Welcome to First Ithaca
Chinese Christian Church Website
Address: 429 Mitchell Street, Ithaca, New York 14850 [Map]
Phone Number: 607-272-8272
E-mail: ficcc_mail@yahoo.com
Pastors: Rev. Tony Hsu (Senior Pastor) and Rev. David Wong (Founding Pastor/Pastor Emeritus)

Sunday worship times:

9:45 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. English worship
*followed by a refreshment time from 11:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.  Chinese worship (Mandarin/Cantonese or Mandarin/English)
*followed by a simple Chinese lunch
Sunday Shuttle
Bus Schedule:
The bus is a 30-passenger bus under the name "Airline Limousine Service."
English Service:
09:25 a.m. Mary Donlon Circle
09:30 a.m. West Campus Baker Flagpole
09:33 a.m. Collegetown Performance Art Center
09:40 a.m. arrive at church
  • Please be at the pick-up point at the least 5 minutes earlier. If you miss the bus, call the church office (272-8272). We will try to send people to pick you up, but cannot guarantee.
  • A bus leave church at 11:10 a.m. can take you back to Cornell campus.
  • People staying for English Adult Sunday School (11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. on some Sundays) could stay for lunch or take the bus leaving at 12:50 p.m.

    Chinese Service:
    10:35 a.m. Winston Court Bus Stop
    10:37 a.m. intersection of Salem Drive and North Birchwood
    10:40 a.m. Hasbrouck Community Center
    10:45 a.m. North Campus: Mary Donlon Circle
    10:50 a.m. West Campus: Baker Flagpole
    10:53 a.m. Collegetown: Performance Art Center
    10:57 a.m. Maplewood Community Center
    11:00 a.m. arrive at church
    After Chinese Service:
    01:20 p.m. Bus leaves church to take people back. The route will be the reversal of the 2nd round, i.e. now from church to Maplewood, to Collegetown, to West Campus, to North Campus, to Hasbrouck,and if necessary all the way back to Winston Court.
    Sundays with No Shuttle Bus Service:
    During Cornell's school breaks (Fall Break, Sunday after Thanksgiving Day, Winter Break, Spring Break, Summer Break) we have only one Mandarin/English combined service at 11:15 a.m., and no shuttle bus service. Individuals rides could be arranged when requested.
    *If you have any question, contact church office.

    History of FICCC:
    • Established in November, 1983 with Rev. David Wong as the founding pastor.
    • Sunday attendance gradually grew to about 40 people by 1988. Many of them were Cornell students.
    • Purchased the church building located at 1462 Slaterville Rd., Ithaca
    • Attendance continued to grow and soon reached the building's seating capacity of 80 people.
    • In July, 1997 moved into the current building located at 429 Mitchell St., Ithaca, which is within 10 minutes walking distance from Collegetown of Cornell University.
    • To ensure that doctrine purity of the church will be maintained in the future, the church joined the affiliation of Evangelical Free Churches of America in October, 1997.
    • Attendance continued to grow. New ministries were developed.
    • Purchased the house next to the church building and relocated the children Sunday School classes and church office to the house (425 Mitchell) at the end of June, 2000.
    • After 17 years of holding only one worship service with primarily Chinese-speaking members (Mandarin or Cantonese), an English worship service was added on August 20, 2000.