Longtime members and deacon and deaconess Ted and Wini Kieviet of Grand Rapids, Michigan, were given a farewell send off after services on May 13. With Ted Kieviet battling cancer, they were leaving to start a new life in Fairfield, Ohio, near their son, Bruce Kieviet, and family.

The Kieviets have always lived in the Grand Rapids area and have touched so many lives since their calling to God's Church in the 1960s.

Many of the members told short stories of how Ted and Wini had touched them. It was a very emotional and uplifting time as a testament of their years of dedicated service. They will be sorely missed.

Editor's note: As we go to press, we received word that Ted Kieviet died June 27 with his family at his side.