Marcy-Newberry Association, Inc.

Marcy-Newberry Association, Inc.

Rev. Margaret Ann Williams

Associate Executive/Director Church Relations

Northern Illinois Conference/United Methodist Church

Ministry

Consecrated Diaconal Minister, June 1978
Ordained Permanent Deacon, June 1997
Clergy Retirement, June 2006

Maple Park United Methodist Church: Chicago

(Former Member: St. Luke United Methodist Church: Chicago)

Lay Member, 1965-1997

Returned with Retired Clergy Status 2006

Served various leadership offices-including:

First Council on Ministries Chairperson (2 years)

First Laywoman Administrative Board Chairperson ( 8 years)

Strong Center Board President (5 Years)

Staff-Parish Relations Committee Chairperson (8 years)

Served on Boards, Committees and Task Forces across the Conference-Including:

Annual Conference Committee (Chairperson -5 years)

Conference Board Global Ministries ( Board of Missions-President -2 years)

Committee on Episcopacy (Chairperson- 4 years)

United Voices for Children ( President – 2 years) ( Board member 30 years)

Black Methodists for Church Renewal (Several leadership positions)

Metropolitan Mission Strategy Commission (Various positions)

Operation Commitment ( Public Relations Chairperson)

Superintendency Committee ( Chairperson)

Conference Council on Ministries, Chairperson of Research & Planning

Bishop’s Team “Many Gifts, One Spirit”

“Toward Shalom in the City” Task Force

Bishop’s Initiative “ Vital Congregations, Faithful Disciples”

NIC Stewardship Campaign Steering Committee, Public Relations Chairperson

Conference Board of Higher Education & Campus Ministries

Black Pastoral Counseling Institute (Secretary)

Board of Ordained Ministry (10^th year) – Deacon’s Registrar (8 years)

Jurisdictional Committees

Committee on the Episcopacy

Committee on Ordained and Diaconal Ministries

Director: General Board of Global Ministries (1992-1996)

National Program Division

Mission Personnel Program Management ( Finance Chairperson) Cultivation Committee (Vice-Chairperson)

National Committees:

U.S./Mexico Border Bilateral Mission Advisory Committee

Alaska Conference Consultation Committee ( Meetings in Anchorage, Alaska)

National Advisory Committee for Church & Community Ministries

United Methodist Association of Health & Welfare Ministries: Strategic Planning Committee

Educational Background

Graduated from R.S. Abbott Elementary and Wendell Phillips High School in Chicago

Bachelor’s Degree-Roosevelt University-Elementary Education

Masters Degree- University of Chicago-Social Service Administration/Social Work

Employment Background

Woodlawn Community Services Agency, * Special Projects Coordinator (1963-1965)

Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Committee, * Director: Jobs for Teens Program (1965-1971)

Marcy-Newberry Association, Inc., *** 1956-1963 (7 years), 1972-current (38 years)

Special Accomplishments

Delegate to Decade of Women’s Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Africa (1985)
Delegate to World Methodist Conferences in Singapore (1991) and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1996)
Delegate to ’84, ’88, ’92, ’96 and ‘2000 Jurisdictional Conferences
Delegate to ’88, ’92, ’96 General Conferences and elected alternate year 2000
1994 Resourcing Leader Award of $1,000 from the Mid-America Leadership Foundation
1994 Community Service Award from Berean Baptist Church African Heritage Outreach Community Center
Wendell Phillips High School “ Hall of Fame” for outstanding contribution in the field of Social Work

Traveled Extensively

Europe: Yugoslavia, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, England

Africa: Nairobi, Kenya

Asia: Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok, Thailand

Latín America: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Across the United States and Canada

Recent years: Caribbean Islands, Hawaii, Mexico Jamaica

Personal Data

Born in Laurel, Mississippi, * Moved to Chicago at age 8

Only child, parents are deceased, ** Divorced

Lives in Hyde Park community in Chicago, *** Have a son and daughter and 2 grand daughters