Nominations for Annual Conference Awards are now being accepted.
Send your nominations to the appropriate contact with nominee’s name, church and the accomplishments that make them eligible for nomination. For all other inquiries, contact Kellye Walker-Pontius, Awards Coordinator, or Chrissy Graham, Coordinator of Communications.
Harry Denman Award
Denman Awards are given to lay, clergy and youth who are nominated by United Methodists in Wisconsin for their outstanding ministry in the area of evangelism. Harry Denman, in whose memory the award is named, was a lay UM whose personal witness and invitation may have brought more people to Christ and his Church than any other person in the last century. The award is sponsored by the Connectional Table Resource Team (CTRT) and made possible by the Foundation for Evangelism, which was founded in 1949 by Dr. Denman.
Download the clergy nomination form, laity nomination form or youth nomination form.
Contact: Becky Mueller, 920-464-0320
Nominations deadline: May 1, 2019
Love in Action
The Love in Action Award is presented by the Disaster Response Committee to recognize outstanding commitment and passion to God’s mission through disaster response and relief.
Contact: Bud Budzinski, 252-432-2810, 1450 2nd Street, Fennimore, WI 53809
Thelma W. Gregg Award
The Thelma W. Gregg Award is given to someone who has demonstrated Christian commitment in tireless promotion of the missionary outreach of the Church. The award includes a financial gift to be designated to an Advance project by the recipient.
Contact Mary Balson, 715-495-1213 (C), 920-922-6332 (H)
Nominations deadline: May 1, 2019
Francis Asbury Award
The Francis Asbury Award is given to persons who have been instrumental in supporting, strengthening, and promoting the church’s work in higher education ministries (in schools, colleges, campus ministries, scholarships, Black College Fund, Africa University) and offer outstanding leadership to help bring awareness to the significance of the church’s higher education ministries.
Contact: Michael Moser, 262-949-6475, W5623 Lakeville Road, Walworth, WI 53184
Lois C. Olsen “Ministry of Memory” Award
The Lois C Olsen Ministry of Memory Award is given to recognize and encourage excellence in archival and historical work in our local churches and our Annual Conference. The Lois C. Olsen Ministry of Memory Award is meant to identify and inspire those Wisconsin United Methodists, especially at the level of the local church, who through their efforts have made significant contributions to the preservation of the records and stories that define us as a faith community.
Contact: Jim Droste, 608-935-5451, Lois C. Olsen Ministry of Memory Award, Wisconsin Conference Archives, 750 Windsor St., Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 53590
Nominations deadline: May 1, 2019
Perry Saito Award
The Perry Saito Award is given by the Wisconsin United Methodist Federation for Social Action to individuals who demonstrate their loyalty to Christ through faith and work to further justice and peace through the United Methodist Church.
Contact: Amanda Stein, 608-338-8240