The Rev. Dr. John W. (Jack) Lowe, retired from Peters Creek Church of the Brethren just north of Salem, has been presented the Frith Humanitarian Award for his 19-years as a volunteer chaplain to the sick and bereaved at Lewis-Gale Medical Center.

The Church of the Brethren pastor did this while the full-time minister of the historic church where he served for more than 20-years before his retirement in 2015. He continues as an interim pastor at the Masons Cove COB.

– Submitted by Frances Stebbins