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Sunday Services

Services are held in the chapel of Drayton Avenue Presbyterian Church on the corner of Drayton Avenue and Pinecrest in the city of Ferndale, Michigan, every Sunday at 9am and 11am.

Our Sunday service is an eclectic mix of Christian traditions and people. No matter what your church background is, there will be some part of the service that will make you feel at home. You don't have a church background? Don't worry - we're not that kind of church! No matter what your level of church experience is, you will not feel out of place. Our dress code is casual; jeans and shorts are fine.

Sunday Morning Services
MCC Detroit offers two morning services with communion at 9am and 11am. The 9am service is ASL interpreted, and Children's Ministry is available during the 11am service. Worship is led by the MCCD Choir under the direction of Brian Londrow. The 11am service is the most crowded, so make sure you arrive early to get a seat, and so that you don't miss out on our time of praise and worship.

Sunday Evening Activities
Starting in 2009, there will be no Sunday evening services. Instead, our Sunday evening activity will be a Film Night at 6pm. The schedule of films will be published as soon as it is available. We hope to see you there!

Special Services
MCC Detroit also offers special holiday services, including seder meals, Good Friday services and Christmas Eve candlelight services. In the fall, we offer a St. Francis "Blessing of the Animals" service in Geary Park (just down the street from the church), where a pet (or a photo of a pet) may be presented for a special blessing.

Communion

Communion is served at every UFMCC church service, and is open and available to every child of God that wants it. That means you! You don't need to be a member of MCC Detroit or any other church to come to the Communion table. God has given everyone the right to fellowship at God's table. Many people have been turned away from the Communion table in other denominations, but we believe that Communion is a gift from God to all of God's children. Just as each of our relationships with God and Christ differs, so does our experience in receiving Communion. UFMCC just asks that you come to the table seeking a closer walk with God and allow the elements to become the spiritual nourishment that you need.

The communion meal is open to all people, because God's love includes all people. We serve the communion elements in the form of wafers and unfermented grape juice. The ushers will indicate when it is time for you to go forward to communion. When you are directed to the server, you will be offered the communion elements. Your options are as follows:

  • You may receive just the elements.
  • You may receive the elements and wait for one of the prayer ministers to pray with you.
  • You may choose not to receive the elements but wait for a prayer minister to pray with you.
  • You may light a candle.

You may do any or all of these options alone, with your partner, a friend, family members or anyone you choose.

Inclusive Language

UFMCC seeks to be open to all people and to include all of God's people in every aspect of Church life, and not to use wording that excludes any group of God's people. Doing so would be inconsistent with the nature of a loving God. By using inclusive language in our public worship services, Bible studies, written statements and public prayers, we expand our understanding of God and of the people that God has called. Inclusive language is used to reflect sensitivity to overcome barriers such as gender, race, class, age, physical differences and nationality.

One aspect of inclusive language is not to limit our understanding of God by addressing God in any single gender term. We do this primarily by using non-gendered terms such as "Creator" or "God" instead of "Father". Another aspect is when referring to people, we seek to use terms that include all people. An example of this might be to use the phrase "brothers and sisters" instead of just "brothers" in certain readings.

We understand that Jesus Christ was born as a male, and we do not want to challenge or change that fact. We are not trying to change the meaning or content of scripture; we only mean to identify more clearly what Jesus meant when he said, "whosoever believes in me shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16) Our relationship with God and Christ is a personal one. If you are most comfortable referring to God as male or female in your personal prayer life, you are free to continue doing that, because that is your personal image of God.