CUUB is proud to announce that Rev. Yvonne E. Schumacher Strejcek has enthusiastically accepted our congregation’s unanimous and heartfelt call to settled ministry. After a candidating week filled with social events, committee meetings, house hunting and two wonderful sermons in the CUUB pulpit, our congregants were in 100% agreement with the Ministerial Search Committee who had wholeheartedly recommended her. Rev. Yvonne is CUUB’s first called minister and we are her first called church.
Welcome to the website for the Community Unitarian Universalists in Brighton (CUUB), a growing religious community located in Brighton, Michigan. Chartered in 2000, we are a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association, an association of 1,000 churches in the U.S. and Canada.
CUUB is a spiritual community that changes lives. With a deep commitment to social justice and the free and responsible search for truth and meaning, we come together as a congregation to support each other in our spiritual journeys. Whatever your age, race, or sexual orientation, you are welcome here.
Newcomers, please join us for Sunday morning worship. Our services are held on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. with the exception of Memorial Day Weekend, the month of July and most of August, and Labor Day Weekend. Services last until 11:30 a.m., when we enjoy fair-trade coffee and conversation. All are welcome to attend. Dress is casual.
We provide free childcare for infants and preschoolers as well as religious education classes for school children.
On May 16th, during our services we celebrated with a Flower Ceremony. The following video shows the congregation joining hands to sing a verse of 'Spirit of Life' and then close out the service by speaking 'We extinguish this flame..."
If you would like to learn more about Unitarian Universalism, you may enjoy watching the UUA video, "Voices of a Liberal Faith." In this video, members and ministers share their thoughts on worship and fellowship, explain the goals of religious education, explore the historic roots of our religion, and celebrate the spirit of social justice that inspires our faith. Follow this link to the YouTube video, or click the video below.
Members: Have you established your database account yet? Please do so by clicking here.
You may be a U.U. if:
you think socks are too formal for a Summer service.
you know at least 5 ways to say "Happy holidays!"
your idea of a guy's night out is going to a N.O.W. rally.
unleavened bread is part of your Easter Brunch.
you refer to construction paper as "paper of color."
the name of your church is longer than your arm.
you find yourself rewriting a church survey, rather than taking it.
you call up your minister in the middle of the night, panicking because you are starting to believe in God.
to explain your personal theology, you have to use interpretive dance.
you take your day planner to church instead of the Bible.
About CUUB
Our Mission Statement
We are a welcoming, liberal religious congregation coming together to support social justice, personal spiritual growth and the interdependent web of all existence. We live our Unitarian Universalists principles and values by loving, supporting, and caring for our church community, its individual members and by positively impacting the wider world.
Principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association
We the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote:
The inherent dignity and worth of every person;
Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations
A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
The goal of a world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part
