This blog post will tell you everything you need to know about Musical Theater Workshop (Singing, Acting and Tap Dance) at Hope Academy, including the schedule for Saturdays, the calendar for the entire year, what to wear and bring; our safety and respect rules, policies and procedures; and performances.
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Just the FAQs: PBT Classes at Hope Academy 2016-2017
This blog post will tell you everything you need to know about Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre dance classes at Hope Academy, including the class schedule for Saturdays, PBT teaching artists and Hope Academy staff, the calendar for 2016-2017, what to wear, our safety and respect rules; and policies and procedures.
ABOUT HOPE ACADEMY’S PARTNERSHIP WITH PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE (PBT)
The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School has been offering dance classes at East Liberty Presbyterian Church since 1993 as part of PBTS’ Community Schools initiative. The Community Schools initiative began as a way to build relationships with people and communities who may not have otherwise had access to the classical art of ballet. Since then, PBTS faculty members have continued to provide the highest-quality studio experience, in order to open children to the great challenges and aesthetic achievements of the professional world of dance.
Just the FAQs: Flute Choir at Hope Academy 2016-2017
We should be making flute-iful music together!
Hope Academy offers a FLUTE CHOIR under the direction of KRISTINE ROMINSKI on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 pm.
Ideal for advanced beginner or intermediate flutists (1+ year of private lessons, or 2 years of school ensemble), who want to play and perform fun arrangements of classical, pop, folk and holiday tunes with other flutists.
For more information, or to RSVP, call 412-441-3800 x11 or email HopeAcademyArts (@gmail.com).
Download a flyer Flute Choir Flyer.
Kristine Rominski
2016-2017 Flute Choir Calendar
Recitals and performances will be scheduled throughout the year
FALL TERM
09/14/16
09/21/16
09/28/16
10/05/16
10/12/16
10/19/16
10/26/16
11/02/16
11/09/16
11/16/16
11/23/16 CLOSED Thanksgiving Break
11/30/16
12/07/16
WINTER TERM
01/11/17
01/18/17
01/25/17
02/01/17
02/08/17
02/15/17
02/22/17
03/01/17
03/08/17
03/15/17
03/22/17
03/29/17
SPRING TERM
04/19/17
04/26/17
05/03/17
05/10/17
05/17/17
This Week in Worship: August 19–25, 2016
Here’s what’s happening in worship this week.
Worship Services
Journey Prayer Service | Sunday, at 8:45 am
Pastor Patrice will lead this time of mutual intercessory prayer in the Social Hall, guided by Hebrews 12:18–29.
Summer Worship | Sunday, at 10 am
Our largest service, with music from the Chancel Choir and an organ prelude prior to the service. Our guest, Brian Ellison, executive director of The Covenant Network, will preach from Jeremiah 1:4–10; Luke 13:10–17, and his sermon will be titled “Prophecy and Politics.” We also will be joined by members of the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh. Join us in the Courtyard or Third Floor Music Room, and then stay for lunch in the Social Hall with our guests. Following lunch, Kelcey Sharkas, outreach coordinator for ICP, will facilitate a seminar, titled How to be a Muslim Ally.
Taizé Prayer Service | Wednesday, at 7 pm
An hour-long service including sung prayers; simple, beautiful music; a time of silence; spoken and silent prayers; and an opportunity for individual prayer and anointing. The Rev. Mary Lynn Callahan will lead this service of sung Taizé prayer. Stay afterward for Contemplative Prayer.
This Week in Worship: August 12–18, 2016
Here’s what’s happening in worship this week.
Worship Services
Journey Prayer Service | Sunday, at 8:45 am
Pastor Randy will lead this time of mutual intercessory prayer in the Social Hall, guided by Hebrews 11:29–12:2.
Summer Worship | Sunday, at 10 am
Our largest service, with music from the Chancel Choir and an organ prelude prior to the service. Pastor Randy will preach from Mark 2:23–3:6 and his sermon will be titled “Hands of Faith.” Our youth also will share stories and pictures from their summer mission trips. Join us in the Courtyard or Third Floor Music Room.
Taizé Prayer Service | Wednesday, at 7 pm
An hour-long service including sung prayers; simple, beautiful music; a time of silence; spoken and silent prayers; and an opportunity for individual prayer and anointing. The Rev. Mary Lynn Callahan will lead this service of sung Taizé prayer. Stay afterward for Contemplative Prayer.
This Week in Worship: August 5–11, 2016
Here’s what’s happening in worship this week.
Worship Services
Journey Prayer Service | Sunday, at 8:45 am
Pastor Patrice will lead this time of mutual intercessory prayer in the Social Hall, guided by Hebrews 11:1–3, 8–16.
Summer Worship | Sunday, at 10 am
Our largest service, with music from the Chancel Choir and an organ prelude prior to the service. Pastor Patrice will preach from Hebrews 11:1–3, 8–16 and her sermon will be titled “The Gospel of Doubt.” Join us in the Courtyard or Third Floor Music Room.
