At 4:30am on Friday 17th of February, 2006, our longest serving One80 member, Raymond Garland passed away. As many would know, Ray had been sick on and off for many years but things had certainly gotten worse over that last 12 months. Ray was admitted into hospital earlier in the week and as always, everyone, Ray's friends and family, expected him to bounce back and be out and about within a few days. This, however, was not God's sovereign plan for Ray's life and now he is gone.
We would love heaps of One80ers to leave comments on this post and share their memories of Raymond. It can be 1 or 2 sentences or even a bit of a story. Please don't use this post as a means of communicating with each other but as an opportunity to celebrate Ray's life. After a few weeks, we will print off all of your memories and pass them
onto Ray's family, so feel free to leave messages for them.Ray's memorial service will be held at Village Avenue Community Church, 1 The Village Ave, Coopers Plains, at 2:00pm on Thursday 23rd of February, 2006.
I have talked to Ray's family and they would be honoured if you would attend and join them as they remember his life.
Please be praying for the Garland family now and over the coming months as they grieve and adjust.
Thanks heaps guys.
Know Jesus and make Him known,
Mike
