28 June 2006
Ruby Beech Elected Vice President Designate of the Methodist Conference
Ms Ruby Beech has been elected Vice President Designate of the
Methodist Conference. She will begin her year of office at the 2007
Methodist Conference, which meets in Blackpool in July of next
year.
Mansfield-born Ruby is Assistant Serjeant at Arms in the House of
Commons. Member of "Christians in Parliament". She is passionate
about living and sharing the Gospel of Jesus and about Social
Justice and celebrates the Methodist Church as an open and
inclusive Church whose ministers and lay people have nurtured her
faith. Ruby is a member of World Methodist Council, on Finance and
Evangelism committees. She is a church Council member and Youth
worker in Ruislip Church and a Local Preacher. She was
Co-ordinating Secretary from 1998 - 2005. Ruby's Connexional work
includes Stationing, Resignations and reinstatements, and
Resourcing Mission committees.
Ruby started her career with British Home Stores, before moving to
the Peugeot Talbot Motor Company. She held roles in the public,
private and voluntary sectors including being Industrial Relations
manager of a foundry, Director of Personnel at both the YWCA and
the YMCA as well as Assistant Principal of a College in London.
Ruby has an MBA from Aston University and is a Member of the
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Ruby says "I feel honoured and somewhat over-awed to be invited to
serve the Church in this way. It is fabulous for me to have the
opportunity to work closely with Martyn Atkins in these key roles
for the Church as we continue to try to discern Our Calling in the
21st century".