Albright Thanksgiving Dinner – Now A Zero Waste Event

PRC-Zero-waste We are excited to announce that we will be working with the Pennsylvania Resource Council (PRC) to make the 2015 Albright Thanksgiving Dinner a Zero-Waste event. We will be recycling and composting almost all of the waste produced from both the cooking and the Thanksgiving Eve dinner. (We were not able to get compostable utensils for this years dinner).

Friends of Albright is committed to sustainability and we are happy to have the support of the PRC and many volunteers to make this possible.

What is Zero Waste? From the PRC website:

Zero Waste is a philosophy that aims to turn the “waste” from every process into resources for another process. In other words, outputs (waste) become inputs (resources) and nothing is wasted. This requires the designing and managing of products and processes to minimize and ultimately eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, this allows for the conservation and recovery all resources. Zero Waste represents an economic alternative to current waste systems, where new resources are continually required to replenish wasted raw materials.

Zero-Waste-Event-Services-Bin-Monitoring-Team — Photo credit: PA Resources Council

If you are coming to attend the dinner or volunteer we will have detailed instructions on how to sort any waste so that it can be recycled or composted properly.

Learn more about the PA Resource Council and Zero Waste events here.

Post-Gazette: “Fight for Albright”

Albright was featured on the front of the local section in today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette!

Post-Gazette: “Congregation fights to save old Albright church in Bloomfield from demolition” by Robert Zullo, Friday, October 30, 2015.

Here is how you can help to preserve the Albright United Methodist Church building:

Join the Friends of Albright email list here.
Follow @AlbrightPGH on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Attend Albright’s weekly church services at East End Cooperative Ministries.
Help with Albright’s Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner. RSVP to the Facebook event here.
Join Pittsburgh organizations that have been supporting Albright
- Preservation Pittsburgh
- YPA – Young Preservationists
Attend historic preservation events – join the Pittsburgh Historic Preservation MeetUp group.
Contact City Councilwoman Deb Gross and let her know you support preserving the building.
- Tweet @DebGrossPGH & @PGHDistrict7
- Email district7@pittsburghpa.gov

Albright Sunday Service Nov. 1 (Don’t forget about daylight savings time).

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Albright is thrilled that Rev. Nichelle Nelson will be coming back to preach this Sunday. All are welcome to attend the Sunday church service which is held at the EECM Community House.

Albright Sunday Service
Sunday, November 1, 2015
11am
Rev. Nichelle Nelson will preach
EECM Community House, please use the Station Street Entrance A.
Facebook Event: http://on.fb.me/1jVQL2m

In case you missed it: check out some of the photos from the Young Preservationists Top 10 Preservation Opportunities event which was held at the Union Project on Tuesday. Albright was named #4 on the list!

Look who is #4 on the @ypa_pgh Top Ten Preservation Opportunities for 2015! #albrightpgh

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Sunday, October 25 – Service at EECM, Rev. Danielle Graham will preach

Albright-eecm-oct11 Thanks to everyone who was able to come to the first Albright service at the EECM Community House! Albright will be having Sunday worship services at EECM’s beautiful chapel for the time being. This Sunday, October 25, Rev. Danielle Graham will preach.

Albright Sunday Service
Sunday, October 25, 2015
11am
Rev. Danielle Graham will preach
EECM Community House, please use the Station Street Entrance A.
Facebook Event: http://on.fb.me/1GnFd1Q

YPA Top Ten Preservation Opportunities Event Tue. 10/27

Albright United Methodist Church has been named by the Young Preservationists Association as on the top 10 preservation opportunities for 2015.

All are welcome to attend the YPA Top Ten Preservation Event at the Union Project on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 from 6-9pm. We hope to have a great turnout of Albright supporters and this is a great chance to see the Union Project, a former baptist church that has been re-purposed as a community center.

Tickets are $15 for YPA members, $25 if you aren’t a member. You can join YPA for $15, a great way to support a local historic preservation organization.

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Tickets and event details are available on the YPA website here.

Follow YPA on Twitter @YPA_PGH

Albright Sunday Service – 10/18 @ EECM

Albright Sunday Service
Sunday, October 18, 2015
11am
Jo-Ann Simonson will preach
EECM Community House, please use the Station Street Entrance A.
Facebook Event: http://on.fb.me/1VXJIav

Sunday, October 11 – Albright Service at EECM Community House

Starting October 11 – church services will be held at East End Cooperative Ministries Community House located across the street from Home Depot. Please use the Station Street Entrance A.

Since July 5, Albright has continued to hold a weekly Sunday Service outdoors. Thankfully, the past 15 Sundays have been without rain. Given the arrival of cooler temperatures, Albright will hold Sunday morning worship services at EECM community house. While the congregation is eager to get back to worshiping in their own sanctuary, everyone is excited to be able to use the space at EECM and hopefully continue to engage all of the supporters of Albright in supporting the excellent work that EECM does in the local neighborhood and all over the county. Plans are in the works for Friends of Albright volunteer days at EECM – stay tuned for more details!

Albright Sunday Service
Sunday, October 11, 2015
11am
Rev. Nichelle Nelson will preach
EECM Community House, please use the Station Street Entrance A.
Facebook Event: http://on.fb.me/1VLxPEg

Saturday, October 10 – Bloomfield Hosts “Stoop City”

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Did you know that Albright is technically located in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Bloomfield? Actually, Albright is located in Bloomfield, but right across the street from Shadyside and Friendship.

On Saturday, October 10, Bloomfield Livable Streets is hosting Stoop City, a chance for Bloomfield residents and visitors to get out and meet their neighbors.

You can find all of the details for Stoop City here.

Albright Stoop City Photo Contest

While you are out and about meeting your neighbors, make sure to walk by Alright and snap a few photos of this 109-year-old beauty.

Share your photos on Instagram and Twitter and be sure to tag @SaveAlbright. We’ll feature the best ones here on our website.

“Old church buildings ought to be saved.” Albright Featured in the Tribune Review

Great article about church buildings in Western, PA with a photo of Albright United Methodist Church on the front of the Living section of the Sunday paper!

Old churches historically, socially important to communities, Tribune Review, Sunday, September 27, 2015.

Old church buildings ought to be saved.

In our small towns, they are often the most prominent buildings around. In our cities, they are landmarks that provide identity for many neighborhoods.

They often have historical significance as the setting for important community events and as centers for providing social services.

What’s more, churches are likely to be the finest architecture present in any town or city neighborhood. They are invested with the best design, the most elaborate art and the best examples of craftsmanship in stone, glass, wood, metalwork and furnishings.

That artistry and craftsmanship cannot be reproduced today. The handwork and the details we see in so many churches are just not affordable anymore. When a church is torn down, all of that is lost forever.