So, Let’s Talk
2020-10-03 17:00 - 18:30, 2020-10-04 12:15 - 13:45 (America/New_York)
As a Matthew 25 church, the Mission Board of ELPC invites you to the next program in our work of dismantling structural racism: So, Let’s Talk. To understand others, we are told “to walk a mile in their shoes.” We hope that reading and discussing the story of “Routine Traffic Stop” (based on an experience and written by ELPC member, Beverly Harris-Schenz) will help others “learn about the shoes” that many Black siblings walk in daily.
Join us on Saturday, October 3, 5–6:30 pm, and/or Sunday, October 4, 12:15 pm.
Participate at Zoom.us/join or call 929.205.6099, and enter Meeting ID 827 8715 9714 when prompted.

Kids' Sunday Zoom
2020-10-04 10:30 - 10:50, 2020-10-11 10:30 - 10:50, 2020-10-18 10:30 - 10:50, 2020-10-25 10:30 - 10:50
Parents, kids in preschool through Grade 5 are welcome to join us for a Sunday Kids’ Zoom, 10:30 am, throughout October. Pastor Heather will be there, along with teachers and friends from church for a chance to say hi to one another, play a fun game, sing praise to God, and think about God in our lives.
The Sunday Zoom gathering will only be about 20 minutes long—and is a way to stay connected to God and to one another while we are worshiping form home.
For the Zoom link, email Megan Leisher or Pastor Heather.

Youth Afternoon Mission Project
2020-10-04 13:00 - 14:00
Youth in grades 6–12 will work collectively on Zoom to create a massive banner on ELPC’s Baum Blvd. gate that shares a message of God’s love and justice with our neighbors. RSVP to Sara Hackett.

Praying with the Elements
2020-10-04 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-10-11 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-10-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-10-25 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-11-01 13:00 - 14:00
Amidst this pandemic, many of us are experiencing Zoom fatigue and may feel stuck inside. Let’s Get Out In Creation!
Through Christine Valters Paintner’s book, Water, Wind, Earth & Fire: The Christian Practice of Praying with the Elements, we will discover the call of God’s creation with daily readings of scripture, poets, and mystics—and be invited to explore, connect, and pray with and in God’s creation. We will read, reflect, and pray with the elements on our own throughout the week and then gather on Sundays, October 4–November 1, 1 pm, to share reflections and insights.
Join us as we discover together how “the four elements of air, fire, water, and earth can act as spiritual directors or guides to help us along the sacred journey.”
You may order your own book on Amazon or contact the Rev. BJ Woodworth for assistance.
Click here to participate on Zoom. Enter the Meeting ID, 896 1843 1427, and passcode, Creation, when prompted.

A City Divided: Police/Citizen Violence, Police Reform
2020-10-04 19:00 - 20:00
The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh Social Justice and Outreach Committee and Race and Reconciliation Commission invite you to a Zoom talk with Professor David Harris, who will discuss his new book, “A City Divided” Police/Citizen Violence, Police Reform.” The Rev. Dr. John Welch will provide a response.
Click here to join the Zoom meeting or call 312.626.6799. Enter Meeting ID 846 4004 1246 and Passcode [REDACTED] when prompted.
Event co-sponsors include: JCC Center for Lovingkindness; Christian Associates; St. Brendan’s Justice Ministry; St. James Episcopal Church, Penn Hills; St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Highland Park; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Mt Lebanon; Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill; Community of Celebration, Aliquippa; Congregation Dor Hadash; and East Liberty Presbyterian Church.

About David Harris
David Harris currently serves as a professor at University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He has worked with police departments, governments, and citizens’ groups in Pittsburgh and around the country.
About the Rev. Dr. John Welch
Rev. Dr. Welch currently serves as Board President of Gamaliel Network and Lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh’s Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership. He is a former vice president of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Chief Chaplain of Pittsburgh Police.

2020 McClure Lecture Plenary Session
2020-10-07 20:30 - 21:30, 2020-10-14 20:30 - 21:30, 2020-10-21 20:30 - 21:30, 2020-10-28 20:30 - 21:30
Following each presentation at the 2020 McClure Lectures and World Mission Initiative’s Month of Mission Series, you are invited to join us for a plenary discussion group on Zoom, 8:30–9:30 pm. Click here to participate online or call 646.558.8656 to join by phone. Enter meeting number 850 1401 4275 and passcode [REDACTED] when prompted.
If you miss a presentation, they will be posted at PTS.edu/wmi-conference within 48 hours.

About the 2020 McClure Lectures and World Mission Initiative’s Month of Mission Series
Mission matters. Race matters. Pittsburgh Theological Seminary invites you to gather online on Wednesdays, October 7–28, 7:30 pm, to explore issues of racial justice with world-class speakers at the 2020 McClure Lectures and World Mission Initiative’s Month of Mission Series. This year’s conference theme is Jesus Christ and the ‘Dividing Wall’: Race and God’s Mission. Weekly speakers and topics include:

October 7 | Unlearning the Habits of Slaveholder Religion
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
October 14 | Crossing Cultures, Building Bridges
Brenda Salter McNeil
October 21 | Where Do We Go from Here?
Brenda Salter McNeil and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
October 28 | Keys for Allies to Use their Superpowers: The Role of Vulnerability and Compassion in Anti- Racism Effectiveness
David Campt

LGBTQ Ministry Spiritual Gathering on Zoom
2020-10-10 10:00 - 12:00
All are welcome at this monthly spiritual gathering of LGBTQ Christians and their allies.
Contact Wil Forrest at 412.441.3800 X118 or Wil@coh.net to learn more and to get the Zoom info to participate.
God created you. God loves you. Be yourself.

