If you’d like to learn more about any of these ministries, contact us. If you are interested in spiritual direction, we will arrange for a confidential consultation to help you learn more about the process and to discern if spiritual companionship is right for you.

Debbie Baker
Debbie is Coordinator of Connecting Ministries at Gay Street United Methodist Church in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. She trained in retreat leadership with the East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church. She has been in retreat leadership since 1980. Her formal spiritual formation training is through the Dominican Center At Marywood, Grand Rapids Michigan.

Rev. Carol Topping
Carol is an ordained Elder in the East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church, trained in retreat leadership through the Upper Room in Nashville TN. She has been a retreat leader since 1997. She is a program associate in the Spiritual Direction Program through the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation in Bethesda, Maryland.