East Liberty Presbyterian Church

Cathedral Concerts Season Kickoff
2022-11-20 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
ELPC’s Cathedral Concerts series will kick off it’s 2022–2023 season on Sunday, November 20, 3 pm, with an exciting concert featuring guest conductor Dr. Anthony Leach, the ELPC Chancel Choir, and special guests.
Contact Dr. Ed Moore for details.
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Enneagram Study Group
2022-11-21 12:15 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Online, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The Enneagram is an ancient tool with modern appeal. Its accuracy can be disarming and its applied wisdom transformative. Whether you are new to the Enneagram or have been dabbling in it for years, you are invited to participate in our Enneagram Study Group, where you will glean a deeper appreciation of how we are “fearfully and wonderfully made,” and how that plays out in loving our neighbors.
The Enneagram doesn’t put you in a box; it reveals the box that you are already in—and offers a path out!
Participants will need a copy of The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Path to Spiritual Growth by Christopher L. Heuertz.
Join us on the third Monday of each month, 12:15–1:30 pm (September–November and January–March). Click the button below to join us on Zoom. Enter meeting ID 966 6904 5127 and passcode 9types when prompted.
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About Our Facilitator
Licensed as a professional counselor, trained as a spiritual director and certified as an Enneagram practitioner, Lynn Holden is a lifelong learner who is committed to personal and spiritual growth. She creates a safe space for others to slow down and get curious about the life they are living. You can learn more about her from her website LynnHolden.com.

Online Prayer Service
2022-11-22 08:00 - 08:20, 2022-11-29 08:00 - 08:20, 2022-12-06 08:00 - 08:20, 2022-12-13 08:00 - 08:20 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Online, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
ELPC offers an online prayer group each Tuesday morning, hosted by ELPC member Steve Evrard. These 20-minute sessions feature scripture readings, responsive prayer, and interactive dialogue. All are welcome at this opportunity for fellowship and prayer.
Join us by clicking the link below, or you may call in by dialing 929.205.6099. Enter meeting ID 896 9680 6662 and passcode 116 when prompted.
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ELPC Ringers Rehearsal
2022-11-22 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-11-29 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-12-06 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-12-13 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Halifax) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The ELPC Ringers rehearse on Tuesdays, 6–7 pm, in Dr. Ed Moore’s office and rings periodically throughout the year at our Sanctuary worship service on Sundays at 11 am. We ring on a four-octave set of Schulmerich handbells.
Please contact Dr. Ed Moore for more information on joining the ELPC Ringers.

NO Club One Sixteen
2022-11-23 16:30 - 18:30 (America/Halifax) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
There will be no Club One Sixteen this week. Our regular schedule resumes next Wednesday, November 30.

Youth in grades 1–12 are welcome to attend an evening of fellowship, study, and worship. Programming includes homework help, open gym, educational workshops, dinner, and Bible study each week.
Participation requires a completed 2022–2023 Enrollment Form.
SCHEDULE:
3:30 pm: Gathering time, homework help, and open gym
4:30 pm: Opening worship and welcome
5:00 pm: Dinner
5:30 pm: Bible study, gym, and crafts
7:30 pm: Dismissal
Weather reminder
Club One Sixteen follows the City of Pittsburgh school closings, so if Pittsburgh schools are closed due to inclement weather, Club One Sixteen also will be closed.

Cathedral Yoga
2022-11-23 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-11-30 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-12-07 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-12-14 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Yamuna Morgenstern offers Cathedral Yoga class on Wednesdays, 6–7 pm! Join her and others in the ELPC Sanctuary or your own home via Zoom (password: [REDACTED] as she guides you through gentle poses. No yoga experience is necessary to enjoy the class, which Yamuna continues to offer with joy, light, and her uplifting playlists and spirit. Have a strap, scarf, or belt handy and experience time to heal your body, mind, and spirit.
Commune with the Divine through breath, gentle stretches, mindful music, and guided meditation. See you on the mat! Om shanti and Namaste.
A donation from the heart, to the church, is very much appreciated.
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Taizé Prayer Service
2022-11-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-11-30 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-12-07 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-12-14 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Chapel, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
ELPC offers evening prayers with chants from Taizé every Wednesday, 7 pm, in the Chapel. The hour-long service includes sung prayers, beautiful music, a time of silence, spoken and silent prayers, and opportunities for individual prayer and anointing. For more information, view our Taizé page.
Download this week’s bulletin.

About ELPC’s Taizé Prayer Service
Our Taizé prayer service is based on a style of worship developed at the Taizé community in France founded in the 1940s by the late Brother Roger. Originally a refuge during the war, Taizé has developed into an ecumenical prayer center for visitors from all over the world. Today, the Taizé community is made up of over a hundred resident brothers, both Catholics and from various Protestant backgrounds/traditions. Taizé wants to be a sign of reconciliation between divided Christians and between separated peoples.

