First Church, Dothan, staff change

Brad Gowing is the new minister of recreation at First Church, Dothan. Gowing and his wife, Maile, come to First, Dothan, from Dawson Memorial Church, Homewood, where he served as associate minister of recreation for two years. He graduated from Samford University in Birmingham in 2003 and this fall, will begin pursuing a master of arts in Christian education from the New Orleans Seminary extension center at the Baptist College of Florida in Graceville. John W. Fain is pastor of First, Dothan.