The first service will be at Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach on Friday, July 27, at 1:00 p.m. A second service is scheduled for Lake Avenue Congregational Church in Pasadena, CA on Saturday, July 28, at 10:00 a.m.

Family members, on behalf of Anne, expressed their sorrow mixed with joy in an email announcing the “home-going” of their father and hero. “Like Jacob, Dad went off to heaven early Sunday evening having first admonished, loved on, prayed for and given his final benediction over his children,” the email says.

“For Mother and us it’s an inestimable loss—already we miss him beyond words. But for Dad it’s ‘Glory!’ and finally—after a lifetime of daily service—the sheer joy of meeting our Lord Jesus face to face. Sublime.”

The email gave a full rendition of Ray’s last recorded words, as his family gathered around him in his final moments of consciousness with them: ““The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace (Nu. 6.24-26)… Amen and amen!”

In lieu of flowers, the family requests continued support of Anne’s service for Christ through Renewal Ministries.

The email is signed by the Ortlunds’ children and their spouses: Sherry and Walt Harrah, Margie and John McClure, Ray Jr. and Jani Ortlund, and Nels and Heather Ortlund.