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.
Taylor Fellowship
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.
