Dear Members and Friends of FCCI, Devastated, outraged, frightened, overloaded, sad – these are some of the feelings church members have expressed to me over the past week as we watch protesters and police clash in U.S. cities. COVID-19, mass unemployment, a partisan shaping of facts, and the death of George Floyd at the hands of police led Michelle Goldberg of the New York Times to write, “America is a tinderbox.”...
Read moreIthaca Concert Band Father’s Day Concert

Join us at 1:00 p.m. on June 17 for a special Father's Day Concert by the Ithaca Concert Band on the church lawn. The concert will salute all fathers, past and present, with a program including "The Star-Spangled Banner", Sousa's "The Washington Post", "Faith of Our Fathers!", and "This is My Father's World". Soloists will sing "You Raise Me Up" and "I Dreamed a Dream", and the band will play "Selections from Mary Poppins", from...
Read moreCelebration Sunday is June 10

Join us at 10:00 on June 10 for Celebration Sunday, a worship service that celebrates our children and youth. It will be a special, joyful morning that will feature the Junior Bell Choir, the Youth Band, the Junior Choir and Pentecost Choir, and an original skit from our 4th-6th graders. Our children and youth will also be leading the readings, prayers, and other elements of the service. We hope to see you there!
Read moreInterfaith Pride Worship Service

Celebrating our different faith traditions and communities as we pray, remember, lament, encourage, and hope together through reflection and song. Sponsored by First Congregational Church, First Baptist Church, Congregation Tikkun v’Or, Temple Beth-El, First Unitarian Society of Ithaca, St. John’s Episcopal Church, St. Paul’s Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, and more. We hope you can join us! Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 6:00pm First Baptist Church, 309 N. Cayuga...
Read moreFoote Lecture Series: April 28-29

Join us for this year's Foote Lecture Series with Hugh McElyea Saturday April 28 - Sunday April 29 Our guest speaker for the 2018 Foote Lectures will be Hugh McElyea, composer of Tenebrae: The Passion of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, which will be performed at Sage Chapel on June 16th, 8:00pm. Following a supper at 5:30pm (chicken & biscuits, salad and dessert), Saturday’s session will focus on Bonhoeffer the man, who was he, why is he...
Read moreSchedule of Easter Services

Palm Sunday, March 25 at 10:00am Maundy Thursday, March 29 at 7:00pm Good Friday, March 30 at 5:15pm Easter Sunday sunrise service at Lakeview Cemetery, April 1 at 6:30am Easter Sunday services at church, April 1 at 10:00am
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