Rally Day Breakfast
2019-09-08 09:30 - 09:45 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – McKelvy Room (114), 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
On Rally Day, we will resume our regular Sunday schedule with Journey worship at 8:45 am, Church School at 9:45 am, and Sanctuary worship at 11 am. As part of our Rally Day Celebration, the Children & Families Ministry Team will host a light continental breakfast at 9:30 am to welcome everyone back to Church School. Grab a bite to eat and greet friends in the Fellowship Room on the first floor before heading to class.
Parents and guardians, please note that you will be asked to complete a new registration form for your children to participate in ELPC programs.

Renewable Energy Fair
2019-09-08 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Social Hall, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206-3911, United States
Do you want to find out how to switch to all renewable electricity? Are you trying to decide whether solar panels would work on your house? Do you know how to measure your carbon footprint?
To find answers to these questions and other energy-use matters, you are invited to attend a Renewable Energy Fair following Sanctuary worship. Representatives from renewable energy suppliers will be available to answer your questions and help you make the switch. There also will be a solar energy adviser. Please bring your electric bill.
Another important action is to calculate your carbon footprint. Information and help will be provided, and as well as an explanation of the carbon offset concept. For example, offset your air travel by paying into a project that reduces CO2 emissions by an equivalent amount. If you know your yearly electricity use (in kWh, from the electric company), your yearly gas use (in MCF or therms, from the gas company), and approximate annual miles traveled, the Environmental Team can help you determine your carbon footprint.
A light lunch will be provided. For more information, contact Nancy Heastings at n.heastings@comcast.net.
Hosted by the Environmental Team of the Justice Committee

Church Picnic
2019-09-22 12:15 - 14:00 (America/Halifax) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Bring your friends and neighbors to our annual Church Picnic following Sanctuary worship! Food will be served in the Social Hall, and seating will be available in the Social Hall and Courtyard. Activities will be available for persons of all ages once everyone has been served.
ELPC will provide fried chicken, hot dogs, macaroni and potato salads, beverages, and dessert. Please bring a side or salad.
Join us as we spend time together as a faith family, enjoying good food and good company.

Writing a Racial Autobiography
2019-09-28 17:30 - 19:30, 2019-10-05 17:30 - 19:30, 2019-10-12 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Our fall 2019 Facing Systemic Racism series will focus on writing a racial autobiography. We invite you to join us for a three-week, introspective writing workshop, where we will reflect upon, share, and develop our individual experiences with race and create our own racial autobiography. Writing materials are provided. It is optional to bring photos. Attend one or all three sessions—each one stands alone.
The sessions will be held on Saturdays, September 28, October 5, and October 12, 5:30–7:30 pm. The intergenerational workshop is open to all who are high school age or older.
Potluck dinner (bring a dish to share) at 5:30 pm. Reserve childcare by calling 412.441.3800 x140.

Cathedral Concerts | Deanna Witkowski Trio
2019-09-29 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The ninth season of ELPC’s Cathedral Concerts series kicks off with an exciting afternoon of jazz featuring the Deanna Witkowski Trio in the Sanctuary. Known for her thrilling performances that combine virtuosity and heart, Witkowski returns to Pittsburgh after her recent performances at Heinz Hall with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Witkowski’s surprising sound is accessible yet unmistakably her own.
The New York City-based trio—comprised of pianist-composer-vocalist Deanna Witkowski, bassist Daniel Foose, and drummer Scott Latzky—will perform a mix of Brazilian, jazz, classical, and sacred music.
The concert is free, but a freewill offering will be received. Click here to explore this season’s full slate of concerts.
*The Deanna Witkowski Trio also will provide special music during our Sanctuary worship service on Sunday, September 29, 11 am.

About Cathedral Concerts at ELPC
ELPC is pleased to announce a series of seven diverse concerts are slated for its 2019–2020 Cathedral Concerts season. Now in its ninth year, the series celebrates an eclectic mix of vocal and instrumental performances in the grandeur of ELPC, which was designed by renowned architect Ralph Adams Cram. Concerts are free, unless otherwise noted. A freewill offering is accepted.
Click here to learn more about supporting Cathedral Concerts by joining Friends of Music. For more information about Cathedral Concerts and the music ministry at ELPC, contact:

Dr. Edward Alan Moore, Organist and Music Director
EdM@coh.net
412.441.3800 x124

Long Life, Loose Fit Presentation
2019-10-04 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
ELPC members Jan Irvin and Stefani Danes will join architects Rob Pfaffmann and Greg George of Pfaffmann + Associates for a presentation, titled Long Life, Loose Fit,
which will explore ELPC’s recent renovation.
The free presentation is being sponsored by the East Liberty Valley Historical Society.

