First Day of Hope Academy's Winter Term 2018-2019
2019-01-05 | PA
Saturday, January 5 is the first day of theater, music and dance classes and private lessons at Hope Academy.
Most classes are full and we will not be accepting walk in registrations on Saturday. We do have openings in Flute Choir, Saxophone Ensemble, Tap 3 and West African Dance and Drumming. Call Karly Threets at 412-441-3800 x117 if you are interested in any of these classes.
OTHER FILLED CLASSES: If you are interested in being put onto the wait list for any of our other classes, you can email HopeAcademyArts@gmail.com.
PRIVATE LESSONS: Some of our teaching artists are opening up additional days for private instrument and voice lessons, so If you are a new student, interested in private music lessons, fill out this private lesson inquiry form and we will get back to you if there is an opening that works for you.

Chatham Baroque
2019-01-05 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | ELPC – Chapel, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The eighth season of ELPC’s Cathedral Concerts series continues with a performance by Chatham Baroque in our intimate Chapel.
Regarded as one of the country’s most distinguished period ensembles, Chatham Baroque has excited local, national, and international audiences for nearly 30 years with dazzling technique and lively interpretations of 17th and 18th century music, played on instruments of the time.
A limited number of complimentary tickets are available to ELPC members from Dr. Edward Alan Moore.

“REsolution, REsponsibility, or REluctance” Class
2019-01-06 09:45 - 22:45 | ELPC – McKelvy Room (114), 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Money and finances are a big part of adulting, whether we like it or not. We will join the Contemporaries Church School class in the McKelvy Room to discuss faith and finances.

Art of Justice with Max Gonzalex
2019-01-12 09:00 - 12:30 | PA
Artmaking + Literature + Social Justice for young people and their grownups
ARTIST Max Gonzales
BOOKS House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros; and Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Noel
THEME Art Belongs Everywhere | Letters, Words, Names
ARTMAKING Graffiti
About the Project
Experience what it’s like to be a street artist and use the world as your canvas. Using paint markers on a graffiti wall, Max will work with young people and their grownups to create art that lets them experience what it’s like to work together to make something bigger than they could have made on their own. There will also be an be an artist talk for adults at 10:15 am and book readings for young people at 9:30 and 11:45 am
About the Artist: Max Gonzales
Max Emiliano Gonzales, also known by his artist name GEMS, is an activist, art educator, muralist, printmaker, and curator. Originally from the Southwest side of Chicago and raised in Latino communities, he brings a unique perspective to Pittsburgh as a queer identifying Chicano artist. Max has lectured and facilitated workshops at The University of Pittsburgh, Winchester Thurston, Youth Places, Assemble, and The Environmental Charter School, and is a member of Boom Concepts, Flower House Gallery, Wicked Pittsburgh and Pullproof Studios. Max believes in a teaching approach that removes barriers of elitism and inaccessibility, that values and empowers underrepresented voices, movements, and art forms in order illuminate how community voice has great significance.
About The Art of Justice!
Learn how artists are using art for social change and how their literary inspirations have guided their creative practice: make work alongside them to express yourself and share your vision for a just and equitable world. #artofjustice #remakelearning
Three artists, Alisha Wormsley, Max Gonzales and Darrell Kinsel will work with us on artmaking projects connected to literature, based on social justice themes. These will be suitable for all ages. Families are invited to come early, before classes, or to stay after classes to talk, read and make things together.
This series is curated by Bekezela Mguni, of the Black Unicorn Library and Archives Project, and funded by The Great Remake Learning. Workshops and artmaking activities take place in the Social Hall (basement level) of East Liberty Presbyterian Church on 10/27/18, 11/17/18, 12/1/18, 1/12/19, 1/19/19, 2/2/19 and 2/9/19.
MAX GONZALES’ LITERARY INSPIRATIONS
FOR GROWNUPS
· Gender Trouble – Judith Butler
· Hip Hop Family Tree (graphic novel series) – Ed Piskor*
· Flip the Script – Christian P. Acker
· Cholo Style – Reynaldo Berrios
FOR TEENS (and grownups)
· The House on Mango Street – Sandra Cisneros*
· La Casa en Mango Street (spanish ed.) – Sandra Cisneros*
· Shadow Shaper – Daniel José Older
FOR CHILDREN (and teens and grownups)
·Alma and How She Got her Name – Juana Martinez-Noel*
*These books have been added to our collection. The Art of Justice is generously funded by Remake Learning’s The Great Remake

