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.