Blessing of the Animals
2019-10-05 15:00 - 15:30 (America/Halifax) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Join us for our special Blessing of the Animals service, led by the Rev. Joe Hajdu and the Rev. Tony Richardson-Eckes. Please bring your pets (on leashes!) to the steps on Penn Ave (Narthex if raining). A part of the service will be devoted to our pets who are no longer with us, but remain in our hearts and at our sides. You are encouraged to bring a collar or toy to be blessed.
We look forward to welcoming you and your companions! Water will be provided.

Terrell Thomas to Guest Speak
2019-10-07 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
All are invited to hear Terrell Thomas speak on Monday, October 7, 6:30 pm. He will be on hand as a guest speaker for the Young Adult Ministry’s Just Engagement study series.
Terrell currently serves as senior field organizer for the ACLU of Pennsylvania’s Smart Justice Campaign in Allegheny County, and has an extensive background in organizing, advocating and creating social change. He will share his experiences working in advocacy and organizing, as well as his work in reducing Pennsylvania’s jail and prison population while combating racial disparities in the criminal justice system.

Silent Retreat
2019-10-11 18:00 - 2019-10-13 12:00 (America/Halifax) | The Ark and the Dove, 10745 Babcock Blvd, Gibsonia, PA, 15044, United States
Come away and rest in God! Deepen your intimacy with God!
The Spiritual Life Committee invites you to a weekend Silent Retreat, Friday, October 11, 6 pm, until Sunday, October 13, 12 pm, at The Ark and the Dove Retreat Center on Babcock Blvd. in the North Hills (formerly Providence Villa and Cardinal Wright Center).
We will gather for conversation and dinner on Friday, followed by Compline when we will enter silence. Silence will be broken during worship on Sunday morning, followed by conversation over brunch before we depart. Included with the retreat is the opportunity to meet with the Rev. Mary Lynn Callahan as spiritual director.
If you have never made a silent retreat before, this is an excellent place to begin—just enough silence without being overwhelming.
The cost is $120, which includes accommodations for two nights, dinner Friday evening, three meals on Saturday, and brunch on Sunday, as well as the opportunity to meet with a spiritual director. Scholarship assistance is available. Click here for a registration form or pick one up at ELPC.
Please contact the Rev. Callahan at 412.441.3800 x141 for more information or to discuss whether this opportunity might be just what you are needing!

Forum on Sudan and South Sudan
2019-10-13 13:30 - 15:00 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Music Room, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The ELPC Peace Committee, the International Partnership of the Pittsburgh Presbytery, and Crossroads Presbyterian Church invites you to the 7th Annual Forum on Sudan and South Sudan, 1:30 pm. The even will honor Congressman Mike Doyle, Esther Sprague, and the Enough Project.
A light lunch will be provided.

Fall Foliage Train Trip
2019-10-19 09:45 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Oil Creek State Park
We will enjoy fellowship with the Happy Wanderers group and enjoy a relaxing three-hour round-trip through beautiful Oil Creek State Park to view nature’s colorful display! We will leave ELPC at 9:45 am, travel to Titusville, eat lunch at a nearby restaurant, enjoy train ride at 3 pm, and then travel back to ELPC.
YAM tickets are $20, Happy Wanderer tickets are $18. Bring money for lunch and train snacks.
We need to buy tickets soon, so please RSVP to Kelli Booher at KelliB@coh.net or 412.441.3800 x114 by Friday, October 4!

Earth Care Challenge Celebration
2019-10-27 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Join the Justice Committee’s Environmental Team for a summary and celebration of our Earth Care Challenge.
Everyone who pledged is encouraged to come and share what you accomplished (small or large) and your experience. A basket of sustainable household articles will be raffled off. All are welcome, even if you have not yet made a pledge to reduce your energy or meat consumption, or plastic usage. It’s not too late to join the effort to avoid climate crisis.
Lunch will be served.

Science & Theology
2019-11-03 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Second Floor Parlor, 116 S Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
In anticipation of the production of The de Chardin Project, we will watch Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: The Wings of Spirit and spend time reviewing the fascinating life and theology of this 20th century visionary.
All are welcome to join us. Lunch will be provided.

Cathedral Concerts | Requiem
2019-11-03 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The ELPC Chancel Choir will present Gabriel Fauré’s serene and uplifting Requiem, accompanied by strings, horns, harp, and organ in the Sanctuary. The seven parts of Requiem include some of the most beautiful melodies Fauré ever composed, including the sublime Pie Jesu for soprano solo.
The concert is free, but a freewill offering will be received. Download the concert’s program.
Click here to explore this season’s full slate of concerts.

