LCC seminaries issue respective calls for nominations: Honourary awards and degrees

Call for Nominations: Honourary Awards and Degrees at CLS

EDMONTON – Though we are now in the season of fall, Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS) in Edmonton wants you to think about spring. Every spring at its Sacred Convocation, CLS has the opportunity to grant honourary awards and degrees based on nominations received from people like you. The recipients of these awards and degrees are selected by the faculty and Board of Regents after prayerful consideration of all nominations received.

Through these honourary awards and degrees, CLS recognizes the outstanding contributions of our clergy, deacons, and lay people. CLS is now accepting nominations for 2021’s honorary awards and degrees to be presented at its Sacred Convocation on May 28, 2021. Nominations close January 1, 2021.

Nominations may be made for the honourary degrees of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.), Doctor of Letters (Litt.D), and Doctor of Divinity (D.D.). In addition to these degrees, the seminary also invites nominations for the Faith in Life, Friend of the Seminary, and the Doulos Dia Iesoun awards.

The specific criteria for each award or degree and nomination forms are available from Dcn. Dr. Jennifer Frim. For more information, contact: Dr. Jennifer Frim, faculty secretary, Concordia Lutheran Seminary at 780-474-1468 ext. 223 or via email.

CLTS issues Call for Honourary Awards

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Each May at its annual Call Service, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary in St. Catharines, Ontario has the opportunity to confer two major awards on worthy pastors or lay members of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC).

The recipient of the Friend of the Seminary award is nominated by the faculty or Board of Regents for making a significant contribution to the well-being of the seminary.

The Delta Chi Medal, by contrast, is awarded by the seminary on behalf of the wider church. This “highest and most distinguished award” is “presented to an individual, either clergy or lay, whose life exemplifies service to Christ in his/her everyday living and vocation.” In nominating, one should consider the person’s service to the local congregation, the community, the synodical district, the church at large, church service organizations, and educational institutions. “Delta Chi” refers to the initials of the Greek expression διάκονος χριστοῦ, which means “servant of Christ.”

Anyone in LCC may nominate a candidate for the Delta Chi award. No current faculty or board member is eligible.

Please submit your nomination in writing to the seminary or via e-mail to concordia@brocku.ca. The deadline for nominations is December 15, 2020.

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