East Liberty Presbyterian Church

Online Prayer Service
2026-03-10 08:00 - 08:20, 2026-03-03 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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Contemplative Prayer
2026-03-09 07:30 - 08:00, 2026-03-02 07:30 - 08:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Online, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Contemplation has been described as a long-loving look at the real. Contemplation is about waking up, listening, noticing, and paying attention. In the words of Adele Calhoun, “A contemplative person recognizes that every experience offers more than meets the eye. They know that ‘bidden or unbidden’ God is present.”
This takes practice.
Join the Rev. BJ Woodworth for a time to practice a variety of contemplative prayer practices, utilizing fixed prayers, scripture, music, silence, art, and our bodies to help us start our day in communion with God and 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.

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March LGBTQIA+ Ministry Spiritual Gathering
2026-03-08 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 Spiritual Gathering of ELPC’s LGBTQIA+ Ministry to share food and fellowship at the church. Allies and LGBTQIA+ folks alike are welcome.
Contact Wil Forrest at 412.441.3800 X218 or Wil@coh.net to learn more, to RSVP, and/or to participate.
GOD CREATED YOU. GOD LOVES YOU. BE YOURSELF.

Tree Equity in the Pittsburgh Region
2026-03-08 12:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | ELPC – McKelvy Room (114), 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
As noted in last month’s Reaching Out, the Environmental Team of the Justice Committee is currently focusing on the issue of Tree Equity—ensuring that all communities have equal access and benefits from the presence of trees. Disadvantaged Pittsburgh neighborhoods have 20% fewer trees, which has serious implications for health outcomes.
Join us on Sunday, March 8, 12:30–1:30 pm, in the McKelvy for a presentation by an expert from Tree Pittsburgh and a speaker from the National Religious Partnership for the Environment, who will provide a faith and justice perspective. Refreshments will be provided in the Fellowship Room.
Tree Pittsburgh and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy also will offer advice on tree maintenance, volunteer opportunities, how to get a tree for your yard, and more. See them and our Landscape Subcommittee in the Garth Overlook Room.
Tree activities in underserved neighborhoods will be coming in the spring and fall. The program also will be available online. Contact Nancy Heastings at n.heastings@comcast.net for the Zoom link.

Sanctuary Worship
2026-03-08 11:00 - 12:15, 2026-03-01 11:00 - 12:15 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Join us for worship in the Sanctuary each Sunday, 11 am, or via livestream on YouTube or Facebook. Printed copies of the weekly bulletin and announcements are available, or you may download a digital version for viewing on your mobile device or tablet.
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About ELPC’s Sanctuary Worship Service
Our Sanctuary worship service is our largest service, offering a traditional worship experience with thought-provoking sermons and music from our Chancel Choir and organ to reinforce the spirit of praise and reverence. Like many of the great cathedrals of Europe, the compelling power and beauty of our historic, gothic-style Sanctuary enhances the spiritual experience. The service is led by ELPC’s senior pastor or other members of the pastoral staff. Special guest pastors or speakers periodically lead the service.
Children are invited to the chancel steps each Sunday to hear their own message before heading upstairs to Sacred Stories, our Sunday school classes for children. Picture Bibles and activities are in the sanctuary for children who want to stay in worship. The nursery is available for children birth through age 3 to hear stories and play.

Adult Sunday School
2026-03-08 09:45 - 10:45, 2026-03-01 09:45 - 10:45 (America/Halifax) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Adult Sunday School
Classes for adults meet on Sundays, 9:45–10:45 am, from September through May, unless otherwise noted.
Journey with Scripture | Highland Room and Zoom
The Journey with Scripture class reads together various Scripture readings for that week in worship, whether from the lectionary or our pastor’s choosing. These readings span across the entire Bible. The class uses a variety of methods of engaging the scripture texts and is conversational in nature. Prior knowledge of the Scriptures is not necessary for participation. Rev. Henk Bossers and other class members facilitate the class. Contact Sara Hackett for Zoom information.
Seekers | Garth Overlook Room and Zoom
The Seekers class desires to grow in religious understanding, insight, faith, and practice. We create a space for spiritual and intellectual exploration, enrichment, and sharing. Together we seek a broad, inclusive dialogue, including respecting and learning about other faith traditions. All viewpoints are welcomed and encouraged at our classes. The Seekers class consist of speakers and videos, with time for sharing and questions. Contact Gwen Puza for Zoom information.
Soul Food | Good Samaritan Room and Zoom
Soul Food is an adult class that focuses on feeding our spirits and nurturing our awareness of God’s presence. We use a prayerful, contemplative format that includes small group discussions of spiritually nourishing texts and personal experiences. Our upcoming books are So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo, to be followed in November by Season’s Greetings, by Ruth Boling. New participants are always welcome! The Soul Food class is facilitated by the Rev. Joe Hajdu and other class members. Contact the Rev. Joe Hajdu for additional and Zoom information.
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Children and Youth Sunday School
The Nursery, for children up to age 3 is staffed from 8:30 am–12:30 pm on Sundays for children to sing songs, tell stories, and play.
Children age 4- 3rd grade go to Sunday School: Sacred Stories for Kids after the Moments with our Children in the Sanctuary (11:10 am) and parents pick kids up after worship in Room 206.
Tweens in grade 4th-6th go to Sunday School: Sacred Stories for Tweens after the Moments with our Children in the Sanctuary (11:10 am) and parents pick kids up after worship in Room 207.
Teens in grade 7th-12th meets on the FIRST and THIRD Sunday of the month from 9:45-10:45am in the Second Floor Parlor

