CCCA 2025 Awards Presentation
Student Award: Sponsored by Faith Today and Love Is Moving
Judge: Ken Ramstead
First Place: Canada Lutheran
Faith in Action (October/November 2024)
Author: Aidan Kallioinen
Honourable Mention: Broadview
Jasper United minister reflects on ‘huge loss’ of church to wildfire
Author: Amarah Hasham-Steele
A.C. Forrest Memorial Award – Circulation under 10,000
Judge: The Reverend Hollis Hiscock
First Place: Canadian Mennonite
The Secret Treaty
Authors: Elder Dave Scott and Jonathan Dyck
Artist: Jonathan Dyck
Editor: Will Braun
Honourable Mention: Canada Lutheran
Faith in Action (October/November 2024)
Author: Aiden Kallioinen
Editor: Sarah Malina
A.C. Forest Memorial Award – Circulation above 10,000
Judge: The Reverend Hollis Hiscock
First Place: Broadview
Impossible Choice
Author: Katherine Lake Berz
Honourable Mention: Faith Today
Making Waves for Justice’s Sake
Author: Patricia Paddey
Editorial
Judge: Michele Beacom
First Place: Faith Today
Speaking the(ir) Truth: How Pontius Pilate demonstrates abuse of power.
Author: David Guretzki
Second Place: Christian Courier
The Slow Collapse of the Old Boys Club
Author: Angela Reitsma Bick
Designer: Kevin Tamming
Third Place: The B.C. Catholic
Fanning Flames with Falsehood
Editor: Paul Schratz
From the Editor
Judge: Michele Beacom
First Place: Canada Lutheran
Joyful Fellowship
Editor: Sarah Malina
Second Place: Christian Courier
Peace Talks
Author: Angela Reitsma Bick
Artist: Maaike VanderMeer Designer: Kevin Tamming
Third Place: Faith & Friends (July/August 2024)
Taxi Driver
Author: Ken Ramstead
Editors: Ken Ramstead and Geoff Moulton
News Story
Judge: Richard Landau
First Place: Faith Today
The Church’s global future: Canadians look ahead to collaborating at Lausanne 4 in Korea
(and related sidebar) Gaps in fulfilling the Great Commission
Author: Ilana Reimer
Second Place: The B.C. Catholic
MAID and the Catholic Hospital
Author: Terry McNeill
Third Place: Salvationist
A Choral Convocation
Author: Pamela Richardson
Designer: Lisa Suroso Photographer: Mark Yan
Feature
Judge: Cynthia Shannon
First Place: The Saskatchewan Anglican
Rescued pipe organ to musically benefit three other churches
Author and Editor: Jason G. Antonio
Second Place: Faith & Friends (March/April 2024)
The Face Behind the Shield
Author: Ken Ramstead
Editors: Ken Ramstead and Geoff Moulton
Third Place: The B.C. Catholic
Could AI Counselling be a Solution to Online Porn
Author: Nicholas Elbers
Feature Series
Judge: Trudy Kelly Forsythe
First Place: Salvationist
Journey to Salvation: A Better Plan, Faith in Darkness,
Reconnecting with Faith
Author: Abbigail Oliver
Second Place: Broadview
The Climate Issue
Authors: Lesley Evans Ogden, Tahmeed Shafiq and Therese DesCamp
Third Place: Faith Today
Rethinking global mission: New opportunities in changing populations, attitudes and technology
Mission inversion: A radical reorientation of mission from the inside out
Five missionaries we should know from the past 175 years
Authors: Julie Fitz-Gerald, Jamie Munday, Adam MacInnis
Opinion Piece
Judge: Jeanette Levellie
First Place: Canada Lutheran
The Wounded Family (January/February 2024)
Author: The Reverend Seth Perry
Editor: The Reverend Kenn Ward
Second Place: The Saskatchewan Anglican
Talks about Jesus’ divinity have become ‘slippery and ambiguous’
Author: The Reverend Dell Bornowsky
Third Place: Faith Today
Mission Inversion: A radical reorientation from the inside out
Author: Jamie Munday
Column
Judge: The Reverend Matt Koovisk
First Place: Salvationist
Family Matters: Let’s Talk About Body Image
Lessons from the Kitchen Floor, One Backyard at a Time
Author: Captain Bhreagh Rowe
Second Place: The Messenger
His Light to My Path: Taking the Slow Road, Half-finished Projects,
Tenacious faith in grief and sorrow
Author: Karla Hein
Third Place: Faith Today
Cross Connections: Speaking The(ir) Truth
Glimpses of Glory
When God Calls Kids
Author: David Guretzki
Service Journalism
Judge: Jayne Thurber-Smith
First Place: Faith Today
Deeper in the life of Faith? A spiritual director could help you. Here are four Canadian examples.
