Unitarian Universalist Church in Reston
@uureston.bsky.social
UU Reston is a progressive, vibrant, and active congregation where all are welcome!
https://www.uureston.org/
https://www.uureston.org/
🎄✨ On Dec. 14, Pageant Sunday came alive as our cast and crew brought A Christmas Carol to the sanctuary—reminding us that kindness and generosity can transform lives. Together, in person and online, we explored UU roots of modern Christmas and ushered in the season with joy. ✨🎄
December 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🎄✨ On Dec. 14, Pageant Sunday came alive as our cast and crew brought A Christmas Carol to the sanctuary—reminding us that kindness and generosity can transform lives. Together, in person and online, we explored UU roots of modern Christmas and ushered in the season with joy. ✨🎄
“Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.”
- Hal Borland (Naturalist, Author, Journalist, Editor, & Poet) 1900 - 1978.
- Hal Borland (Naturalist, Author, Journalist, Editor, & Poet) 1900 - 1978.
December 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.”
- Hal Borland (Naturalist, Author, Journalist, Editor, & Poet) 1900 - 1978.
- Hal Borland (Naturalist, Author, Journalist, Editor, & Poet) 1900 - 1978.
Join us this Sunday at 10am for our weekly service. This week, Rev. Aileen will talk on the importance of embracing the dark.
On the Winter Solstice, we remember that within darkness lies the seeds of hope. The seeds of light and life, the hint of possibility of what may be.
On the Winter Solstice, we remember that within darkness lies the seeds of hope. The seeds of light and life, the hint of possibility of what may be.
December 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Join us this Sunday at 10am for our weekly service. This week, Rev. Aileen will talk on the importance of embracing the dark.
On the Winter Solstice, we remember that within darkness lies the seeds of hope. The seeds of light and life, the hint of possibility of what may be.
On the Winter Solstice, we remember that within darkness lies the seeds of hope. The seeds of light and life, the hint of possibility of what may be.
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
- Charles Dickens (Unitarian, Novelist, Publisher, Playwright, & Social Reformer) 1812 - 1870.
- Charles Dickens (Unitarian, Novelist, Publisher, Playwright, & Social Reformer) 1812 - 1870.
December 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
- Charles Dickens (Unitarian, Novelist, Publisher, Playwright, & Social Reformer) 1812 - 1870.
- Charles Dickens (Unitarian, Novelist, Publisher, Playwright, & Social Reformer) 1812 - 1870.
🎄Join us this Sunday at 10am for our very special holiday pageant service. 🎄
UUs played a key role in shaping modern Christmas. Join us for a lively intergenerational pageant to sing carols and help tell the beloved holiday story A Christmas Carol by Unitarian Charles Dickens.
UUs played a key role in shaping modern Christmas. Join us for a lively intergenerational pageant to sing carols and help tell the beloved holiday story A Christmas Carol by Unitarian Charles Dickens.
December 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
🎄Join us this Sunday at 10am for our very special holiday pageant service. 🎄
UUs played a key role in shaping modern Christmas. Join us for a lively intergenerational pageant to sing carols and help tell the beloved holiday story A Christmas Carol by Unitarian Charles Dickens.
UUs played a key role in shaping modern Christmas. Join us for a lively intergenerational pageant to sing carols and help tell the beloved holiday story A Christmas Carol by Unitarian Charles Dickens.
“A good song reminds us of what we are fighting for.” - Pete Seeger
Climate Change Music Video
YouTube video by Patrick Scanlon
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December 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“A good song reminds us of what we are fighting for.” - Pete Seeger
“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”
- Václav Havel (Human Rights Activist, Playwright, Poet, & First President of the Czech Republic) 1936 - 2011.
- Václav Havel (Human Rights Activist, Playwright, Poet, & First President of the Czech Republic) 1936 - 2011.
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”
- Václav Havel (Human Rights Activist, Playwright, Poet, & First President of the Czech Republic) 1936 - 2011.
- Václav Havel (Human Rights Activist, Playwright, Poet, & First President of the Czech Republic) 1936 - 2011.
