Bridge Builder Awards Nomination Form

This award recognizes a member whose life reflects a genuine, maturing relationship with God someone who has moved beyond simply attending church to actively pursuing spiritual growth as a way of life. This person engages consistently with scripture, prayer, and worship, and their character increasingly reflects the fruit of that relationship: humility, faithfulness, and a Christ-like posture toward others, even under pressure. What sets this individual apart is that their growth doesn't stay private. They pour into the spiritual lives of people around them — discipling a younger believer, anchoring a small group, mentoring someone through a season of doubt, or simply being the person others call when they need prayer. Their walk with God is visible not because they perform it, but because it shapes how they show up for everyone around them, week after week.

This award honors a member who builds bridges within the church and the broader community for someone who fosters connection, unity, and care wherever they go. This person embodies the call to love their neighbor in tangible ways: showing up at civic meetings, helping neighbors register to vote or understand what's on the ballot, partnering with local organizers and schools, or simply making sure the newcomer in the pew next to them feels welcomed rather than invisible. They carry a genuine concern for what happens outside the church walls and treat the wellbeing of the surrounding community as their own responsibility. Their impact is measured in relationships built, doors opened, and people who no longer feel like strangers inside the church or out.

This award recognizes a member who helps others build financial stability, opportunity, and generational wealth. Through mentorship, financial education, career guidance, or direct support of entrepreneurs, this person reflects whole-person ministry meeting practical, material needs alongside spiritual ones. They might be the one who sat down with a young couple to help them budget their first home, opened a door for someone's small business, or simply modeled what disciplined, faithful stewardship looks like over years. Their influence shows up in changed financial trajectories: a family that broke a cycle, a business that made it past year one, a young professional who found their footing because someone believed in them first.

This award honors a member who champions physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing within the congregation and the wider community. This person helps make wellness a visible, lived-out priority rather than an afterthought organizing a health fair, checking in faithfully on someone in a health crisis, breaking the silence around mental health struggles. They understand that caring for the body and mind is not separate from caring for the soul, and they extend that care generously, without judgment. Their example gives others permission to take their own wellbeing seriously — and to ask for help when they need it.