Author: Patricia Paddey
Second Place: Christian Courier
Church in a Time of Neurodivergence
Authors: Jessica Lum and Chris Truscott
Editor: Angela Reitsma Bick
Third Place: The Saskatchewan Anglican
Grow Hope grows in Saskatchewan
Author: Joanne Shurvin-Martin
Media Review
Judge: Vic Thiessen
First Place: Broadview
Life After Tragedy
Author: Julie McGonegal
Second Place: Christian Courier
Speaking out against Christian patriarchy
Author: Melissa Kuipers Editor: Adele Gallogly
Third Place: Faith Today
Review of My Effin’ Life
Author: Bill Fledderus
Biblical Theological Reflection
Judge: Dan Epp-Tiessen
First Place: The Messenger
Two kings, two kingdoms: A Christmas Story
Author: Alain Reimer
Second Place: Broadview
God’s Eternal Love Has a Face
Author: Jason Meyers
Third Place: Canada Lutheran
Grace, Vocation and the Eucharist
Author: Carmen Rameriz
Editor: Carter Brooks
First Person Account
Judge: Timothy Jaques
Third Place: Canadian Mennonite
A Mother’s Yes
Author: Emily Summach
Editor: Will Braun
Second Place: Broadview
Ramiro Gonzales has been executed, and my heart is broken
Author: Bri-Anne Swan
First Place: Faith Today
The terrifying delight of losing everything: Embracing the joy of Emmanuel
Author: Philip Serez with Robyn Serez
Biographical Profile
Judge: Sandra Coulson
**No Third-Place award in this category
First Place: Salvationist
The Gift of Music (January/February 2024)
Author: Kristin Ostensen
Second Place: Christian Courier
A High Honour, A Just Mission
Author: Victoria Brayshaw
Editor: Angela Reitsma Bick
Interview
Judge: Kimberly Petrinchuk
**No Third-Place award in this category
First Place: Christian Courier
Trump, Putin and…Abraham Kuyper
Author: James Dekker
Second Place: Broadview
The Idea of Sacred
Author: Mzwandile Poncana
Headline and Deck
Judge: Mike Strathdee
Third Place: Faith & Friends (July/August 2024)
A Sweet Story
Author: Ken Ramstead
Editors: Ken Ramstead and Geoff Moulton
Second Place: Christian Courier
Punching Mr. Rogers in the Face
Author: Michael DeMoor
Editor: Angela Reitsma Bick
First Place: Broadview
Seniors’ Moment
Authors: Broadview Staff
Poetry
Judge: Carley Lee
First Place: Christian Courier
Three hundred years after a forest burns,
Author: Maaike VanderMeer
Designer: Naomi Francois
Second Place: Canada Lutheran
Ordination (June 2024)
Author: Deacon Dr. Faith Nosthakken
Third Place: Faith Today
They said nothing to anyone
Author: Luke Sawczak
Photo
Judge: Simon Chambers
Third Place: The Saskatchewan Anglican
Campers check out carnivore’s chompers
Photographer: Jessie Leigh Johnston
Second Place: The B.C. Catholic
Hats off to our Grads
Wendy D. Photography
First Place: Salvationist
The Way of the Pilgrim (July/August 2024)
Photographer: Courtesy of Sally Hill
Photo Essay – Magazine
Judge: Simon Chambers
**No Third-Place award in this category
First Place: Salvationist
A Transforming Territory (January/February 2024)
Author: Lt-Colonel Brenda Murray
Photographer: Mark Yan
Second Place: Canada Lutheran
Insight (March 2024)
Designer: Catherine Crivici
Editor: Trina Gallop Blank
Photo Essay – Newspaper
Judge: Simon Chambers
First Place: The B.C. Catholic
Celebrating the Easter Art of Pysanky
Photographer: Nicholas Elbers
Second Place: The Saskatchewan Anglican
Summer campers enjoy God’s beautiful country in Cypress Hill
Designer and Editor: Jason G. Antonio
Third Place: Christian Courier
Synod 2024 in Pictures
