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First Unitarian Society of Ithaca services are held in person Sundays at 10:30 am. We are located at the corner of Aurora St. and Buffalo St (306 N. Aurora Street). The church does not have a parking lot, but there is free parking on the nearby city streets on Sundays and the Town of Ithaca allows us to use their lot on Sundays (on Buffalo Street, directly across from the church).

Sunday Services are also Live Streamed from the sanctuary on our YouTube Channel. If you are unable to attend in person, we would love for you to join us virtually! Just click on the link above each Sunday at 10:30 am (or you can watch it later at your convenience).Our services feature inspiring words, music, and stories exploring themes in a multigenerational context. We are excited to welcome you! Information about upcoming services is listed below. View Past Services.

Join us after service at Coffee Hour in the church parlor for a time of connection.

Hearing Loop: The sanctuary has a Hearing Loop System which is an ADA approved technology that transmits sound wirelessly directly to hearing aids. If you wear hearing aids and your T-coil is activated, you can pick up the signal from the sound system (if you have hearing aids, but your T-coil is not activated, please speak with your audiologist). There are also sound amplifying headphones (available on the credenza in the Parlor or from one of the ushers) if you do not have hearing aids, but could benefit from amplified sound.

Sunday, December 7
“The Work of Hope”
Rev. Janet Shortall
The Feminist theologian Dorothee Sölle once said that hope is “a refusal to accept the world as it is.” Not a naïve wish, but a sacred defiance. Hope says no to cruelty and indifference, and yes to the slow, holy work of change. It is the power that joins imagination to action – faith to the future.
Music by Ana Florencia

Sunday, December 14
“Hope Often Chooses Us”
Rev. Peaches Gillette
It seems that we don’t have to beg and call on hope. Even at the end of our days, it appears, disguised in memories of loving and being loved.
Music by Roberta Crawford, viola

Sunday, December 21
No Rehearsal Pageant
Emily Richards, CRE
This all-ages service is filled with the wonder of the holidays. Come and take on the role of a child born, the star above, a menorah, yule log, a sheep or donkey, one of our choir of angels, or even one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa. Together we will create a joyful tale of the miracles of the season. Costumes
are provided and cookie decorating to follow.
Music by Laura Ramos

Tuesday, December 23
Candlelight Christmas Services
5 pm and 7:30 pm, Emily Richards, CRE
Sage Chapel on the Cornell Campus
We continue our Christmas tradition of a holiday worship service for everyone in the Ithaca community at Sage Chapel on Cornell’s campus. A Christmas celebration with music, story, and candlelight, where we explore ancient tales of miracles followed by hardship and perseverance that can inspire hope within us all.
Music by UU Choir

Sunday, December 28
“Reflections on the New Year and Beginning Again”
Magdalen Lindeberg
Music by Cynthia Riggin, cello, and Myra Kovary, harp