Doug Baker to Visit on 12 April

Elaine and Doug Baker

     Doug Baker will be visiting the First Presbyterian Church of Matawan on 12 April 2014 at 6:30 pm. All are invited to the Adult Lounge for a discussion of the Bakers' peacemaking work in Northern Ireland, which FPC Matawan has supported with a portion of the church's designated mission funds for many years. Dessert and coffee will be offered.

     Doug is the PCUSA's regional liaison for Ireland and the United Kingdom. In this role he helps grassroots Presbyterians from the United States become involved with and learn from ministry in Ireland and the UK and maintains relationships with partner churches.

     The Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program is one way Doug engages in his ministry of training and relationship. Through the YAV program, people between the ages of 19 and 30 serve in communities of need for one year at 11 sites in the United States and 5 sites overseas. Doug coordinates the Northern Ireland site, where volunteers support work with youth and children and perform other ministries in congregations. They also spend part of each week with community projects addressing the legacy of decades of civil conflict.

     As coordinator, Doug mentors YAVs as they learn to live in an intentional Christian community, serve the church’s mission, and engage in vocational discernment. Doug’s wife, Elaine, assists in the ministries with YAVs and also helps facilitate group visits from the United States.

     FPC Matawan is located on Route 34 North at Franklin Street, just north of Main Street in Matawan. The church's Adult Lounge is at the end of the first floor education wing, across from the chapel. From the parking lot, go downstairs, enter the doors, make a right and proceed down the hall, then turn left and look for the Adult Lounge on your left after the library.

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