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
    Link for Live Worship Service
    November 9 Video Recording

Upcoming Worship Services
2nd & 4th Sundays each month in Detroit. 1st & 3rd Sundays at Northwest UU

Nov 23, 2025: Worship at UU Detroit
Nov 30, 2025: Joint Worship at Birmingham Unitarian Church
Dec  7, 2025: Joint Worship at Northwest
Dec 14, 2025: Worship at UU Detroit
Dec 21, 2025: 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
May 18, 2025 HIGH NOON: Congregational Meeting
May 20, 2025 7:00: Parent Meeting
June 18-22, 2025: UUA General Assembly
September 13, 2025 10:30AM: Memorial Service
September 20, 2025 11:00AM: Picnic Photos
September 25, 2025 7:00PM EDT: Love Poetry
October 23, 2025 7:00PM EDT: Squirrel Shenanigans
November 2, 2025 NOON: Getting to Know UU
November 9, 2025 10:30AM: The Wheel of the Year
November 9, 2025 1:00PM: Judy Waterman Memorial Service
November 13, 2024 6:00PM: Board Meeting
November 16, 2025 10:30AM: Landback! Decolonize
November 22, 2025 10:00AM: Choir Practice
November 23, 2025 10:30AM: Dirt in the Cogs
     at UU Detroit Church, 4605 Cass Ave, Detroit and on Zoom


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A Great Wild Mercy
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Gerry LaFemina
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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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November 23, 2025 -- 10:30AM
Pastor Eli Kranz
Dirt in the Cogs

This service will be held at the UU Detroit church and on Zoom

There is a time and place for utter disruption, but there is also a place for little things that just gum up the gears a little. We will explore small actions that, while they may not make a huge impact, slow the machine of fascism down.

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