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DAVID W. CARROLL
David Wesley Carroll, presently pastor of Alta Woods United Methodist Church in Jackson, MS, was born March 29, 1956. A graduate of Tupelo High School with Special Distinction in 1974, of Millsaps College (B.A. in Sociology) in 1978, and of Emory University (M.Div.) in 1983, David was ordained an elder of the United Methodist Church in 1985.
Having worked in United Methodist youth ministry for over 30 years, David has served in and beyond the local church providing leadership at the district, conference, and jurisdictional levels, as well as in the local church. He has served Mississippi Methodism as a District Youth Coordinator in two districts, as Conference Youth Coordinator in both the former Mississippi Conference and in the newer Mississippi Conference following merger, and as a member of the conference’s Camping Ministries Committee since 1992, chairing the committee since 2000. He also serves as a Staff Consultant for Youth Ministry Architects of Nashville, TN.
With co-author Tony Franks, David published a resource for an advanced lay speaking course on preaching - From Your Heart to Theirs: Delivering an Effective Sermon, through Discipleship Resources in early 2008.
David is married to the former Laura Elizabeth Smith of Jackson. They have three children -- Benjamin, age 24, Kathryn, age 21, and Mary Evelyn, age 12. Besides his family, he also enjoys tennis, backpacking, camping, canoeing, speaking to youth and parent groups, and guitar, as well as two family dogs – pound puppy terrier Sandy, age 17, and English springer spaniel Jessie, age 8.