Join us for worship this Sunday at 10am. Rev. Aileen will explore the role of hope in these trying times.
It often feels like hope is hard to find. But small moments of resistance, small sparks of joy, small cracks that let in the light, give us the strength to move forward and persevere.
It often feels like hope is hard to find. But small moments of resistance, small sparks of joy, small cracks that let in the light, give us the strength to move forward and persevere.
December 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Join us for worship this Sunday at 10am. Rev. Aileen will explore the role of hope in these trying times.
It often feels like hope is hard to find. But small moments of resistance, small sparks of joy, small cracks that let in the light, give us the strength to move forward and persevere.
It often feels like hope is hard to find. But small moments of resistance, small sparks of joy, small cracks that let in the light, give us the strength to move forward and persevere.
🎁 Celebrate 25 years of giving! 🎁
The 2025 Northern Virginia Alternative Gift Market returns with online shopping at uureston.com/agm (Nov 28–Dec 7) and an in-person pop-up on Sat, Dec 6, 10am–2pm. Support local & global charities and give gifts that make a difference. 🌟❤️
#AlternativeGiftMarket
The 2025 Northern Virginia Alternative Gift Market returns with online shopping at uureston.com/agm (Nov 28–Dec 7) and an in-person pop-up on Sat, Dec 6, 10am–2pm. Support local & global charities and give gifts that make a difference. 🌟❤️
#AlternativeGiftMarket
December 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
🎁 Celebrate 25 years of giving! 🎁
The 2025 Northern Virginia Alternative Gift Market returns with online shopping at uureston.com/agm (Nov 28–Dec 7) and an in-person pop-up on Sat, Dec 6, 10am–2pm. Support local & global charities and give gifts that make a difference. 🌟❤️
#AlternativeGiftMarket
The 2025 Northern Virginia Alternative Gift Market returns with online shopping at uureston.com/agm (Nov 28–Dec 7) and an in-person pop-up on Sat, Dec 6, 10am–2pm. Support local & global charities and give gifts that make a difference. 🌟❤️
#AlternativeGiftMarket
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Today we honor the transgender lives taken by anti-trans violence. We hold their memory with love and stand with trans communities in grief, resilience, and strength.
May we deepen our solidarity and work for a world where all trans people can live safely and freely.
#TDOR #WeRemember #UU
May we deepen our solidarity and work for a world where all trans people can live safely and freely.
#TDOR #WeRemember #UU
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Today we honor the transgender lives taken by anti-trans violence. We hold their memory with love and stand with trans communities in grief, resilience, and strength.
May we deepen our solidarity and work for a world where all trans people can live safely and freely.
#TDOR #WeRemember #UU
May we deepen our solidarity and work for a world where all trans people can live safely and freely.
#TDOR #WeRemember #UU
“All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves.”
- Black Elk (Member of the Oglala Lakota Nation, Wičháša Wakháŋ (Holy Man), Healer, & Visionary) 1863 - 1950.
- Black Elk (Member of the Oglala Lakota Nation, Wičháša Wakháŋ (Holy Man), Healer, & Visionary) 1863 - 1950.
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves.”
- Black Elk (Member of the Oglala Lakota Nation, Wičháša Wakháŋ (Holy Man), Healer, & Visionary) 1863 - 1950.
- Black Elk (Member of the Oglala Lakota Nation, Wičháša Wakháŋ (Holy Man), Healer, & Visionary) 1863 - 1950.
Join us this Sunday at 10am! Rev. Aileen leads an intergenerational service on “Giving Thanks” as we celebrate gratitude, nature, and the people who sustain us.
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Join us this Sunday at 10am! Rev. Aileen leads an intergenerational service on “Giving Thanks” as we celebrate gratitude, nature, and the people who sustain us.
Join us this Sunday at 10am!
Rev. Aileen will reflect on the meaning of Amazing Grace—those unexpected moments that remind us life isn’t always transactional, and sometimes all we can do is say “thank you” and pay it forward.
