Stories from Confluence Church

Real people, real Sundays

What happens when ordinary people in Pittsburgh carry each other through real life. Every story here is shared with permission.

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North Shore

From the back row to the parking lot

My daughter got baptized and I tagged along, sitting in the very back row. Two years later I am out in the lot every Sunday at 8:15 with the parking team.

Darnell K.

Portrait of Gloria, smiling

I moved across town after forty years in one house and knew nobody. The Tuesday group in Lawrenceville found me before I found them.

Gloria W.

Lawrenceville

James laughing with his young son on his shoulders

Our son came seven weeks early. People we barely knew brought dinner for six weeks straight. That was when it stopped feeling like a building.

James R.

South Hills

Maya and Chris holding their newborn at home

We moved here with a newborn and no family within five hundred miles. Our group became the people we call at two in the morning.

Maya and Chris T.

Lawrenceville

Theo laughing with friends on a staircase

I only went to Wednesday Nights because my friend had a car. Three years later I lead a sixth grade boys group.

Theo M.

North Shore

A woman smiling with both hands raised in worship

I grew up in church, walked away for ten years and came back on a random Sunday at the Marquee. Nobody asked where I had been.

Ana P.

South Hills

Friends praying over Kevin with their hands on his shoulders

I lost my job in March. My group did not fix it. They just kept showing up with groceries and job leads until it was fixed.

Kevin L.

North Shore

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