{"id":7631,"date":"2006-06-26T15:37:40","date_gmt":"2006-06-26T20:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=7631"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:33:21","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:33:21","slug":"4990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/06\/26\/4990\/","title":{"rendered":"Clergy Women Present Three Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (June 26, 2006) &#8211; Three awards were presented by the  Association of Covenant Clergy Women (ACCW) during its gathering as part  of the recently concluded 121st Annual Meeting of the Evangelical  Covenant Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The awards \u2013 the first to be given by the ACCW \u2013 were made even more  significant because they came during a celebration of the 30th  anniversary of the decision to ordain women in the Covenant.<\/p>\n<p>The $300 Victoria Welter Book Scholarship was presented to Ileana  Garcia-Soto, a second-year student at North Park Theological Seminary,  by Dean of Students JoAnn Deasy. The award is named to honor Welter as  the first woman graduate of North Park Theological Seminary in 1901.  From an historical perspective, it is interesting to note that her  classmates at that time voted against including her in the class  photograph.<\/p>\n<p>The $1,000 Phoebe Church Planter\u2019s Grant was presented to Jocelyn  Thornton by Jolene Bergstrom-Carlson, associate superintendent and  director of church planting for the Central Conference. Thornton is  pastor of Emmanuel Covenant Church, a church plant in Park Forest,  Illinois. The award is named in honor of Phoebe, who is mentioned in  Romans 16 as the individual sent by the Apostle Paul to deliver his  letter to the church in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>The $500 Evelyn M.R. Johnson Leadership Award was presented to Evelyn  M.R. Johnson, superintendent of the Pacific Southwest Conference, for  whom the award is named. The award, which was presented by Ruth Hill,  executive minister of Women Ministries, recognizes a female minister in  an Evangelical Covenant Church who has demonstrated excellence in  ministry based on character, ministerial identity, contribution to the  Covenant and faithfulness to call.<\/p>\n<p>During the presentation, Johnson immediately endorsed the check and gave  it back to Hill to be used for Women Ministries\u2019 \u201cEducate the Girls\u201d  project in Congo. Girls and young women in the African nation rarely  receive more than a few years of basic education. This project seeks to  encourage girls to continue their education and thereby raise the status  of women in the culture. To learn more about the project, please see <a href=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/women\/departmental-ministries\/annual-project\">Educate the Girls.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catherine Gilliard, ACCW president and immediate-past chair of the  Covenant Executive Board, introduced the newly created ACCW awards  program. \u201cThis is an historic moment in the history of ACCW as we become  a granting association,\u201d Gilliard said. \u201cThis board seeks to find new  and significant ways to advocate, support, provide resources and  fellowship times to assist clergy women to remain faithful to their  call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Six award categories have been established, and three awards will be  given each year. Each recipient receives a plaque, a monetary award, one  year\u2019s membership in the ACCW, and a one-year subscription to either <em>The Covenant Companion<\/em> or <em>Covenant Home Altar.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The award selection team is comprised of ACCW board members, a member of  the Commission on Biblical Gender Equality, and a member of the  Covenant Ministerium board.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2011 The Evangelical Covenant Church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=7631&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (June 26, 2006) &#8211; Three awards were presented by the Association of Covenant Clergy Women (ACCW) during its gathering as part of the recently concluded 121st Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 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