The Distillery Church

Kevin

Kevin started attending church in the early 80′s after the death of his father. His mother, seeking some stability and support brought Kevin with her to a Congregational churchin Massachusetts. It was there, as a teenager that his relationship with Jesus began.

Although Kevin found some reassurance in his faith; by no means did it seem to be enough. Struggling with weight and self-esteem issues, he often found it difficult to press on through those difficult years. Nevertheless, God brought Kevin through! He attended college, in Western New York, where he met Linda, the wonderful woman who was to become his wife,. In 1993 they married and began life together!

Although both were “Christians” they did not attend a faith community early in their marriage – although drifting, God knew right where Kevin was! After moving to Maryland they found a churchwhere they could connect and began serving and growing greatly.

In 1996 Kevin’s life took many dramatic turns! He and Linda found that they were going to have a baby (who upon further review was two)! Also Kevin had his first occurrence of optic neuritis. Although this resolved in early 1997, he experienced a reoccurrence one month prior to the arrival of their twin daughters. At this point Linda and Kevin celebrated God’s wonderful blessing while dealing with the reality that he had Multiple Sclerosis.

After adding one more daughter to the family in 1998, they journeyed back to New York in 2001. After attending several local churches, they joined together with the folks who comprise the Distillery. Kevin finds it freeing to struggle out his faith with a supportive group who extends the grace of God to himself and others – working actively with one another to understand, to the best of their ability, the Kingdom of God, both here now and some day, clearly revealed, in eternity!