In-person worship: Sundays at 10:00 a.m.

Our doors are open for in-person worship each Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Masks are currently optional. We will continue to offer for our remote members and visitors the live stream service, listed below.

Online Live Stream Worship Service: Sundays at 10:00 a.m.

Click here to live stream our Worship Services or view our Progressive Christian Bible Study.

Preaching: Rev. Dr. David A. Kaden
Sermon: “A Sly Fox, a Weeping Hen, and Changed People”
Anthem: “Children of the Heavenly Father” (arr. Paul Christiansen)
Faith Journey: Rachel Bezner Kerr
Bulletin:  LINK to Bulletin

After Service Event: Refreshments and Coffee

Easter Egg Hunt for ages 0-12 held here at FCCI (outdoors if weather permits) after Palm Sunday Service (visitors welcome!)

With the support of the Ithaca Sanctuary Alliance (ISA), the First Congregational Church of Ithaca (FCCI) in July 2020 welcomed a teen mother and her young daughter into the apartment they built to provide sanctuary for immigrants at risk of deportation. Drucila Francisco Mateo and Jessie lived at the church for more than two years, moving out in September, 2022.

For more information on our Sanctuary Ministries, please click HERE

Palm Sunday (April 13, 10:00 a.m.)
Maundy Thursday (April 17, 7:00 p.m.)
Good Friday (April 18, 5:30 p.m.)
Easter Sunday Sunrise (April 20, 6:30 a.m., Lake View Cemetery)
Easter Sunday (April 20, 10:00 a.m., Church Sanctuary)

Help the FCCI Code Blue Team feed the underhoused on these freezing days: If you can’t volunteer your time, you can donate gift cards from local grocery stores (or cash if you don’t go to grocery stores). The Team can shop at Wegmans, Tops, BJ’s, Aldi’s, and Greenstar! Each weekly meal costs about $140 to prepare. Sponsor a meal! We also need crockpots. To sign up to help cook or to drive the food to the shelter, click this LINK. For more information, please contact the church office.

In a collaborative effort, the Outreach Action Group and the Youth of FCCI are collecting donations of items to make UCC Hygiene Kits for Disaster Relief. A poster to sign up for needed items is in the Narthex. All donated items are due by March 23rd. The Youth and Outreach members will assemble the kits during Sunday service on March 30th. Due to the California fires there is a dire need for these kits. Please help us reach our goal of 100 kits!

Soon after the initial fire ignited, the United Church of Christ issued a California Wildfire appeal for donations. Read the full article and donate HERE