Worship Services

Join us as we celebrate the birth of the church universal through our Pentecost Sunday festivities. Remember to wear red to church. The Brass Roots will join us and Pastor Randy will offer another story-sermon installment in his News from Pittsburgh series. This service is held in the Sanctuary on the first floor, with an […]

This special service is written and led by our ELPC youth, and graduating seniors will share their stories of faith. This service is held in the sanctuary on the first floor, with an organ prelude before the service. We extend a warm welcome our Latino friends and include several prayers in our service bulletin in […]

This week, we will receive the Peace & Global Witness Offering (formerly the Peacemaking Offering) and dedicate our Peace Pole. This service is held in the sanctuary on the first floor, with an organ prelude before the service. We extend a warm welcome our Latino friends and include several prayers in our service bulletin in English […]

This service is held in the Sanctuary on the first floor, with an organ prelude before the service. We extend a warm welcome our Latino friends and include several prayers in our service bulletin in English and Spanish. This is ELPC’s largest service, offering a traditional worship service with thought-provoking sermons, and the music of […]

This week, ELPC will take part in the annual observance of Children’s Sabbath, co-sponsored by the Justice and Christian Education Committees. This year’s theme is How Long Must I Cry for Help? Bending the Arc Toward God’s Vision of Justice for Children. Sister Linda Yankoski, president and CEO of Holy Family Institute (HFI), will deliver […]

This week, Pittsburgh’s favorite jazz vocalist, Etta Cox, returns to ELPC to sing during our Sanctuary worship service. This service is held in the sanctuary on the first floor, with an organ prelude before the service. We extend a warm welcome our Latino friends and include several prayers in our service bulletin in English and […]

The ELPC Chancel Choir will present Franz Joseph Haydn’s Little Organ Mass during our Sanctuary worship service. Haydn composed this mass in the 1770s in Eisenstadt, Germany. Accompanying the choir will be a quartet of strings and organ, led by violinist Andrew Fouts from Pittsburgh’s own Chatham Baroque. Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was appointed Kapellmeister […]

It is a distinct honor to welcome the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, to ELPC to share his insights about the social justice agenda of our denomination and lead us in worship. As we move through Lent, Dr. Nelson will assuredly encourage us to work for a faith in which justice “rolls down like a […]