About Cathedral Concerts at ELPC
ELPC is pleased to announce a series of seven diverse concerts are slated for its 2019–2020 Cathedral Concerts season. Now in its ninth year, the series celebrates an eclectic mix of vocal and instrumental performances in the grandeur of ELPC, which was designed by renowned architect Ralph Adams Cram. Concerts are free, unless otherwise noted. A freewill offering is accepted.
Click here to learn more about supporting Cathedral Concerts by joining Friends of Music. For more information about Cathedral Concerts and the music ministry at ELPC, contact:

Dr. Edward Alan Moore, Organist and Music Director
EdM@coh.net
412.441.3800 x124

Cathedral Concerts | Sweet Jazz
2019-11-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Social Hall, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206-3911, United States
The ninth season of ELPC’s Cathedral Concerts series continues with Pittsburgh saxophone legend Mike Tomaro and his combo performing jazz favorites. Joining Mike will be Max Leake on piano, Paul Thompson on bass, and Tom Wendt on drums. The concert will feature a “Sweet Jazz” theme, and the audience is encouraged to bring treats to share!
Tomaro—an accomplished composer, arranger, and educator—currently serves as director of the Jazz Studies program at the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University.
The concert is free, but a freewill offering will be received. Click here to explore this season’s full slate of concerts.

About Cathedral Concerts at ELPC
ELPC is pleased to announce a series of seven diverse concerts are slated for its 2019–2020 Cathedral Concerts season. Now in its ninth year, the series celebrates an eclectic mix of vocal and instrumental performances in the grandeur of ELPC, which was designed by renowned architect Ralph Adams Cram. Concerts are free, unless otherwise noted. A freewill offering is accepted.
Click here to learn more about supporting Cathedral Concerts by joining Friends of Music. For more information about Cathedral Concerts and the music ministry at ELPC, contact:

Dr. Edward Alan Moore, Organist and Music Director
EdM@coh.net
412.441.3800 x124

Wholistic Wellness Ministry Meet & Greet
2019-11-10 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – McKelvy Room (114), 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Please join us in the McKelvy Room following Sanctuary worship to learn more about ELPC’s Wholistic Wellness Ministry (WWM) and our mission!
We will have refreshments and a short survey to better understand the health needs of our church community. We hope to see you there!

Book Signing and Reading by Jeanne Marie Laskas
2019-11-10 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Garth Overlook Room, 116 South Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Pennsylvania 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: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope). Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Esquire, and other places.
Pastor Randy also will interview Jeanne Marie at a combined Seekers and Contemporaries class during the Church School Hour, 9:45 am–10:45 am, in the McKelvy Room.
Please join us!

Reducing Gun Violence Address by Ed Gainey
2019-11-17 12:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Good Samaritan Room, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
State Representative Ed Gainey will visit ELPC to speak on reducing gun violence. He is the sponsor of House of Representative’s Bill 307, which seeks to ban the possession, purchase, transfer, use, or manufacture of assault weapons. Attendees also will an opportunity to send a postcard to the representative blocking Rep. Gainey’s bill.
His visit is sponsored by the ELPC Peace Committee.

The de Chardin Project
2019-11-23 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Chapel, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
A 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 the missing link between his love for God and his love of Science. His groundbreaking discoveries in human evolution transcended barriers between Faith and Science. Today, his work is regarded as having changed the conversation about cosmology, evolution, and theology.
In the play, de Chardin, having suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, finds himself beyond the physical world and engaged with a mysterious guide who leads him on the ultimate adventure: the excavation of himself.
We are delighted to be joined by the playwright, Adam Seybold (son of ELPC members Kevin and Virginia Seybold), and his wife, actress Kate Fenton, for a dramatic reading of this fascinating exploration of life, science and faith!
Click here to purchase tickets online.

Review of the De Chardin Project from NOW Toronto (excerpted)
Science and religion are often on opposing sides, especially around something like the creationism vs. evolution debate. Adam Seybold’s The De Chardin Project offers up a fascinating real-life figure who defies any reductive labels.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a Jesuit priest, a paleontologist and a geologist. When we first meet him, he’s stuck in a sort of limbo and being visited by a mysterious Death figure. Then we flash back to moments in his peripatetic life: digging for fossils in Egypt, fighting the Hun during WWI and, in Zhoukoudian, China, taking part in the expedition team involved in the historic Peking Man find. (The Death Figure) is present in each of these scenes, morphing effortlessly from a series of mothers to a frightened soldier to, in one of the most moving sequences, an American artist in love with de Chardin as the Japanese invade Peking.
Seybold’s beautifully detailed and suggestive script touches on biographical moments, but not in a pedantic way. It’s open-hearted and open-minded and complex, befitting a man with so many dimensions.
By Glenn Sumi
NOWToronto.com
December 3, 2014

Giving Thanks Feast
2019-11-24 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Social Hall, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206-3911, United States
Our “Giving Thanks” Feast will be held following Sanctuary worship on Sunday, November 24. This year, let’s celebrate fellowship and give thanks for each other by bringing a dish that represents you! It could be your favorite dish, a dish from your culture or an old family recipe. You will have a chance to read about other’s dishes and tell about your own by filling out a label for your dish. Labels can be filled out the day of the feast, or can be picked up at the church (by the information screen in the Highland hallway). A main course and salad will be provided.
Volunteers are Needed
Our meal together in November is one of our largest attended meals here at ELPC. We could not host such a great time together without all of you! There are different times throughout this day to volunteer. We need volunteers to help set up, greet, serve, tear down, clean up, and wash dishes. If you’re able to help, contact Kelli Booher at KelliB@coh.net or 412.441.3800 x114.

