Featured Events
Pittsburgh Promise Coach Training
ELPC - Room 244 116 S Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesCalling all folks who want to help Pittsburgh area youth and their families understand the amazing opportunity before them to get a free college education! You are invited to the Pittsburgh Promise Coach Training at ELPC! New Food 4 Thought volunteers will be attending this event, but all who are interested in knowing more are […]
Thomas Merton Book Study
Thomas Merton was an American Catholic writer and mystic. A Trappist monk, he was a poet, social activist, and pioneer of Interfaith Dialogue. Merton wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spirituality, social justice and a quiet pacifism, as well as scores of essays and reviews. He also left behind his voluminous journals. Among Merton's […]
Community Sing with Ysaÿe Barnwell
ELPC - Social Hall 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesYsaÿe Barnwell, former member of Sweet Honey in the Rock, returns to ELPC after last leading an inspirational Community Sing here in 2013. Click here to download a poster. This event is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be received. Watch this YouTube video where Dr. Barnwell leads a TED Talk in a Community Sing. https://youtu.be/hY6svYv39tI
Modern Mystic & Symbol of a Century
ELPC - Music Room 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThe biographical facts of Thomas Merton’s life are an apt metaphor for the 20th century, but his inner life was shaped by a series of remarkable prayer experiences. Join us as Bonnie Thurston examines both aspects with a view to what our own lives and prayer might be “saying.” A light lunch will be served. […]
Presentation: Indigenous Pittsburgh
ELPC - Social Hall 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesNationalism Redefined: In this election year, there has been a rise in so-called nationalism in our country—a call to return to the loyalty and devotion upon which the U.S. was established; a sense of consciousness that exalts the U.S. above all other countries and emphasizes the promotion of culture and superiority. However, America was not discovered, […]
David Higgs Organ Concert
ELPC - Sanctuary 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesSusan G. Whitaker Memorial Organ Recital Co-sponsored with The Organ Artists Series of Pittsburgh David Higgs is the chair of the organ department at the Eastman School of Music. Tickets for this event are $12 at the door. Students with ID are free. ELPC members and friends should contact Dr. Ed Moore following Sunday worship, or Norma […]
Educational Session on Homelessness
ELPC - Second Floor Parlor 116 S Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesHomelessness and affordable housing are discussions that draw much attention and outrage in the East End, as well as in the City of Pittsburgh as a whole—and rightfully so. We are called to care for the most vulnerable among us, those who are without the necessities that so many of us have. Please join the […]
Follow-up Conversations on Gun Ownership
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesJoin us as we follow up our faithful discussion on gun ownership and control by educating ourselves on the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and local laws. We will be joined by a Zone 5 Pittsburgh police officer and Bruce Ledewitz, professor at Duquesne University School of Law. A light lunch will be served.
Writing as a Spiritual Practice
ELPC - Music Room 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThomas Merton’s first—and one of his most famous—books is his spiritual autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain. Since his death, many books have been published as compilations of, or based upon, the volumes of journals that he left behind. Join us as ELPC member Dr. Brent House explores with us this practice of spiritual journaling and memoir […]
PSO Brass Spectacular
ELPC - Sanctuary 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThe Philadelphia Orchestra Brass and members of the Boston Symhony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and National Symphony Orchestra Brass join the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass in a "A Brass Spectacular" to keep the music going in Pittsburgh. #musiciansofsteel #themusicwontstop For more information: www.musiciansofthepso.org
An Un-Halloween Party at Hope Academy
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesNO tricks and NO treats, but lots of fun dressing up for classes and private lessons on Halloween. This is a dress-up day so use your imagination and come in your favorite costume. Keep it G-rated for all of the little ones (nothing scary, bloody, violent, suggestive or adult-themed); and make sure you can move […]
Understanding and Speaking Up for LGBTQ Christians: A Learning & Discussion Series
ELPC - Social Hall 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesAll ELPC Friends and Members who want to learn how to better support LGBTQ Christians are invited to this three-part learning and discussion series. These sessions are designed to be an educational and development series (not debates) that provides an environment where authoritative presenters will share information, where attendees will be able to have their […]