First Church, Geraldine, staff change

Ryan Hitchcock is the new music minister for First Church, Geraldine. A native of Aurora, Mo., he has served churches in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana and Alabama. Hitchcock holds a bachelor’s degree in music with an emphasis in church music and conducting from Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee. He and his wife, Heather, have three children. Kirk Griggs is pastor.