This is for all my CCS / LeSEA friends and church family far & wide.
If news didn't reach you already, Kevin Ferguson passed away last week.
The viewing is later today, Sunday, January 14 from 2-6pm at Palmer
Funeral home on Michigan & Chippewa across from Calvary Temple
Church and the funeral is Monday at 11am at Trinity Evangelical Free
Church on Miami Road.
I got a text message last Wednesday to tell me the news from one of the
guys that goes to the youth group where Kevin's oldest son John is a
pastor in the youth department. From what I've heard from my family and
friends, no one had heard from Kevin in a few days and John had the
police break in to his home to check on him. They found him in a chair
with a Bible in front of him and he had already passed away. They
suspect health problems with his heart or diabetes but nothing has been
said officially aside from "natural causes." I don't know any more than
this so please don't ask me, but do send up a prayer for John, Mikey,
Sarah and their mom Irma and family.
I've known these guys since they moved to South Bend and I went to
school with John since 3rd grade... roughly 18 years. If you've been
around CCS for any length of time you've run into these guys at any
given function, outreach, missions trip, or cafe concert night. Though
I haven't worked with John in a youth meeting like we did for years
since the church split and he was let go, I was glad I had the last
saturday of September off to attend his wedding, and he and his fiance
(now wife!) attend mine. Mikey has been in my middle sister Aliya's
class from k5 though graduation and Sarah has been a friend of my
youngest sister Genna since... they could talk. Irma was mom to youth
group kids, her tough love earning her the affectionate nickname,
Irmanator.
Please join me in supporting them any way you can through this loss.
Your prayers are coveted for them, and if you can make it I know how
much it means to have the support of friends through a death in the
family.
eB
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I'm very sorry to hear about this...I didn't know him well but I remember John. I'll be praying for their family.
We got our prints yesterday; they look great. I don't know if you realized that you sent us an extra copy of the picture of Via and I. If you did, thanks so much--my mom will love it :) Drew mentioned that you were going to be e-mailing me some pages from the coffee table book, but I haven't received anything yet. Keep me posted--I cannot WAIT to see it!!!
Tell Sarah hi!