Here’s what’s happening in worship this week. Click on “more” for details about this week’s Church School classes.
Worship Services
Journey Worship | Sunday, 8:45 am
An interactive, energetic service for those seeking a fresh encounter with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Our theme this month is Reclaiming Our Spirit. Pastor Randy will preach from Luke 24:36-48.
Sanctuary Worship | Sunday, 11 am
Our largest service, with music from the Chancel Choir and an organ prelude prior to the service. Pastor Patrice will preach from Luke 24: 36b–48, and her sermon will be titled “Can I Get a Witness?”
Taizé Prayer Service | Wednesday, 7 pm
Led by the Rev. Mary Lynn Callahan, our hour-long Taizé service includes sung prayers; simple, beautiful music; a time of silence; spoken and silent prayers; and an opportunity for individual prayer and anointing. If you’re unable to participate in person, join our live stream on your computer or mobile device.
Christian Education Classes
We offer Christian Education classes for persons of all ages, from infancy through adulthood, on Sundays from 9:45–10:45 am. Click the links for adult class descriptions and children and youth offerings.
Contemporaries | Harambe Room
Presbyterian Faith-Based Investing
The PC(USA) believes that church investment is “an instrument of mission and includes theological, social, and economic considerations.” Dr. Ron Stone has been active in implementing our denomination’s socially responsible investment policies. He will talk with us about the concerns addressed by the policies.
Journey With Scripture | Second Floor Library
“Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common”—Acts 4:32.
Jesus’ resurrection led initial followers to a new social imagination. Even today, we live in a Commonwealth (believe it or not). Join us for this and other Easter readings of a new life lived for common well-being.
Join us for this week’s readings: Acts 3:12–19; Psalm 4; 1 John 3:1–7; and Luke 24:36b–48.
Seekers | Good Samaritan Room
Jewish Mysticism: An Introduction to Kabbalah | Part 2
Rabbi Doris Dyen, from the Reconstructionist congregation of Dor Hadash in Squirrel Hill, will be with us to explore Lurianic Kabbalah—the form of mysticism that arose among Jews in Israel during the 16th and 17th centuries, following their expulsion from Spain in 1492.
Soul Food | Third Floor Music Room
The Book of Joy by Douglas Abrams
We will discuss The Book of Joy, with the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu, led by the Rev. Joe Hajdu, Katlyn Dougherty, Liz Gonda, and Michele Bossers.
Young Adults | Room 224
Breakfast with Café Justo Founders
Over breakfast, we will welcome Café Justo founders and border missionaries Mark Adams and Miriam Maldonado. Come with your questions and be ready to learn.