East Liberty Presbyterian Church

Clean Energy Standard Proposal Letter Writing Event
2024-04-14 09:45 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Pennsylvania is one of the five worst states when it comes to the amount of clean, renewable energy that’s used to power our homes and businesses. Governor Shapiro has released a slate of major energy policies that would increase that to 35% by 2035. It will plug abandoned gas wells, and includes investments in underutilized technologies like hydropower and geothermal.
The Environmental Team of the Justice Committee invites you to send a thank you letter to Governor Shapiro. Join us for a letter writing event in the Fellowship Room on Sunday, April 14, after our Journey and Sanctuary services. A sample letter and a fact sheet will be available.

April LGBTQIA+ Ministry Spiritual Gathering
2024-04-14 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 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.

Online Prayer Service
2024-04-16 08:00 - 08:20, 2024-04-23 08:00 - 08:20, 2024-04-30 08:00 - 08:20, 2024-05-07 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

Meditation Hour
2024-04-16 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-04-23 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-04-30 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-05-07 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.

Club 116
2024-04-17 16:30 - 18:30, 2024-04-24 16:30 - 18:30, 2024-05-01 16:30 - 18:30, 2024-05-08 16:30 - 18:30 (America/Halifax) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Youth in grades 1–12 are welcome to attend an evening of fellowship, study, and worship. Programming includes homework help, open gym, educational workshops, dinner, and Bible study each week.
Participation requires a completed 2024–2025 Enrollment Form.
SCHEDULE:
3:30 pm: Gathering time, homework help, and open gym
4:30 pm: Opening worship and welcome
5:00 pm: Dinner
5:30 pm: Bible study, gym, and crafts
7:30 pm: Dismissal
Weather reminder
Club One Sixteen follows the City of Pittsburgh school closings, so if Pittsburgh schools are closed due to inclement weather, Club 116 also will be closed.

Cathedral Yoga
2024-04-17 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-04-24 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-05-01 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-05-08 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.
Join via Zoom

Taizé Prayer Service
2024-04-17 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-04-24 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-01 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-08 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.

JourneyDance Class
2024-04-19 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Halifax)
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.

Young Adult Ministry Walks Highland Park
2024-04-20 09:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
Come along on Saturday, April 20, as we walk and talk at Highland Park. We will be at Tazza D’oro in the Highland Park neighborhood from 9:30–10 am, and then walk through Highland Park starting at 10 am.
This was a beloved Young Adult Ministry event a few years ago, and Earth Day weekend felt like the right time to bring it back

Gun Violence Prevention Letter Writing
2024-04-21 12:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Peace Committee following Sanctuary Worship on Sunday, April 21, for a social hour to write letters to Pennsylvania legislators regarding gun violence prevention legislation.
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed two bills—HB 714: Universal Background Checks and HB 1018: Extreme Risk Protection Order—which have been proven to save lives. Even though they have bi-partisan support, the chair is unwilling to bring them to the full Senate for a vote.
Sample letters will be available for you to send to Judiciary Chair Senator Lisa Baker and Majority Leader Senator Joe Pittman and your State Senator requesting hearings on these bills. Without hearings in the next few months, these bills will “die” and the process to get gun legislation will have to begin again in January 2025. Bills must be voted on in the two-year legislative session.

All-Church Retreat
2024-05-03 - 2024-05-05
Join us at our All-Church Retreat Friday–Sunday, May 3–5, or come for the day on Saturday, May 4, at Lutherlyn Camp in Prospect, Pennsylvania! Together, we will explore the theme Block Party: a neighborhood of kindness and love. Through worship, rest, workshops, study, and games, we will explore what it means to be good neighbors! Our weekend together will include time to relax and enjoy the great outdoors!
Please join us for this intergenerational weekend of worship, workshops, fellowship and fun!
See pictures of Lutherlyn’s beautiful campus, housing, and dining room, the full weekend schedule, and workshop descriptions in the brochure.
Registrations due April 4
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NO Journey Worship
2024-05-05 08:45 - 09:45 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Social Hall, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
As a reminder, there will be no services or Church School classes at ELPC on Sunday, May 5, due to the route of the Pittsburgh Marathon. We hope to see you at our All-Church Retreat, Friday–Sunday, May 3–5, at Lutherlyn Camp in Prospect, Pennsylvania! Our regular schedule resumes next Sunday, May 12.

Join us for Journey worship in the Social Hall each Sunday, 8:45 am, or via livestream on Zoom on your computer, mobile device, or tablet. 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).
Click here to see details for this week’s worship services.

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.

NO Sunday Church School
2024-05-05 09:45 - 10:45 (America/Halifax) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
As a reminder, there will be no services or Church School classes at ELPC on Sunday, May 5, due to the route of the Pittsburgh Marathon. We hope to see you at our All-Church Retreat, Friday–Sunday, May 3–5, at Lutherlyn Camp in Prospect, Pennsylvania! Our regular schedule resumes next Sunday, May 12.

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.

NO Sanctuary Worship
2024-05-05 11:00 - 12:15 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
As a reminder, there will be no services or Church School classes at ELPC on Sunday, May 5, due to the route of the Pittsburgh Marathon. We hope to see you at our All-Church Retreat, Friday–Sunday, May 3–5, at Lutherlyn Camp in Prospect, Pennsylvania! Our regular schedule resumes next Sunday, May 12.

Join us for worship in the Sanctuary each Sunday, 11 am, or via livestream on YouTube or Facebook. 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). 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.
Click here to see details for this week’s worship services.

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. Children are invited to the chancel steps each Sunday to hear their own message with one of the pastors. 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.

End Gun Violence: Pa. Advocacy Day
2024-05-07
On average, someone is killed with a gun every 5 hours in Pennsylvania.
Your voice needs to be heard by our lawmakers; advocacy is effective! After last years March for Our Lives, PA Advocacy Day—during which 500 Pennsylvanians were in Harrisburg talking with legislators and rallying at the Capitol—the most significant gun safety policies in years passed the House with bi-partisan support.
Unfortunately, that legislation has not been passed by the Senate, and so, it has not reached the governor’s desk. In addition, there are more policies, such as reining in ghost guns, keeping children safe, and stopping straw purchases—which all need final votes in the State House.
Join hundreds of concerned citizens in Harrisburg on Tuesday, May 7! Arrangements will be made for you to meet with your legislators and then join the rally on the front steps of the Capitol. You will hear from survivors, medical personnel, students, school administrators, and others.
CeasefirePA has built a coalition focused on a multi-pronged strategy to cut all forms of gun violence.
For more information and to sign up, visit bit.ly/4cCIQlI.
