THIS WEEK'S CALENDAR
3/7/10 - 3/14/10
Check the Accotink Calendar and the Newsletter.
| Sunday | 10:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 11:60 a.m. Noon |
Worship Religious Education program Inquirer’s Class Soup Re Sunday |
| Monday |
11:15 a.m.
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nUUners |
| Tuesday | 9:15 a.m. 7:30 p.m. |
-Needlework Circle Choir Rehearsal |
| Wednesday | - | - |
| Thursday | 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. |
Mom’s Night Out Leadership & Nominating Committee |
| Friday | 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. |
Friday Night Film Series Duplicate Bridge @Moser’s |
| Saturday | 8:00 a.m. 7:30 p.m. |
Adopt-a-Highway Circle Dance |
| Sunday | 10:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. |
Worship Religious Education program |
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In the wake of devastation wrought by the earthquake which struck the island of Haiti on January 12, 2010, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) and the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) have launched a joint relief effort to bring aid to the impoverished island nation. The Haitian Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) estimates 2.2 million people are immediately affected in this nation of 9 million people. Over 50,000 are estimated dead, and the capital, Port-au-Prince, has been destroyed. Learn what the UUSC is doing with contributed funds, and where your donation will be going: http://tinyurl.com/y8eh2eu As of January 15, 1:30 PM $2,245 donations received and $227,160 raised Please give generously: http://tinyurl.com/yzxootm |
We are excited to offer another set of our SoupRE Sunday Classes this winter. SoupRE Sundays start with a simple lunch for fellowship with all registrants. This year, we will offer two sets of adult classes, Building Your Own Theology with Rev. Scott and Cooking with All Things Considered, which will follow lunch. Adult classes will be accompanied by childcare for registered families.
Dates: March 7 & 21
Lunch: Noon- 1 p.m.
Classes & Children’s Activities: 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
Registration forms may be completed online or you may complete the form below and mail it to the church or leave in the SoupRE Sunday box on Sundays.
This is just a friendly reminder from your Commission on Our Ministries (COOM) … The 2010 Strategic Priorities Survey will only be available until Sunday, March 7. This survey is your opportunity as members, friends, and visitors of AUUC to help the COOM update short and long range priorities reflected in the AUUC strategic plan.
If you have not had a chance to take the survey, please go to http://www.accotinkuuc.org/joomla, and scroll down to the blue “Take the Survey” button. Click on it, and the survey will begin.
Everyone in your household age 13 and older is encouraged to participate, and all are encouraged to fill in the narrative sections of the survey. It will only take you a few minutes to complete, and remember, your opinion matters!!!
Questions about the survey can be directed to members of the COOM: Celeste Fritzson, Steve Brown, Susan Brown, Paige Wolf, Herb Bartlett or Sam Weisman. Or, email them at coom@accotinkuuc.org.
Pack a bag lunch and join nUUners on Monday, March 8 at 11:15 a.m. Paulette Lichtman-Panzer will talk about the history of the census, how the census affects us all and changes to the 2010 census. Coffee and tea will be available and dessert will be provided by Lou O’Donnell.
Thursday, March 11. Leave the kids at home with Dad or a babysitter and join us for a night of crafting and socializing. If you don’t craft, just come for the socializing. We will meet in the gallery from 7 – 9 p.m. Feel free to bring a dessert to share.
Friday Night Film Series on March 12 will feature Baraka shown on a big screen with surround sound.
Door open at 7:00 p.m. and the film begins at 7:30 p.m. Bring your dinner and your family!
Friendly Duplicate Bridge at the Moser’s home is scheduled on Friday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. The first seven pairs who call Ginny and Moe will be scheduled for play.
The next Sacred Circle Dance gathering at Accotink will welcome spring equinox with some new dances from around the world. Come dance with us on Saturday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. All steps are low-impact and easy to learn, so beginners are always welcome. There's no charge, but feel free to bring something for the centerpiece or munchies to share if you like. (Keep in mind that Accotink is a nut-free zone and, for those with chemical sensitivities and allergies, please remember not to use perfumes or scented items.) For more information contact Judy Robison or Barbara Stiffler.
The Outreach Sunday Collection in March will go to Specially Adapted Resource Clubs (SPARC). This dynamic organization provides a place where young adults with life-long physical disabilities are connected to each other and to their community. SPARC is uniquely designed to address and support the accessibility challenges that face these young adults who have few options for employment or recreation after graduation from high school. Please support SPARC in its mission to help young adults with disabilities by making a donation on Outreach Sunday. Learn more about SPARC at www.sparcontheweb.org.
Now, through March 21 we will be selling Chalice Arts jewelry as a fundraiser for AUUC. We will have some samples for sale at the church but take a look at the catalog (http://www.chaliceart.com/catalog.php). Do not order on their site – sales must go through our order. We make 25% on all sales! Please select the item(s) you would like to purchase and bring your list to church on Sunday (or email Daria Akers). We need payment before we place the order. Items should be available before Easter.
