The Bishop D. Frederick Wertz Award
Recipient: Bishop Neil L. Irons
Lycoming College grants this award annually in memory of Bishop Wertz, president of the college from 1955 to 1968. It recognizes a clergy or lay person who has rendered exceptional service to God through the church.
The Flying Dove Award
Recipient: Grace United Methodist Church, Hanover
The Peace with Justice Committee of the Conference Board of Global Ministries grants this award to the church that has made the largest financial donation to the Peace with Justice Fund.
The Howard and Elizabeth Brinton Award
Individual Recipient: Laura Inlow
The Brinton Award is in memory of the Brintons, missionaries in Congo and mission interpreters with the General Board of Global Ministries. Howard Brinton established and served as executive director for The Advance.
Church Recipient: Calvary United Methodist Church, Lawrenceville
The Brinton Award is in memory of the Brintons, missionaries in Congo and mission interpreters with the General Board of Global Ministries. Howard Brinton established and served as executive director for The Advance.
The Rev. Dr. Maud K. Jensen/Rev. Dr. Karen E. Layman Memorial Scholarship
Recipient: Pastor Kelly Kocher-Ross
The Susquehanna Conference Women in Ministry grant this scholarship to a female seminarian in memory of Maud K. Jensen and Karen E. Layman. Maud Jensen was the first woman to receive full clergy rights in the Methodist Church in the United States in 1956, and she did so through the former Central PA Conference. She then became a missionary to Korea. No other women were ordained in our conference for many years until a class of women in the 1970s that included Karen Layman.
The Harry Hosier Award
Recipient: The Journey Church, Harrisburg
Given by the Commission on Beloved Community to an individual or congregation that best emulates the characteristics of Harry Hosier, and early Black Methodist preacher.
The J. Marlene Atanasoff Spiritual Formation Award
Recipients: Revs. Kristopher and Hannah Sledge
The Center for Spiritual Formation grants this award annually in memory of Marlene Atanasoff, a graduate of the two-year Ministry of the Spiritual Direction program. It recognizes an outstanding advocate of John Wesley’s principles of mercy, justice, and piety.
The Marty Cox Award For Christian Unity
Recipient: Carlisle United Methodist Church
The Bishop’s Committee on Christian Unity and Interfaith Relations annually recognizes an individual or congregation that demonstrates outstanding involvement in ecumenical ministry.
The One Matters Award
Recipient: Harrisonville Charge - Asbury, Ebenezer & Siloam UMCs
Discipleship Ministries annually recognizes the congregations in each annual conference that reported increases in baptisms and professions of faith (as reported in the previous year’s statistical reports). The award celebrates the power of intentional discipleship development and community engagement.
The Thomas K. Cartwright Scholarship
Recipient: Pastor Daniel Havrilla
The Enlistment and Interpretation Committee of the Susquehanna Conference Board of Ordained Ministry annually awards this scholarship to a young adult who is called to ordained ministry. The award honors the memory of Rev. Dr. Thomas Kevin Cartwright.
