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2019 Annual Meeting Highlights

Held at Westminster Central Hall on Saturday 22nd June 2019

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Justin Brierly, 2019 keynote speaker
Justin Brierly, 2019 keynote speaker

Our 2019 keynote speaker was Justin Brierly, currently presenter on Premier Christian Radio and formerly editor of Christianity magazine. Justin spoke on “The 10 Commandments of magazine production” and took questions from the audience afterwards. Click the link to download a copy in Word format.

2019 also saw the ACE chairman, John Farrow, standing down, with Sally Churchus taking on the role. John continues to be actively involved with ACE through compiling and sending out the monthly Ideas Forum.

Alan Rickard presented a summary of the association accounts, which were received and show the association to be financially sound for the coming year.

Members were also sorry to learn of the sudden death of long time member Keith Wood who was also the association’s webmaster.

The highlight of the day, as ever, was the ACE awards – more details below.

2019 Awards

The 2019 overall magzine winner was Church Life for the Chanctonbury Churches in West Sussex. Philly Pearson-Miles, the editor, received the John King Trophy (the silver baptismal shell that she is holding) as well as the Gold Award.

The Silver Award went to Leslie Harding for editing Ludlow Tower on behalf of St Laurence church in Shropshire.

The Bronze Award went to Catherine Baldwin whose magazine is called The Scroll Message from Scroll Church, Watford (award was received by John Simpson).

Full list of winners and commendations below.

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Full list of award winners

Name Location Magazine Church Denomination
Gold Award Philly Pearson-Miles Chanctonbury Church Life Chanctonbury Churches Various
Silver Award Leslie Harling Shropshire Ludlow Tower St Laurence Anglican
Bronze Award Catherine Baldwin Hertfordshire The Scroll Message Scroll Church, Watford Methodist/URC
Cover Award Gordon Gaddes Hertfordshire STOMP St Mary & St Paul, Hemel Anglican
Layout Award Helen Boosey West Sussex Parish Magazine Henfield Anglican
Headlines Award Suzanne Osborne Nottingham The Message Sherwood Methodist Methodist
Graphics Award Pat Stannard London Tetherdown News Muswell Hill URC URC
Message Award Wendy Evans Yorkshire YB Scene York Baptist Baptist
Community Award Richard Martin Oxfordshire Parish Pump Shill Valley Ben Anglican

Certificates of Achievement

Name Location Magazine Church Denomination
Paul Wilson Dumfries St John’s Magazine St John’s, Dumfries Ch of Scotland
Sarah Benson Durham Crosstalk St Giles, Durham Anglican
Robert Austen Wargrave Parish Magazine St Mary’s Anglican
Nigel Smeeth W Sussex Triangle Clymping & Yapton Anglican
Hugh Abel Salisbury URC The Magazine Salisbury URC URC
Linda Peacock Grtr Manchester Magazine Bamford Chapel URC
Jeffery Frampton Birchington Magazine Birchington Meth Methodist
Geoffrey Potter Kent Trinity Contact Trinity Church Methodist/URC
Elaine McIntosh Middlesbrough Memo M’boro & Eston Meth Methodist
Delphine Corocoran Merseyside The Rocket St Ann, Rainhill Anglican
Ruth Henschel London Messenger Mottingham Meth Methodist
Elaine Sarson Derbyshire WHM Magazine West Hallam Anglican/Meth
Helen Clay Warwick Village Voices St Peters, Barford Anglican
Clive Pickett Moulsham Lodge The Messenger Moulsham Lodge Meth Methodist
James Cresswell Lichfield Vision Wade Street Baptist/URC

 

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