Center for Ministry Staff
Rev. Dr. Joey Shelton - Rev. Shelton leads the Center for Ministry as it's Director, and serves as Director of Church Relations. As Dean of the Chapel, he serves Millsaps College as their Chaplain. He is married to Rev. Dr. Connie Shelton, who is also an Ordained Elder in the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church. They have two daughters, Jessica, a freshman at Mississippi State University, and Bailey, who is a local entrepreneur.
Rev. Sherry Johnson - Rev. Johnson is an ordained deacon in the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church. She serves as the Director of the Mississippi Course of Study School and the Director of the Mississippi License to Preach School.
Rev. Elizabeth Henry - Rev. Henry is an ordained deacon in the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church. She serves as the Director of the Thriving In Ministry Program at Millsaps College, a Lilly Endowment Inc. funded grant project supporting clergywomen of all Christian denominations across the South. She also serves as the Wesley Connexion director for the Methodist student group on campus. Elizabeth is a native Mississippian and has enjoyed being home these last few years after spending time away studying social work at Baylor University in Texas, earning a Masters in Social Work at UNC-Chapel Hill, and attending seminary at Duke Divinity School in North Carolina. While at Baylor she met her fiancé Geoff, who serves as the youth pastor at Parkway Hills United Methodist Church in Madison. They have a 60-lb lap dog named Mulligan and a cat named Hamilton.
Ruby Medlin is the Program Manager for the Center for Ministry and The Office of the Chaplain, managing a myriad of details for the Course of Study School, Licensing School, Continuing Education events, and overall office management.
Ruby is a graduate from Mississippi State University with a double major in Business Administration and Marketing. She and her husband Mike live in Ridgeland with their sons, Michael & Mitchell, and global studies student Gary Gao. Ruby is a Licensed Lay Eucharist Minister & Worship Leader in the Episcopal Church, worshiping at Chapel of the Cross in Madison. Her love of children has lead her to become a fully licensed Catechist in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, an international, multi-denominational children's formation program founded by Maria Montessori. She currently instructs children 4th - 6th grades every Sunday.
Rev. Sherry Johnson - Rev. Johnson is an ordained deacon in the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church. She serves as the Director of the Mississippi Course of Study School and the Director of the Mississippi License to Preach School.
Rev. Elizabeth Henry - Rev. Henry is an ordained deacon in the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church. She serves as the Director of the Thriving In Ministry Program at Millsaps College, a Lilly Endowment Inc. funded grant project supporting clergywomen of all Christian denominations across the South. She also serves as the Wesley Connexion director for the Methodist student group on campus. Elizabeth is a native Mississippian and has enjoyed being home these last few years after spending time away studying social work at Baylor University in Texas, earning a Masters in Social Work at UNC-Chapel Hill, and attending seminary at Duke Divinity School in North Carolina. While at Baylor she met her fiancé Geoff, who serves as the youth pastor at Parkway Hills United Methodist Church in Madison. They have a 60-lb lap dog named Mulligan and a cat named Hamilton.
Ruby Medlin is the Program Manager for the Center for Ministry and The Office of the Chaplain, managing a myriad of details for the Course of Study School, Licensing School, Continuing Education events, and overall office management.
Ruby is a graduate from Mississippi State University with a double major in Business Administration and Marketing. She and her husband Mike live in Ridgeland with their sons, Michael & Mitchell, and global studies student Gary Gao. Ruby is a Licensed Lay Eucharist Minister & Worship Leader in the Episcopal Church, worshiping at Chapel of the Cross in Madison. Her love of children has lead her to become a fully licensed Catechist in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, an international, multi-denominational children's formation program founded by Maria Montessori. She currently instructs children 4th - 6th grades every Sunday.
