Educational & Spiritual Life
Book Signing and Reading by Jeanne Marie Laskas
Garth Overlook Room 116 South Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesPennsylvania native and author Jeanne Marie Laskas will have a book reading and signing after Sanctuary worship in the Garth Overlook Room. Her recent books include an exposé on football injuries (Concussion), the range of blue collar jobs in the U.S. (Hidden America), and the letters received by President Obama from ordinary citizens (To Obama: […]
The de Chardin Project
ELPC - Chapel 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesA Love Story About the Origins of the Universe The de Chardin Project is a play about Jesuit priest, scientist, and philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881–1955). It won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play (Independent Category). Silenced and exiled by the church, de Chardin, a renowned paleontologist, crossed continents searching for […]
NO Mindfulness Meditation
ELPC - Prayer Room (Room 135) 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, United StatesThere will be no Mindfulness Meditation. We will resume our schedule next Thursday, December 5. Join us and Susan Spangler as we learn more about Mindfulness Meditation and engage in this ancient prayer form together. Mindfulness is the moment-to-moment awareness of our experience with an accepting, non-judgmental, kind attention. In this ongoing practice, we'll explore and deepen […]
NO Sunday Church School
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThere will be no Church School classes this Sunday so that we all can enjoy our youth's Christmas pageant, The Pageant of "Why?" Classes will resume for people of all ages next Sunday, December 22. The ELPC Christian Education (CE) Committee offers Church School classes and events for all ages—from infants to adults. CE is […]
NO Centering Meditation
ELPC - Prayer Room (Room 135) 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, United StatesOur Centering Meditation group will not meet on Christmas Day and New Year's Day, Wednesday, December 25 and January 1. Our next gathering will be Wednesday, January 8. Drawn from the ancient Christian contemplative tradition, centering prayer is presented in an updated, accessible four-step method. The Centering Prayer group aims to sit in silence for […]
NO Labyrinth Prayer Walk
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThe Labyrinth will not be available on Christmas Day and New Year's Day, Wednesday, December 25 and January 1. 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 […]
NO Mindfulness Meditation
ELPC - Prayer Room (Room 135) 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, United StatesOur Mindfulness Meditation group will not meet on Thursday, December 26. Our next gathering will be Thursday, January 2. Join us and Susan Spangler as we learn more about Mindfulness Meditation and engage in this ancient prayer form together. Mindfulness is the moment-to-moment awareness of our experience with an accepting, non-judgmental, kind attention. In this ongoing practice, […]
NO Sunday Church School
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThere will be no Church School classes on Sunday, December 29 or January 5, as we take a break for the holidays. Classes for people of all ages will resume on Winter Rally Day, Sunday, January 12. The ELPC Christian Education (CE) Committee offers Church School classes and events for all ages—from infants to adults. […]
World Healing Day
ELPC - Social Hall 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesAt noon (Greenwich Time) on December 31, 1986, men, women, and children around the world gathered to participate in the most comprehensive prayer activity in the history—a planetary affirmation of peace, and love, forgiveness, and understanding involving millions of people in a simultaneous global mind link. The purpose was to reverse the polarity of the […]
NO Centering Meditation
ELPC - Prayer Room (Room 135) 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, United StatesOur Centering Meditation group will not meet on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, January 1. Our next gathering will be Wednesday, January 8. Drawn from the ancient Christian contemplative tradition, centering prayer is presented in an updated, accessible four-step method. The Centering Prayer group aims to sit in silence for 20 minutes of prayer, and supports […]
NO Labyrinth Prayer Walk
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThe Labyrinth will not be available on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, January 1. 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 […]
NO Sunday Church School
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThere will be no Church School classes on Sunday, January 5, as we take a break for the holidays. Classes for people of all ages will resume on Winter Rally Day, Sunday, January 12. The ELPC Christian Education (CE) Committee offers Church School classes and events for all ages—from infants to adults. CE is the […]