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Open Door Youth Group (6th-12 grade) 412-the-spring
May 10, 5-7pm @ Colliers – Movie Night
Special Guests: Ben Collier
Dinner: Pizza
Meeting monthly for a time of prayer and reflection. Please contact Lance Wolfe lanceswolfe@gmail.com for more information. This group is open for everyone!
Join us for an evening of handcrafting and conversation! On the fourth Friday of each month, bring your current craft project and enjoy tea, snacks and conversation. Contact Teresa Yoder (tayodz@gmail.com) to learn more.
Covenant Partners: There will be a short (5-minute!) Congregational Meeting immediately after church on Sunday, May 31st, to nominate our Nom Com for this year.
The fall retreat will be held at Lutherlyn, October 9-11, 2026
More details to come!
There will not be service on Sunday, 5/3/26, due to the Pittsburgh Marathon.
However, one of our mission partners—Open Hand Ministries—is seeking volunteers to run in the Pittsburgh Marathon and raise money for them. If 26.2 or 13.1 miles seems too daunting, did you know that you can get together with friends and make it a relay?!
Help support our Open Door runners:
Ethan Bell
Lyle Creasy
Heather List
Please let us know if you join in the fun so we can add your link too!
Families with children in Pre-K through 5th grade are invited to join us for a casual playground gathering on Sunday, April 26 at 8:30 a.m. We’ll meet at the playground next to Whole Foods to play together before church and enjoy donuts, bagels, and orange juice. We’d love to see you there!
Join us for an evening of handcrafting and conversation! On the fourth Friday of each month, bring your current craft project and enjoy tea, snacks and conversation. Contact Teresa Yoder (tayodz@gmail.com) to learn more.
Registration Deadline: Sunday, March 29, 2026
Please complete the form to register for the Open Door Youth Retreat to be held at Crestfield Camp and Conference Center, Friday, April 24th - Saturday, April 25th.
We will leave together promptly at 5 p.m. from 134 Stratford Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA. Return Saturday evening at 5pm.
The theme of the 2026 Youth Retreat is Creating Passageways: Hospitality
Prices (listed below) include lodging and 3 meals. The Children and Youth Ministry budget subsidized the retreat costs to make it more affordable for attendees. Financial assistance is also available and cost should not be a barrier to attendance:
- Friday - Dinner
- Saturday - Breakfast and Lunch
The cost is $30.00 per youth.
Pay and register here: 2026-open-door-youth-retreat
What to bring will follow registration
Please contact Stephanie Bell with any retreat related questions: stephanie@pghopendoor.org
Woven: Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn't Have to Heal From by Meredith Miller https://a.co/d/iPuNm9Z
We’ll meet on the third Sunday of each month at 9:30 AM. These gatherings are a chance to connect, reflect, and grow together as we read and discuss.
Meeting monthly for a time of prayer and reflection. Please contact Lance Wolfe lanceswolfe@gmail.com for more information. This group is open for everyone!
Open Door Youth Group (6th-12 grade) 412-the-spring
April 12, 5-7 pm @ Collier’s
Special Guest: Nick Burdette
Dinner: Shelly Family
Sunrise Service, Easter Egg Hunt, Traditional Easter Sunday Service, and a Christ Has Risen Dance Party!
Will you be joining us for this week's Maundy Thursday Agape Meal and Taizé Service? Please sign up to bring something here:
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
Starting Tuesday, February 24, 6:30 - 8 pm @ the Thomas’ home
Join us each Tuesday evening during Lent with Pastor Jenn to explore the “emotional, spiritual, and geographical reality of the cold times, the dark days, and those periods of our lives when things are neither soft, nor easy.”
Join us for an evening of handcrafting and conversation! On the fourth Friday of each month, bring your current craft project and enjoy tea, snacks and conversation. Contact Teresa Yoder (tayodz@gmail.com) to learn more.
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
Tuesday, February 24, 6:30 - 8 pm @ the Bell’s home
Join us each Tuesday evening during Lent with Pastor Jenn to explore the “emotional, spiritual, and geographical reality of the cold times, the dark days, and those periods of our lives when things are neither soft, nor easy.”
The Open Door Presbyterian Church Equinox Sunday Brunch Church.
