CHICAGO, IL (February 21, 2013) – Nominations are now open for the 2013 Advocates For Covenant Clergy Women (ACCW) Awards. Nominations must be received before May 1.

The organization presents six awards – three in alternating years – during the Evangelical Covenant Church’s Annual Meeting. “We authored the awards program in 2006 to highlight the faithful service of women clergy and their male colleagues who advocate for them,” said Catherine Gilliard, ACCW president.

This year’s awards are:

The Priscilla Pastorate Grant – awarded to a full-time female pastor regardless of title in a Covenant church and a pastor in good standing in the Covenant Ministerium.

The Anderson/Nordlund Missionary Scholarship – provides for
continued training and education, awarded to a full-time female missionary called by the Covenant, on assignment through the Department of World Mission and supported by a local Covenant congregation.

The Mordecai Award for Outstanding Partnership – honors a male colleague who has demonstrated active support of women in ministry through providing advocacy, resources, support, and dialogue on behalf of all women in ministry. Those eligible for the award include administrators, teachers, pastors, and missionaries.

Email Gilliard to obtain additional information on becoming a partner or submitting an award nomination. Click here to access the forms and related information.

Advocates for Covenant Clergy Women is associated with the Covenant Ministerium and works to help clergywomen fully live into their calls.

Picture of The Covenant Companion

The Covenant Companion

The Covenant Companion brings together stories and voices that connect, inform, and inspire. Subscribe to our print edition.
CONTINUE READING

Explore More Stories & News

Features

The Conference That Came First

Eight churches met in a Minnesota town before there was a Covenant to belong to. What became the Northwest Conference is still going, 142 years later.

Features

Training the Latino Leaders the Covenant Needs

Training the Latino leaders the Covenant needs The president of CHET shares why this Latino seminar affiliated with the Pact is more important than ever, and what it takes to strengthen it. When Carlos Ortiz immigrated to the United States from Mexico at the age of twenty, he had come

News

After the Spokane Fires

The evacuation orders have been lifted. In Spokane, two congregations are settling in for the long work of rebuilding with their neighbors.

Commentary

Beyond Clenched Fists

Righteous anger, witnessed through injustice on the ground, becomes a spiritual invitation to act rather than remain with clenched fists.

Posts

Women Who Stayed: Covenant Witness in Solidarity

Three generations of Covenant women — Florence Towne, Carolyn Cedarleaf, and Jeannine Cedarleaf Nordlund — reveal how solidarity with neighbors facing injustice is caught, not taught.