Honorable mention, 1997 Heckman Memorial Hymn Contest, sponsored by Macalester Plymouth United Church, St. Paul, MN, for “The People Came from Everywhere” (CHILD’S PLAY).

Honorable mention, 1998 hymn search for new hymns on justice, jointly sponsored by the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada and Alternatives for Simple Living, for “Your Spirit, God, Moves Us to Pray" (CHILD’S PLAY)

Honorable mention, 2005 hymn search for a new psalm setting, sponsored by the Brehm center and the Fred Bock Institute of Music at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, for “How Can We Sing Our Love for God? (MCDONALD).

ASCAP.  Both of us are members of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, and for a number of years have received ASCAPLUS awards granted to established writers whose main activity is outside the broadcast media.

Two of our hymn collections, Come Away with Me: A Collection of Original Hymns (Abingdon Press, 1998), and Time Now to Gather: New Hymns for the Church Family (Abingdon Press, 1998), are mentioned in CHRISTIAN HYMNODY IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITAIN AND AMERICA: An Annotated Bibliography, by David W. Music.  Greenwood Press, 2001.

The text of our hymn, “When Quiet Peace Is Shattered” (HEALING VOICE), is mentioned with comments in Paul A. Richardson’s edited and expanded version of Erik Routley’s A PANORAMA OF CHRISTIAN HYMNODY.  GIA Publications, Inc., 2005, 1979.

Carleton College. In June, 2006, Carleton College and the Carleton Alumni Association jointly presented Mary with a Distinguished Achievement Award in recognition of distinguished achievement in composing text for religious music. Her new hymn, “How Glad We Are to Be Alive,” with a setting by John, was sung at the Sunday worship service during Carleton’s alumni weekend.