Featured Events
Young Adult Holiday Gathering
On Sunday, December 3, all young adults (age 18 through 30s) are baking cookies and building community after worship. Tomato soup and grilled cheese will be served for lunch. Meet us in the Social Hall! If you have a favorite recipe you want to share email Sara Hackett so she can gather ingredients. Questions? Reach […]
The Pajama Pageant
ELPC - Sanctuary 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesJoin us for a special re-telling of the story of Jesus’ birth on Sunday., December 10, 10 am, in the Sanctuary. Led by the children and youth of our church and once again written by the Rev. Ashely DeTar-Birt, this original pageant weaves contemporary questions with the Good News of our faith. Following the pageant, […]
Fighting From the Inside Out: Ending the Death Penalty
A free event with author Todd C. Peppers and Martha Conley that reflects on the groundbreaking work of Marie Deans and Russ Ford. Ms. Deans, founder of Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation, was forced into the world of capital punishment through personal tragedy. “My mother-in-law’s killing was the crucial element, the key that motivated me […]
Christmas in East Liberty 2023
ELPC - Sanctuary 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesELPC’s Cathedral Concerts series will continue on Friday, December 15, 7:30 pm, with our annual holiday tradition, Christmas in East Liberty. This special concert will feature The Brass Roots with conductor Daniel Nesta Curtis, the ELPC Chancel Choir, organist/music director Dr. Edward Alan Moore, and organist Ethan LaPlaca. The concert is free and open to […]
Holiday Cookie Potluck
The Spiritual Life Committee invites you to celebrate this Christmas season with a cookie potluck following worship on Sunday, December 17. Please sign up to contribute your favorite holiday cookies on the sign-up sheet or contact Tim Engelhardt.
Tween & Teen Snow Tubing
Tweens and teens are going snowtubing at Boyce Park from 12–3 pm. The cost is $10, but scholarships are available. Lunch will be served at ELPC before heading to Boyce Park. RSVP online or to Sara Hackett.
Living While Black Book Launch
ELPC - Social Hall 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThe Facing Systemic Racism (FSR) Committee and the Faith Formation Board are co-sponsoring a book launch of Beverly Harris-Schenz‘s new book, Living While Black: My Experience with Everyday Racism on Sunday, January 28, 1:30–3:30 pm, in the Social Hall. Beverly is a member of the congregation and active in the FSR Committee. She will present […]
A Wintering Retreat
Join us for a time of rest and retreat, community and conversation, and play and prayer at the Villa Maria Retreat Center in Pulaski, Pennsylvania, Friday–Sunday, February 2–4. Lean into the simple, slow, and still rhythms of winter. Our retreat schedule will flow naturally with morning, midday, and evening prayers that gather us together and […]
Lift Every Voice
On Saturday, February 3, 7 pm, join the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and special guests for an evening that pays tribute to the spirit and richness of Black music in America—and its enduring strength in times of tumult and trouble. The concert features GRAMMY® Award winner Oleta Adams and the Lift Every Voice Unity Choir. Learn […]
Connections @ Blues is the Roots
O'Reilly Theater 621 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesJoin ELPC’s Connections Group on Saturday, February 10, 7:30 pm, for Blues Is The Roots, presented by New Horizon’s Theater, written by Charles Dumas, and directed by Herb Newsome. The performance will be in the Helen Wayne Rauh Rehearsal Hall at the O'Reilly Theater (621 Penn Ave.) downtown in the Cultural District. Tickets are available […]
Dog Treat Baking
Children, Youth, and Families are baking and decorating dog treats in the Good Samaritan Room following Sanctuary worship on Sunday, February 11 from 12–2 pm. We’ll be making peanut butter dog treats for Ellie’s Pet Pantry, a program at Humane Animal Rescue. Pups and their humans will be thrilled to receive the homemade treats and […]
Lenten Soup & Sustenance
Join us during Lent on Thursdays, February 15–March 28, 5:30–6:45 pm, to share soup and bread (provided). If you’d like to bring a soup to share, contact Pastor BJ at BJW@coh.net. And bring canned food items to share with our neighbors who are food insecure. “The COVID pandemic taught us a lot about hunger. It […]