Meet Jeremy Williams
Jeremy Williams has been the pastor at First United Methodist Church since July, 2009. Before then he was pastor at Traverse Bay United Methodist Church in Traverse City, and at the Berrien Springs and Arden United Methodist Churches in southwest Michigan.
Jeremy has been married since 1984 to Tamara, and they have a son in graduate school in Boston. He loves to play music, and takes part in the band at our 9 a.m. worship. He is also involved in Christian camping, and spends a week every summer running a camp for high schoolers at Lake Louise United Methodist Camp near Boyne Falls.
He is most passionate about being a pastor, engaging all kinds of people in conversation, about life, about faith, about questions, and invites you to drop in to the office or contact him to make an appointment.
He has a B. A. in Religion from the University of Iowa, an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in the history of Christianity from Notre Dame.