Meet Pastor Carol Sparks

Pastor Carol is passionate about forming a missional, outward-focused congregation known for compassionate engagement and spiritual transformation. She prioritizes intergenerational connection, honoring the wisdom of older adults while creating joyful, tactile faith experiences for children. Rev. Carol D. Sparks began professional ministry in the fall of 1996 and was ordained an elder in 2006. She serves as Pastor and Worship Leader with a pastoral heart shaped by long experience in congregational life, a commitment to grace, and a creative approach to worship and formation. Rev. Carol has served four diverse United Methodist congregations: Flower Mound UMC, Bogata UMC, Holy Covenant UMC, and First United Methodist Church of Alvord. She remains United Methodist because she believes every person has inherent worth and because grace theology proclaims the authentic Good News she is called to share. Her preaching is casual, personal, and challenging, inviting congregations to move from “what the church should be” toward “what the church could be.”

Personal Life

Rev. Carol has been a foster and adoptive mother for more than 30 years and is passionate about children and family life. She is mother to seven adopted children and has welcomed numerous foster children over the years. Currently she lives in Flower Mound, TX, with her adult daughter and two energetic 11-year-old sons. She delights in simple family rhythms like pizza-and-movie Friday nights and treasures both rambunctious play and quiet, tender-hearted moments.

Rev. Carol is exuberant, devoted, compassionate, and driven. Her hobbies and interests include gardening, renovation projects, caring for her many rescue dogs, and academic research. She brings warmth, steadiness, and creative energy to pastoral care, worship planning, and congregational formation.

Contact Carol Sparks

Email: pastor@fumc-boyd.org
Phone: 940-433-5334