LGBTQ Ministry Spiritual Gathering
2021-12-19 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. This month, we will meet in person and via Zoom. 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.

Taizé Prayer Service
2021-12-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-01-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-01-12 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-01-26 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.
Download this week’s bulletin.

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.

Christmas Caroling
2021-12-23 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Youth in grades 6–12 are welcome to join us for Christmas Caroling around the Highland Park neighborhood with the Young Adults.
RSVP to Sara for details about where we will be meeting.

NO Sunday Church School
2021-12-26 09:45 - 10:45 (America/Halifax) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Our Church School classes will not meet on Sundays, December 26 or January 2. Classes will resume next Sunday, January 9.

The ELPC Christian Education (CE) Committee offers Church School classes and events for all ages—from infants to adults. CE is the life-long process of learning and living in relationship to God, our neighbors, and ourselves. Church School classes meet on Sundays, 9:45–10:45 am, from early September through early June, unless otherwise noted.
Through the study of scripture and the practice of prayer, we begin to understand our life experiences as they relate to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Come and join us! Your questions, insights, doubts, and concerns are welcome.
Click here to see details for this week’s worship and Church School offerings.

Church Tour
2021-12-26 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Join us following our Sanctuary worship service for a tour of ELPC’s Gothic Sanctuary and Romanesque Chapel. The tour will highlight Church history, architectural contrasts of the Chapel and Sanctuary, as well as explore the Narthex, Trinity Chapel, and Chancel.
Meet at the Highland Lobby following worship.

NO Contemplative Prayer
2021-12-27 07:30 - 08:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Online, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
There will be no Contemplative Prayer on Monday, December 27, as we take a break over Christmas. Our regular schedule will resume next Monday, January 3.

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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NO Taizé Prayer Service
2021-12-29 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Chapel, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
There will be no Taizé prayer service on Wednesday, December 29, as we take a break for the holidays. Our regular schedule will resume on Wednesday, January 5, 7 pm.

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.
Download this week’s bulletin.

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.

NO Sunday Church School
2022-01-02 09:45 - 10:45 (America/Halifax) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Our Church School classes will not meet on Sunday, January 2. Classes will resume next Sunday, January 9.

The ELPC Christian Education (CE) Committee offers Church School classes and events for all ages—from infants to adults. CE is the life-long process of learning and living in relationship to God, our neighbors, and ourselves. Church School classes meet on Sundays, 9:45–10:45 am, from early September through early June, unless otherwise noted.
Through the study of scripture and the practice of prayer, we begin to understand our life experiences as they relate to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Come and join us! Your questions, insights, doubts, and concerns are welcome.
Click here to see details for this week’s worship and Church School offerings.

Yoga & Centering Prayer
2022-01-03 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-01-05 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-01-10 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-01-12 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-01-17 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-01-19 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-01-24 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-01-26 08:00 - 09:00 (America/New_York) and 1 more date | ELPC – Online, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The ELPC Spiritual Life committee is excited to offer Yoga & Centering Prayer with Katrina Woodworth on Mondays and Wednesdays, 8–9 am, in the Sanctuary.
This class include breathing practices along with Hatha Yoga postures and ends with 10–15 minutes of silent Centering Prayer
Please register in advance. Donations accepted are accepted.

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Intermediate SSL Class
2022-01-06 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-01-13 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-01-20 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-01-27 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
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!
Join us on Zoom

Zoom: LGBTQ Ministry Spiritual Gathering
2022-01-16 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 fellowship via Zoom. 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.

Helping from Home | MLK Day of Service
2022-01-16 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Online, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
You are invited to join us for our MLK Day of Service: Helping from Home on Sunday, January 16, 1–2 pm, via Zoom. we will be using art to educate, build community, and reflect on Rev. Dr. King’s call to service.
This is an intergenerational event and all ages are invited.
Supplies needed: paper and envelopes, crayons or markers, as well as other art supplies you have for making posters or notecards. If needed, supplies can be picked up from the church.

No Taizé Prayer Service
2022-01-19 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Chapel, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
There will be no Taizé prayer service on Wednesday, January 19. Our regular schedule will resume next week.

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.
Download this week’s bulletin.

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.

Snow Tubing at Boyce Park
2022-01-23 12:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
Youth in grades 6–12 are going snow tubing at Boyce Park!
Anyone from the church is welcome to join us as we have reserved the snowtubing area for the afternoon. You must be 42″ tall to snow tube. Participants between 42″– 50″ must be linked to an adult while tubing. Youth in grades 6–12 can be dropped off as youth leaders will be there to chaperone.
The cost to snow tube is $10 per person but scholarships available. Tickets are limited, so please RSVP to Sara Hackett.

Yoga Retreat
2022-01-29 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Note: The retreat is currently at capacity. Check back to see if spots open.
Start 2022 with a journey within at the first-ever Yoga Retreat at ELPC with Yamuna Morgenstern and Katrina Woodworth!
We will begin the day with yoga, followed by moments for movement, reflection, meditation, and lunch. We also hope to offer the experience of “kirtan” (sacred call and response chanting in Sanskrit) and the labyrinth. We will end the day with a restorative yoga class to send you on your way with a divine sense of renewal. Join us regardless of your experience level. It promises to be a day for self-care!
The suggested donation is $35–$60 (includes lunch).

A Letter from the Birmingham Jail: Remembrance and Reflection
2022-01-30 09:45 - 10:45 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Social Hall, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
During the Church School hour, Pastor Randy, the Facing Systemic Racism Committee, and the Faith Formation Board invite all adults and students in grade 6 and up to participate in a discussion of the Rev. Dr. King’s prophetic letter. For this first installment of a three-part series, Pastor Randy, who has done substantive research on the letter as part of his dissertation, will serve as the principal presenter. Pastor Randy’s remarks also will be recorded.
Join us in person in the Social Hall or via Zoom (using the same link used for Journey worship). If you’d like to join by telephone, call 929.205.6099 and enter Meeting ID 188 135 194 when prompted (press # if asked for a personal ID).
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