The Academic Committee of St. Andrew’s College has selected Chinook Winds Region’s Rev. Terry Shillington of Lethbridge, AB, as well as Martha Dawson of Grande Prairie, AB, to receive Doctor of Divinity honoris causa degrees at the theological college’s convocation on May 7, 2022.
     Terry Shillington is being honoured for his leadership in congregational life and the wider church. He is a retired ordained minister in The United Church of Canada from Lethbridge, AB.
Terry received a Bachelor of Divinity and Master of Sacred Theology degree from St. Andrew’s College and was ordained in 1967. He served congregations in Germany, Govan, SK, Winnipeg, MB, Brandon, MB, and Lethbridge, AB, before retiring in 2008. After retirement, he served at Fort McMurray and Foremost, AB and is presently an honorary associate at McKillop United Church in Lethbridge.
      As stated in his nomination, “His gifts to the wider church in stewardship have opened the conversation for church leaders. From being part of the organizing committee for the Kananaskis Stewardship Conference to national gatherings for stewardship education, Terry has brought his ‘no guilt’ way of encouraging people to look at how we are stewards of creation both in the church and society.”
     Congratulations, Terry!