For … Continue reading Making the World House a Longhouse
The problem of greed is perennial. So is how it corrodes both soul and society. The resistance to gross inequality is also perennial. So is how that resistance steeps us in Beloved Community and transforms the world with liberating love. Join us this Sunday as we explore what is truly of ultimate value and how … Continue reading “The Hidden Jewel”
Are you more like Elphaba? Or more like Glinda? Or a better question might be: When are you more like Elphaba and when are you more like Glinda? Join us for a multigenerational service exploring the wisdom the musical/movie Wicked has to offer us about this month’s theme: Practicing Resistance. NOTE: Come early if you … Continue reading “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished When You’re Defying Gravity”
The work of Christmas is to give birth to love in the world. This means honoring the sacredness of everyone. This means welcoming others into radically inclusive Beloved Community. This means making sure everyone’s basic needs are provided for – food, shelter, clothing, healthcare – so that every person can flourish with dignity, love, and … Continue reading The Work of Christmas
We’re not the first to find ourselves in the dark night, the oppression of tyrants, the desert journey, the making of new ways of being together. We have the wisdom, inspiration, and gifts of many ancestors in the struggle to guide us. Join us this Sunday as we look to the past for how to … Continue reading Choosing Hope, Again and Again
We choose hope when we look at reality for what it is while imagining what it could be. Sometimes we confuse hope with optimism but reality might be bleak or brimming with options. Choosing hope means working for the possible … whether it seems possible or not. For Reflection: “When the world feels heavy what … Continue reading Hope in Blue and Green
A Multigenerational Christmas Pageant This year’s pageant will be an interactive adaptation of Unitarian Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, featuring figures from Unitarian Universalist history. Join us this Sunday for a fun, meaningful, and truly UUnique look at the deeper meaning of Christmas. For Reflection: “What small things give you hope right now?” Monthly Theme … Continue reading Accotink’s “A Christmas Carol” Christmas Pageant
Join us this Sunday as we continue to explore nurturing gratitude with an ensemble service featuring reflections from AUUC members Daria Akers, Connie Diamant, Steve Purdy, and Chris Stunkard For Reflection: How does noticing small daily things you’re thankful for change your perspective on stressful or frustrating moments? Monthly Theme for November: Nurturing Gratitude The … Continue reading “The Many Gifts of Gratitude”
The practice of gratitude serves to remind us of the many gifts that life offers us. The practice is not meant to stop there. Once we are filled with gratitude and the awareness of our interdependence with other people and the Earth, the practice continues as we respond to this abundance by sharing the gift. … Continue reading Sharing the Gift
A Multigenerational Bread & Cider Communion Belonging is our birthright. Gratitude helps us to remember that “what we need is here.” In this multigenerational Bread and Cider Communion, we’ll celebrate the bounty of the earth and how we’re called to respond with gratitude and generosity. For Reflection: “What is the smallest thing you’ve been thankful … Continue reading Coming Home to Belonging
