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    • Jazz @ Emmanuel โ€“ Our 33rd Season
    • Jazz @ Emmanuel โ€“ Our 32nd Season
    • Jazz @ Emmanuel โ€“ Our 31st Season โ€“ Part 2
    • Jazz at Emmanuel โ€“ Our 31st Season
    • Jazz at Emmanuel โ€“ Our 30th Season
    • Jazz at Emmanuel โ€“ Our 29th Season!
    • Jazz at Emmanuel โ€“ Our 28th Season
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Welcome!

We Welcome You…To a Divine Celebration of Unity and Diversity
in a Unique Historical Setting on the Northside

Emmanuel Episcopal Church 957 W. North Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15233 (North Side)
412-231-0454

Come Worship with Us!

Sunday Mornings
8:00 am, Holy Eucharist, Rite II
9:15 Bible Study
10:30  Holy Eucharist, Rite II

Sunday Jazz Vespers
5:00 โ€“ 6:00 pm, 2nd Sundays only,
September through May

Sundays Online
2:00 Pm on ZOOM
Contact the Priest for Details
Father Don: Email
Church Office:
412-231-0454

Join us on Sundays for a heartfelt reminder of God’s unconditional love, from the pews and pulpit alike. ย 
All are welcome.

See our Calendar of Events!

The Congregation

Are you looking for a church where you can seek or worship God in the company of men, women and children of all ages? Where your race is unimportant and won’t stick out?  Where what you wear won’t be scrutinized or judged? Where it doesn’t matter if you come alone, or with your parent, or your child(ren) only, or your spouse, or your partner, or a relative, or your whole blessed family?  What we have in common here — is our diversity.  We have found a home here and hope you, too, will find a parish family and a church home at Emmanuel.

A vital, inner-city parish with a congregation rich in ethnic, social, economic and even neighborhood varieties, people from all over the city have a home at Emmanuel.  Amidst this diversity, there is amazing harmony, support, and genuine care.  It is a unity that often surprises even its own members โ€” and one that we wish to share with both the surrounding neighborhood and the greater Pittsburgh community.

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. ~John 13:34-35

Our main focus is our worship of the one true God. Members support one another to live out their faith in a Loving God through their everyday lives — at work, at home, in their neighborhoods — and sometimes even at church.  Please join us!

A National Historic Landmark

Emmanuel became a National Historic Landmark in 2000, one of only eight in Pittsburgh.  As such, it has been acclaimed by architectural historians as โ€œPittsburghโ€™s most important religious building.โ€  It is quite unique both inside and out.  Visitors to the city, are advised to make it a place to definitely see while you are here.  

Read more about the Architect, Henry Hobson Richardson, our unique architecture, the history of our path from the inspired vision of a young woman to becoming a National Historic Landmark.

Jazz @ Emmanuel

Our free Jazz Service, designed for those who aren’t keen on traditional church, is once a month on Sundays at 5 pm, September through May.  For 35 years, Jazz @ Emmanuel has been a simple reminder of God’s love in the context of good music and the company of both Jazz enthusiasts and the curious from all over the Greater Pittsburgh area.  
All are welcome.

Tom Wendt Ensemble

Read about how Jazz @ Emmanuel got started by a visit and a vision and a very wise woman.  Here is where you can find the monthly line-up of themes and readings.  

Jazz @ Emmanuel is supported in part by WRCT 88.3 FM,
worshippers and jazz enthusiasts like you.  
Thank you.

Wine Tasting Tours

If you would like to see the inside and get the scoop on the history and construction of Emmanuel, visit the Allegheny West site. Emmanuel has been on the Allegheny West Wine Tasting Tours and/or Christmas Tours, since it began.

Emmanuel is a shining star that seems to never get old.  Tours are led by the Vicar, The Rev. Donald C. Youse and include some inspiring spiritual stories of our origin as a congregation as well as some very enjoyable and colorful accounts of some of the early congregants. Read more here.

Scroll Down below Latest Jazz Posts for our LATEST PARISH NEWS Posts.

Visti Allegeny West Neighborhood and Tour Information
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Latest Jazz Posts

  • A man giving to a homeless woman on an Istanbul street, capturing urban generosity.
    Jazz | Season 34
    Jazz @ Emmanuel – Kindness to Strangers, February 8, 2026

    What does it mean to be a Christian? or a “Christian Nation?
    Come and find out!

    Read More Jazz @ Emmanuel – Kindness to Strangers, February 8, 2026Continue

  • brown wooden gavel on brown wooden table
    Jazz | Season 34
    Jazz @ Emmanuel – The Arc is Long, January 11, 2025

    Abolitionist, Theodore Parker, 1853 and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1965 speak of the hope of the eventuality of Justice in an unjust world.

    Read More Jazz @ Emmanuel – The Arc is Long, January 11, 2025Continue

  • J_O_Y bisque w pine and berries
    Jazz | Season 34
    Jazz @ Emmanuel โ€“ December 14, 2025 โ€“ What Are Your Gifts?

