Dear Friends,
My name is Brian Ferguson, I'm Tim's son and as such I spent many years in his youth group whether I wanted to or not. I was there when it was first started and I was the youngest member for years. Eventually I became a leader in the group in various ways be it writing skits or planning events and my friends became involved too. This experience was invaluable to me as it helped me develop useful skills while having some fun and learning more about religion along the way. It was also good to have a place young people like myself could meet and be together in a fun and positive way.
The most interesting meetings to me were the ones that involved discussions that were open to ideas outside of standard Christian thinking. I can recall discussing what various religions consider the afterlife or ways that modern science and the Bible agree and support one another. These are the meetings I and my friends remember to this day because they were intellectually stimulating and taught us to have an understanding with the people and world around us. Even friends of mine whom do not subscribe to a religion look fondly on this. From what I know of other groups in our area these sort of events are uncommon, which is a shame.
Lastly I want to say that I am very proud of my father for the work he has been doing for years. Not just anyone can do what he does and it truly seems to be a gift. He is a man who is always working on some project or hobby and who rarely takes time to relax and enjoy a quiet evening. Recently in a discussion with my friends about life goals I said that beyond happiness and having a family, I want to be at least half as successful at helping the world around me be a better place as my father has, while doing it in my own way. I may not know exactly how I will do this yet, but it is important to me that I continue the tradition of serving my community that I've seen in my family for generations.
Brian Ferguson
Brian ... thanks for sharing from your heart. Dad
If you would like to respond to Brian, please write to TimFerguson@christianyouthgroup.org. Brian will be notified. We look forward to hearing from you.