To reach our staff call the church at 580-772-5565.
Rev Allen Carson
Senior Pastor
As an Oklahoma foster care alumni, Allen has spent the past three and half decades working with children, youth, and young adults in foster care and juvenile justice programs. He has tutored and mentored in juvenile detention centers and alternative schools, and currently serves as a trainer and consultant with the Evolution Foundation and Oklahoma Systems of Care focusing on strengthening community partnerships, with an emphasis on partnerships with social service agencies and faith communities. He leads independent living workshops and training sessions for youth and adults.
His work within the church has emphasized building churches’ relationships with people at the margins to offer spiritual, emotional, and material resources. As an Oklahoma foster care alumni, he is often asked to speak on issues related to the foster care system, share ways communities can help youth and young adults with transition services, behavioral and mental health issues, and share his personal story. The Church, Teachers, and Mentors had a profound impact on Allen’s journey from foster care into adulthood.
Allen’s personal interests include spending time with family, cheering for the Sooners and Chiefs, working on cars and car stereos, going to car shows, and binge watching Netflix and Disney+.
Kelley Ramey
Finance Director
Youth Director
Kelley has graciously and wonderfully led our youth program since June 2005. Prior to being youth director, Kelley worked at a local CPA firm that she dearly loved for twelve years. She struggled with giving up her love for accounting to go do something she had no clue about. After wrestling with God for a while, she applied for the position. She never knew what joy she would find in leading youth. Kelley enjoys helping guide youth on their faith journeys and loves seeing lives transformed. Her favorite thing is having youth come back after they graduate and help with various youth activities. Aside from her duties as youth director in our local church, Kelley helps dean junior and senior high CLUE at Canyon Camp during the summer and is the Cimarron District Youth Coordinator.
In May 2021, the opportunity came for Kelley to become the Financial Director and she jumped at the chance to be reconnected to her love of accounting. Kelley feels very blessed to being two things she dearly loves. She is married to Royce and they have three beautiful daughters: Melissa, Michelle, and Miranda.
Mason Carman
Director of Christian Involvement
Director of Children’s Ministries
Mason’s faith journey started when he began to attend the after school program here at the Weatherford First United Methodist Church in the 3rd grade with his sister, Madison. As time went on, he continued to attend the after school program and eventually started to participate in the youth group. He was very active in the youth program from the 6th-12th grades and learned a lot.
Mason says that he is not a perfect Christian, but he tries to serve God the best way he knows how. He loves getting to be the Children’s Ministry Director as well as the Christian Involvement Director at the church where his faith journey began. He has made it his goal to do his best to make sure the children that come to the Weatherford First United Methodist Church also have a great start to their own faith journeys and to have as many members possible to help make that happen.
Torrey Curtis
Assistant Pastor
Reverend Torrey Curtis is a retired United Methodist Pastor who once served FUMC Weatherford as the senior pastor at the turn of the millennium. After more than 30 years of leading churches, Torrey retired to here in Weatherford and has made FUMC Weatherford his church home. He continues to fulfill occasional pastoral duties here in Weatherford, as well as serving as a guest pastor to other churches in the area when called upon. In addition, he is active in the Weatherford Rotary Club and has served on the YMCA board for more than a decade, where he can be found most days doing his regular mile and half swim. His children and grandchildren also live here in Weatherford and attend FUMC.
Christopher Curtis
Office Administrator
Chancel Choir Director
Children’s Choir Director
Webmaster
Christopher directs the adult chancel choir as well as the children’s choir. After studying music, philosophy, and history at Oklahoma City University, Christopher spent over a decade performing in Oklahoma, Texas, and other parts of the country as a singer, improviser, actor, and director.
Christopher returned to Weatherford in 2020 and provided much of the vocal music during that period when services were recorded and people were unable to worship together in person. He formally joined the staff in the fall of 2022 when Maxine Page took a well deserved rest from directing the Chancel Choir.
Maxine Page
Bell Choir Director
Maxine has directed the Ju-Bellation Handbell Choir for many years. She has been part of church choirs and instrumental groups in many churches. Maxine started Children’s Choir programs at Trinity United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas and the First United Methodist Church in Clinton, Oklahoma.
She has always had a desire to be part of sacred music in the church. She views the purpose of music in the church service as a way to contribute to the worship experience through not only listening but through congregational participation.
Maxine has a Bachelor of Music degree from Oklahoma City University in instrumental and vocal music. She has a Master’s of Education in Music from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Maxine acquired an Elementary Education Conversion degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma.
She has taught music and children’s choir, kindergarten through the eighth grade, in Oklahoma and Arkansas. She transferred to the second grade classroom in the fall of 1987. Maxine retired from teaching June 1, 2000.
Dr. Sophia Lee
Organist and Pianist
Dr. ChihChen Sophia Lee, Oklahoma State Licensed Professional Music Therapist (LPMT), Music Therapist-Board Certified (MT-BC), is the Director of Music Therapy at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma in addition to serving as the Organist and Pianist here at the First United Methodist Church.
Bailey Hanes
Director of Sunrise Adult Respite Center
Bailey Hanes graduated from the music therapy program at SWOSU in May 2024. She was a vocal intern at our church for her first few years in Weatherford. She has been active at SWOSU Wesley since she was a freshman, serving as worship band leader and a member of the Wesley Leadership Team.
She also works part-time at Corn Heritage Village.
“As music therapy students, we do field studies with a different population every semester. We create, write, and lead music therapy sessions under the supervisor assigned to oversee us. One group that has really touched my heart in these sessions are those in the memory care settings… This population, particularly those affected with Alzheimer’s have a special place in my heart. My grandfather had Alzheimer’s and seeing how difficult it was for him stuck with me. I am so honored and excited to do what I can to contribute to improved quality of life and overall enrichment in this new program at FUMC.” – Bailey Hanes
Carol Paxton
Custodian
Carol Paxton is a superhero at the church. Always organized and efficient, she knows every nook and cranny of the church and how to keep the church running like a Swiss watch!
Sylvia Johnson
Nursery Worker
Sylvia Johnson spends every Sunday morning watching over our littlest angels, keeping them safe here in God’s house while their parents can attend Sunday School classes and church services.
