East Liberty Presbyterian Church

Online Prayer Service
2025-04-22 08:00 - 08:20, 2025-04-29 08:00 - 08:20, 2025-05-06 08:00 - 08:20, 2025-05-13 08:00 - 08:20, 2025-05-20 08:00 - 08:20, 2025-05-27 08:00 - 08:20, 2025-06-03 08:00 - 08:20 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Online, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
ELPC offers an online prayer group each Tuesday morning, hosted by ELPC member Steve Evrard. These 20-minute sessions feature scripture readings, responsive prayer, and interactive dialogue. All are welcome at this opportunity for fellowship and prayer.
Join us by clicking the link below, or you may call in by dialing 929.205.6099. Enter meeting ID 896 9680 6662 and passcode 116 when prompted.
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Meditation Hour
2025-04-22 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-04-29 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-06 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-13 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-20 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-27 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Chapel, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
“The ladder leading to the Kingdom is concealed within you, that is, in your soul”—Saint Isaac of Syria.
Meditation is the practice of “looking deeply.” In silence and withdrawal from the world of everyday concerns, we turn our attention inward and calm our bodies and minds. In this emptiness, we may see the world as if for the first time. We may see others as they are and we may find that the Kingdom of Heaven is truly within us; that we are living in God and God in us.
The Spiritual Life Committee invites you to join John Benedict in the Chapel on Tuesdays, 6–7 pm, for an hour devoted to meditation. The session will include an opening reading, silent sitting, and walking. No experience necessary, all are welcome.
John Benedict is a retired psychologist and a longtime student and practitioner of Insight Meditation.

Cathedral Yoga
2025-04-23 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-04-30 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-07 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-14 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-28 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Yamuna Morgenstern offers Cathedral Yoga class on Wednesdays, 6–7 pm! Join her and others in the ELPC Sanctuary or your own home via Zoom (password: [REDACTED] as she guides you through gentle poses. No yoga experience is necessary to enjoy the class, which Yamuna continues to offer with joy, light, and her uplifting playlists and spirit. Have a strap, scarf, or belt handy and experience time to heal your body, mind, and spirit.
Commune with the Divine through breath, gentle stretches, mindful music, and guided meditation. See you on the mat! Om shanti and Namaste.
A donation from the heart, to the church, is very much appreciated.
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NO Sunday Church School
2025-05-04 09:45 - 10:45 (America/Halifax) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
As a reminder, there will be no services or Church School on Sunday, May 4, due to the route of the Pittsburgh Marathon. Our regular schedule will resume next Sunday, May 11.

The ELPC Christian Education (CE) Committee offers Church School classes and events for all ages—from infants to adults. CE is the life-long process of learning and living in relationship to God, our neighbors, and ourselves. Through the study of scripture and the practice of prayer, we begin to understand our life experiences as they relate to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Come and join us! Your questions, insights, doubts, and concerns are welcome.
Adult Church School
Classes for adults meet on Sundays, 9:45–10:45 am, from September through May, unless otherwise noted.
View this Week’s Adult Church School Offerings

Youth Sunday School
The Nursery, for children up to age 3 is staffed from 8:30am-12:30pm on Sunday mornings for children to sing songs, tell stories, and play.
Children age 4- 3rd grade go to Sunday School: Sacred Stories for Kids after the Moments with our Children in the Sanctuary (11:15am) and parents pick kids up after worship in room 206.
Tweens in grade 4th-6th go to Sunday School: Sacred Stories for Tweens after the Moments with our Children in the Sanctuary (11:15am) and parents pick kids up after worship in room 207.
Teens in grade 7th-12th meet for Breakfast on the first Sunday of the month from 9:45-10:45am. Teens also meet after church one Sunday a month for lunch and programing – see the full schedule here.

Labyrinth Prayer Walk
2025-05-07 10:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-08 10:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-14 10:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-15 10:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-21 10:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-22 10:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-28 10:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-29 10:00 - 19:00 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – McKelvy Room (114), 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The labyrinth is an ancient, sacred symbol found in many religious traditions throughout the world. Today, modern pilgrims walk the labyrinth as one of many ways to pray and meditate. The winding path into the center and back out again is a metaphor for the journeys of life and faith. Unlike a maze, which has many paths and is a puzzle to solve, the labyrinth is a single path in and a single path out, and is designed to quiet the mind for prayer and meditation. Members and non-members welcome.

The Labyrinth is available on Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 am–7 pm, in the McKelvy Room.

JourneyDance Class
2025-05-16 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Halifax) | PA
Join Yamuna Morgenstern for JourneyDance on the third Friday of every month from 7–8:30 pm.
Come experience one of ELPC’s unique spiritual practices and offerings. JourneyDance takes you on a journey within through playful dance in a non-judgmental environment. The playlists are designed to open up your chakras, move your Spirit, experience positive vibes, and have fun! JourneyDance is all about responding to music the way you want to respond—no rules, no groping, no ugly lyrics. Join us and dance in healthy community to release tension, feel good, relax, restore, and renew your body, mind, and spirit.
All ages and bodies are welcome. No dance experience necessary, just a joy of moving. Young children should be accompanied by their care givers. Wear comfortable clothing, and you may want to have a water bottle handy!
A donation from the heart, to the church, is very much appreciated.

ELPC @ Pittsburgh Pride 2025
2025-06-01 12:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Downtown Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Our congregation is a proud participant in LAMP – LGBTQIA+ Affirming Ministries of Pittsburgh. We are excited to again celebrate Pride in Pittsburgh this summer. While there are many Pride events sponsored by different groups and in different neighborhoods around the area, the ONE Pride event LAMP will be participating this year is Pittsburgh Pride March and Festival on Sunday, June 1. The March will begin at noon on Liberty Avenue concluding at Allegheny Commons Park West where the Festival will take place. This is the link to the sign up sheet for volunteers to staff the booth on Sunday, June 1 – we need both lay and pastoral volunteers: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E48ADAB2DA4FAC25-56672328-pride.
Come out and celebrate while we share God’s love with all God’s people!
Read all about it on the ELPC Pittsburgh Pride Guide 2025
