It is a sad day for the whole Church of Christ, but as what Bro. Erano Manalo, Ka Erdy always quote "To live is Christ, to die is gain". Truly, he lived a life in Christ and spending all of it in the service of God. His memories will stay in our hearts until we meet the Lord.
Read 1 Cor. 11:22, there Paul condemns those who despise the church. So you should not despise the church, but love it. Christ loves the church, see Eph. 5:25.