East Liberty Presbyterian Church

Cathedral Yoga
2023-11-08 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-11-15 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-11-22 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-11-29 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.
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Taizé Prayer Service
2023-11-08 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-11-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-11-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-11-29 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.

Tulip Planting and Fall Cleanup
2023-11-11 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Please join the Garden Crew on Saturday, November 11, for our final volunteer day of 2023. We will remove annual flowers from the Highland entrance, the Courtyard, and the children’s play yard. We also will plant spring tulips at the Highland entrance.
Green thumbs are not required, just bring a generous spirit and a pair of work gloves around 9 am. We will be finished before noon.
Free donuts and Garden Crew t-shirts for everyone!
Please contact Don Breitbarth for more info.

Fall Youth Retreat at Lamppost Farms
2023-11-11 10:00 - 2023-11-12 12:00 (America/New_York)
Our Confirmation Class will be participating in a fall retreat at Lamppost Farms in Columbiana, Ohio, Saturday–Sunday, November 11–12. And any youth in grades 7–12 who would like to hear and explore some of Jesus’ stories about birds, and farmers, and growing grapes are welcome to attend.
Named after the lamppost in the The Chronicles of Narnia, Lamppost Farm exists to provide meaningful learning opportunities by engaging in purposeful and productive work, contagious relationships, and the celebration of “good ordinary food.” Their goal is to use agriculture and its fruit to build individuals and groups in deeper relationship with themselves, one another, God, and God’s creation. Whether raising and processing chickens; growing, making and canning salsa; milking the cow; or turning clay into a pizza oven; experiences at Lamppost Farm enable guests the chance to see with their eyes, hear with their ears, explore with their hands, and understand with their hearts.
Learn more at LamppostFarm.com.

November LGBTQIA+ Ministry Spiritual Gathering
2023-11-12 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.
GOD CREATED YOU. GOD LOVES YOU. BE YOURSELF.

Cathedral Concerts | Violinist Cody Conley
2023-11-12 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Cody Conley, violin
Grace Burns, piano

ELPC’s own Cody Conley presents his first solo Cathedral Concert.
Download Program
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
I. Adagio
II. Fuga
III. Siciliana
IV. Presto
Caprice 15 in E Minor
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
arr. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio di molto
III. Allegro, ma non tanto

A freewill offering will be received. http://tiny.cc/elpcdonate

The concert will also be streamed on YouTube and Facebook.
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Online Prayer Service
2023-11-14 08:00 - 08:20, 2023-11-21 08:00 - 08:20, 2023-11-28 08:00 - 08:20, 2023-12-05 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
2023-11-14 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-11-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-11-28 18:00 - 19:00, 2023-12-05 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
2023-11-15 16:30 - 18:30, 2023-11-22 16:30 - 18:30, 2023-11-29 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.

Gratitude Retreat
2023-11-17 18:00 - 2023-11-19 18:00 (America/New_York) | Villa Maria Retreat Center, 2067 Evergreen Rd, Pulaski, PA, 16143, United States
As we approach Thanksgiving, look towards Advent, and ponder the end of 2023, it is a great time to take a weekend in community with others and slow down, reflect, pause, pray, and “forget not all of God’s benefits.” Join us for a Gratitude Retreat at the Villa Maria Retreat Center in Pulaski, Pennsylvania, Friday–Sunday, November 17–19.
The retreat will flow in the simple rhythm of Stop… Look… Go… We will gather in prayer & reflection and then scatter for time alone and quiet, in the morning, at noon, and in the evening. Friday night, we will STOP, get quiet, be still, and build stop signs in our lives. On Saturday, we will LOOK, listen, smell, taste, and hear the richness, notice the connections, drink in the beauty, smell the goodness, and savor what is being graciously given to us in this moment or season of our life. Then on Sunday, we will GO! We will ponder what gratitude practices we want to incorporate into our lives so we may stay awake to God’s goodness in our everyday, ordinary lives.
RSVP to Norma Meyer at 412.441.3800 x211 by Sunday, November 5.
Cost Options:

Friday–Saturday | Shared Bath @ $70
Friday–Saturday | Private Bath @ $110
Friday–Sunday | Shared Bath @ $85
Friday–Sunday | Private Bath @ $135

JourneyDance Class
2023-11-17 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.

Tween Bowling
2023-11-18 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Bowling Alley
Youth in grades 4–6 are invited to an afternoon of bowling, pizza, and fun. Friends are welcome!
RSVP to Sara Hackett by email or 412.673.2926

Family Swim Event
2023-11-19 12:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
The Children and Family Ministry Team is hosting a swim party for families with young kids and elementary-age students at Shaler Elementary School (700 Scott Ave., Glenshaw, PA 15116). Pizza will be provided.
Please RSVP to Sara Hackett so that we can order enough food. If you need transportation from ELPC to the pool, please let Sara know.

Forum on Sudan and South Sudan
2023-11-19 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
The Sudanese Community of Pittsburgh is sponsoring a Forum on the Sudan and South Sudan on Sunday, November 19, 1–4 pm, in the Music Room. The speakers are Gaurav Bansal, senior Sudan desk officer at the State Department, and Esther Sprague, co-founder of Act for Sudan. There will be food and refreshments.
The ELPC Peace Committee is hosting this event.

ELPC Tour: Underground
2023-11-26 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Halifax) | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Join our tour guide following worship, as we descend into the bowels of the Cathedral and explore some of our church’s least seen areas. Wander through the “catacombs” and see the organ bellows, furnace, and more. Please gather at the Highland entrance following worship.
Allow 30–45 minutes for the tour and wear comfortable shoes.

Young Adult Holiday Gathering
2023-12-03 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
On Sunday, December 3, all young adults (age 18 through 30s) are baking cookies and building community after worship. Tomato soup and grilled cheese will be served for lunch. Meet us in the Social Hall!
If you have a favorite recipe you want to share email Sara Hackett so she can gather ingredients.
Questions? Reach out to Sara Hackett.
