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
    September 28 Video Recording

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

Oct  5, 2025: Joint Worship at UU Detroit
Oct 12, 2025: Worship at UU Detroit
Oct 19, 2025: Joint Worship at Northwest
Oct 26, 2025: Worship at UU Detroit
Nov  2, 2025: Joint Worship at UU Detroit


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
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
May 18, 2025 HIGH NOON: Congregational Meeting
May 20, 2025 7:00: Parent Meeting
June 18-22, 2025: UUA General Assembly
August 28, 2024 7:00PM EDT: Southern Comfort Poetry
September 11, 2024 6:00PM: Board Meeting
September 13, 2025 10:30AM: Memorial Service
September 14, 2025 10:30AM: UUs and Humanism
September 20, 2025 11:00AM: Picnic Photos
September 25, 2025 7:00PM EDT: Love Poetry
September 28, 2025 10:30AM: Christian Zionism
October 4, 2025 10:00AM: Choir Practice
October 5, 2025 10:30AM: Darwin & Diversity
    at UU Detroit Church, 4605 Cass Ave, Detroit and on Zoom


About UU Detroit

Tradition, History and Values
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Black Lives Matter

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A Fond Farewell from Rev Murray

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Love, Heartache, Eros, & Courage
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
Circulation
Poetry as a Spiritual Practice
N-Word Duet
Voices from the Shoals

Music

Choir Information
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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October 5, 2025 -- 10:30AM
Reverend Julie Brock
Darwin & Diversity

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

Human bodies and brains can do all kinds of amazing things. What would it look like if we built a world that supported what each body and brain could do rather than restricted the world to working only for what "most" bodies and brains can do.

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