Here’s a list of what’s happening this week in our Church School classes. We offer Christian Education classes for persons of all ages, from infancy through adulthood, on Sundays, 9:45–10:45 am, unless otherwise noted. Read more about our adult classes and children and youth offerings.
Children and Youth
Our children and youth are deeply spiritual people with great theological questions. To foster these gifts and to help students learn the stories, vocabulary, and actions of the Christian life in a loving community, ELPC offers Church School classes for kids and youth from pre-K–grade 12. Class locations are listed below. Parents, please register your child online. Email Sara Hackett for more details.
Pre-K | Nursery
K–Grade 3 | Room 206
Grades 4–6 | Room 211
Grades 7–12 | Second Floor Parlor
Combined Adult Class | Social Hall
Reckoning with Race: The History & Persistence of White Supremacy in the Church
The Facing Systemic Racism Committee invites you to a new series that’s designed to provide a big picture overview of how Christianity invented, codified, perpetuated, and benefited from white supremacy. Led by Dr. Brock Bahler, we will consider not only how we continue to be implicated in this history, but also how we can lament, respond to, and develop reparations for this injustice.
The program will consist of a lecture and small group discussion. We’ll meet in the Social Hall and on Zoom during the Church School hour, 9:45 am. For details, email Michele Bossers.
Click the button below to join via Zoom. If you’d like to join by telephone, call 929.205.6099 and enter Meeting ID 188 135 194 when prompted (press # if asked for a personal ID).
Dr. Brock Bahler is a teaching professor at the University of Pittsburgh in the Religious Studies department. He received his PhD in philosophy from Duquesne University and teaches a variety of courses including Philosophy of Religion, Jewish Philosophy, and Philosophy of Race & Religion. He is member of the Open Door Presbyterian Church in Garfield.