Meet our new American Volunteer

Greetings. My name is Joel Pier-Fitzgerald and I will be working at the VINE Centre for the next year. I will be working as a part of the Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) programme which is sponsored through the Presbyterian Church USA. I am from Holland, Michigan in the United States and am very excited to be here in Northern Ireland. Holland is a small industrial city on the shores of Lake Michigan. I just graduated from Albion College in Albion Michigan with a degree in Religious Studies. As part of the YAV programme, I will be working part of the week at the Vine and the other part of the week at Cooke Centenary Presbyterian Church. I will help out with a variety of activities at both sites. I look forward to living in Belfast and sharing in ministry at the VINE Centre and Cooke.

We are saying goodbye to a valuable member of staff next June here at the Vine Centre so we thought it was important to mention this now on our blog spot.

Bill Whitley - Advice Services Manager attended the Management Committee meeting on 18th September 2008 together with Mr Trevor Cummings - Director of the Vine Centre and Mr Stephen Reid - Centre Manager.

Bill Whitley announced his intention to retire from the Vine Centre in the summer of 2009 after 11 years of valuable work with the Vine. Bill will be 65 in June and feels it is now time to hang up his hat as Advice Manager.

Rev Jack Drennan chaired the Management Committe Meeting.

Has summer really ended?

Hi everyone

Summer is coming to a end! Well not sure if we could call it summer but a new term has started here at the Vine Centre. Lots of new programmes and events are going to be happening over the next few months so keep checking our blog spot so that we can keep you updated.