SHADYSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

The Men’s Emergency Shelter of East End Cooperative Ministry provides a refuge for the night, an evening meal, and breakfast for any male older than 18. Shadyside continues our long-time commitment to prepare and serve a monthly meal to the residents of this shelter. Volunteers are needed to prepare and serve an evening meal to 40 men.  Contact Rev. Todd Leach, Associate Pastor for Missions, for additional information.

On Wednesday, March 17, the youth of Shadyside Presbyterian Church will host a St. Patrick's Day Dinner.  This is a fun event for people of all ages. Open seating is from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.  A free-will offering will be accepted.  The proceeds of the dinner will benefit summer youth mission activities.  We look forward to celebrating St. Patrick's Day with you and your family!

Insights of the Wilderness
The Lenten vesper homilies from Dr. Barnes will follow the same theme as Sunday mornings.  Each night we will examine another insight into spirituality gained along the way in the journey through the desert.  Lenten vespers include the Lord’s Supper and music from the Shadyside Strings.  Childcare is available.

Christian Education Hour for all ages from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Learn more.

Sunday Worship at 11:00 a.m.

Insights of the Wilderness
During the weeks of Lent, we will follow the Hebrews through the Red Sea out into the desert where they learned to walk by faith.  Sooner or later our pilgrimage through life leads us into a barren place. But it is there that our spiritual character is best formed, and we find the faith we need to cross the Jordan into the Promised Land.

Come one and all! Bring any kind of needlework for fellowship and sharing of individual projects. All skill levels, and all needle arts – knit, crochet, needlepoint, quilt blocks – are welcome.

Junior High and Senior High SPYS from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Insights of the Wilderness
The Lenten vesper homilies from Dr. Barnes will follow the same theme as Sunday mornings.  Each night we will examine another insight into spirituality gained along the way in the journey through the desert.  Lenten vespers include the Lord’s Supper and music from the Shadyside Strings.  Childcare is available.

Christian Education Hour for all ages from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Learn more.

Sunday Worship at 11:00 a.m.

Insights of the Wilderness
During the weeks of Lent, we will follow the Hebrews through the Red Sea out into the desert where they learned to walk by faith.  Sooner or later our pilgrimage through life leads us into a barren place. But it is there that our spiritual character is best formed, and we find the faith we need to cross the Jordan into the Promised Land.

Junior High and Senior High SPYS from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Maundy Thursday Worship (with Communion)

Reverend Dr. M. Craig Barnes, preaching
Sermon: The Judas Chromosome
Scripture: Matthew 26:20-25
Text: Judas who betrayed him, said, “Is it I, Master?”

The Good Friday Family Service, led by the Sunday school children and children’s choirs, includes Communion.

The Shadyside Presbyterian Church office will close at noon on Good Friday, April 2.

The Service of Tenebrae (Latin for “darkness” or “shadows”) marks the events of Good Friday. The seven last words of Christ as spoken from the cross will be interspersed with the seven movements of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, sung by the Chancel Choir and accompanied by the Shadyside Strings.

Spring Workdays

Sunrise Service, led by the Youth Ministry
6:45 a.m. on the McClintock Lawn (adjacent to the church)
Join us as our celebration of the Risen Lord begins in deep shadows and breaks forth in the light of dawn. A continental breakfast in the Parish Hall will follow.

9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary
“When Your Jesus Is Missing” (John 20:1-10)
“They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”
Dr. Barnes will preach in two identical services with special choral, organ, and brass musical offerings.

9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary
“When Your Jesus Is Missing” (John 20:1-10)
“They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”
Dr. Barnes will preach in two identical services with special choral, organ, and brass musical offerings.

After worship on Sunday, April 4, you are invited to join our campus ministers and college students for an Easter lunch. You do not need to be a college student in order to attend. In fact, post-college-aged members are encouraged to attend and initiate conversations to help the college students feel welcomed to SPC.  We will meet directly after the 11:00 a.m. worship service at the front of the sanctuary (on the lectern side).  Transportation will be provided.

The office of Shadyside Presbyterian Church will be closed on Monday, April 5.

From September through May, midweek vespers occur on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. These thirty-minute candlelight worship services, which include communion, offer a more intimate worship experience in the midst of our hectic lives. The services feature special music.

Note: Throughout the construction phase of the Building Community capital campaign, all vespers will occur in the main sanctuary (not in the chapel).

Sojourner House Play Yard Workday

Christian Education Hour for all ages from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Learn more.

Communion of Saints Sunday: Heaven’s Encouragement
Sunday, April 11, at 11:00 a.m.
Oh blest communion, fellowship divine! We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine, Alleluia! Alleluia!

Junior High and Senior High SPYS from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Bethlehem Haven (www.bethlehemhaven.org)

On Tuesday, April 13, Shadyside Presbyterian Church will provide dinner for approximately 40 women of Bethlehem Haven. If you are interested in providing any portion of the meal for this month, or any upcoming month, please contact Todd Leach at tleach@shadysidepres.org.

From September through May, midweek vespers occur on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. These thirty-minute candlelight worship services, which include communion, offer a more intimate worship experience in the midst of our hectic lives. The services feature special music.

Note: Throughout the construction phase of the Building Community capital campaign, all vespers will occur in the main sanctuary (not in the chapel).