Sabbath School Teacher of the Year

2007 Crystal Apple Award

Ed Cruzan

White Cloud, Michigan

Each year the Sabbath School Committee of the Board of Christian Education solicits nominees for the Sabbath School Teacher of the Year.

Any member church (or branch church) of the General Conference may nominate ONE Sabbath School teacher (Nursery through Adult).

Selection for this award shall be based on the following criteria:

  • The Sabbath School Teacher of the Year shall exhibit the qualities of faith and teaching found in the life and teachings of Christ;
  • serve as a Sabbath School Teacher;
  • and be a member of the nominating church.
  • Other Christian Education service shall contribute to a fuller appreciation of the nominee's Christian service.
  • A church whose nominee has received the Crystal Apple Award is ineligible for the following three years.

The Sabbath School Committee selects a person from those nominated to be honored at General Conference. This person receives a certificate of award and a crystal apple.

Crystal Apple recipients are:

1986 George E. Parrish

Battle Creek, Michigan

1987 Shirley S. Cargill

North Loup, Nebraska

1988 Margaret B. Allen

Lost Creek, West Virginia

1989 Helen K. Bond

Columbus, Ohio

1990 June Johnson

Nortonville, Kansas

1991 Ruth B. Bennett

Battle Creek, Michigan

1992 Dan Richards

Texarkana, Arkansas

1993 Dr. Lewis H. V. May

Riverside, California

1994 Alan R.Crouch

Daytona Beach, Florida

1995 Madeline Fitz Randolph

Boulder, Colorado

1996 Karen S. Payne

Dodge Center, Minnesota

1997 Janis M. Bond

Shiloh, New Jersey

1998 Earl W. Hibbard

Central, Maryland

1999 Marilyn Merchant

Riverside, California

2000 Esther A. Burdick

Waterford, Connecticut

2001 Judy Parrish

Battle Creek, Michigan

2002 Larry Bird

Washington, D.C.

2003 John W. Griffin

Paint Rock, Alabama

2004 Lucinda Snyder Torkaman

Alfred Station, New York

2005 James Goodrich

North Loup, Nebraska

2006 Wesley Greene

Pataskala, OH