East Liberty Presbyterian Church

Meditation Hour
2024-05-14 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-05-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-05-28 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-06-04 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-06-11 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-06-18 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.

Cathedral Yoga
2024-05-15 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-05-22 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-05-29 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-06-05 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-06-12 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 (Meeting ID:893 0942 2894; 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
2024-05-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-29 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-06-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-06-12 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.
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.

Celebrating the Rev. Dr. Patrice Fowler-Searcy
2024-05-17 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
We are pleased to announce that our pastor, the Rev. Patrice Fowler-Searcy, will receive the Doctor of Ministry degree from PTS at the end of this month. We at ELPC are appreciative of her ministry and her dedication and commitment to this significant achievement. To that end, the ELPC Mission Board, along with the congregation, will recognize and celebrate Dr. Patrice during worship on Sunday, June 9, 10 am, in the Courtyard. A lunch will follow the service in the Social Hall.
More than anything, we hope you’ll be able to join us in the celebration. We ask that you RSVP to Gloria Knopp at gloriak@coh.net or call 412.441.3800 x222, so that we can plan for food accordingly.
We will be including a cookie table with homemade cookies. If you would like to make 2–4 dozen cookies (plated and labeled), please contact Shirley Fair at faird11@yahoo.com or 412.613.7729.
If you would like to volunteer to help with set-up or clean-up, please contact Carol Chonoska, carolchonoska@gmail.com / 724.272.9722, or Michele Bossers, michele2285@gmail.com / 412.303.9243.

NO JourneyDance Class
2024-05-17 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Halifax)
There will be no JourneyDance class on Friday, May 17. Our regular schedule resumes next week.

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.

Online Prayer Service
2024-05-21 08:00 - 08:20, 2024-05-28 08:00 - 08:20, 2024-06-04 08:00 - 08:20, 2024-06-11 08:00 - 08:20, 2024-06-18 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

A Brass & Organ Spectacular
2024-05-24 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The 13th season of ELPC’s Cathedral Concerts series wraps up on Friday, May 24, 7:30, with a special concert featuring The Brass Roots, organist Dr. Edward Alan Moore, and conductor Daniel Nesta Curtis.
The free concert will feature the premiere of a new piece for brass ensemble and organ by Pittsburgh composer Nancy Galbraith in honor of the 10-year anniversary of The Brass Roots in residence at ELPC.
Click to view a PDF of the printed program.
If you are able to assist with ushering at the concert, please contact Dr. Edward Alan Moore.

Attending to Wilderness Day Retreat
2024-06-01 09:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
When we spend time immersed in nature, noticing, and attending to both the detail and grandeur of our outer world, we simultaneously notice and attend to our inner world. Join us for a contemplative retreat on Saturday, June 1, 9 am–4 pm, as we wander, reflect, explore, and share together at Jennings Environmental Center (2951 Prospect Rd., Slippery Rock, PA 16057).
There will be time in groups and in solitude, time for creative expression, prayer, and integrating what we discover within ourselves and our natural environment. Hiking options will be available for all skill levels—including a longer more challenging hike, a hike on short easy terrain, and a very mild, mostly stationary option.
We will be led by Megan Shelly, a spiritual director and the founder of bewilderpgh, where she designs and leads retreats and contemplative backpacking trips. You can learn more about her work at bewilderpgh.com.
The cost is $40. Beverages, snacks, and lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Norma Meyer at 412.441.3800 x211 by Sunday, May 19.

ELPC Celebrates Pittsburgh Pride 2024
2024-06-01 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Downtown Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
ELPC is a proud co-founder and participant in LAMP – LGBTQIA+ Affirming Ministries of Pittsburgh – see https://sites.google.com/view/inclusivepcusapgh/home?authuser=0. We are excited to again celebrate Pride in Pittsburgh this summer as we seek to reflect God’s love for all to local LGBTQIA+ people and allies. While there are many Pride events sponsored by different groups and in different neighborhoods, the two Pride events LAMP will be participating in this year are: Pittsburgh Pride March & Festival on Saturday, June 1 in Downtown & Allegheny Commons Park West – see https://pittsburghpride.com/, We will also participate in People’s Pride PGH March & Festival on Sunday, June 30 in Wilkinsburg with LAMP – see https://www.sisterspgh.org/2024-peoples-pride-presents-wilkinsburg-pride.. We are excited that ELPC will also be participating in the Disability Pride Pittsburgh Festival at Schenley Plaza on Saturday, August 24 from 11am to 4pm – see https://www.disabilitypridepa.org/dp-pgh.
You are welcome and needed to participate!! The ELPC van will be driving in both June marches as will people from our congregation be marching and volunteering at the LAMP info booths at the festivals. There will be a post-worship Pride Informational Fellowship in the Fellowship Space on May 12. Please stop by to pick up a march route map, enjoy a snack, and to get your questions answered. Contact Wil Forrest at wil@coh.net or at 412-441-3800 X218 for more information.
Come out and celebrate while we share God’s love with all God’s people!

ELPC Connections @ Stars at Riverview
2024-06-15 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Join ELPC’s Connections group for the free Stars at Riverview concert on Saturday, June 15, 7–8:30 pm, at Observatory Hill in Riverview Park. Music will be provided by The Dark Matter Trio.
Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Pack a meal for yourself or buy food from the vendors. Come enjoy music and each other’s company. Please RSVP to connectelpc@gmail.com, so that we can let you know where to find us.

Preparing Our Church for VCS
2024-06-18 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Want to support kids, families, and volunteers? Join us Tuesday, June 18, anytime between 5–8 pm, to help lovingly prepare craft materials, set up rooms, hang up signs, and get ELPC ready for a week of learning, fun, and worship.
RSVP to Sara Hackett.

NO Cathedral Yoga
2024-06-19 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
There will be no Cathedral Yoga class today, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth. Our regular schedule resumes next Wednesday, June 26.

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

JourneyDance Class
2024-06-21 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.
