Subject: Entering "Ordinary Time"

Dear Hot Metal Community, 


As winter settles in more consistently, but perhaps without the same vengeance of the freeze over Christmas, we turn in our worship to the coziness of "ordinary time." It's a time in-between the high holy seasons where we get to breathe and settle into our bodies and our prayer lives. 


As such, over the next few weeks we'll be reading the Psalms. This "prayerbook of the Bible" offers rich and luscious poetry and prayers for any and all seasons of our lives. How do the Psalms help us find words when we have none? How can they expand our understanding of God and ourselves? What does it feel like to pray prayers that are thousands of years old, yet still so powerful? All these we'll contemplate together as we pray through this (extra)ordinary time!


In Christ, 
Pastor Erin

Erin Angeli's Ordination! 

February 4 at 3:30pm at the Community of Reconciliation! Join our friends at the Commonwealth of Oakland to celebrate with Erin as she is ordained as a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), and as their pastor. The service for ordination will be 3:30-5:00 with light refreshments to follow.


Support Group for Young Women Grieving Violence 

On Tuesdays, beginning December 6, from 4-5:30pm gather with young women (ages 16-24) grieving the aftermath of gun violence, and other forms of violence. Our therapist and pastor will be present to lead this group, and create safe and sacred space for sharing and processing and beginning to heal. This group is designed especially for young women of color in the aftermath of gun violence throughout the city. Contact therapist LaChan Russell at 412-376-7559 or lachan@hotmetalbridge.com

Hot Metal Worship: NOW WITH COFFEE - Sign up to be a Coffee Host

NEW YEAR DATES AVAILABLE NOW
Help us create a space for community, connection, and caffeine on Sunday mornings! Coffee Hosts will show up around 9:30am to make the coffee, set up the coffee station, and greet people as they arrive for worship. After worship, they clean up and wash mugs. Instructions are available and Pastor Erin is around for troubleshooting! Providing goodies is always appreciated, but optional! Sign up here. 


Winter Nurturing Group

Why is money important? What good can come from talking about money, isn’t it the “root of all evil”? What is stewardship and why does my pastor keep asking for money? How can I think about generosity and money in new ways? 


If you’ve ever thought of any of these questions, join us on Tuesdays at 8pm starting January 10th for 5 weeks as we discuss The Soul of Money: Reclaiming the Wealth of Our Inner Resources by Lynne Twist. Sign up for more information or to request Pastor Erin order the book for you here: https://forms.gle/2TaCiaEuWRELLDrR8

Sunday Zoom Meeting // 10:30am:
https://zoom.us/j/789826837
Meeting ID: 789 826 837
Password: 031714

Wednesday Zoom Meeting // 1:00pm:
https://zoom.us/j/685174111
Meeting ID: 685 174 111
Password: 000513

Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community
Weekly Worship Gathering Sundays at 10:30am
2700 Jane St. | Pittsburgh, PA 15203 | 412-481-4010
hotmetal@hotmetalbridge.com | www.hotmetalbridge.com


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