Chancel Choir Rehearsal
2022-11-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-12-01 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-12-08 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The Chancel Choir rehearses in the Sanctuary on Thursdays, 7–8:30 pm, from September through early June (unless noted otherwise). Sunday morning rehearsals are at 10 am, in preparation for the worship service. The choir provides musical leadership at our Sanctuary worship service on Sundays.
No audition is required, just the desire to learn and have fun as we prepare to lead worship. The choir is open to everyone in high school and older.
Dr. Ed Moore is the director of the Chancel Choir.
Come join us and make a joyful noise!

RCC 2022 Holiday Concert
2022-12-03 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Renaissance City Choir, Pittsburgh’s LGBTQIA+ chorus, is thrilled to invite you to their first in-person holiday concert since 2019: Holiday Greetings & Gay Happy Meetings.
Join RCC’s 100-voice choir in the ELPC Sanctuary on Saturday, December 3, 7:30 pm. In addition to fun holiday favorites with RCC’s signature twist, we’ll be joined by special guests Vocal Confluence, Pittsburgh’s all-voice barbershop chorus.
Tickets are $25 ($10 for students) and are available at rccpittsburgh.com. Can’t be there in person? Livestream tickets also are available, so you can join in the joy from the comfort of home!
Masks are required. A sign language interpreter is provided. Please contact accessibility@rccpittsburgh.com with any access concerns.

Middle School Target Shopping
2022-12-04 12:15 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | PA
Youth in grades 6–8 will be practicing for our Christmas Pageant during Church School.
Then after worship, we’ll meet for lunch in the Harambe Room,12:15 pm, before walking over to Target to do some gift shopping for kids in our neighborhood.

Walking Football
2022-12-04 12:15 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Gym, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15206, United States
YAMs will play walking football. Join us in the ELPC Gym and engage in community with us! Pizza and wings will be provided.

Tween Gift Making Sunday
2022-12-04 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | PA
Youth in grades 4–6 are invited to enjoy pizza and make Christmas Gifts for family and friends (there are some folks from church who would LOVE to get a homemade gift too). If they are working on a sewing, jewelry, or art project they are welcome to bring that with them, but there will be a variety of craft supplies and projects here too. Friends are welcome!
Please RSVP to Sara Hackett.

Progressive Dinner
2022-12-08 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | PA
All YAMs are welcome to join us for a progressive dinner. We’ll have dinner at the church and then use the church van to drive to homes of several different volunteers. We’ll have conversations centered on intergenerational discussions. And we’ll answer questions related to: The Prophets’ Candle (What is God waiting for?), symbolizing hope (What are we hopeful for with the season of Advent?); the Bethlehem Candle (What does Christ coming really mean to us?), symbolizing faith. Virtual options will be available.
Reach out to Derail Holcomb if you have any questions.

Winter Youth Retreat
2022-12-09 17:00 - 2022-12-11 12:00 (America/New_York) | Camp Crestfield & Conference Center, 195 Taggart Road, Slippery Rock, PA, 16057, United States
Youth in grades 6–12 are going on retreat to Crestfield Camp in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, to find out what’s NEXT! Two separate tracks—one for middle schoolers (led by Ed Sutter) and one for high school students (led by Mike Haddox)—will explore questions related to our spiritual journey and the steps we are taking towards our future. Retreat costs $115 (pay online) and scholarships are available.
Meet at ELPC on Friday, December 9, 5 pm, and enjoy pizza before we leave. We will return by noon on Sunday.
RSVP by November 30

Cathedral Concerts | César Franck - The Three Chorales
2022-12-10 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
ELPC organist Dr. Edward Alan Moore will perform works by César Franck (10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890), commemorating the 200th anniversary of Franck’s birth.
The program will feature:
Chorale No. 3 in A Minor
Chorale No. 2 in B Minor
Chorale No. 1 in E Major
The concert is free, but freewill offering will be received. Join us in the Sanctuary or live on YouTube or Facebook. Contact Dr. Ed at EdM@coh.net for more details.
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December LGBTQ Ministry Spiritual Gathering
2022-12-11 12:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
You are invited to the next Spiritual Gathering of ELPC’s LGBTQ Ministry to share food and fellowship at the church. Allies and LGBTQIA+ folks alike are welcome.
Contact Wil Forrest at 412.441.3800 X118 or Wil@coh.net to learn more, to RSVP, and/or to participate.
GOD CREATED YOU. GOD LOVES YOU. BE YOURSELF.
