This was my second year attending an evening Christmas service at Orchard Hill. We went on a…read moreWednesday and despite showing up early the parking lot was already filling in steadily and the room was full when the event started. I can only imagine what it's like Christmas Eve or Day. The building is very large and modern, a vast difference from the Catholic churches I grew up in and Greek ones I've visited here and in Europe. As an artist I always appreciated how detailed they were, full of stained glass, statues, painted ceilings, stonework, candles, rows of pews, etc. Warm, dark, historic, holy feeling; you definitely knew you were in a place of worship. This, however, definitely gives me evangelical megachurch vibes, feeling more akin to my high school/college auditoriums. In fact I don't think I saw a single picture of Jesus, Mary/Joseph, saints, or apostles anywhere in the main areas we were kept to. Very unusual in my experiences at other churches with lots of iconography, but perhaps that's common at these kinds of nondenominational places? I understand though that a 'church' can be anywhere, and modern features and expectations will result in a different kind of venue. But hey that's just my preference. Catholics definitely have that graphic imagery beaten into them of a defeated looking Jesus on a cross statue with a bloody hole in his side, haha. The lobby is spacious with lots of seating areas and entrances to various other parts of the building. The theater room has two levels and sloped floors, providing everyone a good view of the stage. Two large screens are of either side, and were always changing views using the cameras situated around the room. The lighting was also very good too, and was timed well with the program. My only gripe was the audio, it was fine when the pastor was speaking or when one person was singing. But if the whole group on stage began to sing it seemed to become muddled and was perhaps just too much for the system? Maybe an instance like those I seem to encounter at too many music events where the urge to just make things louder doesn't necessarily make the experience better. Overall it was a nice event, especially involving the kids on stage to reenact the nativity, and passing out candles for the audience to light.

I did Kidsfest this year and it was so much fun First, all of the people were super friendly there…read more Next, They had so much to do There especially after eating lunch because you could play in the bouncy house, play paintball, do the daily activity, field hockey and so much more, Also, they have concerts about Jesus where you party and after that The year I did it they had these characters and they were toys. Then, they had Water day which was the best because you could go down 30 foot waterslides and on the last water day they brought In a foam truck. They still have Bible story though which was interesting. Finally, that was how Kidsfest ended up for me this year.

Pros: Northway is a great church with many opportunities and ministries available for all ages. The…read moremusic is outstanding and services are transforming. Greeters and ushers are extremely welcoming and the prayer teams after service do a nice job. The safety team does a great job at protecting the campus at all times and I felt extremely safe going to Northway. Cons: The church statement and beliefs. Northway is a great church overall, but I confess we left extremely hurt. Everything was going well until we asked the Wexford campus pastor, Ryan Paskey to marry us. If you want to get married there, don't live together before marriage-my fiancée and I didn't realize this. We didn't know this was frowned upon with living together before marriage under the same roof. We were uneducated. Pastor Ryan refused to marry us unless we either (A.) moved the wedding date to the next week or (B.) he said we would have to move out of our home together, live apart and wait till our wedding date to move back in together. In addition to moving out, the Wexford Pastor said if we continued to live together, we both must resign immediately and give up our leadership positions within the church. There's a leadership covenant that you are expected to sign and we had no idea about this. This was never communicated till we approached the Wexford pastor. The last thing Paskey said that hurt the most was how the man needs to run the house and be in charge and women have 0 power and must be homemakers. Otherwise God was not present in our home. Remember that speech the Kansas City Chiefs kicker gave? That's what Northway believes and how the Wexford preacher spoke to us. Also, they don't remember you since it's a mega church and forget the new people. With all this being said, we stepped away and found a new church home thankfully. We were deeply hurt, confused, angry and disappointed. We believe God wasn't angry at us. We forgive pastor Ryan, but we highly disagree with the views he displayed. We felt compelled to write this review to prevent others from making the same mistakes we did. We will respect Northway, the staff and the people for who they are, but we highly disagree with the views and church statement of values. We wish them all the best moving forward. We just don't plan to attend there unless serious changes of modernization are made.

After moving to Pittsburgh from a large city where we LOVED our church, it was a hard time in our…read morelives. We visited Northway because it reminded us of our church back home. We felt welcomed the moment we walked in. There are so many things we love about Northway and would recommend the church to everyone!

Love it here! All the people are like family and super loving. They preach straight from the Bible…read more If you want a great church, I highly recommend!

This is the church I have been searching for - totally Bible based - totally real people -read more

Friendly and inviting congregation. Two Worship services every Sunday 8:45 and 11 AM. Also…read moreChristian Education Hour at 10 AM.

North Park church is a Bible believing church that focuses in discipleship. Great teaching for…read moreyoung children to adults. Lots of events to build community. Come check it out!

I attend this church regularly, the people are very friendly, the pastor a good speaker and…read moresincere, the worship service is spirit lifting and full of praise to God. The churches' statement of faith is true to the Bible also. If you are a TRUE Christian, you will find NOTHING objectionable here.

A warm and welcoming congregation with good preaching and an excellent music program…read more One thing to notice is a real pipe organ that is well maintained and had a beautiful sound. The 9:30 am service is rather unique, however it means you can attend church and still have plenty of time left on your day to do other things.

This church is extremely friendly and genuine. I was greeted me warmly as a visitor and enjoyed the…read moreworship service there.

This is an excellent parish with a great school and teachers that really care. Some of the…read morefriendliest people I have ever met are here!

Been going to this fish fry for decades. St Al's is always the best in the north suburbs. Now…read morethey have a BIG hall and the service is very fast, with 'students' serving and picking up. was there last friday and at 6pm no wait.

Fish fry review only... We decided to have fish fry for…read moredinner. I called and ordered and the hubby picked up because he works nearby. He said it was busy but didn't take too long. It was warm when he got it home, not scalding... always a positive. He got 2 sandwiches. I chose a dinner with 2 sides that included peirogies and Mac n cheese. Yum on all fronts. We got fried fish but in the land of fried this fish was light and not greasy. It was also mild and fresh fish. Delicious! The peirogies were stuffed with mashed potatoes and the Mac n cheese was cheesy goodness. And all for $22...cheap and good! We also got 2 little brownies for dessert which were good and homemade. I love lent...fish fries are awesome! I would go back!

Checking in here is fine…read more Doing a Yelp Review on a Church seems a bit strained. f8 and be there.

Great community Church with a traditional feel. It was great growing up there :) Sunday School,…read moreadult bible study groups, and a great summer vacation bible school. Check it out!