In the biblical model of faith communities having Shepherds to pastor and oversee the church, Otter Creek's Shepherds provide pastoral support to OC family members, provide theological direction, and serve in a leadership role for our church. Otter Creek Shepherd responsibilities are described in more detail in this Shepherd Job Description. The Shepherds are organized into Pastoral Teams to provide pastoral care to an assigned subset of the church. Those teams meet regularly to pray over OC family members' joys, needs, and hurts, and walk alongside people through life's ups and downs. Please let our Shepherds know if they can pray for you or offer any kind of pastoral care or spiritual guidance. The Shepherds manage some of their overseeing work through a subcommittee of Governance Shepherds.
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Steve Sherman
Steve Sherman has been married to his wife, Magdalena (Magda), for 45 years. They are blessed with three daughters, three sons-in-law, and seven grandchildren. Steve and his family have been part of the OC family for 43 years. While their children were mostly raised in Guatemala, they spent their final years of high school in Nashville and at Otter Creek.
Steve has a deep passion for missions, having been strongly involved in and supportive of all of OC’s foreign missions, along with a commitment to teaching. He has served as a shepherd for the past two years.
What Steve loves most about serving as a shepherd is working alongside the other shepherds, walking with people through life’s struggles, and sharing his own experiences as a disciple—both successes and failures—with others who are on the same journey of knowing and experiencing God.
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