We recently shared with you some of what has been happening in the wider UU community and the UUA including the proposed significant changes to Article II of the UUA by-laws.
This is the article that currently includes:
a list of the seven Principles of the Association of … read more.
At First Unitarian Society of Ithaca, worship services and Small Groups are based on a monthly theme from The Soul Matters Sharing Circle LLC (a network of Unitarian Universalist congregations).
The November Soul Matters theme is The Path of Change. This month’s packet includes a few short … read more.
The Ministry Fulfillment Committee was established in March 2022 to advise the FUSIT Board of Trustees on fulfilling ministry responsibilities in service to the congregation for the coming year.
Due to budget constraints, and a lack of settled minister candidates, this process was a bit different … read more.
The Way Forward Team has been tasked with creating guidelines for safely resuming the in-person aspect of the work that we do here at FUSIT: worship, group meetings, programming, community outreach, and religious exploration, to name a few. We are doing our very best to move forward … read more.
A Liberal Church is the history of the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca from 1865 to 1945. It was written by Carol Kammen, the Tompkins County Historian, and aided greatly by FUSIT member, Beverly Henderson West. Read about being a liberal congregation in the … read more.
Like a beautiful cloth woven in many colors, so many FUSIT members contributed in ways large and small. There were 37 riders on the “Mark Rides On” team, who raised more than $30,000 in Mark’s name for the Southern Tier Aids Prevention program. They … read more.
This scholarship was developed using funds donated to FUSIT
in memory of Mark Pedersen. Mark loved attending General Assembly (GA) and
wanted more members of FUSIT to attend GA as delegates. In his memory, we
created this scholarship program to help defray the costs for registration
and/or travel to … read more.
Video of the memorial service for Mark S. Pedersen held on Saturday September 22nd, at St. Pauls Church.
Mark Stephen Pedersen
1958-2018
Memorial service will be held:
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church, Ithaca
(due to large number of people attending)
11:00am
Reception to follow at First Unitarian Society of Ithaca
(If you would like to contribute cookies to the reception, please drop them by First Unitarian … read more.
