LCC Seminaries present honorary awards

CANADA – LCC’s two seminaries presented the following honourary awards at their respective call services this year:

Dr. Thomas Winger and Dr. Wilhelm Torgerson.

Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (CLTS – St. Catharines)’s Call Service honoured Rev. Dr. Wilhelm Torgerson, Assistant Pastor at First Lutheran Church (Windsor, ON). The faculty and the Board of Regents at CLTS chose him to receive the seminary’s highest honour: the Delta Chi (Servant of Christ) award. His church ministry began at St. Paul’s Lutheran in Medicine Hat, AB, in 1971. He went on to serve for 36 years in our sister church in Germany (SELK). In 2011, he returned to Canada and taught seminary students for eight years here in St. Catharines before accepting the call to Windsor.

Rev. Timothy Teuscher – Degree of Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa)

Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton) presented Rev. Timothy Teuscher with a  Degree of Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa): for his forty-two years of service as a pastor in Lutheran Church–Canada, including his time as a parish pastor in Mississauga, Petawawa, Palmer Rapids, and Stratford, Ontario;  for his twelve years of service to the Board of Directors in LCC’s East District as first and second Vice President; for his leadership on the East District’s 125th Anniversary committee and the East District’s Pastors and Deacons conference planning committee; for his commitment to sound Lutheran theology through his work with the LCC Commission on Theology and Church Relations and the LCC Doctrinal Review Committee; for his willingness to provide pastoral care and guidance beyond his own congregations as he served as circuit counsellor in the Toronto and Ottawa circuits and as pastoral advisor to the Toronto Zone LWMLC; for his leadership as President of Lutheran Church–Canada and his guidance in implementing the new structure adopted at the 2017 LCC Convention.

Rev. Thomas Prachar – Friend of the Seminary Award

Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton) presented Rev. Thomas Prachar the Friend of the Seminary Award: for his twenty years of service as a parish pastor in LCC, including congregations in Milton, ON, and Springside, Canora and Yorkton, SK; for his service as circuit counsellor for the Assiniboine Circuit; for his eighteen years of faithful service as LCC’s Central District President during which time he also served as a member of the LCC Placement Committee; for his leadership in Lutheran higher education through four years of service on the Board of Regents of Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary and fourteen years of service on the Board of Regents and later Board of Governors of Concordia University College of Alberta; and especially for his dedication to helping form servants for Jesus’ sake through his ten years of chairmanship and service on the Ministerial Program Committee of Concordia Lutheran Seminary.

Concordia Lutheran Seminary (CLS – Edmonton) presented Sharon Beyak the Faith in Life Award: for her commitment to walk with Jesus in her everyday life through prayer, devotion and faithful worship attendance; for her dedication to serve at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Atikokan, ON through her leadership in the church office, Bible studies, altar guild, children’s and confirmation programs, and music ministries; for her representation of her church in the local community through hospital devotions, Christmas parades, and the community’s Good Friday march; for her leadership in her congregational women’s group and the wider church through leadership at the LWMLC zone, district, and national levels, where incidentally, she is serving tonight for Central District; for her willingness to be a strong servant-leader in her congregation during times of pastoral vacancy.

Sharon Beyak – Faith in Life Award

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