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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).

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

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.

Sunday, April 6, “Joy As Resistance”
Rev. Janet Shortall
The world is not owed our misery because suffering is not proof of commitment, righteousness, or worth. Choosing joy is not a betrayal of reality; it is a radical assertion that our lives are meant for more than just enduring hardship. Refusing to let despair define us is an act of defiance against forces that would rather see us broken than whole. Joy sustains movements, nurtures communities, and fuels the imagination
required to build something better.
Special music by Yusuf Ugurer, tenor

Sunday, April 13, “Appreciative Joy”
Speaker Jeannie O’Neill
Jeannie O’Neill will guide us on a journey of the four faces of love, also called the Brahmaviharas. We will practice ways to engage with these facets of being in the world, with an emphasis on cultivating sympathetic or appreciative joy in our hearts and community. We will also notice the signs and symptoms that our appreciative joy is running low, and how we can are for ourselves in order to show up for others.

Sunday, April 20, “In Whom Do We Believe?”
Emily Richards, CRE
In the Easter story it was the women to whom the resurrection was first revealed, and perhaps not surprising that they were, at first, not believed. Whose voices continue to be discounted and whose voices do we turn to for truth? Where do we search for the joy of renewal and rebirth?
Special music by Stephanie Ortolano

Sunday, April 27 , “Kindling Joy”
Emily Richards, CRE
Join us for a multigenerational celebration of the gifts of the earth and the fire that burns at the midpoint between spring and summer. Dance around the Maypole, share in story and song, and experience the joy of the turning of the seasons.
Special music by FUSIT Choir