“REjoice” Ringing in the New Year
2019-01-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Room 318, 116 S. Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
What better way to ring in the New Year than to literally ring in the New Year? Ever wondered what it’s like to play the handbells? Always wanted to play a musical instrument, but didn’t think you could? Want to get together with some fun people and try your hand at something new?
Join us as Dr. Ed Moore leads an introductory handbell lesson in Room 318. Absolutely no experience is required.

LGBTQ Ministry Spiritual Gathering
2019-01-20 12:30 - 14:30, 2019-02-17 12:30 - 14:30 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
All are welcome at this monthly spiritual gathering of LGBTQ Christians and their allies.
Contact Wil Forrest at 412.260.2554 or Wil@coh.net to learn more and to attend.

Does Science Threaten Belief?
2019-01-26 09:00 - 16:30 | PA
Join us as we explore a “Test of Faith” with ELPC member, Kevin Seybold, Ph.D.
We will examine the interaction between science and theology using the video series, “Test of Faith” as a starting point. We will explore our faith in relationship to many scientific disciplines including: cosmology; biology; neuroscience; and transhumanism/posthumanism.
The “Test of Faith” material comes from the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, an academic research enterprise based at St. Edmund’s College in Cambridge, England.
A continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. Reservations are not required, but if you plan to come, please contact the Rev. Mary Lynn Callahan at 412.441.3800 x141 or MaryLynn@coh.net so that we can plan to have enough food.

About Kevin Seybold
Kevin Seybold, Ph.D., is a professor at Grove City College, teaching in the areas of Physiological Psychology, Learning & Cognition, History & Systems, Research Methods, Sensation & Perception, Science & Religion, and Psychology of Religion. He is the author of many scholarly articles and two books, Explorations in Neuroscience, Psychology and Religion (Routledge Science and Religion Series) and Questions in the Psychology of Religion.

“REflect” Stained Glass and Mosaic Class
2019-01-27 12:00 - 15:00 | ELPC – Makers Space (Room 209), 116 S Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Learn, create, and reflect! Following Sanctuary worship, we’ll join a church tour to learn about the stained glass windows in our church. Afterward, we’ll gather in the Maker’s Space to create glass mosaics with instruction by artist Debbie from Mosaic Glass Creations and Songbird Artistry.
Please RSVP to this event by contacting Kelli Booher at 412.441.3800 x114.

CANCELED: Club One Sixteen
2019-01-30 15:30 - 19:30 | 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 Enrollment Form 2018–2019.
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 One Sixteen also will be closed.

Canceled: Food for Thought: Mentoring
2019-01-31 16:30 - 18:30 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Food 4 Thought is canceled today, January 31, due to weather. We will resume our normal schedule next Thursday, February 7.

Food 4 Thought is a one-on-one mentoring program for students in grades 6–8, which meets on Thursdays, 4:30–6:30 pm. This learning support and enrichment program reinforces skills that are known to be necessary for success in and out of school through sharing meals, cooking together, doing homework, and enjoying a variety of fun activities. Pre-registration is required.
Together, mentors and mentees will:

Share healthy and delicious meals.
Take cooking classes with professional chefs.
Participate in creating real solutions for hunger, health, and sustainable agriculture.
Learn about the food we eat.
Investigate how different cultures around the world eat, extend hospitably and show gratitude.
Build meaningful relationships that support them during the joys and the struggles of life.

Click here for more information.

