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Rev. Margaret Ann Williams
Northern Illinois Conference/United Methodist Church
Ministry
· Consecrated Diaconal Minister, June 1978 Ordained Permanent Deacon, June, 1997
· Clergy Retirement, June, 2006
- Served on Boards, Committees and Task Forces across the Conference-Including:
o Annual Conference Committee (Chairperson -5 years)
o Conference Board Global Ministries ( Board of Missions-President -2 years)
o Committee on Episcopacy (Chairperson- 4 years)
o United Voices for Children ( President – 2 years) ( Board member 31 years)
o Black Methodists for Church Renewal (Several leadership positions served since 1970)
o Metropolitan Mission Strategy Commission (Various positions)
o Operation Commitment ( Public Relations Chairperson)
o District Superintendency Committee ( Chairperson)
o Conference Council on Ministries, Chairperson of Research & Planning
o Commission on Religion and Race
o Bishop’s Team “Many Gifts, One Spirit”
o “Toward Shalom in the City” Task Force
o Bishop’s Initiative “ Vital Congregations, Faithful Disciples”
o NIC Stewardship Campaign Steering Committee (Public Relations Chairperson)
o Conference Board of Higher Education & Campus Ministries
o Committee on Nominations (Chairperson-4 years)
o Black Pastoral Counseling Institute (Secretary)
o Board of Ordained Ministry (10th year) – Deacon’s Registrar (8 years)
o District Council on Ministries
o Board of Health and Welfare Ministries
o Taught as the UMW School of Christian Mission-(“Faces of Poverty in Our Midst”)
Maple Park United Methodist Church: Chicago
(Former Member: St. Luke United Methodist Church: Chicago, merged with Hartzell Memorial UMC)
- Secondary Appointment 1997-2006
- Retired Clergy Status 2006-(Current Ministerial Staff)
- Served various leadership offices-including:
o First Council on Ministries Chairperson (2 years)
o First Laywoman Administrative Board Chairperson ( 8 years)
o Strong Center Board President (5 Years)
o Staff-Parish Relations Committee Chairperson (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)
· Cultivation Committee (Vice- Chairperson)
National Committees:
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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
· Attended Illinois State Normal University (2yrs)
· Bachelor’s Degree-Roosevelt University-Elementary Education
· Masters Degree- University of Chicago-Social Service Administration/Social Work
· Continuing Education/Supplemental Advanced Training, Workshops & Seminars
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)
o Group Worker, Neighborhood Work Supervisor, Program Director, Associate Executive Director and Director of Church Relations
Special Accomplishments
· Chicago Defender Newspaper “Woman of the Year Award”
· 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
· The Rev. MAW “ Joy of Serving” Award Presented Annually/NIAC by B.M.C.R
· The “MAW Scholarship” established by Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
· The “MAW Service Award presented annually to a Metro Women’s Auxiliary Member
Traveled Extensively
- Europe: Yugoslavia, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, England
- Africa: Nairobi, Kenya
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Asia: Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok, Thailand
- Latín America: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Holy Land: Jerusalem, Nazareth & Bethlehem
- 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 grandaughters
· Ward/Williams Family Matriarch
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