Journey Worship
2026-03-08 08:45 - 09:45, 2026-03-01 08:45 - 09:45 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Social Hall, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Join us for Journey worship in the Chapel each Sunday, 8:45 am.
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About ELPC’s Journey Worship Service
Our Journey worship service is a lively service of spirit, hope, and praise in which we encounter God’s word in a fresh, compelling way. The blending of contemporary music, Gospel songs and hymns, introspective worship, and interactive communal praise helps to reflect the diverse, creative spirit that is at the heart of ELPC. The service is led by ELPC’s pastoral staff.

PW Winter Retreat
2026-03-06 18:00 - 2026-03-07 15:00 (America/New_York) | Camp Crestfield & Conference Center, 195 Taggart Road, Slippery Rock, PA, 16057, United States
How do we live compassionately in a time of violence and despair? What can we do with our own disappointments and anger over an unjust world? Prophetic voices can help us live faithfully today.
Presbyterian Women invites you to our Winter Retreat, Responding Compassionately to a Hurting World, Friday–Saturday, March 6–7, at Crestfied Camp and Conference Center in Slippery Rock. Rev. Sarah Robbins will lead us in a deep dive into the wisdom of prophets whose anger and lament was transformed into compassion as a mature response to evil. Through prayer, discussion, exercises and guided reflection, we will practice ways to respond faithfully to an unjust world. Richard Rohr’s new book, The Tears of Things, provides guidance and a basis for our conversation.
Our overnight retreat will begin with dinner on Friday, 6 pm, and conclude mid-afternoon on Saturday. We will make a joyful noise with singing and worship. We will renew ourselves through play and rest.
Registration is full at this time.
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Chancel Choir Rehearsal
2026-03-05 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-02-26 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!

Journey Praise Team Rehearsal
2026-03-05 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-02-26 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Music Room, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The Journey Praise Team rehearses in the Chapel on Thursdays, 5:30 pm, and leads the Journey worship service on Sundays, 8:45 am.
Gerald Savage, ELPC’s Journey music director, leads the Journey Praise Team.

Taizé Social Gathering
2026-03-04 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Join us on the first Wednesday of each month following our Taizé prayer service for a time of fellowship with some light refreshments in the Narthex.
Taizé is a unique spiritual community at ELPC, and we desire to have time for those who gather to get to know one another, converse, and move from solitude into community and expand the connection that exists amidst our prayerful songs and quiet meditation.

Taizé Prayer Service
2026-03-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-02-25 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.

Cathedral Yoga
2026-03-04 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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Lenten Conversations: Tell Me Something Good
2026-03-04 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Good Samaritan Room, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Feeling overwhelmed by the headlines or life in general? Join Pastor Michael on Wednesday evenings as we slow down and listen for a different kind of news. Each week, we’ll gather for honest, hope-filled conversations rooted in Sunday’s sermon and our series, Tell Me Something Good: Grounding Ourselves in the Good News This Lent. Together we’ll explore Jesus’ life through the scriptures and ask deeper questions about the text, the sermon, and what it means for us today. Whether you’re curious, weary, skeptical, or hopeful, there’s room for you. Our goal is not to give each other easy answers but to speak from our own perspective and experiences. A light dinner will be served at 6:30 pm.
Please register by completing the form below. You only need to register once for the entire series. This sign-up form is listed under each date occurrence for convenience of folks joining mid-way through the series.

Justice League - Art Edition
2026-03-04 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Art as Prayer: Visio Divina
Wednesday evenings in Lent
from 5:00-7:00pm
Families and Tweens are invited to share dinner, make art, and explore different ways of praying.
Activities will follow the themes in our Lenten worship and devotional series, Tell Me Something Good.
Families with kids of any age are welcome and tweens in 3rd-6th grade can join with or without a parent.
RSVP to Sara Hackett at SaraH@coh.net
Feb 18th theme: All are Invited
art: Weaving
dinner: Lasagna
Feb 25th theme: So Good it Catches us by Suprise
art: Pottery with the Union Project
dinner: Chicken Sandwiches
March 4 theme: Great Love for God and Neighbor
art: Painting and Gold Leaf
dinner: Tacos
March 11th theme: Together the Impossible is Possible
art: Block Printing table cloths
dinner: Pasta
March 18th theme: All are Invited
art: Papermaking
dinner: Pizza
March 25th theme: Inspiring us to Act
art: Protest Banner/Signs
dinner: Soup and Grilled Cheese

ELPC Ringers Rehearsal
2026-03-03 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.

