JourneyDance Class
2025-10-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-21 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-19 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-01-16 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-02-20 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-20 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-04-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-05-15 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Halifax) and 13 more dates
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 Connections Potluck Lunch
2025-10-19 12:15 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
“What if we heard the voice of God saying ‘How can you be lost when I am right here?’”
With those words from Pastor Michael’s sermon on September 14 ringing in our hurting hearts, we invite you to celebrate our Connections Ministry’s 2025–2026 season kick-off with an ELPC Connections Potluck Lunch following Sanctuary worship on Sunday, October 19, in the Good Samaritan Room!
Connections events build bonds, forge friendships, and create community that heals the disconnected, the fearful and the lost—including us—through monthly, small-group activities.
Jesus as shepherd rejoices when the lost—an unseen, unknown, or uncertain person—is found. Connections—a home meal, a concert, a hike, etc.—celebrates when we beloved folks find each other.
Jesus welcomed those accepted and rejected by society and so do we. That’s why we added an intentional LGBTQIA+ affinity group to affirm Pastor Michael’s words that “divine love always seeks us out.”
Even if you’ve yet to register for a Connections group, we’d love to get to know you at the ELPC Connections Potluck Lunch. For planning purposes, please sign up online.

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Christ always had room at his table; so do we at ELPC!

Labyrinth Prayer Walk
2025-10-22 10:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-23 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.

We the Messiah – A Hip Hop Remix of Handel’s Messiah
2025-12-15 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Join Pastor Michael and other Pittsburgh faith leaders as they help narrate the production of We the Messiah, a Hip Hop remix and social justice reimagining of Handel’s Messiah. This theatrical concert is a crescendo call for collective action and an instrumental invitation to awaken the Messiah that lives in us all. ELPC community members contributed to the project earlier this fall through activism conversations that helped shape the community-voices component of the production.
Performances are on Friday, December 19, 7:30 pm, and Saturday, December 20, 3 pm & 7:30 pm. Tickets are free, but please register at kelly-strayhorn.org.

Cathedral Concert - Nathaniel Gumbs, organist
2026-05-31 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
RESCHEDULED FROM APRIL 12 – Unfortunately Dr. Gumbs was unable to join us on April 12 due to a back injury, but we are so glad he and Olanna Miller were able to reschedule for May 31. Please join us then!
Sunday, May 31, 2026 – 3:00 PM in the Sanctuary
Click here for the PDF of the printed program.
ELPC members and friends should contact Dr. Ed Moore (EdM@coh.net) for complimentary tickets. Tickets for the general public are available here: Organ Artists Series of Pittsburgh Tickets
Virtuoso performer Nathaniel Gumbs is joined by a guest soprano Olanna Miller, née Goudeau, to present a concert of classical and modern selections for organ and voice – including a few settings of spirituals. Mrs. Miller is a much-sought-after soloist, having performed on stage nationally and notably on Season 9 of NBC’s America’s Got Talent.
Nathaniel Gumbs is a native of the Bronx, NY and has performed throughout the United States and abroad, including Antigua, St. Thomas, Ghana, Paris, and Munich, and is consistently gathering new fans and followers. In a review of a recorded performance with bass-baritone Dashon Burton, The New York Times described Nathaniel’s playing as “mature, lyrical, accurate and energetic,” and that his performance was presented “deftly and with feeling.”
Dr. Gumbs currently serves as Director of Music at The Riverside Church in New York City. He earned his undergraduate degree from Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia, his Master of Music degree from Yale University, and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music. Nathaniel’s principal teachers include Steven Cooksey, David Higgs, and Martin Jean.
Prior to his position at The Riverside Church, Nathaniel served as Director of Chapel Music at Yale University where he worked with students, faculty, and guests to coordinate music for three worshiping communities: the University Church in Battell Chapel, the Yale Divinity School community, and the Berkeley Divinity School community, the latter two communities both worshiping in Marquand Chapel. He also served previously as Interim Minister of Music and Fine Arts at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, NY, and as Director of Music and Arts and Church Organist at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC, where he led several hundred volunteer musicians and staff in four choirs and other ensembles.
Nathaniel maintains a vibrant career as a concert organist, managed by Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc. He is also featured on various recording projects through GIA publications with Dr. James Abbington, choral projects with award-winning conductor Dr. Jason Max Ferdinand, and recordings of revised choral works by Margaret Bonds with NY Philharmonic’s Chorus Director, Dr. Malcolm Merriweather. Nathaniel is a contributing composer in Pulling Out The Stops, Volume 3, Congregational Song Accompaniments for Organ, published by Augsburg Fortress. Most recently, he released his first organ solo project entitled King of Kings: Organ Music of Black Composers, Past and Present.

ELPC @ Pittsburgh Pride
2026-06-07 12:00 - 20:00 (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 7. The March will begin at noon on Liberty Avenue concluding at Allegheny Commons Park West where the Festival will take place.
Come out and celebrate while we share God’s love with all God’s people!
More information will be added to this post when available,

Inquirers' Class
2026-06-14 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Fellowship Room, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Interested in learning more about what God is doing at ELPC? Maybe you’re feeling the nudge to become an official member or friend of the church? The next Inquirer’s Class will take place following our Summer worship service on Sunday, June 14. Lunch will be provided.
Click here to learn more about becoming an ELPC member or friend.
To register, please complete the form below. If you have questions, contact Jen King at JenK@coh.net or 412.441.3800 x222.

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JourneyDance Class
2026-06-19 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Halifax)
This Friday, in observance of Juneteenth, we are meeting at Frick Park. Click here to download a flyer with more information. Reach out to Yamuna Morgenstern at 412.728.8645 with any questions.

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.

Family Fun Day by PBP and ELPC
2026-07-25 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Join in the fun as Pittsburgh Black Pride’s Family Fun Day returns to ELPC. We will have food, bowling, basketball, open mic, face painting, jewelry-making, and a resource fair. Come to volunteer. Come to play. Just come!!