Canceled: Journey Praise Team Practice
2019-01-31 17:30 - 18:30 | ELPC – Music Room, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Rehearsal is canceled today, January 31, due to weather.

The Journey Praise Team rehearses in the Music Room on Thursdays, 5:30 pm, and leads the Journey worship service on Sundays, 8:45 am. Michael Warren, ELPC’s music associate, leads the Journey Praise Team.

Qigong
2019-01-31 18:30 - 19:00 | ELPC – Prayer Room (Room 135), 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15206, United States
Qigong is canceled today, January 31. We will resume our regular schedule next Thursday.

Qigong is an ancient Chinese health care system that integrates physical postures, breathing techniques and focused intention. The word Qigong (Chi Kung) is made up of two Chinese words. “Qi” is pronounced “chee” and is usually translated to mean the life force or vital-energy that flows through all things in the universe. “Gong” is pronounced “gung” and means accomplishment, or skill that is cultivated through steady practice. Together, Qigong (Chi Kung) means cultivating energy, it is a contemplative system practiced for health maintenance, healing and increasing vitality.
Linda Harrington will lead half hour of Qigong on Thursdays, 6:30 pm, in the Prayer and Meditation Room before Mindfulness Meditation. Beginners are always welcome!

Canceled: Mindfulness Meditation
2019-01-31 19:00 - 20:00 | ELPC – Prayer Room (Room 135), 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15206, United States
Mindfulness Meditation is canceled today, January 31. We will resume our regular schedule next Thursday.

Join us and Susan Spangler as we learn more about Mindfulness Meditation and engage in this ancient prayer form together.
Mindfulness is the moment-to-moment awareness of our experience with an accepting, non-judgmental, kind attention. In this ongoing practice, we’ll explore and deepen our experience of mindfulness. Our weekly time together will include meditation instruction, guided meditations, and practices for supporting mindfulness in everyday life.
Both those who are new to meditation and those with meditation experience are heartily welcome.

Chancel Choir Rehearsal
2019-01-31 19:00 - 20:30 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Rehearsal is canceled today, January 31, due to weather.

The Chancel Choir typically rehearses on Thursday evenings from 7–8:30 pm, in the Sanctuary from September through early June. Sunday morning rehearsals are at 10:00 am, in preparation for the worship service. The choir provides musical leadership at our Sanctuary worship service on Sundays.
No audition is required, just the desire to learn and have fun as we prepare to lead worship. The choir is open to everyone in high school and older.
Dr. Ed Moore is the director of the Chancel Choir.
Come join us and make a joyful noise!

REverb | KBox Karaoke Night
2019-02-01 19:00 - 22:00 | KBox Karaoke House, 214 S Craig Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States
Let’s sing our hearts out together in our own reserved karaoke room at KBox in Oakland!
RSVP to KelliB@coh.net or 412.441.3800 x114 so we can reserve the room we need and transportation if needed.

Young Children’s Ministry Potluck
2019-02-02 16:30 - 19:00 | ELPC – Nursery Suite, 116 S. Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Do you have a child age three or under in your family or household? Are you looking for a chance to connect with other families with little kids? Do you want to learn or share tips for navigating church and naptime, introducing little kids to Bible stories and table grace, and answering the string of questions that emerge when your young toddler starts to ask “Why?”
Join us for a potluck dinner for families on Saturday, February 2, 4:30–7 pm. This will be an informal time to get to know other families of young children at ELPC, share a meal, and talk about what ELPC offers (or could offer!) for young children and their families. We’ll gather in the Nursery Suite so that there is plenty for kids to play with, and we’ll have activities planned for older siblings.
ELPC will provide spaghetti, and families are asked to bring a side or salad to share. (But if bringing a side dish is too difficult with everyone and everything else you are bringing, please just bring yourselves! We get it!)
Please RSVP to Gloria Knopp at 412.441.3800 x122 by Sunday, January 27.

