The Pittsburgh Pastoral Institute (PPI), located on Marchand Street in Shadyside, is celebrating 50 years of serving the mental health and spiritual needs of the greater Pittsburgh community with a gala to be held on September 13, 2014, at the new East End Cooperative Ministry Community House, East Liberty. Featured speakers are US Representative Dr. Timothy Murphy and Philip Hallen, well known in the Pittsburgh nonprofit community and one of the founders of the Institute.  Rep. Murphy will speak to the mental health issues facing our country today while Mr. Hallen will recount the founding of PPI. 

 

Emphasizing a holistic perspective that seeks to integrate psychological, spiritual, and physical health, and prompted by the faith-based initiatives of the John F. Kennedy administration, PPI was founded in 1964 by the Rev. Dr. Donald Hargrave Gross, the Rev. Dr. Everett I. Campbell, and Dr. Richard L. Russell, a psychiatrist. This makes PPI the oldest interfaith counseling and psychotherapy center in western Pennsylvania.

 

All are invited to celebrate on Saturday, September 13th at 6:30PM for a cocktail reception at the East End Cooperative Ministry Community House, 6140 Station Street, East Liberty.  Tickets are priced at $125.00 and may be purchased online at www.ppi-online.org or by phone at 412-661-1239. Please RSVP by August 29, 2014.

 

Make more summer memories by spending a fun and meaningful weekend along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie at Sheldon Calvary Camp!

 

Scheduled events include: Camp games, beach hikes, faith building activities, service projects, preparing camp for winter, campfires, camp food, free time, chapel & more!

 

Who: All Middle and High School Teens  Where: Sheldon Calvary Camp, Conneaut, OH
When: Friday afternoon to Sunday Morning, September 12-14, 2014 Cost: $60 (Scholarships may be available)

 

For more info, or to register contact Brent at 412-491-9738, bhansen@episcopalpgh.org or Victoria at 412-295-5616, vobrien@episcopalpgh.org 

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Come cheer the Pirates with Sheldon Calvary Camp and the Pittsburgh Youth Initiative as the Bucs battle division rival Milwaukee in their final regular season home game.

 

Who:  Everyone, All Ages
When: Sunday, September 21, 1:35 PM
Cost: ONLY $14 per ticket

 

Make checks payable to The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, Memo: "SCC/ PYI Pirate Game," and mail to 4099 William Penn Highway, Suite 502 Jonnet Building, Monroeville, PA 15146

 

Be sure to include your name, address, phone number and e-mail! Tickets are limited and are expected to sell out fast! 

 

For more information contact Brent at 412-491-9738, bhansen@episcopalpgh.org or Victoria at 412-295-5616, vobrien@episcopalpgh.org

 

Applications are being accepted for a provincial delegate and up to 20 churchwide delegates to represent The Episcopal Church at the 59th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) in New York City, March 9-20, 2015.

 

The provincial delegate and the churchwide delegates will be able to attend the official UNCSW proceedings at the UN and will represent The Episcopal Church/Anglican Communion in their advocacy at the UN, including joint advocacy with the group Ecumenical Women.

 

Applications are open to an adult or youth (ages 16-20), women or men, who can speak to the theme and are willing to participate in advocacy at UNSCW.  Youth should be accompanied by an adult chaperone.

Applicants should have a relevant role at the parish, diocesan and/or provincial level, be accountable to a diocesan or provincial authority, and have a process for reporting back to their local community after participating in UNCSW.

 

Applicants will be expected to be present in New York City for UNSCW March 6 - 20, or as close to the entire stay as possible. Successful applicants will be responsible for their own travel, housing and program expenses.

 

The delegates will be chosen by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and will be notified by mid-October.

 

Application is available here. Deadline is September 15.

 

For more information contact Lynnaia Main, Episcopal Church Global Relations Officer, lmain@episcopalchurch.org.

Renaissance Sunday in Highland Park: To celebrate the completion of their Opening Doors capital campaign and the launch of the new focus on outreach, St. Andrew's, Highland Park has designated Sunday, September 7, as Renaissance Sunday. More here.

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Fall 2014 Anti-Racism Workshop: October 3 & 4, 2014, at Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Avenue, in Squirrel Hill. See www.episcopalpgh.org/fall-2014-anti-racism-workshop-scheduled