ELPC remains committed to being a welcoming congregation, inclusive of persons of all ages and stages of their faith life! While it does not yet seem safe to open our drop-in Nursery for children age 2 and younger, we are making the following accommodations so that families with young children will be more comfortable participating in our worship services together. Read More
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Welcoming You Back on Rally Day
On Rally Day, Sunday, September 12, our church family will gather once more to kick off our fall programming and regular worship schedule. We rejoice that after more than a year of virtual programming, we can resume a more traditional Sunday schedule. What can you expect this fall? Read More
Put Your Faith In Action by Serving Those In Need
We need volunteers to help us prepare and serve meals to residents at East End Cooperative Ministry (EECM.) Many hands make light work, and we need more hands! We’re looking for ELPC members to help us prepare and serve:
Dinner
- Thursday, September 2 | 5:30 pm
- Thursday, September 23 | 5:30 pm
Breakfast
- Sunday, September 12 | 6:30 am
- Sunday, September 26 | 6:30 am
The need is great, the work is fun, and the fellowship is wonderful! If you’re able to help, contact Becky Gloninger at 412.913.6070 or rag15@verizon.net.
Hope Academy’s 2021-2022 Fall Term
Hope Academy’s fall term of dance, theater and music classes and private lessons begins on Saturday, September 18. Enrollment will be kept purposefully low so that we can safely accommodate students when we are in-person. Covid mitigations for the start of the fall term include in-person group classes for students 12 and up who are vaccinated, in-person private lessons in well-ventilated rooms, and virtual classes for students 12 and under, who are not vaccinated. All of this will change as younger students are able to be vaccinated. All teaching artists and staff are fully vaccinated. Everyone in the building will be required to wear a mask, at all times.
Registration is now open for Fall 2021!
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Worship with Us | Week of August 22, 2021
Here’s what’s happening this week in worship. As a reminder, our services are currently being held virtually. Click here for a live feed of worship services at their scheduled times. Please note, there will be an error message if there is no live broadcast.
Summer Worship | Sunday, 10 am
Pastor Randy will lead worship in the Courtyard. He will preach from Esther 3:5–7; 4:8–14; 5:12–14; 7:1–6; and deliver his sermon, titled “A Tale of Three Banquets – Esther | Part 3.” Download this week’s bulletin to follow along and read about upcoming events.
Register to attend in person, or watch our 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).
Taizé Prayer Service | Wednesday, 7 pm
Pastor BJ will lead our service as we continue our summer-long theme of “Praying with the Elements.” We will focus on the waters of our baptism.
Join us in person or watch our livestream on YouTube or Facebook.
Church School Offering to Support the Navajo Water Project
Each year, the Faith Formation Ministries launch a church-wide mission initiative so that persons of all ages can come together to learn and serve our neighbors. Each participant in Church School—or our church life in general—is invited to participate in an offering. The proceeds go entirely to a mission partner whose work aligns with ELPC’s larger sense of call. Read More
Worship with Us | Week of August 15, 2021
Here’s what’s happening this week in worship. As a reminder, our services are currently being held virtually. Click here for a live feed of worship services at their scheduled times. Please note, there will be an error message if there is no live broadcast.
Summer Worship | Sunday, 10 am
Pastor Randy will lead worship in the Courtyard. He will preach from Esther 2:5–10, 16–23; and deliver his sermon, titled “A Tale of Three Banquets – Esther | Part 2.” Download this week’s bulletin to follow along and read about upcoming events.
Register to attend in person, or watch our 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).
Taizé Prayer Service | Wednesday, 7 pm
Kathryn Ophardt will lead our service as we continue our summer-long theme of “Praying with the Elements.” This week, we will focus on Psalm 46:1–3 and meditate on earthquakes as a symbol of shifts in our lives. Join us in person or watch our livestream on YouTube or Facebook.
Stonewall Jackson Window Updates
At February’s congregational meeting, Pastor Randy called our attention to the presence of a stained-glass window honoring Stonewall Jackson, a Confederate general, located in the History of Presbyterianism window in the east transept of ELPC’s Sanctuary. In the window, Jackson is depicted in a Confederate soldier’s uniform and holding a sword. ELPC commissioned the window during the first half of the 20th century, a time when—well after the end of the Civil War—huge numbers of Confederate monuments were being erected nationwide in a revisionist-history effort to glorify Confederates as cultural heroes, rather than violent defenders of white supremacist ideology. Read More
ELPC Mask Policy Updates | January 2022
Updated January 19, 2022
All people visiting and working in ELPC will be required to wear a face mask both inside and outside (on the property) regardless of vaccination status, with it being strongly recommended that the mask be an N95, surgical, or comparable mask. Those who are actively leading worship may be unmasked if they wish, as well as those under 2 years of age or those with related health conditions limiting mask use.
Updates will be offered as they become available.
Thank you for your continued patience and partnership as we move ahead in these uncharted waters, and continue to strive to be a faith community that is inclusive of all.
Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests Available
Residential households in the U.S. can order one set of 4 free at-home tests from USPS.com.
Worship with Us | Week of August 8, 2021
Here’s what’s happening this week in worship. As a reminder, our services are currently being held virtually. Click here for a live feed of worship services at their scheduled times. Please note, there will be an error message if there is no live broadcast.
Summer Worship | Sunday, 10 am
Pastor Randy will lead worship in the Courtyard. He will preach from Esther 1:1–3, 10–12, 15–22; Proverbs 31:4–5, 9; and deliver his sermon, titled “A Tale of Three Banquets – Esther | Part 1.” Download this week’s bulletin to follow along and read about upcoming events.
Register to attend in person, or watch our 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).
Taizé Prayer Service | Wednesday, 7 pm
Pastor BJ will lead our service as we continue our summer-long theme of “Praying with the Elements.” This week, we will be contemplating the sometimes purifying fire of God in Proverbs 17:3; Isaiah 48:10. Join us in person or watch our livestream on YouTube or Facebook.