Spring Yoga and Creation Contemplation Classes
2022-05-11 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-05-18 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-05-25 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-06-01 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-06-08 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-06-15 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-06-22 08:00 - 09:00 (America/New_York) | PA
In May and June, join Katrina Woodworth for a Hatha yoga class, where we will explore our relationship with the Creation through the four elements: water, wind, earth, and fire. The ancient Yogis understood that our bodies contain all 4 elements. In this class we will explore the elements through movement, posture, breath and meditation.
Each class will end with a contemplative reading and 15 minutes of silent meditation. Hope to see you one the mat!
Please remember, all classes are recorded. If you can’t attend live classes, contact Katrina Woodworth for a link to a recording.
A donation from the heart is appreciated.
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Middle School Mission Trip Meeting
2022-05-11 18:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Harambe Room 109, 116 South Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Youth and parents are invited to a Middle School Mission Trip meeting in the Harambe Room or on Zoom (meeting ID 402 081 6710). We will discuss details about the mission work, fun activities, and COVID policies, and youth will help us plan the worship theme and meals for the week.
Our Middle School Mission Trip will be held July 10–15, for youth who have completed grade 6–8. We will be staying at Crestfield Camp in Slippery Rock.

Taizé Prayer Service
2022-05-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-05-18 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-05-25 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-06-01 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-06-08 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-06-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-06-22 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.
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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.

Intermediate SSL Class
2022-05-12 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-05-19 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-05-26 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | PA
Our intermediate SSL class meets on Thursdays, 4 pm, via Zoom. We’re finishing up the present tense and preparing to learn the past paradigm.
If you already have some knowledge of Spanish, you are welcome to join this class as we continue to learn about ourselves, our neighbors, and God through the Spanish language!
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Mission Overnight
2022-05-14 10:00 - 2022-05-15 09:45 (America/New_York) | PA
For youth in grades 8-12 planning on being part of the 2022 Senior High Mission Trip Team. Youth must be vaccinated to participate in this overnight.
Overnight Schedule:
Arrive: Saturday, May 14 @ 10am
10-11am group building
11-3pm service project at Vintage
3-5pm trip planning
5-7pm high ropes course at Dragon’s Den
7pm dinner
9pm hide and seek and other such fun
Sunday, May 15
8:45am Journey Worship
9:45am Church School or Head Home
What is the Mission Overnight?
The overnight is time of service, fun, and planning in preparation for the High School Mission Trip.
Who should come?
All 8th-12th graders are welcome to join us, even if you aren’t thinking about coming to Memphis this summer Participation in the Mission Weekend is required of all youth going on the Mission Trip this summer so youth who think they might want to come on the summer trip should come to this overnight. Talk to Sara Hackett is you need more info about the Memphis Mission Trip Aug 6-13.
What should I bring?
TENT if you have one, sleeping bag, pillow, toothbrush, pajamas and clothes and for painting outside and church Sunday Morning.
to RSVP by completing the permission form below or contact Sara Hackett @ 412-673-2926 or SaraH@coh.net

Celebrating the Bushes
2022-05-15 12:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Social Hall, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Please join us following Sanctuary worship on Sunday, May 15, for a farewell celebration in honor of our departing Senior Pastor Randy Bush, his wife Beth, and children Ian and Charlotte.
We’ll gather in the Social Hall for fellowship and to say “thank you” and send our prayers as they begin a new journey in their ministry and lives.
A box will be available to collect cards, sharing reflections and best wishes for the Bushes. Cards also can be mailed to ELPC, c/o Wil Forrest.
Beginning June 1, Pastor Randy will be serving as the interim Head of Staff for Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church in Severna Park, MD. The church’s address is 611 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd, Severna Park, MD 21146. He also has a gmail.com account with the user name of Revrandykbush for email messages.

Jan Kraybill Organ Concert
2022-05-15 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Organist Jan Kraybill will perform a concert in the ELPC Sanctuary on Sunday, May 15, 3 pm. The concert is co-sponsored by ELPC’s Cathedral Concerts series and the Organ Artists Series of Pittsburgh.
Join us in the Sanctuary, or watch the livestreams on YouTube and Facebook.
Dr. Kraybill is principal organist for the Dome and Spire Organ Foundation, an affiliate of the international headquarters of Community of Christ, in Independence, Missouri, and organ conservator at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City. Her recording of The Orchestral Organ was nominated for a Grammy as Best Classical Instrumental Solo Album in 2020.
ELPC members should contact Dr. Ed for complimentary tickets.

Neighborhood Earth Care Workday
2022-05-21 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | PA
Join Tree Pittsburgh and your ELPC friends and neighbors to care for and beautify our East Liberty neighborhood! We’ll be making a difference together by mulching, trimming, weeding, and tending.
We’ll be meeting at the corner of S. Highland and Penn Avenues. Sign up required. Contact Nancy Heastings for details.
Sponsored in partnership by the ELPC Environmental Team of the Justice Committee and the ELPC Neighbors Committee.

