Mission Activities
Summer Film Series: A Justice that Heals
ELPC - Social Hall 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThe Neighbors, Justice, and Peace Committees of the Mission Board are teaming up to sponsor our fifth annual Summer Film Series. Films will be shown after our Summer worship service, along with a light potluck lunch in the Social Hall. A Justice that Heals is a documentary that explores the aftermath of the senseless murder […]
Summer Film Series: Locked in a Box
ELPC - Social Hall 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThe Neighbors, Justice, and Peace Committees of the Mission Board are teaming up to sponsor our fifth annual Summer Film Series. Films will be shown after our Summer worship service, along with a light potluck lunch in the Social Hall. Locked in a Box is an award-winning short documentary that follows the stories of individuals […]
Outside Cleanup Day at ELPC
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesAll are welcome to help pull some weeds and clean up ELPC's landscaping! No gardening experience is necessary. For more information, please call Chuck Lukehart at 412.782.6447.
Summer Film Series: The Brainwashing of My Dad
ELPC - Social Hall 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThe Neighbors, Justice, and Peace Committees of the Mission Board are teaming up to sponsor our fifth annual Summer Film Series. Films will be shown after our Summer worship service, along with a light potluck lunch in the Social Hall. The Brainwashing of My Dad is a documentary film directed by Jen Senko about the […]
Painters Needed
The ELPC Mission Board needs your help in supporting one of our local partners on one or both days. Open Door Housing—which provides affordable, safe, and supportive housing for individuals living with HIV—is rehabbing its 15-unit apartment complex on Pittsburgh’s North Side and has doors that need to be painted. This is your chance to […]
Supporting Returning Citizens
ELPC - Social Hall 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesOur worship services on Sun., Oct. 8, will have a special focus on returning citizens—those individuals who are returning to society following incarceration. The Justice Committee also will provide a program on welcoming and supporting these individuals at ELPC, featuring a post-release leader from Foundation of HOPE, a returning citizen mentor from ELPC, and a […]
Focus on the Environment at Frick
Frick Environmental Center 2005 Beechwood Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesJoin us for a tour of Frick Environmental Center—a net-zero energy building that earned LEED Platinum certification. Bring a bag lunch and after the tour we can walk in the park and have fun. We will plan this event for rain or shine, so dress appropriately. RSVP to Linda Harrington at linda0144gmail.com.
Reel Q: LGBT Film Festival
Harris Theater 809 LIberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThe Justice Committee is sponsoring a film called Saturday Church, which will be shown at Harris Theater. After the unexpected death of his father, Ulysses, a shy, gender-nonconforming teen, faces a sudden onslaught of painful realities at home. In this coming-of-age drama, Ulysses flees to New York City and finds an inclusive gathering of trans and […]
WQED/ELPC Watch Party
ELPC - Social Hall 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesYou are welcome to attend our watch party for a screening of We'll Meet Again: Coming Out in the Social Hall on Tuesday, April 3, 7 pm. While anyone is welcome, folks from ELPC, Sixth Presbyterian Church and Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community are intentionally invited as we will be sharing a booth as “inclusive Presbyterian churches” this June at PrideFest. To […]
Climate Realities Presentation
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesGlobal warming has been on scientists’ radar for nearly 40 years. In 1979, the National Academy of Sciences explained the phenomena of warming due to an increase in heat trapping gases, and outlined its potential negative consequences. Since then, scientists have been sounding the alarm, calling for reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. We’ve been slow […]
World Mission Initiative Conference
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary 616 N. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesPresbyterian Women invites you to be their guests at the World Mission Initiative Conference, All God’s Children: Justice in God’s Mission, from Fri.–Sat., April 13–14, at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. The keynote speakers are the Rev. Mark Adams and Miriam Maldonado, PC(USA) mission co-workers in Agua Prieta, Mexico, and the Rev. Brian Cross of International Justice […]
Fellowship with Café Justo Founders
ELPC - Whitfield Lobby 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesYou may know that ELPC only serves Café Justo fair trade PLUS coffee…but, do you know why? Join us for a special fellowship time in the Whitfield Lobby following our Sanctuary worship service, as we welcome Mark Adams and Miriam Maldonado (pictured with their children: Cindy Yessenia, Anna Flor, and Nathan)—Café Justo founders and border […]