Taizé Prayer Service | Wednesday, at 7 pm
An hour-long service including sung prayers; simple, beautiful music; a time of silence; spoken and silent prayers; and an opportunity for individual prayer and anointing. The Rev. Mary Lynn Callahan will lead this service of sung Taizé prayer. Stay afterward for Contemplative Prayer.
Pastoral Message, August 2016
In January 1945, my father, Richard Bush, enlisted in the Navy halfway through his senior year in high school. He was 17, so his parents had to sign for him when he registered. He eventually became a signalman on an old Liberty ship called the USS Rotanin. (Dad said they called her the “Rotten Annie.”) Dad used to talk about standing watch at night and seeing the dim outline of a ship in the distance. He’d been taught not to stare at it directly, because if you looked just above the ship, the rods in your eyes will help bring the ship’s silhouette into focus so that you can identify it as a friend or a foe.
As I write this essay, there are a lot of different topics I could focus on. There are the political conventions, the Olympics in Rio, the continued aftershocks from the Orlando shootings in a gay nightclub, the sad details of more police killings of black men plus the sniper attack in Dallas, and a host of global issues from Brexit to bombings in Bangladesh. Any one of those topics merits our direct attention. Many of them should evoke in us prayers of confession, spirits of contrition, and a spiritual re-commitment to work for justice for all.
The news media and social media remind us of all the things we should focus on and seek to make right in our troubled world. But at some point we need to lift our gaze just slightly higher—above the horizon, heavenward—so that we can see farther and clearer. We are to look at what’s before us against the backdrop of what is yet to come—allowing our gaze to extend toward the horizon of God’s realm of peace and justice. We do this, not to avoid the hard reality of today, but to compare it against the promised kingdom of God’s righteousness, so that we can clearly understand what still needs to be done today. Doing so helps us remember that black lives matter, that justice delayed is justice denied, and that as we have done to the least of these in Christ’s family, we have done it to Him.
“I lift up my eyes to the hills—from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth”—Psalm 121. In our trouble world, there is much we need to look at directly, so that we can repent of what must no longer be allowed to continue. But by lifting our gaze slightly, seeking the One who is our strength and our salvation, we will see more clearly what must be done in this life, even as we prepare for the life to come. Thanks be to God!
This Week in Worship: July 29–August 4, 2016
Here’s what’s happening in worship this week.
Worship Services
Journey Prayer Service | Sunday, at 8:45 am
Pastory Randy will lead this time of mutual intercessory prayer in the Social Hall, guided by Luke 12:13–26.
Summer Worship | Sunday, at 10 am
Our largest service, with music from the Chancel Choir and an organ prelude prior to the service. Pastor Randy will preach from Hosea 11:1–11 and his sermon will be titled “Finding Our Way After Going Astray.” Join us in the Courtyard or Third Floor Music Room.
Malawi Partnership Worship | 7 pm, Sunday
Everyone is invited to a special worship service, as we celebrate 25 years of partnership between Pittsburgh Presbytery and Malawi Presbyterians, as well as more recent connections with the Presbyterian Church in South Sudan.
Taizé Prayer Service | Wednesday, at 7 pm
An hour-long service including sung prayers; simple, beautiful music; a time of silence; spoken and silent prayers; and an opportunity for individual prayer and anointing. The Rev. Mary Lynn Callahan will lead this service of sung Taizé prayer. Stay afterward for Contemplative Prayer.
This Week in Worship: July 22–28, 2016
Here’s what’s happening in worship this week.
Worship Services
Journey Prayer Service | Sunday, at 8:45 am
The Rev. Mary Lynn Callahan will lead this time of gathering and mutual intercessory prayer in the Social Hall, guided by Luke 11:1–13.
Summer Worship | Sunday, at 10 am
Our largest service, with music from the Chancel Choir and an organ prelude prior to the service. The Rev. Mary Lynn Callahan will preach from Luke 11:1–13 and her sermon will be titled “Fish and Eggs and Snakes and Scorpions, Oh My.” Join us in the Courtyard or Third Floor Music Room.
Taizé Prayer Service | Wednesday, at 7 pm
An hour-long service including sung prayers; simple, beautiful music; a time of silence; spoken and silent prayers; and an opportunity for individual prayer and anointing. The Rev. Mary Lynn Callahan will lead this service of sung Taizé prayer. Stay afterward for Contemplative Prayer.
This Week in Worship: July 15–21, 2016
Here’s what’s happening in worship this week.
Worship Services
Journey Prayer Service | Sunday, at 8:45 am
Pastor Patrice will lead this time of gathering and mutual intercessory prayer in the Social Hall, guided by Luke 10:38–42.
Summer Worship | Sunday, at 10 am
Our largest service, with music from the Chancel Choir and an organ prelude prior to the service. Pastor Patrice will preach from Amos 8:1–12, and her sermon will be titled “Fruit in the Midst of Famine.” Join us in the Courtyard or Third Floor Music Room.
Taizé Prayer Service | Wednesday, at 7 pm
An hour-long service including sung prayers; simple, beautiful music; a time of silence; spoken and silent prayers; and an opportunity for individual prayer and anointing. The Rev. Mary Lynn Callahan will lead this service of sung Taizé prayer. Stay afterward for Contemplative Prayer.