— 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NIV

You are invited to to participate in Ithaca Meeting’s Opening to the Heart of Worship workshop coming up on Friday evening February 3 and on Saturday, February 4 from 9am to 4pm.  Thursday, February 2, is the last day to register for this workshop. We have a few more openings with an upward limit of 40. If we reach 40 we will start a waiting list and will include you if we get cancellations. The workshop will be offered in a hybrid format so you may attend in-person at the Third Street Meetinghouse or on Zoom. The workshop will be facilitated by well known Quaker Workshop leader Christopher Sammond.

During the workshop we will explore how to prepare for worship, how to center down, how to listen to each other with our whole being - body, mind, and spirit - and how to better open to each other and the Divine during worship. We will create a sense of community from which to access our individual and collective wellsprings of the Source. Our work together will be experiential, immediate, and will draw us into a deeper experience of our rich practice as Friends.

On Friday February 24, at 7:00 pm, the second meeting of IMM Friends to consider how to make our Meeting more welcoming, will be held via Zoom. We are calling these meetings "IMM Inclusion." All are welcome!

If you would like to join this zoom meeting, please contact Carol Clarke and she'll send you the zoom link.  We request this so that we may know how many to expect at the meeting.  Carol can be reached at [email protected]. 

When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, the Communications Committee (Comm Comm) laid down the paper version of our IMM newsletter and transitioned to an electronic version that is emailed to Friends every month. As more people are returning to worship in person we have heard requests to have a paper version available at Meeting for Worship. Beginning this month, paper copies of this e-newsletter will be available at the Third Street Meetinghouse. Upon request, copies can also be mailed to Friends.

Comm Comm plans to make printed copies available for a trial period of a few months. After that we'll evaluate how it's going. Are copies being taken? How many copies should be printed each month? Is the process of printing and making copies of the e-newsletter working in a reasonable manner?

The minutes from Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business can be found on the right-side column of our website.

Ithaca Friends gather for unprogrammed Meeting for Worship on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am, in-person at our Third Street Meetinghouse and remotely via Zoom, for a hybrid Meeting for Worship.

Men’s Fellowship

First Thursdays, Friends, join us at Ithaca Bakery! Quaker men—and anyone who wants to hang out with Quaker men—are warmly invited.

Join Friends to watch a brief QuakerSpeak video and discuss what you watched. In person at the Third Street Meetinghouse or through Zoom. You can also join by phone by calling (929) 205-6099 and entering Meeting ID when prompted.

This committee meeting is open to all who would like to attend. Please feel free to come and bring your own concerns or interests. At this time we are meeting via Zoom; use the gray button below or:

Meeting ID: 891 7172 6300

Passcode: earthcare

You can also join by phone by calling (929) 205-6099 and entering Meeting ID when prompted.

Please send agenda items to the Clerk by the preceding Monday. (Contact information is at the bottom of this newsletter.)

Join Friends to watch a brief QuakerSpeak video and discuss what you watched. In person at the Third Street Meetinghouse or through Zoom. You can also join by phone by calling (929) 205-6099 and entering Meeting ID when prompted.

This is an “open” committee, meaning that all are welcome; participation does not go through the Nominating Committee process. Please feel free to come and bring your own concerns or interests. At this time we are meeting via Zoom; use the gray button below or: 

You can also join by phone by calling (929) 205-6099 and entering Meeting ID when prompted. If you have any questions, please call Garry Thomas at 607-273-7567.

Women’s Fellowship

Bring your knitting, wear your best sweatpants, and join us for an informal hangout. We'll be meeting online during the colder months.

On Friday February 24, at 7:00 pm, the second meeting of IMM Friends to consider how to make our Meeting more welcoming, will be held by zoom. Please contact Carol Clarke to receive the zoom link. We are calling these meetings "IMM Inclusion." All are welcome!