Peace Mug Award

The Atlantic Coast Conference Peace and Justice Committee awards a "peace mug" annually to a person or agency that exemplifies Christ's love to persons experiencing adversity and injustice. The 2004 recipient was Doug Burkholder of Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster (CMCL). Doug is active with the Lancaster Area Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program (LAVORP). He has also been very involved with taking high school youth to Nicaragua with the Witness for Peace program and has another trip planned for July '05. Professionally Doug has a Masters in Social Work degree and works at Philhaven Hospital in the adolescent day treatment program. He serves as a youth advisor for his congregation and is gifted in and committed to connecting with youth and nurturing their spiritual and peacemaking journeys.