Extra Commitment Opportunities

There is a channel through which gifts can be designated for specific items that support the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s work around the world. These are called Extra Commitment Opportunities (ECOs). You can give directly to an ECO account online or by mailing your check designating the name and account number of the particular item you have chosen to:

PC(USA) Individual Remittance Processing
P.O. Box 643700
Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700

Your gift will go directly into the ECO Account designated, and you will receive a letter indicating that your gift has been received and will be used for the purpose intended.

Below is two Extra Commitment Opportunities related to the United Kingdom. See also giving opportunities for Northern Ireland. For a listing of other ECOs related to Europe visit Mission Funding’s Web site and type Europe or specific countries into the search box.

Mission Personnel

The Rev. Doug Baker and Elaine Baker — Regional Liaison for the United Kingdom/ YAV Site Coordinator

Doug, an ordained PC(USA) minister, and Elaine Baker have been PC(USA) mission workers for more than two decades. Although their roles have changed over the years of their ministry in Northern Ireland, their ministry has always served the cause of peacemaking and reconciliation. Doug is now the PC(USA)’s regional liaison for Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Rev. Tom and Judy Harvey—Oxford Mission Study Centre, United Kingdom

Tom Harvey is serving as dean of the Overseas Center for Mission Studies (OCMS) in Oxford, England, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. With more than 140 part-time or full-time students working towards their master’s of philosophy or Ph.D., OCMS has a graduate program larger than most university departmental doctoral programs with research into areas as diverse as displaced youth in Romania, HIV/AIDS in Africa, conflict resolution in Kenya, and biblical hermeneutics and the Anglican Church of Malaysia. Judy is assisting in this ministry. In Singapore, their previous assignment, Judy taught English as a second language and led Bible studies.

Other Support

Young adult volunteers (YAVs) serving in the United Kingdom experience a year of developing Christian community through spiritual formation and volunteer service. Serving at several sites across the United Kingdom, YAVs live together in Christian community and serve neighborhood ministries. Gifts to this ECO will be used for programmatic site support or to directly support young adult volunteers through reimbursement of outstanding students loans, housing and food allowances and/or a travel subsidy. Learn more.