Larry McCord grew up in Oak Cliff and Duncanville and earned his music degrees at UT Arlington and SMU, followed by doctoral study at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and UT Austin.  He has served as a full-time professor of music at three Texas colleges, including his current position at Hill College in Hillsboro. Throughout his college teaching career, Larry has been active as an accompanist and freelance pianist and has either served as musical director or production pianist for numerous musical theater performances. He has also remained active in church music, serving as Director of Music at Whitehouse UMC, China Spring UMC and St. Marks UMC in Mesquite before beginning his ministry at FUMC Red Oak in 2014.  Larry grew up in the UMC, his father serving as a choir director and worship leader and his mother playing organ and serving as church secretary.  He has two grown daughters, Katherine and Michaela, who are his pride and joy.  Larry and his wife, Susan, were married between services at FUMC Red Oak in July 2018 and are pleased to call Red Oak their home.

  Jo Wilsford has been a member of the Red Oak First United Methodist Church since 1978 and the Administrative Assistant/Financial Secretary of the church since November 2018.  In that position, among many other duties, she sends out newsletters and emails to keep the church family up to date on church activities and completes the financial tasks needed to support the church’s ministries.  

      Jo worked for 37 years as a high school English teacher and Executive Director of Professional Development for the Dallas Independent School District before she retired in 2008; she was a Stephen Covey training consultant for several years following her retirement.

      “Ms. Jo” loves her church and has always been very involved in church activities: singing in the choir, leading the UMW Friendship Circle, “directing” the Angel Choir, and working on various ministry teams.  She is presently the Lay Leader and a Stephen Minister. 

     Jo has been married to her husband, Byrum, for almost 50 years; they have two daughters. Amy and her husband Jeff are both high school teachers; Jennifer and her husband Todd are both Methodist pastors. Family time is very important to Jo and Byrum, and they spend as much time as possible with their grandchildren, Andrew, Olivia, and Alex.  

William Muentes is an accomplished pianist, vocalist and arranger. He has extensive experience accompanying choirs, small ensembles and soloists. He has been the accompanist for the Cedar Valley College Vocal Ensemble and for the DeSoto ISD choirs. Soloists have included singers and instrumentalists from amateurs to professionals. William has also sung at the Meyerson Symphony Center and the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Texas. He has arranged music from hymns to jazz for soloists and ensembles as well.

William Muentes graduated from Cedar Valley College receiving the AAS Degree in Recording Technology, AAS Degree in Music Performance, AAS Degree in Music Retailing and the AAS Degree in Music Arranging, Composing and Copying. From Cedar Valley College, William went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS) Degree in Applied Technology and Performance Improvement with an Occupational Specialization in Music.

Anthony started his role as Director of Student Ministries on September 1, 2023. He grew up attending FUMCRO and graduated from Red Oak High School in 2015. Anthony was involved with the A/V team and Worship team before he moved to Cedar Park/Leander to pursue youth ministry at Rockbridge UMC and Good News Church. Anthony felt his call to youth ministry on a trip to Iona Scotland in 2017 and has faithfully followed that call since. He is attending Western Governor’s University pursuing a degree in Business management and plans to graduate in October 2023. In his free time Anthony enjoys playing video games and collecting Board games.