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
Serving Detroit Since 1831

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

ON SITE
    Detroit UU: 4605 Cass Avenue, 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
    Zoom Link for Sunday Worship Service
    March 29 Video Recording

Upcoming Worship Services
Almost all Sunday worship services through May 2026 will be at Northwest UU

May  3, 2026: Joint Worship at Northwest
May 10, 2026: Joint Worship at Northwest
May 17, 2026: Joint Worship at Northwest
May 24, 2026: Joint Worship at Northwest


News & Current Events
July 27, 2023: Joint Letter to UU Detroit & Northwest UU
January 12, 2024: Joint Ministry Announcement
August 22, 2024 7:00PM EDT: Family Members in Poetry
November 6, 2024 10:30AM: A Time to be Together
December 24, 2024 6:00PM: Christmas Candlelight
January 19, 2025 9:30AM: MLK Service Project for Families
September 20, 2025 11:00AM: Picnic Photos
November 2, 2025 NOON: Getting to Know UU
December 4, 2025 7:00PM EST: Light in the Dark Poetry (video)
December 19, 2025: The UU Detroit Board has voted, with valuable member input, to move all Sunday services to NWUU from now until the end of April 2026. We will still have opportunities for UUD folks to gather. See 12/19/2025 newsletter for more.
April 11, 2026 10:00AM: Ted Danielson Memorial Service
April 23, 2026 7:00PM EDT: Poetry: The Work We Do (video)
April 26, 2026 10:30AM: New Era, New Church
May 3, 2026 10:30AM: Meeting the Moment
     at Northwest UU Church, 23925 Northwestern Hwy, Southfield, MI 48075, and on Zoom
May 17, 2025 HIGH NOON: Congregational Meeting
     at Northwest UU Church and on Zoom


About UU Detroit

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Black Lives Matter

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A Fond Farewell from Rev Murray

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A Poetic Tribute to Women
Our One Wild and Precious Life
January Man
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Southern Comfort
Glass Cabin, the Wilder World
Talking with Our Fathers
How It Began, How It Ended
The Lake Huron Mermaid
Devotion to a Higher Light
The Past is Always With Us
A Great Wild Mercy
Birth, or New Life
Gerry LaFemina

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)
Inside the Organ Videos

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May 3, 2026 -- 10:30AM
Reverend Dr. Matthew Johnson
Meeting the Moment

This service will be held at NW UU Church, 23925 Northwestern Hwy, Southfield, MI 48075, USA and on Zoom

How can congregations meet this moment – the national political context, the hunger for meaning, the epidemic of loneliness – with bravery, curiosity, and creativity? This moment is fraught with danger and potential. So much is at stake. Yet, our history, present, and collective covenant can guide us as we answer this summons.

The Rev. Dr. Matthew Johnson is a Congregational Life Consultant for the MidAmerica Region of the UUA, working primarily with pastoral size congregations across the Midwest, including with Northwest and First Detroit. He’s also a third-generation Unitarian Universalist, a parent of two teenagers, a big nerd, and a lover our faith. He has served in more leadership roles in Unitarian Universalism than a person could shake a stick if a person did shake sticks, He served for five years as the minister at High Plains UU Church, Colorado Springs, and for the last 17 years as the Senior Minister at The Unitarian Universalist Church, Rockford, IL, which he completed in August 2025.

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