Sybil Wilson President of Hamilton Conference, The United Church of Canada 2011-2012 Theme: Let the Spirit Lead... Email: swilson@brocku.ca

Sybil E. Wilson is an active lay member at Silver Spire United Church (St. Catharines) in the Niagara Presbytery of Hamilton Conference. Silver Spire is a “new old” church, an amalgamated congregation of three pastoral charges, each of which brought over 100 years of history and traditions into amalgamation. Sybil was a member of one of those three pastoral charges. She was its delegate to Presbytery and has continued with that unbroken service in the new congregation.

At the Presbytery level Sybil has served on several committees, was chair of the Presbytery and is currently serving on the Potentials Fund committee and the Brock University Ecumenical Chaplaincy committee. As chair of Niagara Presbytery she served on Hamilton Conference Executive Committee; as past chair she served on the Conference Nominations Committee. She has also served on the Interim Ministry committee. She was a Conference delegate to the 40th General Council in Kelowna, B.C in 2009, and was a facilitator for the series of racial justice workshops delivered throughout the Conference in 2010.

Dr. Wilson retired from Brock University (St. Catharines) as Professor Emeritus. During her tenure of many years at Brock she was professor in the Faculty of Education and served in many leadership positions including chair of her department, director of the Centre for Adult Education and Community Outreach, associate dean and then interim dean of the Faculty.  She served the wider university community in many capacities including chair of the university senate. During retirement years she has maintained academic engagement through contractual work with Brock University, Trent University, and Niagara College; and also as editor of an international journal in teacher education.

Sybil brings to the role of President of Hamilton Conference extensive leadership experience; belief in the dynamism and profundity of the Jesus Way; an abiding faith in Jesus the Christ; willingness to grow in that faith; and a desire to deepen her own spiritual life and to see the church do likewise.

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