Kay Williams
Province IV – Diocese of Alabama
Kay Williams serves as deacon of Grace Episcopal Church in Woodlawn, Alabama, a community of predominately African American and Hispanic residents, many who are low income and homeless. GraceWorks, founded by Kay in 2013, recognized the need to serve inner-city youth.
She established a summer program for children and teenagers ages 11-14, designed to help reinforce academic success, develop positive character traits, teach life lessons and skills, discover personal strengths and talents, and grow spiritually.
The ministry includes developing rain catchments in the grounds, a “Food Forest Garden” with fruits and vegetables, and refurbishing an adjacent building (known as Grace Place) to provide a free laundry service, a warming station, food pantry, and chapel.
Additionally, Kay has been instrumental in organizing all of the necessary supplies, funding, meals, and volunteers for GraceWorks and Grace Place, raising awareness for the program by involving whole congregations at the other Episcopal parishes in the Birmingham area, recently hosting our Birmingham ECW Convocation meeting. GraceWorks shares Christ’s love with those that are less fortunate, blessed by the hard work and dedication of Kay with a lasting impact on those who serve and live in the Woodlawn community.
