Background
Dill, Ellen Renée was born on January 2, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Dill, Ellen Renée was born on January 2, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Bachelor, Nazareth College Michigan, 1972; Master of Divinity, Garrett Evangelical Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, 1979; postgraduate, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1979-1982; Doctor of Ministry, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1995.
Teaching assistant, Head Start St. Agnes Church, Detroit, 1966-1968;
teacher, Eastside Vicariate School, Detroit, 1972-1977;
pastor, St. Luke United Methodist Church, Chicago, 1980-1982;
associate pastor, First United Methodist Church, Chicago, 1982-1984;
pastor, Clair-Christian United Methodist Church, Chicago, 1984-1988;
pastor, Community United Methodist Church, Markham, Illinois, 1988-1990;
pastor, Woodlawn United Methodist Church, Chicago, 1990-1993. Conductor seminar on women in ministry Garrett Evangelical Seminary, 1981, condr.seminar on church and society, 1980, instructor continuing education seminar for clergy in administration, 1987. Board directors Southern District Board Ordained Ministry, Board Church Building Location.
Member Southern District Council on Ministries, Southern Dist.Strategy Committee. Former chairman Northern Illinois Conference Board Education, Southern District Board Education. Former assistant Chairman of the Board education United Methodist Church.
Member Detroit Conf.Elders Orders, 1985. Assistant spiritual director Walk to Emmaus, 1988-1990, 92, spiritual director men's walk, 1991. Member Northern Illinois Conference Commision on Status and Role of Women, 1991-1993, United Methodist Foundation, University of Chicago, 1990-1993.
Member monitoring committee Illinois Conference Configuration. Member planning committee Western District Laboratory School. Invocation Chicago City Council meetings, 1990, 91, 93.
Chairperson Minnesota Conference Commision on Religion and Race, 1995. Member Minnesota Conference Council on Ministries, since 1995. Member Ethics Minority Concerns Commission, Minnesota Conference, since 1993.
Member medical ethics committee Cmty. Memorial Hospital, Winona, Minnesota, since 1995. Active Winona Area Ministerium, since 1995, Winona Cultural Diversity Task Force, since 1997.
Board member Project Fine, since 1997.
Board of directors Carroll M. Felton Junior Housing Foundation, 1992-1993. Assistant dean Pembroke Institute, 1992. Board directors Austin Christian Law Center, 1983-1993, Child Serve Cmty.
Council, Chicago, 1984-1988, Garrett-Evangelical Seminary, 1978. Area chair Mayor's Committee to Keep Detroit Beautiful, 1965. Member NAFE, National Association Business and Professional Women, International Platform Association, Black United Meths. for Church Renewal (citation for service 1982, planning committee jurisdictional meeting, board directors), Clergy Cluster, Ecumenical Ministerial Association, Women of the 90s (Executive Committee 1992-1993), Minnesota Council of Churches (board directors since 1994), Minneapolis Initiative AgainstRacism, Minneapolis Council Church (ministries division).
Daughter of Clarence Lorenzo and Melvin Elizabeth (Knowles) D. Divorced; children: Christopher Edward Brown, Crystal Elizabeth Brown.