GCF Sidewalk Seedling Sale
2022-05-22 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Garfield Community Farm will be hosting a Sidewalk Seedling Sale on Penn Avenue in front of ELPC on Sunday, May 22. Stop by after Sanctuary worship and get started on your garden while supporting a local neighborhood community farm!
For more information, contact Nancy Heastings.
Brought to you by the ELPC Environmental Team of the Justice Committee in partnership with the ELPC Neighbors Committee.

Making a Difference Together Panel Presentation
2022-05-22 12:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – McKelvy Room (114), 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
In accordance with our 2022 ELPC Earth Day theme, Invest in Our Planet: Turn Hope Into Action…Together, find a partner—a friend, family member, neighbor—and commit to taking action steps together to invest in the well being of our planet and your community.
Pledge to support a local environmental group, start a garden, buy less, evaluate and reduce your 2022 carbon footprint, plant a tree, support legislation for green energy and infrastructure, eat local… Make a difference, together!
And, join the Environmental Team of the Justice Committee on Sunday, May 22, 12:30 pm, for our Making a Difference Together panel presentation, led by Local Active Hope Innovators!

Building an Eco-Friendly Community
Presented by
Stefani Danes, founder of Rachel Carson Ecovillage
Engaging Principles of Community Permaculture
Presented by
John Creasy, founder of Garfield Community Farm
The Solution to Pollution is Renewable, It’s Doable!
Presented by
Fred Kraybill, renewable energy advocate

Attend in person in the McKelvy Room or online via Zoom. Light refreshments, stimulating ideas, good company, and inspiration will be provided! For more information, contact Nancy Heastings.
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If you’d like to call in, dial 301.715.8592 and enter meeting ID 816 0056 3547 and passcode [REDACTED] when prompted.

LGBTQ Ministry Spiritual Gathering
2022-05-22 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.

Brass and Organ Concert
2022-05-29 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The Brass Roots and conductor/arranger Jim Nova return to team up with Dr. Moore in a concert of music adapted from movies and video games.
Join us in the Sanctuary (masks required), or watch the livestreams on YouTube and Facebook.
There is no admission charge. A freewill offering will be accepted.
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Tween Gym Night
2022-05-29 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Gym, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15206, United States
Tweens in grades 4–6 will be gathering for pizza and games in the church gym. RSVP to Sara Hackett.
We will stay at a safe distance while eating and wear masks the rest of the time.

Decolonizing our Spiritual Practices
2022-06-04 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – McKelvy Room (114), 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Join us on Saturday, June 4, 9 am–3pm, at ELPC or on Zoom for a day of teaching, conversation, and spiritual practice, as we seek to continue in our journey to be a Matthew 25 church and decolonize our spiritual practices.
We will be led by Leeann Shaw Younger. Under her leadership, we will look at the world and the story of Jesus through the eyes of those impacted by the work of colonial missionaries here in the U.S. and around the world. We will deepen our relationship with the Divine by considering how we might begin to unlearn the spiritual practices we’ve inherited that ignore and even denigrate the way indigenous cultures see the world and the Divine. We will consider what we can learn about the story of Jesus through the eyes of those finding a story of liberation and healing for both our human and other-than-human relatives.
RSVP to Norma Meyer at 412.441.3800 x111 by Sunday, May 29. The suggested donation is $10 (lunch included).
Join us at ELPC in the McKelvy Room or online by clicking the button below. Enter meeting ID 835 6152 8224 and passcode [REDACTED] if prompted.
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About Our Facilitator
Leeann Shaw Younger is the lead pastor of Cityview Church in Pittsburgh’s East Deutschtown/Spring Garden neighborhood. She co-founded the Evangelical Covenant Church congregation in 2010 with her husband, Wayne. Leeann has a breadth of vocational experiences in her background as a nonprofit executive leader, campus minster, and pastor, but most recently has enjoyed her role as a Democratic committeewoman. She is in the process of completing a Master of Theological Studies, with a focus on decolonizing church practice from the Pacific School of Religion.

Juneteenth March & Events
2022-06-18 09:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Freedom Corner, 1500 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, 15219, United States
Juneteenth—also known as Emancipation Day—commemorates the historic moment on June 19, 1865, when African Americans were freed from slavery in Texas. It is an opportunity to give thanks for our country’s progress while also calling attention to the work we have before us in creating the equity that reflects God’s kingdom.
Join the Justice Committee & Facing Systemic Racism Ministry Team on Saturday, June 18, 9:30 am, at Freedom Corner to march down to Point State Park.
There also will be all-day events at Point State Park & Market Square with live music and food. Bring a blanket or chair to sit in the field and enjoy the day. If you would like to ride in the van, please contact Michele Bossers at 412.303.9243 to make a reservation.

Connections Groups @ Soergel Orchards
2022-06-18 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | PA
ELPC Connections Groups are designed to foster small-group friendships in a large congregation.
All past members of Connections Groups and new people who are interested in joining us are invited to an afternoon of strawberry picking on Saturday, June 18. Meet at noon at Soergel Orchards (2573 Brandt School Rd., Wexford, PA 15090).
To RSVP and coordinate car pooling, contact Elaine Phillips.