Season for Nonviolence - 2010 is Accotink Church’s 5th year of observing the Season for Nonviolence (Jan. 30 through April 4) marking the memorial anniversaries of the deaths of Mahatma Ghandi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reflecting the spirit of these renowned peacemakers, our focus this year is: Listening and Speaking to Create Peace. How we speak and listen can open or close doors, heal or hurt, create suffering or joy, and ultimately determines our own degree of happiness and of those with whom we interact. Take time to note and post in your home the Practice thought of the week you will find in the Sunday insert or brochure. May these nine weeks of intentional reflection and practice take us further along the life-long journey of peacemaking. (AND…Mark your calendar: Sunday, March 14 from 2-4 pm, AUUC: “Public Forum: Listening and Speaking to Create Peace…promoting understanding within families and communities”, Presenter: Robert Wentworth, Certified NVC Facilitator)
“Listening and Speaking to Create Peace…promoting understanding in families and communities”
[All adults and teens invited~ Ask neighbors & friends]
Learn skills for transforming subtle or overt conflict into positive affirming communication. Free two-hour experiential workshop. Sunday, March 14 from 2-4pm. Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church, Burke, VA. See www.accotinkuuc.org for directions. RSVP appreciated: 703-440-6709
Accotink's Book Discussion Group will meet on Monday, March 15, at 1 p.m. to discuss "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" by Junot Diaz. Jessica Burmester will host. The next month, on Monday, April 19, we'll discuss "The Scalpel and the Soul: Encounters with Surgery, the Supernatural, and the Healing Power of Hope" by Allan J. Hamilton. The host for April will be Judy Robison.
This group is taking suggestions for readings in May and June and for next year. Next year's list will include the selection chosen for FCPL All Fairfax Reads, which is announced around July 1. Other favorites may come from Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Awards, the Booker Award or other notable works from recent years. Please send further suggestions to Judy and she'll send this list out in March.
Everyone is invited to join this book discussion which is now meeting in the daytime, generally the third Monday of the month. Would you like to attend these discussions but the day and time is just wrong for you? Do you know someone who would like to come who works during the day, or can't drive at night? When would be the best time for YOU? We want to know! Please send your e-mail suggestions to Judy Robison, and in the meantime, keep reading!
On Saturday, March 20 from 9am – 12:30 p.m. AUUC will be holding a Newcomer Orientation, which is open to all….newcomers, visitors and members. This is a great way to meet others in the Accotink community, speak with Rev Scott, learn about AUUC and Unitarian Universalism, and consider your own involvement in this church. A light breakfast will be provided and childcare will be available if needed.
If you are planning to attend please contact Ellen in the church office at 703-503-4579 or email administrator@accotinkuuc.org. She will need your name(s) and if you need childcare the children(s) ages. If you have any questions on the Newcomer Orientation please contact Dotty Smith, or Shelley Brosnan.
March 20 At 4:00 p.m.
At 7:00 p.m. A benefit concert featuring MYTHICA – Celtic Alternative New Folk World Ambient Rock. Tickets are $12.00 for advance purchase and $15.00 at the door. Proceeds will benefit V.O.I.C.E
Thank you to all of our members and friends for your generous support of the Outreach Collections to which you have contributed this church year. Thanks to the sponsors who have done and continue to do the publicity, Order of Service inserts, newsletter articles, speaker arrangements, and all of the behind-the-scenes work that goes on to make these collections so successful.
Please start thinking about an organization, program or activity that you'd like to recommend our Social Justice Committee considers as a recipient for next year. In April, selection guidelines and nomination forms will become available to give all the members of our congregation an opportunity for your input in this successful program where we put our faith into action.
One of the several efforts supported by the Social Justice Committee to increase affordable housing in Northern Virginia is (HfH). As part of their program, HfH operates several ReStores in the Northern Virginia area. ReStores sell new and used building materials to the public which have been donated by local builders, retail businesses, & suppliers. These are sold at 50-90% below retail prices and the profits help support the HfH construction projects.
One of the ReStores is on 7770-G Richmond Highway in Alexandria VA; if you are interested in volunteering, please call 703.360.6700. A new ReStore has recently opened at 4262G Entre Ct in Chantilly, VA; if you are interested in volunteering please visit the ReStore website for more information: www.restorenova.org or contact Virginia Patton, vpatton@habitatnova.org.
Local farmers food now delivered at our church! How can you easily find nutrient-dense food, support your local economy, have delicious food choices, help control global warming, promote food-safety, spend less time on grocery shopping, protect small farming, and build community? Farmer Girls, LLC has made it simple to be this good by creating an online farmers’ market which delivers fresh local food to savvy local people. At www.FarmersOnlineMarket.net you can read about the farmers you are purchasing from and learn about their healthy methods of raising food and animals. Registration is now open for delivery to our Church! Customers can order from Sunday afternoons (1 pm) till Wednesday mornings 8 am and the products will be delivered on Thursday afternoons from 4 till 5/6 pm. When you order select Burke for drop of point.
The Burke/Springfield Senior Center Without Walls (B/SSCWoW) has scheduled Senior Line Dancing and Tai Chi classes in the Burke Area. If you are interested, check the bulletin board for information.
RE Assistants Needed. We are counting on you to volunteer. If each member or friend signs up one or two times, it will mean our regular lead teachers have a reasonable load to bear. There is a variety of positions available for an hour during or after Sunday services. Sign up in RE resource binder in the gallery or see the DLE.
The Lifespan Education Committee is in need of a host of volunteers to teach and/or assist our cooperative religious education program for children and youth Sunday mornings this Fall and Spring. If you can help watch young children in the nursery, teach a class, or share your talents for limited lessons, please contact AUUC's DLE, Sarah Edelson Baskin, for more information.
We are looking for kind hearts to help in the nursery during Sunday services to accommodate some of our members and guests with young infants. If you would like more information on the nursery responsibilities or you would like to volunteer one Sunday, please contact our DLE Sarah Edelson.
The 2010 Flower Chart is posted in the gallery. If you have a person, a date or an event that you would like to honor, remember or celebrate, please sign up to bring flowers for these Sunday services.