Ten Questions with Pastor Thomas Hyde, First United Methodist Church

Pastor Thomas Hyde placed a lot of faith in Nebraska. Just in his fourth year at Sidney's First United Methodist Church, he has served congregations across the state.

He was born in Gothenburg. Before being called to the large church on 11th Ave., Pastor Hyde was in St. Paul. He didn't even travel far for seminary, graduating in 1979 from a school in Denver.

Yet he has toured Israel and Egypt, led missions to South America and China and met with people from all over the world--a broad education that seems to fit well with a Sidney congregation of 400.

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