Facing Systemic Racism Series Planning Session
2019-02-07 17:30 - 20:00 | Garth Overlook Room, 116 South Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
We are planning our 2019 Facing Systemic Racism series and welcome all input. Join us at an Open Meeting on Thursday, February 7, 5:30–8 pm, in the Garth Overlook Room.
Please come and share your thoughts!
Contact Pastor Patrice at patricefs@coh.net or Becky Gloninger at rag15@verizon.net for more info.

Tween Craft Night
2019-02-08 18:00 - 20:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Youth in grades 4–6 are invited to come make crafts and eat pizza. Friends are welcome!
Please RSVP to Sara Hackett.

Art of Justice with D.S. Kinsel
2019-02-09 09:00 - 12:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Artmaking + Literature + Social Justice for young people and their grownups
ARTIST D.S. Kinsel
BOOKS Radiant Child:The Story of Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me poem by Maya Angelo with paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat
THEME Digital Disruption, Art and Activists, Storytelling
ARTMAKING Digital Protest Signs
About the Project
#hashtagsarethenewprotestsigns is a visual commentary on how community action has evolved due to the influence of technology.
What’s important to you? What would you like to make a sign about? How will you share it to let your voice be heard and inspire others?
There will also be an be a community conversation at 10:15 am, led by Bekezela Mguni, about what it means to raise children with anti-racist values. D.S. Kinsel will read selections from our Art of Justice Library at 9:30 and 11:45 am
About the Artist: D.S. Kinsel
D.S. Kinsel is an award-winning creative entrepreneur and cultural agitator. He expresses his creativity through the mediums of painting, window display, installation, curating, action-painting, non-traditional performance and #HASHTAGS. Kinsel. has served as artist-in-residence at Most Wanted Fine Art, Artist Image Resource, The Homewood Residency Program, Kelly Strayhorn Theater/PPS Summer Dreamers Academy, Carnegie Mellon University Digital Arts Studio, AS220 and the Sedona Summer Artist Colony. D.S. is the co-founder Of Boom Concepts, A Creative Hub dedicated to the advancement of black and brown artists representing marginalized communities.
About The Art of Justice!
Learn how artists are using art for social change and how their literary inspirations have guided their creative practice: make work alongside them to express yourself and share your vision for a just and equitable world. #artofjustice #remakelearning
Three artists, Alisha Wormsley, Max Gonzales and Darrell Kinsel will work with us on artmaking projects connected to literature, based on social justice themes. These will be suitable for all ages. Families are invited to come early, before classes, or to stay after classes to talk, read and make things together.
This series is curated by Bekezela Mguni, of the Black Unicorn Library and Archives Project, and funded by Remake Learning‘s The Great Remake. Workshops and artmaking activities take place in the Social Hall (basement level) of East Liberty Presbyterian Church on 10/27/18, 11/17/18, 12/1/18, 1/12/19, 1/19/19, 2/2/19 and 2/9/19.
D.S. KINSEL’S LITERARY INSPIRATIONS
FOR GROWNUPS
• We Should All Be Feminists – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
• Parable of the Sower* – Octavia Butler • Airtight Willie & Me – Iceberg Slim
• Gringolandia – Matthew Hayes
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X
• Everything but the Burden: What White People are Taking from Black Culture – Greg Tate
FOR TEENS (and grownups)
• Boy Meets Boy – David Levithan
• The Giver* – Louis Lowry
• Dumplin’ – Julie Murphy
• The Hate U Give* – Angie Thomas
• Queer, There, and Everywhere, 23 People Who Changed the World – Sara Prager
FOR CHILDREN (and grownups)
• Super Hero Girls – Shea Fontana
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur – Amy Reeder
• Lumberjanes – Noelle Stevenson
• Ms. Marvel – G Wilson
• Black Panther* – Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Static Shock – Scott McDaniel
• Xmen – Chris Claremont
*These books have been added to our collection. The Art of Justice is generously funded by Remake Learning’s The Great Remake

ELPC Winter Food Drive
2019-02-10 08:45 - 13:00, 2019-02-17 08:45 - 13:00, 2019-02-24 08:45 - 13:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
ELPC Deacons are sponsoring a Winter Food Drive in cooperation with the EECM Have a Heart for Hunger Campaign to assist our neighbors who experience food insufficiency during the winter months. The list of requested, non-perishable canned food items will be distributed on Sunday, February 10 and 17.
Items are due back at the church on Sunday, February 24. Thank you for having a heart.

