From Your Heart to Theirs, Participant's Guide: Delivering an Effective Sermon
David Carroll is ordained in the United Methodist Church and has served in youth ministry for 25 years. Carroll and Franks began developing a course of lay speakers after an invitation from the annual conference Director of Lay Speaking Ministries.Tony Franks is a Certified Lay Speaker in the Mississippi Annual Conference. He has served as president of the Mississippi Chapter of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. Franks is a high school music and English teacher, and has also taught college English and oral communications.