Here’s what’s happening in worship September 22-28, 2014.
Worship Services
Taizé – Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
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. This week’s after-Taizé class is Celebrations!
Journey Worship – Sunday 8:45 a.m.
An interactive, energetic service for those seeking a fresh encounter with the gospel of Jesus Christ. This week the Rev. Dr. Randy Bush will preach.
Sanctuary Worship – Sunday 11:00 a.m.
Our largest service, with music from the Chancel Choir and an organ prelude prior to the service. This week, the Rev. Heather Schoenewolf will preach.
Christian Education Classes
ELPC offers Christian Education classes for persons of all ages, from infancy through adulthood, on Sundays from 9:45-10:45 a.m. Go here for a list of our children and youth classes.
Contemporaries (Second Floor Parlor)
Prophetic Action Toward a Just Peace in Israel/Palestine
led by Bob Ross
In the wake of the ongoing atrocities in Israel/Palestine, we will explore what we as individuals and a church can do to help bring about a just peace in the Holy Land.
Journey With Scripture (Second Floor Library)
“Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5). Such an audacious statement by the apostle Paul! How could the community in Philippi – or any community – have the same mind as Christ? Here’s one good answer: “Begin with the book of Exodus, for through it God is revealed as a restless agent of social newness with the capacity to redefine the wilderness as a place of care” (Walter Brueggeman, Theology of the Old Testament).
Seek a mindshare of Christ with us as we reflect on Exodus, Philippians, and other formative scripture together: Exodus 17:1-7; Psalms 78:1-4, 12-16; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32.
Seekers (Room 234)
Old-World Presbyterianism and the Reformed Tradition
led by Dr. Peter Gilmore
Join us for an historical overview of the Old-World origins of Western Pennsylvania’s Presbyterianism. We will look at experiences in Ireland and Scotland, peoples efforts to work out a connection between “faith” and “church” in their own time and place, and the links to Calvin’s Geneva and the Reformation.
Dr. Gilmore is an adjunct professor of history at Carlow and Carnegie Mellon Universities. he is also an elder at Sixth Presbyterian Church.
Soul Food (Room 244)
September: A Collection of Writings on Discernment
We will continue our discussion of Discernment by Henri Nouwen, beginning with chapter six. New participants are always welcome.