An Urban Center in Detroit for Spiritual Renewal and Social Justice

Liberate Truth - Radiate Kindness - Love Courageously

Flaming Chalice

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Detroit
4605 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201
Proud member of the Cass Corridor Commons

Worship Information
Services begin at 10:30am unless otherwise noted.

ON SITE
    Detroit UU: 4605 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201 OR
    First Congregational: 33 E Forest, Detroit, MI 48201
JOINT
We have some joint worship services with the Northwest UU Church and the Farmington UU Church. Please see the upcoming schedule below.
ONLINE
    Link for Live Worship Service
    February 9 Video Recording

Upcoming Worship Services
Feb 16, 2025: Zoom Only
Feb 23, 2025: Joint Worship at Northwest
Mar  2, 2025: Joint Worship at Northwest
Mar  9, 2025: First Congregational in Detroit
Mar 16, 2025: Joint Worship at Northwest


News & Current Events
July 27, 2023: Joint Letter to UU Detroit & Northwest UU
January 12, 2024: Joint Ministry Announcement
June 8, 2024 11:00AM: Gaza Conscience
June 9, 2024 10:30AM: Pride Parade
June 16, 2024 10:30AM: Flower Communion
August 22, 2024 7:00PM EDT: Family Members in Poetry
September 21, 2024 11:00AM: Regional Picnic
October 12, 2024 4:30PM: Parents' Night Out
November 6, 2024 10:30AM: A Time to be Together
November 21, 2024 6:30PM: Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil
November 23, 2024 5:00PM: Teen Night / Parent & Young Adult Meet Up
December 24, 2024 6:00PM: Christmas Candlelight
January 19, 2025 9:30AM: MLK Service Project for Families
January 20, 2025 1:00PM: Resistance Party
January 23, 2025 7:00PM EST: A Great Wild Mercy
January 25, 2025 2:00PM EST: Sledding Trip
February 1, 2025 NOON: Worship Retreat
February 9, 2025 10:30AM: Love and Learning
February 13, 2025 6:00PM: Board Meeting
February 15, 2025 10:00AM: Choir Practice
February 15, 2025 NOON: PastoralCare/Membership Retreat
February 16, 2025 10:30AM: Ain’t No Country Club Church Zoom only


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Birth, or New Life
Gerry LaFemina
Circulation
Poetry as a Spiritual Practice
N-Word Duet
Voices from the Shoals
A Geopoetic Journey
Journey Through the Elements
Jeff Gibbs & Michael Moore

Music

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CorridorOfMixedEmotions
Gloria (choir)
Rise Up (Eric)
Meditation on Breathing (choir)
Amid the Falling Snow
GrassRootsMovement
Garbage
A Quad of Todd
Don't Worry, Be Happy
Chimes & Candles
Spirit of Life
Change Gonna Come
Go Down Moses (organ)
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February 16, 2025 -- 10:30AM
Pastor Eli Kranz
Ain’t No Country Club Church

This service will be held on Zoom only

The terrible truth of changing the world is that you will have to work with people you don't like, and who don't like you. Let's explore what it means to build a church that is not an exclusive membership club, but instead a place of true radical welcome.

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