This Week at ELPC

Loving God, your way of life is before us; may we move towards it. Your place of justice is beside us; may we wait here alongside the forgotten and oppressed. Your call for renewal is within us; may we respond through these gifts and the gifts of our lives without counting the cost. Amen.

Holy Ground service | Sunday, March 15, 6pm
Join us for the first Holy Ground service of 2009. The service is held on the third Sunday of each month, in the Chapel. It's a service of prayer for wholeness for the world, our neighbors, and ourselves, featuring quiet hymns, periods of prayerful silence, and a homily ending with anointing and blessing. The Rev. J. Howard Cherry, honorably retired United Methodist minister, will be the minister at our March service.

Benefit Concert for the Homeless | Friday, March 13, 7:30pm
Appearing in this special Lenten program are the Illinois College Concert Choir, Wind Ensemble, and Renaissance Singers. The 35-voice Concert Choir will perform portions of Henry Mollicone's "Beatitude Mass" (for the Homeless). Illinois College's music ensembles have performed in churches across the U.S., including St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York and the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. A free-will offering will be received in appreciation of their efforts.

Free organ concert | Wednesday, March 18, 12:00pm
During Lent, take a few moments out of your busy schedule to enjoy our free noontime organ concerts. On the 18th, we will hear Cynthia Pock, Director of Music at First Lutheran Church, and Andre Beirman, tenor soloist at First Lutheran Church and Temple Rodef Shalom.

Pittsburgh Presbytery Night and the Heinz History Center | Thursday, March 19
Admission to the Heinz History Center will be free on Thursday March 19th for the Pittsburgh Presbytery's sponsored exhibit, Free At Last? Slavery in Pittsburgh in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Presentation begins at 5:30pm. RSVP to Suzanne McHenry, (412) 323-1400, x312.

Hope Academy: Shakespeare Competition
Hope Academy Shakespeare students have been preparing scenes from A Midsummer Nights Dream and Two Gentlemen of Verona for the 2009 Pittsburgh Public Theater Shakespeare Monologe and Scene Contest. The preliminary round will be on March 20th at 3:30; the Showcase of Finalists will be March 23 at 7pm. Both are free to the public.

Join us for our regular services in the coming week

Sunday March 15

• 8:00 am, Good Samaritan Worship: The Rev. Dr. Randall K. Bush preaching.
• 8:45 am, Journey: The Rev. Heather Schoenewolf preaching.
• 11:00 am, Sanctuary Worship: The Rev. Dr. Randall K. Bush preaching.

• Contemporaries: "Judge Not, That You Be Not Judged," led by Gary Sadler
• Journey with Scripture: Ex. 20:1-17, Ps. 19, 1 Cor. 1:18-25, John 2:13-22, led by Jan Irvin.
• Parenting Circle: Stewardship in Our Families, Church and Community, led by Beth Bush and Edie Cook.
• Seekers: "The Last Week" by Marcus Borg and Douglas Dominic Crossan, led by Rev. Christiane Dutton.
• Life in the Spirit (Young Adults): Apologetics: Christian Doctrine on Trial, led by Brian Diebold.

Classes After Taizé Prayer
March 18: Sacred Harp/Shape Note Singing, led by Charles Anderson
Enjoy singing tunes in three and four part harmony from the oldest American tun book in print. Beginners welcome.

ELPC in the Community

East End Cooperative Ministries (EECM) Food Bank
We invite you to join an effort to feed those who are hungry in our East Liberty community. Drop off non-pershable items in the marked baskets near the Highland Avenue entrance.

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East Liberty Presbyterian Church
116 South Highland Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206-3911
http://www.cathedralofhope.org
TEL: 412/441-3800
FAX: 412/441-4422