New
Church Developments in Pittsburgh Presbytery
+ Fountain Park Church
+ Hot Metal Bridge
+ The Open Door
+ Mosaic
Community Church
Fountain
Park Church (back
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Fountain Park
Church is a community of real people. They believe that God created each
of us to be in relationship with Him. Their belief is that relationship comes
through Jesus Christ.
Contact Information
Fountain Park Church, 300 North Pointe Circle
Suite 304, Seven Fields, PA 16046
Phone: 724-779-2003
Fax: 724-779-2043
E-Mail: info@fountainpc.com
Web Address: http://fountainparkchurch.com/
Worship
Sunday morning utilizes a full, non-traditional worship band and various interactive worship elements. On a given Sunday, you may hear an interview, view a video clip, participate in a small group discussion, visit a prayer station, or simply sit and worship from your seat. Children share in the early part of the worship hour with them, and then are invited to KIDZONE for well-planned, age appropriate, programming. Worship is held at the Worship Center located on 8533 Peters Road. Worship times are 9:05 and 10:55 am.
Hot
Metal Bridge Faith Community (back
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The Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community is a new church that meets in the Goodwill building on the South Side of Pittsburgh. They use a style of worship that shares the story of God through drama and the arts. Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community seeks to bridge the gap between people and Jesus Christ by helping them experiencing the Kingdom of God. Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community will be a bridge between God and others by participating in communion, welcoming all into community, listening and having compassion, and sharing Christ’s story with the community of the South Side, the surrounding neighborhoods, and the world.
The Pastors
Pastors Jim Walker and Jeff Eddings have been working together in ministry since they served together as camp counselors at Ligonier Camp in 1989. After graduating from Point Park College, they spent many years using drama to proclaim the Gospel in churches and camps across the country through a ministry called “Crosslight Productions.” They also created an outreach to elementary schools through the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum, performing plays about conflict resolution, handling peer pressure, and reading. They are now serving the Lord together again, along with their families and many, many friends, to help create this new faith community on the South Side.
Jeff Eddings serves this new church plant as the full time Church Developer through the Pittsburgh Presbytery. He brings with him over 10 years of ministry experience from Ingomar United Methodist Church and is a student at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. You may remember Jeff from his appearance with Susan Plachette in “Alone in the Neon Jungle,” a CBS movie of the week in 1988.
Jim Walker is a recent graduate of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and serves this new church plant through Bakerstown United Methodist Church where he is Associate Pastor. He has served 10 years in ministry at two churches: Bakerstown UMC and Oakmont UMC. As a teenager, Jim had an after school job as “Zee Shakey Chef” at a New Jersey amusement park.
Contact Information
Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community
2000 East Carson Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Phone: 412-481-4010
Fax: 412-481-4112
E-Mail: jeff@hotmetalbridge.com or jim@hotmetalbridge.com
Web Address: http://www.hotmetalbridge.com/
Worship
Sunday 11:00 a.m. worship at the Goodwill Building on 2600 East Carson Street.
The
Open Door
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They are seeking to be a people who do not go to church but are being the church everyday. As a community they are seeking to engage the Creator God and our culture in ways that are meaningful and reverent. They are a part of a rich historic Judeo-Christian heritage and seek to honor and incorporate the ancient practices of those who have come before us. They desire to honor God's purposes, plans, and perspectives first and foremost. They long for people to contribute, partake, and share who they are in worship. They are striving to be receptive to the needs of all people because they believe that the spiritual life hinges on an earnest search for God. They place high value on creativity because they believe that God is creative and that being made in God's image and likeness means they are creative beings as well. And their hope is that God the Father, Jesus his Son, and the Holy Spirit will mold and shape us as a community in the process.
The Pastors
B.J. (Brandon James) Woodworth is the pastor of the Open Door. He serves the community by being a visionary guide, worship choreographer, mission equipper, community catalyst, and prophetic poet. He is currently a student at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary where he enjoys reading Walter Bruggemann and Karl Barth. B.J. loves playing racquetball, basketball and soccer, watching movies, writing slam poetry (which you can check out on the site), and listening to music like Linkin’ Park, Dylan, Lauren Hill, VOL, Coldplay, Bruce Cockburn, and U2. He is married to Katrina and has four children, Kyra, Elena, Zach and Alex (who are twins). He is particularly passionate about social justice and community development, which is evidenced in his involvement in racial reconciliation initiatives, Habitat for Humanity and living in an intentional urban community in Pittsburgh’s East End.
John Creasy is the Director of Arts and Worship for the Open Door. He serves the Open Door community by equipping others to use their artistic and creative gifts to serve the community. He also works closely with BJ Woodworth designing worship, brainstorming and implementing ways to make the church more missional. He and his wife, Alyssa, are part of a band called This Side of Eve. John is also a student at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. In his spare time you can find him playing and creating music, enjoying nature, sharing a cup of coffee or a beer with a friend or cycling up and down the hills of Pittsburgh. But not all at the same time.
Contact Information
The Open Door
Union Project
801 N. Negley Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Phone: 412-687-3222
E-Mail: bj@pghopendoor.org
Web Address: http://www.pghopendoor.org/
Worship
They gather on Sunday nights at 6:00 pm as a community to worship the living God. They desire to allow individual expression and to create a space where distractions and facades may be removed and the community may discover and experience God's presence in worship. This may occur in any of a variety of expressions, such as in song, painting, writing, prayer, dancing, or wherever the Spirit leads.
The Pastors
The Rev. Saleem Ghubril Saleem was born in Beirut, Lebanon. Because of the civil war, his family immigrated to the United States in July of 1976. Saleem and Patti were married in 1981. They have two children, Christina and Nathan. They live on Pittsburgh's urban North Side and attend Mosaic Community Church. Saleem is an ordained Presbyterian minister. His life and work are deeply shaped by his Christian worldview. This includes a commitment to serving those who are poor, embracing those who have not experienced God’s personal love, and reconciling those who are alienated.
Elder Ed Dixon is the Forman for the Service Ministries Department of the Pittsburgh Project. He graduated from Hardy Bible School in Pittsburgh and was formerly licensed to preach and helped to start a new congregation in Wilkinsburg before he joined the Mosaic family. He is married to Christine and has 10 children.
Contact Information
Mosaic Community Church
2235 Federal Street Ext.
Pittsburgh, PA 15214
Phone: 412-321-3911
Fax: 412-321-3813
E-Mail: sghubril@pittsburghproject.org or edixon@pittsburghproject.org
Worship
They desire to communicate the message of the gospel to the unchurched and believers in an effective way which will bring about lasting change in their lives.