Affordable Housing in the East End
2020-10-11 12:15 - 13:45
Please join us as the Neighbors Committee presents Becky Gloninger. Becky will give us an update on the families from East Liberty Gardens and future plans for even more affordable housing in East Liberty, as well as explore ways we can potentially walk with and help our neighbors who are in jeopardy of eviction.
Participate at Zoom.us/join or call 929.205.6099, and enter Meeting ID 827 8715 9714 when prompted.

Confronting Confederate Symbols
2020-10-18 12:15 - 13:45
In many U.S. cities and communities, people have come together to demand the dismantling of Confederate symbols. Some say these symbols celebrate heritage and history. For others, they are negative reminders of “America’s Original Sin.” Join us as the Peace Committee and other members discuss the Confederate symbol in our midst, disclose the history behind its inclusion in our church’s design, and suggest ways we can address its removal (or not).
Participate at Zoom.us/join or call 929.205.6099, and enter Meeting ID 827 8715 9714 when prompted.

Cathedral Concerts Online | Sunday Evening Jazz
2020-10-18 19:00 - 20:30
ELPC’s Cathedral Concerts series presents a live, online performance by Pittsburgh jazz legend Mike Tomaro and his combo. The performance will be livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook.
Joining saxophonist Mike Tomaro will be Eric Susoeff on guitar, Paul Thompson on bass, Tom Wendt on drums, and ELPC’s own vocalists Adrianna Cleveland and Denise Sheffey-Powell.
Selections to include:
Mike and his Combo:
Tenderly, Gather The Spirit, Renaissance Man, Sakura, Timeline, T.G.T.T., Freight Trane
Denise:
One Note Samba
Adrianna:
They Just Keep Moving the Line
Denise and Adrianna:
That’s Life
We offer our Cathedral Concerts free of charge. To help support these concerts, please donate to the freewill offering: http://tiny.cc/ELPCDonate

Tween Night | Pumpkin Painting
2020-10-23 19:00 - 20:00
We will meet together on Zoom to paint a pumpkin on our kitchen tables (or floor or wherever), chat, and show off our masterpieces.
RSVP with Sara Hackett at SaraH@coh.net or 412.441.3800 x120 by Monday, October 19, to have supplies delivered. Late RSVPs will need to pick up supplies at the church.

PW: [REDACTED] Tour of Homewood Cemetery
2020-10-24 14:00 - 15:00
All women are invited to join Presbyterian Women on Saturday, October 24, 2 pm (Rain Date Saturday, November 7), for a walking tour of Homewood Cemetery. Together, we will explore ideas of the relationship between life and death as we prepare for our Bible Study lesson, Lamenting Death. We also will learn about the famous and ordinary people buried in Homewood Cemetery.

We will walk in small groups, masked and socially distanced.

For more information, contact PW.ELPC@gmail.com.

Justice: Systemic Racism in the Form of Cash Bail
2020-10-25 12:15 - 13:45
Cash bail is assigned by a judge or magistrate after a person is arrested for an alleged crime. It is designed to ensure that a person will show up for their court hearing, as persons who cannot pay bail are held in jail until their hearing. How does cash bail further systemic racism in our criminal justice system? What role does cash bail play in Allegheny County? In what ways can we interrupt this system? How can we eliminate cash bail without replacing it with another form of systemic racism? What is our response as Christians? We will examine information from the ACLU, Bukit Bail Fund, community efforts, and cities that have eliminated cash bail.
Participate at Zoom.us/join or call 929.205.6099, and enter Meeting ID 827 8715 9714 when prompted.

YAMs are Cooking Yaka Mein
2020-10-25 17:30 - 19:00
Let’s get together on Zoom as Nate Morley teaches us how to cook “yaka mein”—a New Orleans noodle dish.
For the list of ingredients and Zoom link, please RSVP with Nate.

Environmental Book Club: Braiding Sweetgrass
2020-10-29 19:00 - 20:00
The Environmental Team of the Justice Committee invites you to read Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013, 390 pages), and then join us on Thursday, October 29, 7 pm, for a discussion on Zoom.
The subtitle of the book is “Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants.” As a botanist and professor of Environmental Biology, Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. She brings these lenses of knowledge together to show that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world.
The book is a New York Times best seller, and people are finding this work to be grounding, calming, and quietly revolutionary.
Please contact Nancy Heastings for Zoom information or for questions.

YAM | Present for the Future
2020-11-02 12:00 - 13:15, 2020-11-02 18:00 - 19:15
“When two or three are gathered in my name, I am there in their midst.”—Matthew 18:20.
Join us anytime on Instagram at @elpcyoungadults to be present with other Young Adult Ministry members in the presence of God as we share and hold each other’s hopes and concerns in prayer.
To ask questions, email Kelli Booher at KelliB@coh.net.

Youth Mission Project | Baking for Our Neighbors
2020-11-08 12:30 - 13:30
Youth in grades 6–12 will gather via Zoom on Sunday, November 8, 12:30–1:30 pm, to bake cookies for ELPC’s neighbors.
Register with Sara to receive Zoom information, recipe ideas, and ingredients if needed.

Café Justo Sale
2020-11-11 13:00 - 14:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
We’re pleased to continue offering both ground and whole bean varieties of regular, strong, 50/50 blend, and decaf Café Justo coffee! Stop by the driveway on Highland Ave. on Wednesday, November 11 & 18, 1 pm, to make a purchase. The cost is $10 per bag, paid in cash or by check made out to ELPC with “coffee” on the memo line.
If you’re unable to make it in person, please email Ryan Booher at rabooherco@gmail.com or Liz Hopkins at elizabethvhopkins@hotmail.com.
Fill your holiday coffee needs and at the same time help support small Mexican independent coffee growers. Buy Cafe Justo!
