Taizé Prayer Service
2022-09-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-28 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-10-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-10-12 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.

Lessons and Practices of Revolutionary Love
2022-09-22 17:30 - 19:00, 2022-09-29 17:30 - 19:00, 2022-10-06 17:30 - 19:00, 2022-10-13 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | PA
What is Revolutionary Love you ask? According to Valarie Kaur, “revolutionary love is an orientation to the world and to the work of justice that is most successfully practiced in community. It is more than emotion or feeling. It is the ongoing choice to labor for others, opponents, and ourselves.”
The Spiritual Life Committee invites you to learn more about Revolutionary Love on Thursdays, September 15–November 17, 5:30–7 pm. A light meal will be provided.
Drawing upon Kaur’s book, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love, we will discover together revolutionary love as a praxis for personal, spiritual, and political, transformation. We will examine stories, theories, and practices from writers, scholars, activists, and practitioners whose work has informed the framework of revolutionary love. We will connect these to historical contexts and contemporary social issues and concerns. We will engage in personal spiritual practices to challenge power inequalities, dismantle unjust institutions, and create a world that honors the humanity of us all. And each week, will practice communal learning, personal and silent reflection, and invitations to action.
The outline of her spiritual practice paradigm can be seen in the compass on the right, with a focus on loving others, opponents and ourselves. We will explore one of these each week. There are corresponding:
It is recommended that you begin reading her book before we start. Limited copies are available. Contact Pastor BJ for more information.
Watch Valarie Kaur’s TED Talk to get a sense of the arch and aim of our time together.

Chancel Choir Rehearsal
2022-09-22 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-09-29 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-10-06 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-10-13 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!

Keeping Our Trees Healthy
2022-09-24 09:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | PA
Join the Environmental Team (of the Justice Committee), Neighbors Committee, and Tree Pittsburgh on Saturday, September 24, 9–11:30 am, as we weed and mulch around the street trees in our East Liberty community.
It also will be a chance to learn more about the many benefits these trees bring—cooling, absorbing CO2 and storm water, filtering air pollution, and much more!
We will meet at ELPC. Water and snacks will be available, and Tree Pittsburgh will provide tools and mulch. Volunteers should dress for the elements and wear sun screen. And bring your love for God’s creation!
Contact Mary Barr to sign up or ask questions.

Pizza and Kickball @ PTS
2022-09-25 12:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 616 N. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Youth are invited to an afternoon of pizza and kickball at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary from 12:30–2:30 pm. We will be walking down Highland Ave. from ELPC to PTS following worship.
Contact Sara Hackett at SaraH@coh.net for more details or if you’d like to walk with us.

2023 WMI Conference
2022-09-26 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | PA
What does it mean to engage in God’s mission of love, peace, and justice through the major disruptions of our day? How can we lead in mission in new ways amidst such disruption?
Join us Friday–Saturday, October 7–8, in person or online, as we explore these questions in lectures, workshops and plenary. The Rev. Eugene E. Cho, president/CEO of Bread for the World, will be the keynote speaker on Friday evening.
The conference is free, thanks to sponsors, including Presbyterian Women in ELPC. Registration is required. For details, visit pts.edu/wmi-conference.

Online Prayer Service
2022-09-27 08:00 - 08:20, 2022-10-04 08:00 - 08:20, 2022-10-11 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.
Join via Zoom

ELPC Ringers Rehearsal
2022-09-27 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-10-04 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-10-11 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.

YAMS @ Emory Community Senior Housing
2022-09-29 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Emory Community Center, 324 N Beatty St, Pittsburgh, 15206, United States
All young adults are invited to an of afternoon conversation and fun with our seniors at Emory Community Center. Come on out and enjoy ice cream and play bingo with our friends.
For more information and to RSVP, contact Derail at DerailH@coh.net.

PW's Offering of Letters
2022-10-02 12:15 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | ELPC – McKelvy Room (114), 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Presbyterian Women is hosting an Offering of Letters in support of the Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2022 following Sanctuary worship on World Communion Sunday, October 2, in the McKelvy Room.
First introduced in 2008, the Act provides the U.S. government with a comprehensive strategy to fight hunger and malnutrition, promote nutrition among pregnant women and young children, build stronger agricultural infrastructures, and prioritize women smallholder farmers.
The Act has been at work through a program called Feed the Future. Working with local partners in some of the world’s poorest countries, Feed the Future has helped:

Prevent 3.4 million children from stunting and malnutrition,
Brought 5.2 million families out of hunger, and
Lifted 23.4 million people out of poverty globally.

Our Offering of Letters will urge our senators and representatives to support the Global Food Security Reauthorization Act to fund Feed the Future through 2028.
Presbyterian Women will be available after worship to provide assistance.

Tween Mini Golf
2022-10-02 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | PA
Youth in grades 4–6 will play mini golf around the church. Help design the course, eat some pizza, and then swing away. You might even get a hole-in-one in the church tower!
Contact Sara Hackett for more details.

Register to Vote
2022-10-05 20:00 - 21:00, 2022-10-09 09:45 - 11:00, 2022-10-09 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
In partnership with the League of Women Voters, the ELPC Justice and Facing Systemic Racism Committees are sponsoring three opportunities for citizens to:

Register as new voter;
Assure registration is still active;
Double check polling location;
Make changes to current voting status (name, address, affiliation);
Obtain website info to apply for electronic voting, etc.; and
Develop voting plan.

These opportunities are open to the public and will follow our Taizé prayer service on Wednesday, October 5, and both services on Sunday, October 9. Join us in the Whitfield Lounge after Journey worship, or along Penn Ave. following Sanctuary worship.

Fall Forest Bathing
2022-10-15 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Frick Park, Beechwood Blvd. & Nicholson St., , Squirrel Hill, 15217
Join us at Frick Park for a time of Fall Solstice Forest Bathing and mark the start of the season. Sandi Miller will lead us as we attend to the beauty of nature, the colors of leaves, slowing down, harvest, and preparing for wintering.
Enjoy three hours of walking, sitting, and noticing. You will experience a series of guided invitations to slow down, open the senses, and cultivate an embodied relationship between yourself and the natural world. Throughout the walk, you will have an opportunity to share your experiences. We will be walking less than one mile, but there are some hills involved.
RSVP to Norma Meyer at 412.441.3800 x211 by Wednesday, October 12. Spots are limited. We’ll meet at Frick Park’s lower parking lot.

October LGBTQ Ministry Spiritual Gathering
2022-10-16 12:00 - 13:30 (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. This will be an interactive meal with friends celebrating Full Inclusion Sunday.
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.

Youth @ Howling Hills Corn Maze
2022-10-16 12:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | PA
Following worship, youth in grades 6–12 are heading to Howling Hills Corn Maze in Allenport, Pennsylvania. The eight-acre maze also features a hayride.
The cost is $20 to cover the maze and lunch. We will return to ELPC at 5:30 pm.
Contact Sara Hackett for more details.
