Golden Cane Award
The Golden Cane Award was presented to the Rev. Steven Seminerio on Thursday, November 7, 2024 in a ceremony at Deaconess Abundant Life Communities in Concord, MA. Rev. Seminerio served churches throughout Massachusetts for 22 years. The Golden Cane Award is given jointly by the New England Conference Commission on Archives and History and the Preachers' Aid Society of New England. This award is presented to the ordained elder in the New England Conference who has the greatest number of years of service in Christian Ministry.
Past Lifetime of Discipleship Recipients
Wesley Palmer, Clarice Gothberg and George Button
Lifetime of Discipleship Recipients Include:
2019
2018
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
Marcia Hoyt and Linda Reiber
Clarice Gothberg and George Button
Anna H. McCloskey and David Swett
Jane Ives and Gwen White
Marie & Charles Frasier and Nancy Hajek
Earl Hutt and Helen Neff
Carol Smith and Oscar Harrell
Mary Pittman Wyatt and Beverly Abbott
M. Philip Susag and Harry Johnson
Willard and Joyce Robinson
Taylor Fellowship
2015 Taylor Fellowship Honorees
Each year, since 1995, the Preachers' Aid Society of New England has granted the prestigious Blaine and Lois Taylor Fellowship Award to honor retired clergy and surviving spouses having significant years of distinguished pastoral service, within and among local churches of the New England Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church or one of its predecessors. Awards are made on the basis of:
Tenure in ministry
Effective service in ministry
Relative need
Award recipients are chosen by an independently appointed committee, which reviews the applications received and makes its recommendations to the Society. Fellows are awarded at the Clergy Luncheon each year during Annual Conference and honorees receive a gift of $10,500 to use toward the purpose stated in their application.
Honored Taylor Fellows Include:
2023 The Reverend Ralph Howe
The Reverend Gary Nettleton
The Reverend Gary Shaw
The Reverend David Williams
2022 The Reverend John Blackadar
The Reverend Kathryn Johnson
The Reverend Pat MacHugh
The Reverend Steve Notis
The Reverend Valerie Roberts-Toler
2021 The Reverend Mark Monson-Alley
The Reverend Heidi Chamberland
The Reverend Ed Farrell-Starbuck
The Reverend Mary Jane O’Connor-Ropp
2020 The Reverend Carol Borland
The Reverend Samuel Johnson
The Reverend Carroll Moore
2019 The Reverend Ann Partner Nelson
The Reverend Dr. Paul Samuelson
The Reverend Henry “Bing” Scherer
2018 The Reverend Carol Borland
2017 The Reverend Dr. Ronald Messer
The Reverend Stephen Melius
The Reverend Deborah Shipp
2016 The Reverend Scott Campbell
The Reverend John Neff
The Reverend Sharon Miesel
2015 The Reverend Charles Fowlie
The Reverend Leonora Sue Job
The Reverend Robert Moore
The Reverend Gwen Purushotham
2014
The Reverend Walter Brown
The Reverend Ed Claus
The Reverend Huntley Halvorson
2013
The Reverend Jonathan and Mrs. Nora Almond
The Reverend Richard Evan
The Reverend Richard Pagano
The Reverend Vicki L. Woods
2012
The Reverend James Todd
The Reverend Richard Hibbert
2011
The Reverend Daniel Weaver
2010
The Reverend T. Landon Lindsay
2009
The Reverend Frank Gulinello, Jr.
2008
The Reverend Richard E. Harding
The Reverend Jeannette M. Burton
The Reverend Dr. John E. N. Knight
2007
The Reverend John A. Dusenberry
The Reverend Young Bok Rha
The Reverend Russell Peppe
2006
The Reverend Dr. Wayne Kendall
The Reverend Dr. Kent D. Moorehead
2005
The Reverend Dean E. Benedict
The Reverend Wesley W. Stinson
2004
The Reverend Howard E. Benson
The Reverend Norman C. Young
2003
The Reverend Lawrence M. Hill
2002
The Reverend Dr. Irvin E. Koelker
The Reverend Phillip M. Polhemus
2001
The Reverend Frank A. Danforth
The Reverend Seaton Woodley, Jr.
2000
The Reverend William A. Campbell
The Reverend David A. Hollenbeck
1999
The Reverend Dr. Kwan Y. Lee
The Reverend Harry Soper
1998
The Reverend John L. Camp
The Reverend Milton L. Smith, Sr.
1996
The Reverend George E. Bullens
The Reverend Alan H. Moore
1995
The Reverend Edgar J. Helms