Women in Worship Excel award to Aline Johnson

Women in Worship (WIW) Ministries recently announced its 2015 Excel Award honorees, to be recognized Oct. 17 at a lunch at the Culpeper Centre, with guest speaker Maureen Bunyan, news anchor at Washington’s WJLA/Channel 7. Among the honorees this year is Sperryville resident Aline Johnson.

Johnson is a 15-year member (and vice chair) of the Rappahannock County School Board, and has served on the county Social Services board, the Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services board, Lord Fairfax Community College board and as a member of the Virginia School Board Association. Johnson is the 2015 WIW Excel Honoree in local government.

National honorees include Gabby Douglas, Olympic gold medal gymnast; Alexis Herman of Atlanta, former secretary of labor and now Coca-Cola executive; and Catherine Hughes of Silver Spring, Maryland, founder and CEO of TV One/Radio One.

The other honorees are the Rev. Lynda Brown-Hall, Washington, D.C., foreign missions; Marceline Catlett, Fredericksburg, education; Gabby Douglas, Virginia Beach, sports; Marie Ferris, Culpeper, community service; Susan Keller, Culpeper, community outreach; Kym Majors, Culpeper, youth development; and Karen White, The Plains, historical preservation.

The public is invited to the honorees’ celebration, which this year includes a new ceremony to recognize 10 young women and girls as “Generation Next.” Limited tickets for the Oct. 17 lunch, which starts at 11:30 a.m. at the Culpeper Centre, are available through Sept. 30 by calling 540-661-2013 or visiting womeninworshipministries.org.