"Brunch Church" is back in 2026! Eating together is one of the Open Door's five practices, and last summer our "brunch church" gatherings were a great way to deepen relationships through that practice. In 2026 we plan to celebrate the seasonal equinox/solstices with a meal (so, quarterly meals together).
This Sunday, March 22nd, will be our first meal together.
Please sign up to bring a dish to share, and see you there!
Step away from the noise and into a soul-restoring weekend of contemplative silence. This Lenten retreat invites participants to rest, listen, and encounter the Divine through extended silence, communal prayer, and gentle guided practices rooted in the monastic tradition. The retreat will lean into themes from the all-church Lenten book, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May (book group participation not required).
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
Starting Tuesday, February 24, 6:30 - 8 pm @ the Thomas’ home
Join us each Tuesday evening during Lent with Pastor Jenn to explore the “emotional, spiritual, and geographical reality of the cold times, the dark days, and those periods of our lives when things are neither soft, nor easy.”
Open Door Youth Group (6th-12 grade) 412-the-spring
March 15, 5-7pm – @ Collier’s- Open Hand Ministry
Special Guest: Heather List
Dinner: Frayer-Griggs Family
Woven: Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn't Have to Heal From by Meredith Miller https://a.co/d/iPuNm9Z
We’ll meet on the third Sunday of each month at 9:30 AM. These gatherings are a chance to connect, reflect, and grow together as we read and discuss.
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
Starting Tuesday, February 24, 6:30 - 8 pm @ the Thomas’ home
Join us each Tuesday evening during Lent with Pastor Jenn to explore the “emotional, spiritual, and geographical reality of the cold times, the dark days, and those periods of our lives when things are neither soft, nor easy.”
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
Starting Tuesday, February 24, 6:30 - 8 pm @ the Thomas’ home
Join us each Tuesday evening during Lent with Pastor Jenn to explore the “emotional, spiritual, and geographical reality of the cold times, the dark days, and those periods of our lives when things are neither soft, nor easy.”
Open Door Youth Group 412-the-spring (6th-12 grade)
March 1, 5-7pm @ Burdette’s– Missional (therapy)
Special Guest: Katie Robb-Sewall
Dinner: Yoder Family
Meeting monthly for a time of prayer and reflection. Please contact Lance Wolfe lanceswolfe@gmail.com for more information. This group is open for everyone!
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
Starting Tuesday, February 24, 6:30 - 8 pm @ the Thomas’ home
Join us each Tuesday evening during Lent with Pastor Jenn to explore the “emotional, spiritual, and geographical reality of the cold times, the dark days, and those periods of our lives when things are neither soft, nor easy.”
Come to be reminded that you are made from dust, to dust you shall return, and God does amazing things with dust.
Pastor Jenn Frayer-Griggs will pass out ashes (and coffee!) at Garfield Community Farm on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, from 7-9 am, and from 5-7 pm. Drop-in anytime between these hours at the small pavilion/labyrinth area for prayers, imposing of ashes, and a time of reflection.
Come to be reminded that you are made from dust, to dust you shall return, and God does amazing things with dust.
Pastor Jenn Frayer-Griggs will pass out ashes (and coffee!) at Garfield Community Farm on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, from 7-9 am, and from 5-7 pm. Drop-in anytime between these hours at the small pavilion/labyrinth area for prayers, imposing of ashes, and a time of reflection.
Open Door Youth Group (6th-12 grade) 412-the-spring
February 15 , 5-7pm @ Collier’s – Authenticity- Beloved
Special Guest: Akirah Wyatt
Dinner: Prymus Family
Woven: Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn't Have to Heal From by Meredith Miller https://a.co/d/iPuNm9Z
We’ll meet on the third Sunday of each month at 9:30 AM. These gatherings are a chance to connect, reflect, and grow together as we read and discuss.
Come celebrate how lucky Jenn is. She will be officially installed as your pastor and Minister of Word and Sacrament on February 8, 2026. Members from the Pittsburgh Presbytery will be in attendance.
When: February 8, 2026, 3 pm
Where: Valley View Presbyterian Church
Open Door Youth Group (6th-12 grade) 412-the-spring
February 1 , 5-7pm @ Burdette’s - Vulnerability
Special Guest: Pastor Jenn Frayer-Griggs
Dinner: Rys Family
