Welcome to Community Unitarian Universalists in Brighton (CUUB)! With a deep commitment to honoring the inherent worth and dignity of every person, we come together as a congregation of open minds, loving hearts, and helping hands. We are unified by our shared search for spiritual growth, and our historically strong commitment to social justice. Whatever your age, race, or sexual orientation, you are welcome here. We invite you to join us in our free and responsible search for truth and meaning.
Sunday Services
Sundays at 10:30 EST
In person at CUUB: All ages welcome!
Spiritual Exploration classes for children and youth are offered every Sunday. Themes and more information can be found at this link.
Or, join via Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/96678256367
Meeting ID: 966 7825 6367
**Services held on other nights of the week noted**
Nov. 23, 2025
Rev. R.R. Tavárez
"Let Your Light So Shine: Creating Belonging for Others through Self Acceptance"
Worship Associate: Dan Moore
When we share our light, we help others see their own beauty. Referencing the famous beatitudes found in the book of Matthew and his experience as a gay minister, Rev. Tavarez's message will center on the liberating power of self-identity.
Rev. R.R. Tavárez is an artist, photographer, and the author of Drag Queen Preacher, a memoir in verse that explores themes of identity including his experience as a drag performer, LGBTQ+ acceptance, race, faith and belonging. Rev. Tavárez earned a dual undergraduate degree at Kuyper College in Bible and International Business. He later graduated from Calvin Theological Seminary with a Master’s Degree in Divinity with a concentration in Missions. Rev. Tavárez has served in various ministry capacities, including mentor, consultant and leadership trainer. Today, he is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, the pastor of En Vivo Church, which he founded in 2016, and the Executive Director of New City Neighbors, a non-profit that does youth empowerment work through urban farming and farm-to-table food production.
Spiritual Education (Children's Program):
UU Shared Values and Christ’s Teachings: We’ll discover how Jesus’ lessons align with our UU values of love, justice, and compassion for all.
Nov. 30, 2025
Lee Burton
"Bugs: Our Lives Depend on Them"
Worship Associate: Lee Anzicek
Order of Service will be posted Nov. 29
For so many humans, when they think of the insects and spiders around them, it is often about how troublesome they are. But without them, human life as we know it could not exist. The "good" ones help control the "pests". They pollinate our plants. They are an essential part of the food chain. They perform environmental services. In short we need them...and they are rapidly dwindling in number. This presentation will talk about the important roles these invertebrates play in our world.
Lee Burton is vice chair of the Crossroads Group of the Sierra Club and an active volunteer for the Huron River Watershed Council and the Livingston Land Conservancy. He retired from a teaching career for Hartland Schools.
Spiritual Education (Children's Program): UU Shared Values and Christ’s Teachings: We’ll discover how Jesus’ lessons align with our UU values of love, justice, and compassion for all.
Dec, 7, 2025
Richard Halloran
"Does God Command Us to Obey or Does God Invite Us To Become?"
Worship Associate: Lee Anzicek
Order of Service will be posted Dec. 6
We will explore whether we should follow the 10 Commandments or the Beatitudes. His scriptural quotes will be about those.
And he will finish up explaining about Spiritualism, its history and its principles.
These documents will help you get more from this service.
The Beatitudes
All Souls Metaphysical Declaration of Principles
What do UUs Believe?
Values and Covenant
As Unitarian Universalists, we covenant, congregation-to-congregation and through our Association, to support and assist one another in our ministries. We draw from our heritages of freedom, reason, hope, and courage, building on the foundation of love.
Love is the power that holds us together and is at the center of our shared values. We are accountable to one another for doing the work of living our shared values through the spiritual discipline of Love.
Inseparable from one another, these shared values are:
Shared Unitarian Universalist Values
Image Description: This image is of a chalice with an overlay of the word Love over the flame, with six outstretched arms that create a circle around each of the core values and form a six-petal flower shape. Each arm is a different color, and clockwise they are: Interdependence (Orange), Equity (Red), Transformation (Purple), Pluralism (Blue), Generosity (Green), and Justice (Yellow).
● Interdependence
We honor the interdependent web of all existence. With reverence for the great web of life and with humility, we acknowledge our place in it.
We covenant to protect Earth and all beings from exploitation. We will create and nurture sustainable relationships of care and respect, mutuality and justice. We will work to repair harm and damaged relationships.
● Pluralism
We celebrate that we are all sacred beings, diverse in culture, experience, and theology.
We covenant to learn from one another in our free and responsible search for truth and meaning. We embrace our differences and commonalities with Love, curiosity, and respect.
● Justice
We work to be diverse multicultural Beloved Communities where all thrive.
We covenant to dismantle racism and all forms of systemic oppression. We support the use of inclusive democratic processes to make decisions within our congregations, our Association, and society at large.
● Transformation
We adapt to the changing world.
We covenant to collectively transform and grow spiritually and ethically. Openness to change is fundamental to our Unitarian and Universalist heritages, never complete and never perfect.
● Generosity
We cultivate a spirit of gratitude and hope.
We covenant to freely and compassionately share our faith, presence, and resources. Our generosity connects us to one another in relationships of interdependence and mutuality.
● Equity
We declare that every person has the right to flourish with inherent dignity and worthiness.
We covenant to use our time, wisdom, attention, and money to build and sustain fully accessible and inclusive communities.
Inspirations
Direct experiences of transcending mystery and wonder are primary sources of Unitarian Universalist inspiration. These experiences open our hearts, renew our spirits, and transform our lives. We draw upon, and are inspired by, sacred, secular, and scientific understandings that help us make meaning and live into our values. These sources ground us and sustain us in ordinary, difficult, and joyous times. We respect the histories, contexts, and cultures in which these sources were created and are currently practiced. Grateful for the experiences that move us, aware of the religious ancestries we inherit, and enlivened by the diversity which enriches our faith, we are called to ever deepen and expand our wisdom.
Inclusion
Systems of power, privilege, and oppression have traditionally created barriers for persons and groups with particular identities, ages, abilities, and histories. We pledge to replace such barriers with ever-widening circles of solidarity and mutual respect. We strive to be an Association of congregations that truly welcome all persons who share our values. We commit to being an Association of congregations that empowers and enhances everyone’s participation, especially those with historically marginalized identities.
Freedom of belief
Congregational freedom and the individual’s right of conscience are central to our Unitarian Universalist heritage.
Congregations may establish statements of purpose, covenants, and bonds of union so long as they do not require that members adhere to a particular creed.
Source: Unitarian Universalist Association bylaws, section II, adopted June 2024.
Unitarian Universalist Principles and Sources (1985-2024)
The Unitarian Universalists Association adopted the following Unitarian Universalist Principles and Sources in 1985, modified them in 1995, and replaced them with the Shared Unitarian Universalist Values in 2024.
We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote:
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The inherent worth and dignity of every person
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Justice, equity and compassion in human relations
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Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations
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A free and responsible search for truth and meaning
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The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large
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The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all
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Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
The living tradition which we share draws from many sources:
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Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life
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Words and deeds of prophetic people which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love
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Wisdom from the world's religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life
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Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God's love by loving our neighbors as ourselves
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Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit
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Spiritual teachings of earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature.
Grateful for the religious pluralism which enriches and ennobles our faith, we are inspired to deepen our understanding and expand our vision. As free congregations we enter into this covenant, promising to one another our mutual trust and support.