About Grace
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church was founded in 1931 in Universal (now Penn Hills, PA). Our first building was a converted school; our present building was constructed in 1961 and continues to serve as our house of worship.
Offerings can be mailed to the church:
2931 Universal Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15235
Electronic donations can be made through Vanco
Sunday School
Our Sunday School offers classes to students from 3 years - 6th grade using Arch Books and Bibles from Concordia Publishing House. Our 7th and 8th grade catechumens study a Bible History curriculum. Junior Bible Class is offered for post-confirmation students, and older high school & college students are encouraged to attend Adult Bible Class.
Grace's Sunday School has a tradition of collecting little pennies to pay for big projects, and our current students are upholding that tradition as well. We are currently collecting pennies to support Rev. Dr. Jonathan and Deaconess Cheryl Naumann.
"The oldest agency for Christian service within our congregation is certainly our Sunday School. In the recorded history of our church, we read that a Sunday School was begun in Grace Church immediately after the church's dedication....The year of 1937 was the first year that we had a Sunday School superintendent other than the pastor. Mr. Alvin Rigby was the first to serve in this capacity...Since his time other able men have followed in his footsteps. Teachers also have come and gone; but God's Word is continually taught without interruption." Grace's 25th Anniversary Booklet, 1956