43rd Annual East End Interfaith Service
2019-11-26 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Temple Sinai, 5505 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15217, United States
All are welcome to the 43rd annual East End Interfaith Service at Temple Sinai. The speaker will be the Rev. Liddy Barlow, Executive Minister of Christian Associates of SW Pennsylvania.
Please contact Cantor Laura Berman (412.421.9715; cantorberman@templesinaipgh.org) if you can add your voice to the community choir that night.

Wholistic Wellness Ministry
2019-12-01 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – McKelvy Room (114), 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Looking for a healthy alternative to soda pop? Join the “Kefir Chicks” in the McKelvy Room following Sanctuary worship to learn about a fermented beverage called “water kefir.”
You also will have an opportunity to sample the different flavors of this natural probiotic.

Holiday Shopping in the Name of Love!
2019-12-02 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | Ten Thousand Villages, 5824 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15217, United States
Join us to get your Christmas shopping started early at Ten Thousand Villages (5820 Forbes Ave.) on Monday, December 2, 6 pm. Ten Thousand Villages is an independent nonprofit organization that supports artisans from around the globe by establishing a sustainable market for their products in North America. This special shopping event supports these artisans far away, as well as the ELPC Thanksgiving Food Ministry, which supports those in our midst who are in need. Without this support, some of these artisans would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed.
We need the congregation’s help to make this event a success! ELPC Deacons will be present to offer snacks and refreshments to shoppers. We have had great turnout for this event over the past several years, and we look forward to another busy night.
Questions? Call ELPC Deacon Tucker Ferda at 406.249.9811.

Annual Toymakers' Sale
2019-12-08 12:15 - 14:00 (America/Halifax) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The Toymakers’ annual Toy Sale will be held following Sanctuary worship. Our special project this year is a fleet of Noah’s arks, each complete with Mr. and Mrs. Noah, a small herd of animals, and a handy carry-all bag. The sale also will feature some seasonal decorations.
This sale enables us to buy wood, paint, and tools that keep us going for the whole year.
ELPC members have always been most generous. We appreciate your support!

RCC Holiday Concert
2019-12-14 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Hear the Renaissance City Choir perform their 2019 Holiday Concert, The Many Moods of the Holidays!
The holidays mean many things to many people. This year, Pittsburgh’s Renaissance City Choir is delighted to explore the many different emotions that this time of year elicits from people of different backgrounds and experiences. You are warmly invited to join us as the choir, led by new Artistic Director, S.C. Toe, presents holiday standards many know and love like “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” as well as moving pieces like “Ani Ma’amin” that will quickly earn a place in your heart. A sign language interpreter is provided.
A cookie reception will follow the performance in the Social Hall.
Click here for more details and ticketing information. No one will be turned away due to inability to pay. We look forward to spending the evening with you!

The Pageant of “Why?”
2019-12-15 10:00 - 10:45 (America/New_York)
Every year, it’s the same thing: Advent, pageant, Christmas. But…why? Why do we do this? Why do we wait? Why is this time so important to us? Join us in the Sanctuary as we consider the reason for the season in terms of our faith and our lives.
Notes: Dress rehearsal for all participants is on Saturday, December 14, 9:30–11 am, followed by a Christmas party. If a student cannot attend rehearsal, but will be here for the pageant, they are most welcome! Just let your student’s Church School teacher know.

World Healing Day
2019-12-31 06:45 - 08:00 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Social Hall, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
At 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 negative force field in the race of mind, achieve a critical mass of spiritual consciousness, and usher in a new era of Peace on Earth.
World Healing Day is a global event in hundreds of cities worldwide to share a common vision of hope and healing. Join us in body or spirit on Tuesday, December 31, 6:45 am, for meditation and a walk on the labyrinth in the Social Hall. Add your love and light to the healing of this world.

Winter Rally Day
2020-01-12 09:30 - 09:45 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Fellowship Room, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Church School classes for people of all ages resume on Winter Rally Day, Sunday, January 12, 9:45 am. The Christian Education Committee invites you to a continental breakfast in the Fellowship Room on the first floor, beginning at 9:30 am.
Please bring holiday breads and fruits to share (ready to serve). Come and grab a bite to eat on your way to class.
