God, the Great Life Giver
My name is Steve Lanier. Some of you may know me because of my association with Redeemer Church, and many more may probably know me as ‘Sherry Lanier’s husband’, because of her work with MNA’s Disaster Response Ministry. When I retired from the staff of Redeemer, Sherry and I knew that ‘retirement’ was not going to be defined by sitting at home, isolated and focused on just ourselves and our hobbies. We knew that Sherry would continue her work with MNA, and I wanted to focus on pastor and missionary retention. In other words, we would minister to ministers and church planters, both foreign and domestic. We were invited to partner with a mission agency that focuses specifically on missionary retention, Deeper Still Missions, and, with their help, we are able to come alongside local pastors, and domestic and foreign missionaries and church planters, caring for, serving and encouraging them and hopefully extending their time on the field. As a part of that new call, we are spending a good bit of our lives here in Ocean Springs (OS) alongside Mark and Stephanie.