East Liberty Presbyterian Church

Cathedral Yoga
2024-08-07 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-08-14 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-08-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-08-28 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-09-04 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-09-11 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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Taizé Prayer Service
2024-08-07 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-14 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-28 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-09-04 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.

Environmental Book Study: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
2024-08-08 19:00 (America/New_York) | PA
The Environmental Team of the Justice Committee is reading Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard. This is a classic book by a revered writer who grew up in Point Breeze. It won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction.
Told from a first-person point of view, the book details Dillard’s explorations near her home, and various contemplations on nature and life. It is based on a year of living through the seasons at her Virginia home in the Blue Ridge valley near Roanoke. Annie Dillard sets out to see what she can see. What she sees are astonishing incidents of “mystery, death, beauty, violence.”
Here is a statement from Barbara Kingsolver: “I was in my 20s when I read Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Her writing helped me see nature not as a collection of things to know or possess, but a world of conjoined lives, holy and complete, with or without me. She left me with this sentence that has guided my life ever since: ‘Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.'”
Consider reading the book and joining our discussion in person on Thursday, August 8, 7 pm, led by Sally Jo Snyder.
For more details, email Nancy Heastings.

Online Prayer Service
2024-08-13 08:00 - 08:20, 2024-08-20 08:00 - 08:20, 2024-08-27 08:00 - 08:20, 2024-09-03 08:00 - 08:20, 2024-09-10 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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Meditation Hour
2024-08-13 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-08-20 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-08-27 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-09-03 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-09-10 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.

JourneyDance Class
2024-08-16 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Halifax) | PA
Join Yamuna Morgenstern for JourneyDance on the third Friday of every month from 7–8:30 pm.
Come experience one of ELPC’s unique spiritual practices and offerings. JourneyDance takes you on a journey within through playful dance in a non-judgmental environment. The playlists are designed to open up your chakras, move your Spirit, experience positive vibes, and have fun! JourneyDance is all about responding to music the way you want to respond—no rules, no groping, no ugly lyrics. Join us and dance in healthy community to release tension, feel good, relax, restore, and renew your body, mind, and spirit.
All ages and bodies are welcome. No dance experience necessary, just a joy of moving. Young children should be accompanied by their care givers. Wear comfortable clothing, and you may want to have a water bottle handy!
A donation from the heart, to the church, is very much appreciated.

Ice Cream Social
2024-08-18 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | PA
Everyone is invited to an ice cream social in the Narthex immediately after worship on Sunday, August 18, hosted by ELPC’s Membership & Outreach Committee. Please join them for a cool treat and fellowship!

August LGBTQIA+ Ministry Spiritual Gathering
2024-08-18 11:30 - 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 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. A Zoom option will be available if expressed need is communicated to Wil before the Friday preceding the gathering.
GOD CREATED YOU. GOD LOVES YOU. BE YOURSELF.

Celebrating Pittsburgh Disability Pride
2024-08-24 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Schenley Plaza, Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, United States
Join our ELPC faith family at the third annual Disability Pride Pittsburgh Celebration on Saturday, August 24, 11 am–4 pm, at Schenley Plaza (4100 Forbes Ave., Oakland).
This event is for the whole community with live music, food trucks, arts, sensory friendly spaces, fun activities, and more! Celebrate in the streets while we share God’s love with all God’s people.
Learn more about the event at DisabilityPridePA.org.
Contact Wil Forrest at 412.441.3800 x218 for more information.
Come out and celebrate while we share God’s love with all God’s people!

September LGBTQIA+ Ministry Spiritual Gathering
2024-09-01 11:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States

Taizé Worship with PTS
2024-09-07 11:15 - 12:15 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Chapel, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
You are invited to join together with the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (PTS) Hybrid Program students, staff, and faculty for a joint Taizé prayer service, led by Pastor BJ and our ELPC Taizé musicians in the Chapel. The PTS Hybrid Program is comprised of students from throughout the region and nation who gather in Pittsburgh twice each semester to work, worship, and study together. A commitment of the program is to provide opportunities for these students to experience the rich and vibrant worship lives found within our East Liberty neighborhood.
After the service, we’ll gather in the Courtyard for a free lunch.
All are welcome, please join us!
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Welcome Back Breakfast
2024-09-08 09:45 - 10:45 (America/New_York) | PA
Celebrate the return of our fall church schedule with breakfast between our services on Sunday, September 8, 9:45–10:45 am, in the Fellowship and Overlook Rooms.
We hope you will join us for this time of intergenerational fellowship.

Club 116
2024-09-11 16:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | PA
Kids in 1st-6th grade gather for Bible study, crafts, games in the gym, and dinner together.
Registration is required and can be completed online.
