Steve served four churches over a forty year career spending his last 18 years at St. Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian church. In 2005 while on a sabbatical he and his wife Katharine spent six weeks in Malawi. The time there transformed his life and he developed a love for the people of Malawi. He has taken 10 trips to Malawi and now in retirement has started the Malawi Partners foundation to bring the Chuluchosema villages out of poverty.