Chamber Music Pittsburgh - Symbarite5
2019-02-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States
Hope Academy families are invited to a chamber music concert featuring SYMBARITE5. Tickets have been generously donated to us by our partner, Chamber Music Pittsburgh. This performance is recommended for students whose attention span and behavior is equivalent to an 8 year old.
Please read about the performance, so that you know what to expect; and the etiquette guidelines, so that you understand the expectations; then RSVP here by Friday, February 8 at 12 noon.
To RSVP, click HERE
SYMBARITE5
Sami Merdinian, violin
Sarah Whitney, violin
Angela Pickett, viola
Laura Metcalf, cello
Louis Levitt, bass
PROGRAM
The program, titled Outliers, is a celebration of works written by Sybarite5’s favorite composers mixed with music from the friends they’ve made while traveling the world performing the music they love. Sybarite5 plays the music of artists such as Andy Akiho, Shawn Conley, Jessica Meyer, Dan Visconti, Piazzolla, Elgar, and Radiohead.
IN A PROGRAM OF SERIAL HIGH POINTS, THERE WERE TOO MANY TO MENTION…
— THE WASHINGTON POST
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Dubbed the “Millennial Kronos,” SYBARITE5’s eclectic repertoire from Bowie to Radiohead and Akiho to Assad combined with its commanding performance style is turning heads throughout the music world. The quintet’s debut album, Disturb the Silence, quickly reached the top ten on the Billboard charts. The group’s follow-up album, Everything in its Right Place, was released at Carnegie Hall to critical acclaim. SYBARITE5 recently completed its latest album, Outliers, featuring all new works from American composers.SYBARITE5 is deeply committed to education and outreach as well as performance. In addition to presenting masterclasses and workshops for over 60,000 students ages 5-25, they have worked closely with the composition departments of colleges and universities such as Luther College, Penn State, Samford University, New College and others to give students firsthand experience writing for string quintet in a popular program called So You Think You Can Compose. SYBARITE5 brings its latest composer-driven social media project to life by launching a collaboration with Juilliard and composer Ray Lustig dubbed Composagrams.

HOW TO BE A GOOD AUDIENCE MEMBER
It is important that audience members remain quiet during the performance. Since music is mostly a listening activity, any extra sounds that are not part of the music can get in the way and will distract and disturb the musicians and other audience members.
Before the Concert
Wear something you might wear to a special event – because it is!. Please don’t wear anything that might be distracting (light up shoes, clanging jewelry, etc)
Arrive no later than 7:00 pm to get your tickets.
Before You Take Your Seat
Take care of all rest room needs.
Leave all food, drink, and gum outside, in the lobby.
Leave all cameras and recording devices outside, as well. There are strict copyright guidelines about recording concerts.
Turn off all cell phones, pagers, ipads, watch sounds, alarms, or anything that might make a noise. The only sounds that should be heard are the ones that appear in the musical score (and the audience reaction after the music).
Once You Take Your Seat
A parent or guardian must sit next to each child.
Remain seated and quiet while the musicians are playing. Do not get up during the concert or change seats.
No talking, whispering, sighing, tapping or kicking feet, or rattling of programs or papers.
Be sure to sit without fidgeting so you don’t distract your neighbors or the performers on stage.
Feel free to leave during intermission, if this is a late night for your children; and if they fall asleep during the concert, that’s okay too. This should be an enjoyable experience for them, and you!

