Rev. Catherine E. Williams, PhD.

[Pages:3]Rev. Catherine E. Williams, PhD.

Lancaster Theological Seminary 555 W. James St. Lancaster, PA 17603

(717) 290-8740 cwilliams@lancasterseminary.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS The symbiotic relationship between preaching and sacred song, particularly in worshiping communities of color; deconstructing the colonialist hegemony of European and North-American approaches to preaching and worship; intentional, inter-cultural pedagogy as a learning strategy in worship and preaching classrooms; theorizing and affirming the preaching and worship practices of underrepresented communities of faith.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT & EXPERIENCE ? Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, PA, Assistant Professor of Preaching and Worship, Director of Chapel Worship, 2017 to present. ? Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, Graduate Instructor, Teaching Fellow, and Teaching Assistant for graduate level courses in Preaching and Worship, 2012-2017 ? Palmer Theological Seminary, Wynnewood, PA, Adjunct Professor and Teaching Assistant for graduate level courses in Worship, Pastoral Care, Theology, and Theological Writing, 2007-2010. ? Westminster Conservatory of Music, Princeton, NJ, Lawrenceville, NJ. Branch Director, Piano Instructor, 1988-1991. ? Private Piano and Voice Instructor, Delran NJ, 1990 ? 2007.

EDUCATION ? Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, Ph.D. in Practical Theology. Major: Homiletics, 2017. ? Palmer Theological Seminary, Wynnewood, PA, M. Div., 2010. ? Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ, B. Mus., summa cum laude, 1990.

PUBLICATIONS "Trinidad & Tobago Preaching: The Gospel According to Calypso." Chapter in The Future Shape of Christian Proclamation: What the Global South Can Teach Us About Preaching. Cleophus LaRue, editor. To be released spring 2020.

Review of Tending the Tree of Life: Preaching and Worship through Reproductive Loss and Adoption by Richard W. Voelz (Gonzalez, FL: Energion Publications, 2018), in Homiletic: The Journal of the Academy of Homiletics: Vol. 43 No 2 (Nov 20, 2018)

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Review of New Songs of Celebration Render: Congregational Song in the 21st Century by C. Michael Hawn. (Chicago, IL.: GIA Publications, 2013),

"Eucharist: The Embrace of Liturgy and Mission." Witness: The Journal of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education, Vol. 24 (2010): 1-18.

PRESENTATIONS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION "Preaching Songs and Singing Preachers: A Decolonial Approach to Worship." Paper

presented at Christian Congregational Music: Local and Global Perspectives Conference, Oxford, England August 2019. "The Call." Baccalaureate address, Lebanon Valley College, Anville, PA 2019. "The Art of Preaching." UMC Eastern Pennsylvania Minister's seminar. Reading, PA, April 2019. "Lenten Worship Planning." UCC Penn Central Conference ministers' workshop presentation, Harrisburg, PA, January 2019. "Refreshing Preaching," UCC Clergy Ministerium workshop presentation, Lebanon, PA, October 2018 "Songs in the Key of Protest: Learning from the Calypsonians," The Hymn Society of the US and Canada Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, July 2018 Wabash Center Workshop "Design-Teach Online", May 2018 ? May 2019 Forum for Theological Education Doctoral Fellows Workshop, at Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, Crawfordsville, IN, October 2017. "The Practical Theologian as Broker of Homiletical Practices in the Classroom," Practical Theology Group, AAR/SBL, San Antonio, TX, November 2016. Respondent for three academic papers at United Methodist Women of Color Scholars meeting, AAR/SBL, San Antonio, TX, November 2016. "A Calypso-Guided Search for a Local Preaching Voice in Trinidad and Tobago," Faculty Colloquium, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, February 2016. "Toward a Decolonial Homiletic," Koinonia Forum 2016, The Life of the Mind: Worship and Learning, Princeton, NJ, February 2016. "A Calypso-Guided Search for a Local Preaching Voice in Trinidad and Tobago," Academy of Homiletics, Pedagogy Work Group, Nashville, TN, December 2015.

MINISTERIAL EXPERIENCE ? Interim Pastor of Pastoral Care, Grandview United Methodist Church, Manheim, PA, summer of 2019. ? United Methodist Elder in full connection with the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference, ordained 2017. ? Extension Minister, endorsed by the United Methodist Endorsing Agency for campus ministry at Lancaster Theological Seminary, 2017

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? Associate Pastor of Pastoral Care, Princeton United Methodist Church, Princeton, NJ, 2015-2017

? Assistant Pastor, Princeton United Methodist Church, Princeton, NJ, 2010-2014 ? Administrative Pastor, Chambers United Methodist Church, Hamilton, NJ, 2016-

2017 ? Member Princeton Clergy Association, Princeton, NJ, 2011-2017 ? Pastoral Assistant, Abundant Life Fellowship Church, Edgewater Park, NJ, 2003-

2007 ? Member of Philadelphia area Micah Group, Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute of

Preaching, Fuller Seminary. 2014-2016 ? Minister of Music, Abundant Life Fellowship Church, Edgewater Park, NJ, 1995-

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS ? American Academy of Religion ? Association of Practical Theology ? Academy of Homiletics ? The Hymn Society of the United States and Canada

HONORS AND AWARDS ? Forum for Theological Education Doctoral Fellow, 2016 - 2017 ? Honorary Louisville Institute Dissertation Fellow, 2016 - 2017 ? United Methodist Women of Color Scholar, 2015 - 2016 ? Palmer Theological Seminary presidential scholar at Inter-Seminary Consortium, 2009 ? Delta Eta Chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda, National Music Honor Society, 1990

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