Forest Bathing
ELPC - Courtyard 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, United StatesWhat is forest bathing? Well, it is not a nature walk or a fitness hike. It is a 60-minute, guided visit into the natural world, where we will slow down, awaken our senses, and nurture our relationship with nature. Through a series of invitations, we will find our own ways of connecting with nature as […]
Global Links: Youth Service Day
6th-12th graders are volunteering at Global Links, a nonprofit which shares medical surplus rescued from the US healthcare system to support health programs globally and locally. We will meet at ELPC at noon and return at 3:45pm. We will be eating lunch in the McKelvy room before we leave. Global Links requires all volunteers be […]
Contemplative & Centering Prayer for Lent
ELPC - Online 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesDuring the season of Lent, our Monday morning Contemplative Prayer will involve the reading of a Psalm and Centering Prayer (20 minutes of silence), in community with one another. Click the button below at the scheduled time to join via Zoom or call in by dialing 312.626.6799 and entering meeting ID, 959 8065 3992. Passcode: bestill […]
Youth Roller Skating at Beulah
6th-12th graders are going roller skating at Beulah Presbyterian Church with Beulah's youth group on Sunday, March 13th after worship until 3:15pm. We will be eating lunch in the McKelvy room before we leave. Youth must be vaccinated and masked to ride in the van. Youth are able to meet us at Beulah Presbyterian at […]
Letter from Birmingham Jail | Session 2
Following Sanctuary worship on Sunday, March 13, the Facing Systemic Racism Committee will present our second session on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's, Letter from Birmingham Jail. Led by Dr. Beverly Harris-Schenz, we will explore a summary of one of the seminal issues in Dr. King’s letter: "just" vs "unjust" laws. Dr. King […]
Lenten Silent Retreat
St. Emma Monastery 1001 Harvey Ave, Greensburg, PA, United StatesIn returning and rest you shall be saved. In quietness and in trust shall be your strength. We invite you to come away with God, in the middle of the Lenten season, for a quiet weekend retreat at St. Emma's Retreat House in Greensburg, from 5 pm, on Friday, March 18, until 12 pm, on […]
Winter Food Drive
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesAs a Matthew 25 Congregation, ELPC actively seeks to engage in the world and make a difference in the lives of our neighbors. And one of the Matthew 25 principles that we strive to live into is to eradicate systemic poverty. One of the ways we do so is by feeding our neighbors who are […]
Letter Writing Event
ELPC - Fellowship Room 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesThe Environmental Team of the Justice Committee will offer an in-person letter-writing and advocacy time on Sunday, March 27, following our Sunday Church School classes and our Sanctuary worship service. Topics address environmental and social justice components of the Build Back Better Act, as well as the Hopes for Homes Act. Please join and contribute […]
LGBTQ Ministry Spiritual Gathering
East Liberty Presbyterian Church 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesYou 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.
Pickleball Tournament
Youth in grades 6–12 are getting together following worship for lunch and pickleball. There will be trophies, but no experience is needed. Meet at ELPC at 12:15 pm. We will be back for pick up at 3 pm. RSVP by contacting Sara Hackett or completing the permission form below.
Tween Clay Night
Youth in grades 4–6 are taking a trip to the clay studio at the Union Project. RSVP to Sara Hackett.
Lenten JourneyDance
ELPC - Chapel 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesExperience Lent in a unique way this year. Join Yamuna for her Lenten JourneyDance in the Chapel on Friday, April 8, 6:30 pm–7:45 pm. Take a musical, dancing journey as we approach the end of Lent, with songs from Godspell among other songs including "Guide me God," "Song of the Pharaohs," "Joyful Joyful," and "Prayer […]