Center for Ministry Staff
Paige Swaim-Presley (Director) is an elder in the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church and has served as a pastor, as executive director of the Seashore Mission, and on various planning teams and committees in the Mississippi Annual Conference. Paige is a 2015 graduate of the Journey Partners program in spiritual direction, and a 2010 graduate of Candler School of Theology.
Paige is passionate about ministries of spiritual formation, discernment, lifelong education, worship-as-formation, and community-building. She also loves to read, travel, soak in sunshine, and spend time with her husband, Lance, also a United Methodist elder, and daughter Julian, who is one.
"I am deeply humbled, grateful and excited to be serving the Center for Ministry as its newest director. I look forward to building on the beautiful legacy of those who have gone before me as we move into this new season of the Center's life. May we find grace and joy on this journey together!"
Elizabeth Henry - Rev. Elizabeth 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 for school, studying social work at Baylor University in Texas and later 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 Center’s Program Coordinator, managing a myriad of details for the Course of Study School, Licensing School, Continuing Education events, and overall office administration.
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.
Paige is passionate about ministries of spiritual formation, discernment, lifelong education, worship-as-formation, and community-building. She also loves to read, travel, soak in sunshine, and spend time with her husband, Lance, also a United Methodist elder, and daughter Julian, who is one.
"I am deeply humbled, grateful and excited to be serving the Center for Ministry as its newest director. I look forward to building on the beautiful legacy of those who have gone before me as we move into this new season of the Center's life. May we find grace and joy on this journey together!"
Elizabeth Henry - Rev. Elizabeth 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 for school, studying social work at Baylor University in Texas and later 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 Center’s Program Coordinator, managing a myriad of details for the Course of Study School, Licensing School, Continuing Education events, and overall office administration.
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.
