Concert to benefit pastor who needs liver transplant
After years of helping the community, the Rev. Doug Quail of Daisytown Bible Fellowship Church is getting a helping hand from those he’s served and supported.
“A Concert for Doug” will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Feb. 15 at West Brownsville American Legion Post 940, 800 Middle St. The Bentworth Ministerium Community Choir is among the sponsors.
Quail suffers from nonalcoholic cirrhosis and needs a liver transplant.
Three bands and a comedian are donating their talents for the event in recognition of Quail’s support last summer of the Power of Music concerts, held primarily at the American Legion post. Knob Road, Shannon & the Merger and Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers, along with comedian Shane Dolan, will be appearing.
Tickets are $15 per person and include a spaghetti dinner. Proceeds will be used to defray Quail’s medical expenses.
Quail, 47, a Daisytown native, developed a serious diabetic infection two days after Christmas. He was flown to UPMC in Pittsburgh, where he learned he needs a liver transplant.
Quail is locally known for his RK Possum puppet ministry, appearing at vacation Bible schools, festivals and church events.
Each year, he and his wife, Peggy, host “Chicken on the Grounds,” a free meal for area residents at the church he founded eight years ago. They also open the doors of their church each month for a free community dinner.
Quail also will provide food baskets to needy residents in his hometown, and as part of his ministry, he makes hospital visits throughout the Pittsburgh and Mon Valley regions and substitutes for other ministers who are on vacation or ill.
“He’s a community guy. He always wants to help,” said Annette Buffer of Brownsville, leader of the Bentworth Ministerium Community Choir, which represents 14 churches in Washington and Fayette counties.
Last fall, Quail burned the mortgage for Daisytown Bible Fellowship Church at 442 Pike Run Road, California, a shuttered Catholic church that he acquired in 2007 from the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
The ordained minister is a graduate of California Area High School and Douglas School of Business. Before going into the ministry, he worked 20 years at Interstate Paper Supply Co. in Roscoe.
Tickets will be sold at the door or can be purchased by contacting Buffer at annettebuffer538@hotmail.com