‘Divine appointment’ connects pastor with 9-year-old boy fighting cancer

Pastor Roger Sherrer said, “It was the most impactful knock on a door I had ever made.”
Pastor Roger Sherrer of First Baptist Church, Lebanon, (far right) has been ministering to 9-year-old Johnathan (center), who has brain cancer. Sherrer, a former Sheriff’s deputy in Laclede County, connected with several police and fire departments who helped gather and deliver some Christmas presents to Johnathan while he was hospitalized. The Sunrise Beach Fire Department, Columbia Fire Department, the Columbia Police Department and the Laurie Police Department participated.
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‘Divine appointment’ connects pastor with 9-year-old boy fighting cancer

UPDATE: Jonathan Rand, 10, passed away Feb. 5.

Roger Sherrer was looking for his package. A parcel company carrying an order for some sports memorabilia had not shown up on the expected delivery date.  It was to have been delivered to the church office at First Baptist Church Lebanon, Missouri, where Sherrer is one of the pastors.

But instead the package accidentally went to a family in a town about 70 miles away.

That was a “divine appointment” that the Lord set up, Sherrer said. Through this misdirected package he was able to meet a little boy with cancer, along with his family, who very much needed a pastor.

Pastor Sherrer said, “It was the most impactful knock on a door I had ever made.”

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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Richard Nations and originally published by the Pathway. 

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