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Sunday Services

Sunday services are held in the chapel portion of Drayton Avenue Presbyterian Church on the corner of Drayton Avenue and Pinecrest in the city of Ferndale, every Sunday at 9:00 and 11:00am and 6:00pm.

Our Sunday service is an eclectic mix of Christian traditions and people. Whatever your church background, there will be a portion 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, 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 also offers a Children's Ministry. Worship is lead by the MCC Choir under the direction of Brian Londrow. The 11am service is the most crowded, so make sure you arrive early both to get a seat, and so as not to miss the musical prelude. Homilies from the morning services can be listened to here. You can also watch and hear the sermon from the previous week every Sunday from 8:00 to 9:00am on Community Media Network: WOW - Channel 18 or Comcast - Channel 52.

Sunday Evening Service
The Sunday evening service at 6pm is smaller and more informal than the two morning events. It kicks off with contemporary worship songs lead by guitarist Terry Gonda and her partner Kirsti Reeve (on all but the first Sunday of each month). Thoughts are presented on the day's scriptures, followed by prayer and a musical reflection. The service concludes with communion, and we leave to the inspiring call to Go Make a Difference in our world.

Communion at MCC Detroit

At every service conducted by a UFMCC church, Communion is served - in fact, it is part of Fellowship By-Laws. Also, at every UFMCC service, Communion is open to all people. One does not need to be a member of UFMCC, or any church, to partake. So many people have been denied the right to the Communion Table, it is our belief that Communion is a gift from God for 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 Communion to seek a closer walk with God and to 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 communion in the form of wafers and unfermented grape juice. There are ushers to 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 still wait for a prayer minister to pray with you
You may do any of these options alone, with your partner, a friend, family 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 Service, 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.

It is understood that Jesus Christ was indeed born as a male and we do not seek to challenge or change that fact. We do not seek to change the meaning or content of scripture; we seek to identify more clearly what Jesus meant when he said, "whosoever believes in me shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16) It is also understood that our relationship with God and Christ is a personal one. If you are most comfortable referring to God in one gender term in your prayer life, we do not seek to change that: that is simply how you view God.
is understood that Jesus Christ was indeed born as a male and we do not seek to challenge or change that fact. We do not seek to change the meaning or content of scripture; we seek to identify more clearly what Jesus meant when he said, "whosoever believes in me shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16) It is also understood that our relationship with God and Christ is a personal one. If you are most comfortable referring to God in one gender term in your prayer life, we do not seek to change that: that is simply how you view God.