Please see below for upcoming event information. Zoom links can be found in the Weekly Announce email or by emailing office@uuithaca.org. Events are at the church located at 306 N. Aurora St unless otherwise noted.

Also, check out our Social Justice Events and our Religious Exploration Events (for children and youth)

Meditation Offering – Childcare Available
Sundays January 25 – February 15
In response to the unrest in our world and the heaviness many of us are feeling, the CARE team is offering a facilitated gathering for four Sundays (January 25th, February 1st, 8th, and 15th) at 9:30 am in the youth room in the Annex. (Use the 208 E. Buffalo St door for elevator access) 

We will sit together in meditation—holding peace, care, and healing for ourselves, for our country and for the world. Please join us. 

Oatmeal and Ice Cream
Sunday February 8 from 9:45 – 10:15 am
Please join us for an Oatmeal and Ice Cream fundraiser. Bring back sweet memories of times at Unirondack, and get excited for future visits, with a fun and exciting breakfast, all while supporting this community. $5 suggested donation.

Care Cafe
February 8 and 22
12 – 1:30 pm in the FUSIT Library
The Care Café, led by Rev Peaches Gillette is held every other Sunday during the church year. The conversations we share during Care Café are rich, honest, and designed to offer meaningful insights about our journey through life together. The diverse personalities and perspectives we bring only deepen our understanding of how each of us navigates the challenges and joys we encounter.

Tabletop Connection Circle
February 15th, 2 pm, Room 213 (upstairs in the Parish House)
This group meets on the 3rd Sunday of each month. Drop in to participate in micro campaigns and other fun table top games. Reach out to office@uuithaca.org. if you have any questions.

February Board of Trustees Meeting
Wednesday February 18 at 6:30 pm
The Board is now meeting on the third Wednesday of the month, Board meetings are a hybrid format, taking place in the Parlor and through Zoom. All FUSIT members are invited to attend these meetings. Ten minutes are set aside at the beginning of the meeting for congregation feedback.

Spiritual Yoga at Yoga Farm Ithaca
Saturday, February 21
129 W. Falls Street, Ithaca, 11:30 am-12:30 pm
Join Madeline on the 3rd Saturday of each month for this free Spiritual yoga series. Each gentle and accessible class will include Mantra, Meditation, Asana (pose), and Pranayama (breath). Yoga mats and other props are provided. Tweens and teens are welcome

Stone Soup Lunch
Sunday, February 22 at noon in the Annex
Please join us to celebrate the Kick-off of our Pledge Drive with a Stone Soup Lunch. We will bring our resources together to nourish each other.  Sign up here to bring Soup or Bread or Help Out for the Luncheon.

Women’s Circle
Monday, February 23
7 pm over Zoom
Women’s Circle usually meets via Zoom on the 4th Monday of the month from 7-8:30 pm. All who identify as women are welcome. This is a drop-in group, so no need to sign up; just come. Anyone is welcome to bring a poem or a reading. For information or questions contact office@uuithaca.org.

Pub Theology
Tuesday, February 24
6:30 pm, Liquid State Brewing, 620 W. Green Street, Ithaca
Join us at Liquid State Brewing for an evening of good fellowship and conversation at our favorite local brewery (owned by FUSIT members!). We will gather at 6:30 pm and reflect together on our monthly theme of Embodying Resilience. Non-beer and nonalcoholic drinks options available! 21 and over please. Bring your friends! Hope to see you there!

Bible as History and Literature
Tuesdays through February 24
3 – 4:30 in the FUSIT Library
This 8 week class will be taught by Anne Winters. From Anne “My personal emphasis is on discussion, after careful reading—without too many preconceptions. When you read this way, many familiar but also many surprising things, turn up, in previously invisible passages.  I ‘d like to start the course focusing on narratives from the opening books of the Pentateuch, or Torah—the first books in the Bible.