Meditation Hour
2026-03-03 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Chapel, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
“The ladder leading to the Kingdom is concealed within you, that is, in your soul”—Saint Isaac of Syria.
Meditation is the practice of “looking deeply.” In silence and withdrawal from the world of everyday concerns, we turn our attention inward and calm our bodies and minds. In this emptiness, we may see the world as if for the first time. We may see others as they are and we may find that the Kingdom of Heaven is truly within us; that we are living in God and God in us.
The Spiritual Life Committee invites you to join John Benedict in the Chapel on Tuesdays, 6–7 pm, for an hour devoted to meditation. The session will include an opening reading, silent sitting, and walking. No experience necessary, all are welcome.
John Benedict is a retired psychologist and a longtime student and practitioner of Insight Meditation.

On a Sunday – Music of Sondheim
2026-03-01 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
ELPC soloists and choir are featured in a revue of music by the 20th Century’s most influential musical theatre composers, Stephen Sondheim.
LIVE in the Sanctuary at 3:00 PM and streaming on the
ELPC YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/EastLibertyPresbyterianChurch
ELPC Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/EastLibertyPresbyterian
The concert is free and open to all. A freewill offering will be received at the concert. http://tiny.cc/elpcdonate
PROGRAM – Click here for a PDF of the printed program
Putting It Together – from Sunday in the Park with George (1984)
Ensemble
Dr. Edward Alan Moore, piano
Being Alive – from Company (1970)
David Jennings-Smith
Maria – from West Side Story (1957) – music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Logan Williams
Green Finch and Linnet Bird – from Sweeney Todd (1979)
Denise Sheffey-Powell
The Glamorous Life – from A Little Night Music (1973)
Adrianna Cleveland
Everybody Says Don’t – from Anyone Can Whistle (1964)
Todd Farwell
Uptown Downtown – from Follies (1971)
Laura Alstro
Moments in the Woods – from Into the Woods (1986)
Gail Novak Mosites
The Ladies Who Lunch – from Company (1970)
Kym, Laret, Gail Novak Mosites, Denise Sheffey-Powell
Send in the Clowns – from A Little Night Music (1973)
Todd Farwell
The Last Midnight – from Into the Woods (1986)
Adrianna Cleveland
Losing My Mind – from Follies (1971)
Kym Laret
I Remember – from Evening Primrose (1966)
Laura Alstro
Old Friends – from Merrily We Roll Along (1981)
Tim Chaplin, Adrianna Cleveland, Logan Williams
Sorry Grateful – from Company (1970)
Tim Chaplin
Later – from A Little Night Music (1973)
Logan Williams
Not While I’m Around – from Sweeney Todd (1979)
David Jennings-Smith
Children Will Listen – from Into the Woods (1986)
Denise Sheffey-Powell
Sunday – from Sunday in the Park with George (1984)
Ensemble, Chancel Choir

Open Gym for Families
2026-03-01 09:45 - 10:45 (America/New_York)
Parents and kids are welcome to hang out, drink coffee or juice, eat a donut, and play in the gym on the first Sunday of every month from 9:45-10:45am. If you want to meet other parents or just love basketball or scooters – this is for you! This is also perfect for parents of older teens (7th-12th grade) who have Sunday School breakfast at the same time – the first Sunday of every month at 9:45am.
Kids must be supervised by their adult during open gym times.

Youth Sunday School
2026-03-01 09:45 (America/New_York)
7th-12th grade teens meet on the first and third Sunday of the month from 9:45-10:45am in the Second Floor Parlor.
Also check out Youth Group for 7th -12th graders happening Thursdays from 4:30-7pm with dinner, games, conversation, God talk, service projects, and a lot of laughter. Contact Sara Hackett for more information.

Tween Retreat
2026-02-28 08:00 - 2026-03-01 12:00 (America/New_York) | Camp Crestfield & Conference Center, 195 Taggart Road, Slippery Rock, PA, 16057, United States
4th through 6th graders can join us for this single night retreat at Crestfield Camp and Conference Center with kids from Presbyterian Churches all around the city. Crafts, worship, games, campfires, music, silliness, and thoughtful questions always fill these retreats. You can watch highlights from last year’s retreat here. We will meet at ELPC at 8am on Saturday morning and return Sunday at noon. Cost of the retreat is $100 and scholarship money is available. Parents interested in joining the fun by chaperoning should contact Sara Hackett.
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