Forest Home Chapel Coordinating Pastor

Lansing United Methodist Church Pastor

A Collaborative Ministry

United Methodist Lay Speakers regularly support Rev. Robyn Hays mornings. We are certified in leading worship, prayer and scripture study, preaching and Biblical interpretation, as well as Methodist social principles and doctrine, pastoral care and more.

We bring our academic and professional credentials as well as our life experiences in music and teaching, science and art to the worship experience.

Our Church Family

The people of Forest Home Chapel attend in person and via zoom, are young and old, community and college members. We value connection. inquiry, social justice and the development of each person’s spiritual gifts within the community and beyond.

We vow to fully participate in the church’s ministries by our prayers, presence, gifts, service and witness.

Full Hearts and Voices

We are blessed to have rich, exceptional musical support through Ithaca College Music Department faculty and graduate students. Opera, classical and sacred repertoire soloists, choir ensemble singers, and professional piano accompanists elevate our worship experience.

Our Music Director, Gavin Tremblay is a performer, educator, and conductor residing in the Ithaca area. A passionate choral singer and director, he performs regularly in Ithaca and beyond with groups including First Inversion, the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers, the Opus Ithaca Odyssey Choir, Madrigalia, and more. He got his musical start through singing in his church choir at home, and he has loved being able to continue serving at Forest Home Chapel as music director. Tremblay currently teaches music and Spanish at the Ithaca Waldorf School.