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What's New:
Inquirers’
Class
Sunday, July 27, 11:30 am
The Membership and Outreach Committee will sponsor another Inquirers’
Class on Sun., July 27, following the Courtyard Worship service.
Lunch will be provided and childcare is available with advance
notice. The session will run from 11:30 am-2 pm. Those interested
in joining our congregation will be received as new members on
Sun., August 10. Please call Gloria Knopp at (412) 441-3800 x22
if you wish to attend this class.
Dixieland Jazz to be Guest Musicians
Sun., July 27, 10 am
As
part of the 10 am worship on Sun., July 27, Dixie Doc and the
Dixie Doc All-Star Dixieland Band will be special guest musicians.
The music of spirituals and blues has long been a part of the
American Christian tradition. It is a pleasure to welcome this
talented ensemble back to ELPC. Invite a friend to join you for
worship!
Housing
Ministry Volunteer Opportunity — Making a difference
in our community
July
29 - Aug. 2 and Aug. 4 - 9
On Saturdays, Aug 2 and Aug 9 and weekdays July 29-Aug 1 and Aug
4-8, ELPC will be working with Open Hand Ministries and East Liberty
Development, Inc. to prepare an abandoned building in East Liberty
for rehab.
We will be doing basic demolition
projects all these work days. This demolition activity will be
the first step in transforming a building that formally harbored
drug activity into a housing unit for green urban cooperative
living. No special skills or tools are needed! Please contact
Emily Rosenthal (412.963.0139) or Rev. Patrice Fowler-Searcy (412.441.3800
x 30; PatriceS please add the extension
"@coh.net"
).
Summer
Schedule
Our
summer worship schedule began on
Sunday, June 15. Sunday
worship times will be:
8:00 am Samaritan
Worship
10:00 am Courtyard Worship
Beginning July 6, the 10 am service moved into
the Courtyard where it will be every Sunday through August 31,
weather permitting.
The
EECM Food Pantry Needs Our Help!
EECM’s Food Pantry assists
those in immediate need of food and deeply appreciates donations.
If you can, please leave food donations in the baskets located
throughout the church’s hallways. In July, the “Food for the Month”
is peanut butter.
Men’s Shelter
Donations
In ELPC’s continuing commitment to the EECM Men’s Shelter located
in our church, the Deacons are collecting donations for June 2008.
The requested donations are socks and moisturizing skin lotion.
Please drop these items in the basket located in the Highland
Avenue hallway. Your continued support in the form of donations
and of prayer the Shelter and for the men who stay there is appreciated.
ELPC
Goes Wireless
East Liberty Presbyterian Church now has wireless internet connectivity.
While it is available through a good portion of the building,
people are welcome to sit in the library or McKelvy Room and use
their laptops to access the internet. Our server name is "Hope",
but you don't need a password to connect to it.
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