East Liberty Presbyterian Church

no Sunday Church School
2024-12-29 09:45 - 10:45 (America/Halifax) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
There will be no adult or youth Sunday School today. The nursery will we open and staffed.

Meditation Hour
2025-01-07 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-01-14 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-01-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-01-28 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-02-04 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-02-11 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-02-18 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-02-25 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) and 3 more dates | 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
2025-01-08 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-01-15 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-01-22 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-01-29 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-02-05 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-02-12 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-02-19 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-02-26 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) and 3 more dates | 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.
Join via Zoom

JourneyDance Class
2025-01-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-02-21 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.

Epiphany Retreat
2025-01-31 - 2025-02-02 | Villa Maria Retreat Center, 2067 Evergreen Rd, Pulaski, PA, 16143, United States
Epiphany is a season where we celebrate and remind ourselves that God is a God who speaks, communicates, reveals, and shines light into darkness. God desires to be known and to know us as children. On this retreat in the season of Epiphany, we will reflect together on four ways in which God can communicate, speak, and reveal God’s Self to us, the ways in which direction, guidance, wisdom come to us.
Together, from Friday–Sunday, January 31–February 2, at the Villa Maria Retreat Center in Pulaski, Pennsylvania, we will explore, ponder and experience how God communicates, reveals and gives “epiphanies” to us: 1) within us, in our souls and spirits, 2) in the natural world of creation, 3) in the written words of scripture, and 4) through other people and the community. Join us for a time of solitude, silence, community, rest, prayer and discovery.
Please RSVP to Norma Meyer at 412.441.3800 x211 by Sunday, January 19.
Costs Options (Contact Pastor BJ to discuss scholarships)

One Day: Saturday only @ $25
One Night: Friday–Saturday or Saturday–Sunday | Shared Bath @ $85
One Night: Friday–Saturday or Saturday–Sunday | Private Bath @ $100
Two Nights: Friday–Sunday | Shared Bath @ $120
Two Nights: Friday–Sunday | Private Bath @ $155

Lenten LOVE BIG Discussions
2025-03-09 09:45 - 10:45, 2025-03-09 12:15 - 13:30, 2025-03-16 09:45 - 10:45, 2025-03-16 12:15 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | PA
Join us during the season of Lent as we use scripture and Rozella Haydée White’s book, Love Big: The Power of Revolutionary Relationships to Heal the World, to explore what it means to love God, love ourselves, and love others in ways that truly transform us and the world around us.
We will meet on Sundays, March 9–April 13:

9:45–10:45 am, at the Journey with Scripture Adult Church School Class, with Rev. Henk Bossers
12:15–1:30 pm, after Sanctuary worship, with Pastor BJ (light refreshments will be provided)

We will have conversations to explore that week’s sermon and for those who choose, the companion book, Love Big: The Power of Revolutionary Relationships to Heal the World. Whether you have walked the Lenten path for decades or this is your first intentional Lenten practice, you are invited to journey with us—with all your questions, your wounds, and your hopes.