Plus: a special performance by our United Universe Band! 🎸🥁🎹🎶
Rev. Aileen will reflect on the meaning of Amazing Grace—those unexpected moments that remind us life isn’t always transactional, and sometimes all we can do is say “thank you” and pay it forward.
Plus: a special performance by our United Universe Band! 🎸🥁🎹🎶
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Join us this Sunday at 10am!
Rev. Aileen will reflect on the meaning of Amazing Grace—those unexpected moments that remind us life isn’t always transactional, and sometimes all we can do is say “thank you” and pay it forward.
Plus: a special performance by our United Universe Band! 🎸🥁🎹🎶
Rev. Aileen will reflect on the meaning of Amazing Grace—those unexpected moments that remind us life isn’t always transactional, and sometimes all we can do is say “thank you” and pay it forward.
Plus: a special performance by our United Universe Band! 🎸🥁🎹🎶
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home—so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady, Humanitarian, Educator, Activist, Writer, & Diplomat) 1884 - 1962.
- Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady, Humanitarian, Educator, Activist, Writer, & Diplomat) 1884 - 1962.
November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home—so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady, Humanitarian, Educator, Activist, Writer, & Diplomat) 1884 - 1962.
- Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady, Humanitarian, Educator, Activist, Writer, & Diplomat) 1884 - 1962.
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UU President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt joins faith leaders across traditions in proclaiming: transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people are holy, whole, and worthy of love. Together, we call out the misuse of religion to justify harm.
www.uuworld.org/articles/uua...
www.uuworld.org/articles/uua...
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
UU President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt joins faith leaders across traditions in proclaiming: transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people are holy, whole, and worthy of love. Together, we call out the misuse of religion to justify harm.
www.uuworld.org/articles/uua...
www.uuworld.org/articles/uua...
“The faith of a free person is not merely belief in freedom, but the will to respond to its demands.”
- James Luther Adams (Unitarian Universalist, Unitarian Minister, Ethicist, Professor, Public Intellectual, & Writer) 1901 - 1994.
- James Luther Adams (Unitarian Universalist, Unitarian Minister, Ethicist, Professor, Public Intellectual, & Writer) 1901 - 1994.
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“The faith of a free person is not merely belief in freedom, but the will to respond to its demands.”
- James Luther Adams (Unitarian Universalist, Unitarian Minister, Ethicist, Professor, Public Intellectual, & Writer) 1901 - 1994.
- James Luther Adams (Unitarian Universalist, Unitarian Minister, Ethicist, Professor, Public Intellectual, & Writer) 1901 - 1994.
🎉 UUCR Annual Auction: Picnic in the Park — Nov 8, 6–9:30 PM in the Sanctuary!
Join us for food, fun, raffles, and live & silent auctions supporting UUCR’s mission. All proceeds go to our church’s operating funds. 🌟
Join us for food, fun, raffles, and live & silent auctions supporting UUCR’s mission. All proceeds go to our church’s operating funds. 🌟
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🎉 UUCR Annual Auction: Picnic in the Park — Nov 8, 6–9:30 PM in the Sanctuary!
Join us for food, fun, raffles, and live & silent auctions supporting UUCR’s mission. All proceeds go to our church’s operating funds. 🌟
Join us for food, fun, raffles, and live & silent auctions supporting UUCR’s mission. All proceeds go to our church’s operating funds. 🌟
Join us for a service this Sunday in which we show gratitude for the service of our Veterans.
We have four guest speakers: Linda Holloway, Tom Snider, Paul Cohen, and Doug Sedgwick who will be sharing their experiences about being in the military or as part of a military family.
We have four guest speakers: Linda Holloway, Tom Snider, Paul Cohen, and Doug Sedgwick who will be sharing their experiences about being in the military or as part of a military family.
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Join us for a service this Sunday in which we show gratitude for the service of our Veterans.
We have four guest speakers: Linda Holloway, Tom Snider, Paul Cohen, and Doug Sedgwick who will be sharing their experiences about being in the military or as part of a military family.
We have four guest speakers: Linda Holloway, Tom Snider, Paul Cohen, and Doug Sedgwick who will be sharing their experiences about being in the military or as part of a military family.
“Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life.”
- Rumi (Sufi Mystic, Poet, Teacher, Theologian, & Founder of the Mevlevi Order) 1207 - 1273.
- Rumi (Sufi Mystic, Poet, Teacher, Theologian, & Founder of the Mevlevi Order) 1207 - 1273.
October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life.”
- Rumi (Sufi Mystic, Poet, Teacher, Theologian, & Founder of the Mevlevi Order) 1207 - 1273.
- Rumi (Sufi Mystic, Poet, Teacher, Theologian, & Founder of the Mevlevi Order) 1207 - 1273.
Join us this Sunday for our weekly service. It only takes a moment to be grateful. We can be grateful for the larger things, a new house, a dream job and we can also be grateful for the small things, a warm bed, food, clothing. As they say “Gratitude is an Attitude.”
October 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Join us this Sunday for our weekly service. It only takes a moment to be grateful. We can be grateful for the larger things, a new house, a dream job and we can also be grateful for the small things, a warm bed, food, clothing. As they say “Gratitude is an Attitude.”
“Each life, however humble, has its ministry. Each heart, however broken, has its message of strength.”
- Caroline A. Soule (Universalist Minister, Novelist, Poet, & Editor) 1824 - 1903.
- Caroline A. Soule (Universalist Minister, Novelist, Poet, & Editor) 1824 - 1903.
October 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“Each life, however humble, has its ministry. Each heart, however broken, has its message of strength.”
- Caroline A. Soule (Universalist Minister, Novelist, Poet, & Editor) 1824 - 1903.
- Caroline A. Soule (Universalist Minister, Novelist, Poet, & Editor) 1824 - 1903.
🎃 Join us this Sunday for a fun, intergenerational Halloween service! We’ll explore the many ways we and our neighbors show up in the world—costumes encouraged! 👻
🍬 Bring a food item (or more!) for our Trick-or-Treat collection supporting Cornerstones’ Thanksgiving Food Drive.
🍬 Bring a food item (or more!) for our Trick-or-Treat collection supporting Cornerstones’ Thanksgiving Food Drive.
October 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🎃 Join us this Sunday for a fun, intergenerational Halloween service! We’ll explore the many ways we and our neighbors show up in the world—costumes encouraged! 👻
🍬 Bring a food item (or more!) for our Trick-or-Treat collection supporting Cornerstones’ Thanksgiving Food Drive.
🍬 Bring a food item (or more!) for our Trick-or-Treat collection supporting Cornerstones’ Thanksgiving Food Drive.
“I do not at all understand the mystery of grace — only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.”
- Anne Lamott (Novelist, Essayist, Public Speaker, Political Activist, & Teacher) 1954 - Present.
- Anne Lamott (Novelist, Essayist, Public Speaker, Political Activist, & Teacher) 1954 - Present.
October 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“I do not at all understand the mystery of grace — only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.”
- Anne Lamott (Novelist, Essayist, Public Speaker, Political Activist, & Teacher) 1954 - Present.
- Anne Lamott (Novelist, Essayist, Public Speaker, Political Activist, & Teacher) 1954 - Present.
Join us this Sunday at 10am for our weekly service as guest minister, Cara Fortner, invites us to be in conversation with our genuine selves, in partnership with Wisdom and Grace, while we take measure of the realities of the moment.
October 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Join us this Sunday at 10am for our weekly service as guest minister, Cara Fortner, invites us to be in conversation with our genuine selves, in partnership with Wisdom and Grace, while we take measure of the realities of the moment.
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
- His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (Tibetan Buddhist Monk, Spiritual Leader, 1989 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, & Teacher) 1935 - Present.
- His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (Tibetan Buddhist Monk, Spiritual Leader, 1989 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, & Teacher) 1935 - Present.
October 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
- His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (Tibetan Buddhist Monk, Spiritual Leader, 1989 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, & Teacher) 1935 - Present.
- His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (Tibetan Buddhist Monk, Spiritual Leader, 1989 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, & Teacher) 1935 - Present.