Photographer: Edwin de Jong
Original Artwork
Judge: Catherine Cribbs
First Place: Broadview
Impossible Choice
Artist: Dominic Bugatto
Second Place: Christian Courier
Peacetalks
Author: Karen Tamminga-Paton
Third Place: Salvationist
You Always Have the Poor With You (September/October 2024)
Artist: Rivonny Luchas
Front Cover – Magazine – Circulation under 10,000
Judge: Sasha Premchandani
**No Third-Place or Second-Place awards in this category
First Place: Acadia Divinity College
ADC TODAY
The Future of the Church (Winter 2024 Front Cover)
Nicole Lapierre Photography
Front Cover – Magazine – Circulation above 10,000
Judge: Sasha Premchandani
**No Third-Place award in this category
First Place: Salvationist
“A Choral Convocation”
(July/August 2024 Front Cover)
Designer: Lisa Suroso
Second Place: Faith Today
“Courage in Action”
Featuring Anu George Canjanathoppil
(November/December 2024 Front Cover)
Graphic Designer: Janice Van Eck
Photographer: Christopher Wahl
Front Page – Newspaper
Judge: Paul Sherwood
First Place: The B.C. Catholic
18,000 (June 10, 2024, Front Cover)
Designer: Inca Siojo-Das
Editor: Paul Schratz
Second Place: The New Brunswick Anglican
September 2024 Front Page
Artist, Designer, Editor and Photographer: Gisele McKnight
Third Place: The Saskatchewan Anglican
September 2024 Front Page
Designer and Editor: Jason G. Antonio
Feature Layout & Design Magazine
Judge: Sasha Premchandani
First Place: Faith Today
Interrupted by Astonishment
Designer: Janice Van Eck Illustrator: Eva Bee
Second Place: Faith & Friends (May/June 2024)
Faith On Air
Designer: Lisa Suroso
Editor: Ken Ramstead
Third Place: The Messenger
Together with the world
Designer: Rebecca Roman
Feature Layout & Design – Newspaper
Judge: Kevin Tamming
**No Third-Place Award in the category
First Place: Crosstalk
Library exhibit showcases Belong Ottawa artists’ talent
Designer: Jane Waterston
Second Place: The Saskatchewan Anglican
Ralph Paragg honoured for more than 30 years of refugee work
Designer and Editor: Jason G. Antonio
Advertisement
Judge: Matt Veith
**No awards given in this category
Marketing Campaign (a) – Public Relations, Marketing or Fundraising Campaign
Judge: Gayle Goossen
**Tie for Honourable Mention in this category’s subdivision
Honourable Mention: Christian Courier
Evergreen – Fall 2024 Fundraising Campaign
Artist: Maaike VanderMeer with the whole Christian Courier team
Honourable Mention: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Rebranding of the ELCIC
Director of Communications: Trina Gallop Blank
Vicent Designs
Marketing Campaign (b) – Social Media Campaign
Judge: Gayle Goossen
**No awards given in this category’s subdivision
Audio or Video Interview
Judge: Angela Reitsma Bick
**No Third-Place award in this category
First Place: Canadian Mennonite
“Peace & Possibility“: Interview with Maoz Inon
Lead Interviewer: Will Braun
Interview subject: Maoz Inon
Collaborator: Dani Klotz
Second Place: Faith Today
A Chat With the Writers of the Jesus Drama “The Chosen”
Interviewer: Bill Fledderus
Video Editor: Brian Lopez
Blog
Judge: The Reverend Andrew Rampton
**Tie for First-Place award in this category
First Place: Faith Today
Collaboration in Quebec
International Bible societies meet in Toronto
Growing curly endive brought healing and more
Editor: Bill Fledderus
First Place: Salvationist
Barbie and the Real World
The Way of the Warrior
A Good Film About Grace Is Hard to Find
