First Church, Hayden, new pastor

D. Keith Hudson is the new pastor of First Church, Hayden. His first Sunday was Sept. 27. Hudson holds degrees from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia; Pushkin Institute in Moscow, Russia; and the University of Colorado. He previously served as pastor of First Church, Glencoe; First Church, Rainbow City; South Chapel Hill Church, Decatur; Blooming Grove Church, Jasper; and as associate pastor of Trinity Church, Gadsden. He and his wife, JoAnn, have four children.