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 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.

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.

View Past Services

Sunday, September 6 at 9:30 am in the parlor
Beth Ketchum
Diagnostic Lines: An Art Narrative
Join us for our last summer service of the year. Regular services resume at 10:30 am starting Sunday, September 13 in the parlor.

September Worship Services
The theme for September is “Beginnings” and the Celebrations Team is looking forward to speakers whose voices can help us to explore this theme as individuals and as a community

Sunday, September 13
Water Ceremony and Ingathering
Emily Richards M. Div & Rev. Janet Shortall
Our Water Ceremony marks the traditional start of the church year, it is a time of Ingathering, of coming back together after the summer. Everyone is encouraged to bring a small amount of water from a source that has significance to you. As we begin this year together we will combine our waters, which symbolize both what we each bring and, maybe more importantly, how we are changed by our commitment to journeying together.
Music by Emily Richards and Laura Ramos

Sunday, September 20
Beginning Again in Love
Emily Richards M. Div
The act of forgiveness can be a journey and our UU faith calls us to keep beginning again in love. What wisdom does our own theological history of covenant offer and what can we learn from the wisdom of the Jewish tradition as we enter into the high holidays?
Music by Emily Richards and Laura Ramos

Sunday, September 27
From Beginning to Becoming
Rev. Janet Shortall
Beginnings often arrive with hope, possibility, and a sense of the new. But what happens after we begin? Becoming asks something more of us: patience, courage, attention, and a willingness to be changed along the way. This Sunday, we’ll
explore the space between who we have been and who we are becoming—and consider how our choices, our
communities, and our deepest commitments help shape what comes next.
Music by UU Ithaca Choir