10/06/2026
Dear Family and Friends of Faith,
It is with deep sorrow, but also with hope and trust in our risen Lord, that I share the death of a beloved friend and faithful member of our congregation.
Dorrit (Lossman) Techo passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on October 4, 2026 in Gainesville, GA.
Dorrit is survived by her loving sons, Chris of Hartwell, GA, Mark (Elisa) of Gainesville, GA and Eric (Kelly) of Suwanee, GA; her six grandchildren Travis, Tyler, Erica, Jessica, Justin, and Katy and her six great-grandchildren Bailey, Wyatt, Blake, Sarah, Bobby and Parker. Please keep the family and friends of Dorrit in your thoughts and prayers. Arrangements will be forthcoming.
Losing a loved one is never easy, but we have a God who meets us in our grief and who suffers with us as we mourn our beloved sister in Christ. Let us remember her with joy and the blessed assurance that she rests in the arms of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Let us pray.
O God of grace and glory, we remember before you today our sister, Dorrit. We thank you for giving her to us to know and to love as a companion in our pilgrimage on earth. In your boundless compassion, console us who mourn. Give us faith to see that death has been swallowed up in the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ, so that we may live in confidence and hope until, by your call, we are gathered to our heavenly home in the company of all your saints; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
“There is nothing that can replace the absence of someone dear to us, and one should not even attempt to do so. One must simply hold out and endure it. At first that sounds very hard, but at the same time it is also a great comfort. For to the extent the emptiness truly remains unfilled one remains connected to the other person through it. It is wrong to say that God fills the emptiness. God in no way fills it but much more leaves it precisely unfilled and thus helps us preserve -- even in pain -- the authentic relationship. Further more, the more beautiful and full the remembrances, the more difficult the separation. But gratitude transforms the torment of memory into silent joy. One bears what was lovely in the past not as a thorn but as a precious gift deep within, a hidden treasure of which one can always be certain.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer
