BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCH
Mrs.
Winifred W. Morris is the wife of Bishop Ernest C. Morris,
Sr. and the First Lady of the dynamic landmark Mount Airy Church
of God in Christ in Philadelphia. Mrs. Morris is an integral part
of this ministry serving a growing congregation in excess of 3,000
active members. She serves as Church Mother of
the congregation which specializes in ministry to families and
embraces more than 1300 young people. More importantly, however,
she is the President of the Missionary Department, Women's
Fellowship, and the Department of Women's Ministries. In this capacity she spearheads the annual Women's Vision
to Victory Conference whose scope has broadened from
the local and state levels to the national, attracting speakers
and facilitators of national renown.
Mrs.
Morris, having completed bachelors, masters and doctoral studies
programs at the University of Pennsylvania; language training
at the University of Laval in Quebec Canada; extensive travel
in the U.S., Europe, and Mexico; was a foreign language teacher
with the Philadelphia Public Schools for many years. In 1980,
she, along with her husband, brought her years of training and
teaching experience to the private arena, establishing the Mount
Airy Christian Day School, a preschool through grade
6, where she served as administrator for more than 20 years.
Mrs.
Morris is multitalented. Her scope of activities includes
numerous educational, cultural and civic pursuits. Throughout
her educational career, she was the recipient of numerous academic
awards, recognition and fellowships. In addition, she had been
cited for outstanding service to her community and the city at
large by the City Council of Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania House
of Representatives, and The Ogontz Area Revitalization Project,
a local community redevelopment corporation among others. She
has been the principal fundraiser and development coordinator
of the church's Community Redevelopment Corporation, securing
grants and funding in the millions of dollars for the numerous
outreach ministries including a 250 person family shelter operated
by the church, a Welfare to Work program for more than 270 women,
extensive after school and summer programs, and youth sports programs.
Mrs.
Morris is a noted keynote and motivational
speaker, sought after across the country by religious,
civic and educational groups. She has written numerous study guides,
inspirational children's literature, produced tapes and videos,
and is in the process, by popular demand, of making these available
through her newly established ministry, "Abounding Life Ministries."
her book on the mission and ministry of the black minister's wife
is soon to be published.
Mother
Morris, an Evangelist in the Church of God in Christ, works with
the Fine Arts and Scholarship Committees of the
National Church. She also ably performs those duties that fall
to her capable hands with the Koinonia Jurisdiction of Pennsylvania,
a consortium of 42 churches under her husband's leadership.
Even
with her busy schedule and the awesome demands on her life because
of the ministry, Mrs. Morris would have you know that she is devoted
to her principal calling as the wife of Bishop Ernest Morris,
the mother of four beautiful children, Tanya Bardliving (Mrs.
Clliford), Carla Chavers, (Mrs. Walter, deceased), Ernest Jr.
and Jennifer Rose, and the proud grandmother of four accomplished
grandchildren; Cameron, Amber, Christopher, and Stephanie.
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