On December thirteenth, after a serious and prolonged illness, Sergei Ivanovich Neverov, a pastor and a fervent preacher, went to be with the Lord.
Sergei Ivanovich Neverov was born on December 1, 1942, in the large family of Ivan Grigoryevich and Anna Fyodorovna Neverov, in the city of Tashkent. From his childhood, at the age of five, Sergei was passionate about reading books. His mother Anna Fyodorovna taught him to read early. Because there was not enough money to buy books Sergei needed to be creative. He found a way to raise funds by selling ice-cold water. Borrowing his mother’s tea kettle; he filled it with water from the well, added ice, and sold to passersby. With the few rubles raised, Anna Fyodorovna bought books for little Sergei. After thoroughly reading them his mother would sell those to buy new ones. The entire family enjoyed evenings of needle point while listening to Sergei reading from his books. Furthermore, Sergei loved poetry, which later became an integral part of his sermons.