    We all have gifts to give the world. Looking for where we love being generous may help us see what blesses others. Jazz is a gift to you from Emmanuel. In more ways than one…

    Read More Jazz @ Emmanuel โ€“ December 14, 2025 โ€“ What Are Your Gifts?Continue

Latest Parish News Posts

  • Emmanuel Voice – January- February 2026
    Parish News and Events
    Emmanuel Voice – January- February 2026

    Honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Monday, January 19th, 7 PM Please join the Commission on Race and Reconciliation and…

    Read More Emmanuel Voice – January- February 2026Continue

  • Christmas Services – 2025
    Christmas | Church Seasons | Parish News and Events
    Christmas Services – 2025

    Thursday, December 24 – Christmas Eve – 7:00 pm Friday, December 25 – Christmas Day – 10:30 am All are…

    Read More Christmas Services – 2025Continue

  • empty manger
    Christmas | Church Seasons | Parish News and Events
    Christmas at Emmanuel – 2025

    The coming of Christ gives us hope – hope amid our current life struggles and hope for our life beyond this life. The Birth of Christ is one hugh blessing wrapped up in a tiny defenseless babe born over 2000 years ago.

    Read More Christmas at Emmanuel – 2025Continue

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Our Mission

The Mission of Emmanuel Episcopal Church is to proclaim, reinforce, and renew one’s identity in Christ so that each child of God may be empowered for the work to which the Lord calls them.

SANCTUS

S – Safety through respect.
A – A sense of the Holy (reverence).
N – Norm of Holy Scripture.
C – Centered in prayer
T – Together in expectancy.
U – Unlimited listening with patience.
S – Surrounded by diverse fellowship.

Recent Posts for Reflection

  • Emmanuel Voice – January- February 2026
  • Jazz @ Emmanuel – Kindness to Strangers, February 8, 2026
  • Jazz @ Emmanuel – The Arc is Long, January 11, 2025
  • Christmas Services – 2025
  • Christmas at Emmanuel – 2025
  • Jazz @ Emmanuel โ€“ December 14, 2025 โ€“ What Are Your Gifts?

Other Websites of Interest

Diocese of Pittsburgh
Emmanuel on Facebook
Episcopal Dictionary of “Church-y” Words
Jazz @ Emmanuel
Jazz @ Emmanuel on Facebook
Living Compass – Spirituality and Wellness
Retreat on 2 Feet – Contemplative Walking
The Order of the Daughters of the Kingยฎ
The Episcopal Church Nationwide

Look Up or Read Scripture Online
Daily Office
Forward Day by Day
Lectionary App for iOS Devices
Revised Common Lectionary
The Lectionary Page
Bible Gateway

Friends of Emmanuel
Allegheny West
Hayes Design Group
St. Paul’s, Mt. Lebanon

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Pittsburgh, PA 15233

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  • Welcome!
  • Latest Posts
  • Our Church Family
    • A Divine Celebration
    • History
    • Our Building
      • Architecture
      • Historical Landmark
      • Allegheny West Tours
    • Emmanuel Voice
      • Emmanuel Voice โ€“ February, 2025
      • Emmanuel Voice โ€“ Advent-Christmas Newsletter โค๏ธ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽ๐ŸŒŸ
      • Emmanuel Voice โ€“ Fall 2024
      • Micah 6:8
      • Emmanuel Voice โ€“ February 2024
    • Contact Us
  • Loving God
    • Worship & Study
    • Sunday Worship
    • Sunday Bible Study
    • Sunday Service on Zoom
    • Total Worship
    • Daughters of the King
    • Jazz
    • OSL โ€“ The Order of St. Luke
    • Zoom Bible Study
  • Loving Our Neighbors
    • Loving One Another
    • Garden Club
    • Trotting Turkeys Food Drive โ€“ 2025
      • The Giving Tree
      • Harvest Giving
      • Harvest Blessings
    • New Garden Club Starting
      • Garden Club โ€“ November 23 and 30, 2024 ๐ŸŽ„
      • Garden Club โ€“ October 27, 2024
    • Ordination of Our Seminarian
    • Blessing the First Responders
      • 9-11 Blessing
    • Ladies of Emmanuel
      • Prayer for Prisoners
    • Love, Teach, Heal
  • Jazz at Emmanuel
    • Jazz at Emmanuel
    • Jazz @ Emmanuel โ€“ Our 34th Season
    • Jazz @ Emmanuel โ€“ Our 33rd Season
    • Jazz @ Emmanuel โ€“ Our 32nd Season
    • Jazz @ Emmanuel โ€“ Our 31st Season โ€“ Part 2
    • Jazz at Emmanuel โ€“ Our 31st Season
    • Jazz at Emmanuel โ€“ Our 30th Season
    • Jazz at Emmanuel โ€“ Our 29th Season!
    • Jazz at Emmanuel โ€“ Our 28th Season
  • Calendar