Author: Michael Boyce
Social Media Post
Judge: Jon Brandt
**First-Place award only in this category
First Place: Broadview
The Rise of the Non-Religious
Author: Nicole Schmidt
Video Production
Judge: D. Michael Hostetler
**Tie for First-Place award in this category
First Place: Faith Today
The Raw Carrot: Creating disability-friendly work (Church in Community Episode 6)
Videographer, Producer, Director
and Editor: Brian Lopez
First Place: Salvationist
Reconciliation Is Community
Producer: Jay Turchansky
Podcast
Judge: David Balzer
**First-Place award only in this category
First Place: Faith Today
A chat with the writers of the Jesus drama "The Chosen“
Inside investigations into spiritual abuse
Single in the Church? A discussion for everyone
Interviewers: Karen Stiller and Bill Fledderus
Producer and Editor: David Auyeung
E-Newsletter
Judge: Jon Brandt
First Place: Broadview
Best of the Week
Author: Nicole Schmidt
Second Place: The Catalyst
Citizens for Public Justice
Justice E-News
Authors: CPJ Staff
Third Place: Christian Courier
Mary absolutely knew
Are organs worth keeping?
The Splintering of the Christian Reformed Church
Authors and Designers: Meghan Kort and Maaike VanderMeer
Editor: Angela Reitsma Bick
General Excellence – Website
Judge: Carson Samson
First Place: Broadview
https://broadview.org
Editors: Emma Prestwich, Nicole Schmidt and Michelle Kay
Designers: Strategic Content Labs and Pixel Studioz
Second Place: The Canadian Council of Churches
Justice and Peace Library
https://justiceandpeace.ca
Designer: Roshney Kurian
Third Place: Christian Courier
https://christiancourier.ca
Designer: Michael Krakowiak
Editors: Jennifer Boone and Meghan Kort
General Excellence – Magazine
Judge: Aiden Enns
First Place: Broadview
March, April/May, October/November 2024 Issues
Broadview Staff and Contributors
Second Place: Faith Today
January/February, May/June, November/December 2024 Issues
Editors: Karen Stiller and Bill Fledderus
Designer: Janice Van Eck
Third Place: Canadian Mennonite
The Secret Treaty (Issue 28-04), The Rigour of Unity (Issue 28-09),
Such as These (Issue 28-12)
Publisher: Toby Thiessen
Editors: Will Braun, Susan Fish and Aaron Epp
Honourable Mention: Canada Lutheran
April/May, June, October/November 2024
Designer: Catherine Crivici
Editors: Carter Brooks and Sarah Malina
General Excellence – Newspaper
Judge: Mark Rickard
**No Third-Place award in this category
First Place: The B.C. Catholic
June 10, November 25 and December 9, 2024, Editions
Author: Nicholas Elbers, Designer: Inca Siojo-Das, Editor: Paul Schratz
Second Place: The New Brunswick Anglican
February, May, October 2024 Editions
Author, Artist, Designer, Photographer and Editor: Gisele McKnight
General Excellence – Institutional Publication
Judge: Larry Cornies
First Place: Vancouver School of Theology
perspectives magazine (Issue 82)
Publisher: Richard Topping Editors: Tom Berekoff and Christopher Sanford Beck
Copy Editors: Peter Nosco and Rachel Shi
Second Place: Acadia Divinity College
ADC Today
Editor: Shawna Peverill Design: Berdene Owens,
Alivelihood Branding & Design
Photography: Nicole Lapierre Photography
Contributors: Hannah Juras, Joel Murphy, Danny Zacharias, John Campbell, Eveline DeSchiffart, Carley Lee, Anna Robbins and Trisha Urquhart
Third Place: The B.C. Catholic
Archdiocese of Vancouver Annual Report 2024
Designers: Inca Siojo-Das, Kelly Hady and Communications Office