Featured Events
The Great Exchange: Traditions
ELPC - Social Hall 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesFolks of all ages are invited to this fun, interactive event where we together across the generations will explore some fun and intriguing discussion questions centered around the topic of traditions. We will have a simple lunch while sharing our stories with one another. No prep necessary, just come and enjoy!
Sean Jones and Friends Field Trip
Carnegie Music Hall 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesHope Academy families are invited to a concert featuring Classical Sean Jones and Friends. Tickets have been generously donated to us by our partner, Chamber Music Pittsburgh. This performance is recommended for students whose attention span and behavior is equivalent to an 8 year old. Please read about the performance, so that you know what to expect; […]
Hope Academy Picture Day Fall 2017
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesGroup photos will be taken in all Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) dance classes and Musical Theater Workshop during regular class time, this week (Saturday, December 9) Students will receive copies of the photo next week during open classes. Please be sure to be on time and dressed according to the dress code. DRESS CODE Girls […]
The Pageant of Peace
ELPC - Sanctuary 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesAll people are invited to enjoy our annual Christmas pageant, as the children and middle school youth of ELPC reenact the story of the birth of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. May we all be inspired by this familiar story to share the peace of Christ with others, and be peacemakers in our world. This […]
Christmas in East Liberty
ELPC - Sanctuary 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesInvite your friends and family to join us as we continue our Cathedral Concerts season with a joyous concert of music for the season with The Brass Roots, organist Dr. Ed Moore, and the ELPC Chancel Choir. Featured will be arrangements of Christmas classics for brass ensemble and pipe organ with familiar carols sung by […]
Hope Academy Open Classes – Fall 2017
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesSaturday Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) dance classes, Musical Theater Workshop, Tap and Music Discovery are all "open for observation" on Saturday, March 19. Families, friends and students who might be interested in joining us are invited to come and watch - and maybe get in on the action. This is our final day of Saturday […]
Cancelled: Advent Mini-Retreat
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThis event has been cancelled. The Spiritual Life Committee invites you to find a few moments of precious quiet among the noise of consumer Christmas, to reflect upon the amazing gift of incarnation apart from the madness of the sparkle season, and to come to the stable and kneel at the miracle of love come to […]
Poetry Slam and Music Jam
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesHope Academy's teen theater company (HAT Co) performs poetry and songs in an informal, end of the term recital. Each student will perform 2 poems, with the high school students competing to represent Hope Academy in the regional round of the national Poetry Out Loud contest. Families should bring cookies or something to share during […]
HAT Co Band at Hambones
Hambones 4207 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesHope Academy teaching artist, Ben Barson, will host an all-ages Open Stage at Hambone's restaurant and music venue in Lawrenceville. The featured act will be the Hat Co Band, performing original works and music that spans jazz, Latin and R&B traditions.
Interfaith Panel on the Use of Sound in Faith
ELPC - Social Hall 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesOur Christian life—like that of virtually every other faith—is saturated with sound. Bells call us to worship, we sing our praises to God, and are moved by beautiful anthems to the accompaniment of organ, piano, and other instruments. We clap our appreciation, utter aloud prayers and liturgy, and, of course, we listen to sermons, teachers, and the words of […]
Inviting Families of Young Children
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesELPC is a community that welcomes persons of all ages. In an effort to best minister to families with young children (birth through pre-school), we are hosting an “open house” in the nursery on Sun., Jan. 21, during the Church School hour (9:45–10:45 am). Gather with other families in a kid-friendly space for light refreshments, fellowship, and an opportunity […]
Faith, Science, and Our Spiritual Life
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesWhat do the Universe and God have in common? If evolution is true, does that leave room for God? If I believe in God does that mean I have to deny physics? Got questions? So do we! Join us as we discuss the intersection between the science of our universe and our understanding of the […]