East Liberty Presbyterian Church: The Cathedral of Hope
116 S. Highland Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
412/441-3800


Programs

Community Mission

Community Mission of East Liberty Presbyterian Church (under the auspice of ELPC’s Mission Ministries) serves the residents of our local neighborhoods and others who are seeking help from our congregation with housing, health, education and faith, through partnerships with the following non-profit organizations and agencies:
 
East End Cooperative Ministry
East End Cooperative Ministry (EECM) contributes to the health and welfare of people of all ages, races and creeds throughout the East End, through their Hunger Services, Housing Services and Children & Youth Services. ELPC’s support of EECM includes working closely with the following Good Samaritan programs located within our church building:
  • Men’s Emergency Shelter—provides beds for up to 30 homeless men, plus showers and an evening meal, every day of the year.
     
  • Soup Kitchen—serves weekly noon-time meals.
     
  • Food Pantry—dispenses purchased and donated food to individuals and families in need on weekdays.
     
  • After-School Tutoring—provides one-on-one academic help for neighborhood children (4—18 year olds) during the school year.
For more information about EECM, visit their website:
East End Cooperative Ministry

East End Community Thrift
East End Community Thrift (of The Thomas Merton Center) is an all volunteer-run thrift shop which provides quality, low-cost used clothing and household goods to the surrounding community.

East Liberty Family Health Care Center
East Liberty Family Health Care Center offers quality whole-person health care to all, especially the poor.

Black & White Reunion
The Black & White Reunion focuses on three important areas in the struggle to combat racism: advocating for youth, community-police relations, and police brutality ad racial profiling.

Hosanna Industries, Inc.
Hosanna Industries’ new construction and home rehabilitation programs offer safe, habitable housing to low and very low income, elderly and single-parent households without regard to race or creed.

The Neighborhood Academy
The Neighborhood Academy’s mission is to break the cycle of poverty through education for students in grades 8–12 from low-income families.

The Partnership for Minority HIV/AIDS Prevention
The Partnership for Minority HIV/AIDS Prevention works with community partners, in the USA and abroad, to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS through prevention efforts, education and resources, primarily among people of African descent and other people of color communities.

Sojourner House
Sojourner House is a faith-based residential rehabilitation facility where addicted women learn to break the inter-generational cycle of poverty and chemical abuse while in their own apartment with their children.

East Liberty Development, Inc.(ELDI)
East Liberty Development, Inc.(ELDI) is a non-profit community development corporation (CDC) whose mission is to foster the revitalization of East Liberty, a neighborhood located in the East End of Pittsburgh.

For more information about these organizations,
visit their websites:
East Liberty Development, Inc. (ELDI)
ELDI's Blog

Co-Chairs, Community Mission Committee
Bruce Pollock and Bob Sampson

 

For more information on Community Mission at ELPC, contact:

The Rev. Patrice L. Fowler-Searcy
Director of Mission Ministries
email: patrices
(please add the extension "@coh.net" to the email address)
412/441-3800


"...inviting all to join our diverse, inclusive family of faith,
transcending all boundaries of race, class, ability, culture, gender
and sexual identity to become one in Christ."

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updated 2007-12-10