The Climate Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis
On March 24, our Lenten calendar, Tread Lightly, encouraged us to read about the situation for children around the globe. The Environmental Team of the Justice Committee is offering some …
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PPT Awards Hope Academy’s Adjoa Opoku-Dakwa First Place
More than 400 area students from 60+ schools competed in the preliminary rounds of Pittsburgh Public Theater’s 28th Annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest. Participants submitted video performances of monologues …
Pastoral Message | April 2022
A writer recently paraphrased Susan Sontag and said that “biography is the revenge of research upon the intellect.” What she meant is that biography takes a lived life—a human existence …
ELPC Responds to the Crisis in Ukraine
On February 24, the world witnessed Russia invade and wage war on Ukraine. We’ve heard reports on the devastation, loss of life, and destruction; and witnessed the estimated 10 million …
Letter from Birmingham Jail | Session 2
Following Sanctuary worship on Sunday, March 13, the Facing Systemic Racism Committee presented our second session on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail. Led by …
We’re Now Accepting Easter Flower Orders and Food Pantry Donations
You are invited to help provide Easter flowers for our Sanctuary worship service on Easter Sunday, April 9, or to make a monetary donation to support the EECM Food Pantry. …
A Message from Pastor Randy on Pastoral Transition
Dear ELPC church family, On March 15, I will celebrate 16 years of ministry at ELPC. This anniversary is notable, not only for its longevity, but because it will also …
Immigration and Integration Ministry Team Helps Refugees Settle in Pittsburgh
The ELPC Immigration and Integration Ministry Team, under leadership of Eric Jester, has helped to resettle: a mom and son from Sudan; a grandma, daughter, and granddaughter from Iraq; and …
Congratulations to Our New Church Officers
At our annual Congregational Meeting in late February, attendees were presented with and elected our new slate of church officers. Join us in congratulating: Deacons | JoEllen Aleshire, Karen Beasley, …
Pastoral Message | March 2022
I was thinking recently about the phrase, “accident of birth.” The moral philosopher Martha Nussbaum referred to it in the following paragraph: “All human beings are worthy of equal respect …