RElax | Retreat at Crestfield Camp
2019-02-15 18:00 - 2019-02-17 14:00 | Camp Crestfield & Conference Center, 195 Taggart Road, Slippery Rock, PA, 16057, United States
Treat yourself to a small getaway in Slippery Rock, where we will retreat to Crestfield Camp from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon. One of the greatest challenges for us as young adults and in our culture is taking time to cease from all activities and relax. We will explore, discuss, and practice how we are called to take time to relax and rest. The cost is $50 (partial and full scholarships are available).
Questions? Contact Kelli Booher at KelliB@coh.net or 412.441.3800 x114.
RSVP Online
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The Brass Roots: Putting on the Hits
2019-02-15 19:30 - 21:00 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
The Brass Roots return to ELPC for an evening of Broadway Hits! Join ELPC’s resident brass ensemble as they present works from fan favorites including The Sound of Music, Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Carmen, and many more.
Admission is free, but a freewill offering will be received.
For more information, visit thebrassroots.com/events

PPT Shakespeare Showcase of Finalists 2019
2019-02-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Pittsburgh Public Theater, 621 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, United States
Pittsburgh Public Theater’s 25th annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest, that began with more than 1,000 students, has winnowed down the field to 38 students who will perform in the finals at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb 18.
Hope Academy students performed 30 monologues and 5 scenes during the preliminary rounds on Monday, February 11 and Thursday, February 14. Of this group, three students were selected as finalists for their monologue (Burke Keener as Malvolio from Twelfth Night) and scene (Zaida Collins as Juliet and Madeleine Mocker as the Nurse from Romeo and Juliet).
The Showcase of Finalists is FREE and open to the public. It is a great evening of theater and a nice way to cheer on and support not only Hope Academy students but all of the young artists, from all over the tri-state area, who competed in the contest. We will have a big cheering section and hope you can join us.

Youth Mission Overnight
2019-02-23 19:00 - 2019-02-24 12:00 | East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Youth in grades 6–12 are invited to an overnight at ELPC! Saturday night, we will play games, eat snacks, and pray for our families and neighbors. Sunday morning, we will wake up early to serve breakfast at the Ronald McDonald House before our Church School classes and worship.
A permission slip is available on the second floor.

RCC Cabaret: Telling Our Stories
2019-02-23 19:30 - 21:00 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
Renaissance City Choir—ELPC’s Artists in Residence and Western Pennsylvania’s only LGBTQA+ choral group—invites you to their 2019 Cabaret, Telling Our Stories.
Some of the finest composers, poets, lyricists, authors, and musicians have been and are part of the LGBTQIA+ and allies community. This cabaret will feature the musical, poetic, and prose works by members of the LGBTQIA+ and allies community, as we try to make sense of the successes and the challenging times in life.
Enjoy songs from artists such as Elton John, Indigo Girls, Jason Mraz, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Queen, Jonathan Larson, and others. The poetry and prose will feature work from authors such as Oscar Wilde, Alison Bechdel, James Baldwin, Leslie Feinberg, Truman Capote, Audre Lorde, Tennessee Williams, Alice Walker, Sappho, Dan Savage, Yukio Mishima, and more.
For more details and tickets, visit RCCPittsburgh.com.

Sanctuary Worship
2019-02-24 11:00 - 12:15 | ELPC – Sanctuary, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206, United States
This week, we welcome the Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett, executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA), as our guest preacher. The Rev. Dr. Moffett most recently served as pastor at St. James Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, North Carolina.
The largest of the six program agencies of the Presbyterian Church (USA), the PMA works to equip and connect the church in areas of evangelism and leader formation, as well as justice and reconciliation. They are involved in world mission, in racial equity initiatives, women and intercultural ministries, and a host of other programs.

This service is held in the Sanctuary on the first floor, with an organ prelude before the service. We extend a warm welcome to our Latino friends and include several prayers in our service bulletin in English and Spanish. This is ELPC’s largest service, offering a traditional worship service with thought-provoking sermons, and the music of 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 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.
SEE DETAILS FOR THIS WEEK’S WORSHIP services HERE.
