Category: Spiritual Life

During Lent, the ELPC Spiritual Life Ministry will be offering three different spiritual pathways to communally engage in our Lenten theme of: Grounding Ourselves in the Good News of Lent. We …

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Mahatma Gandhi, and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., all regularly read and were significantly influenced by the Sermon on the Mount. It was a prominent text that …

I received a card from an ELPC member, during my rotator cuff recovery and in it they shared the wisdom of Thomas Merton with me: “There are times we simply …

Over the first weekend of May, about 20 ELPC members and friends met an hour north of Pittsburgh at a quiet, woodsy place called the Villa Maria Education and Spirituality …

Beginning on Wednesday, May 7, we will be resurrecting our Labyrinth Ministry at ELPC. And now you’ll be able to use the Labyrinth on Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 am–7 pm, …

One of my favorite poems and prayers to contemplate in times of newness, adventure, transitions, and change is For a New Beginning by John O’Donohue. I invite you to ponder …

Three times a year, the ELPC Spirtual Life Committee offers contemplative retreats with different themes, but they all include open time and space for rest, prayer, stillness, and reflection in …

During the season of Lent, you are invited to come and walk the ELPC Labyrinth on the stage in the Social Hall, February 15–March 26: Tuesdays,10 am–2pm Thursdays,10 am–7 pm …

In November, 20 ELPC members ventured to the Villa Maria Retreat Center in Pulaski, Pennsylvania for a Gratitude Retreat. The weekend was a time well spent in community with others, …