40 Years of Shepherd: Where Shepherd was 20 years ago…
Forty years ago, Shepherd started with a small group that wanted to serve...
40 Years of Shepherd: Rooted in Partnerships
From the day Shepherd Community started 40 years ago, it was rooted in...
40 Years of Shepherd: Where Shepherd was 20 years ago…
Forty years ago, Shepherd started with a small group that wanted to serve their inner-city neighbors. Now, we honor their simple mission to break the cycle of poverty, which has brought hope and transformation to countless lives for the past 40 years, by creating spaces where they feel seen, heard, and loved. We look back on all of the...
Podcasts
How Shepherd is helping to meet neighbors’ health-care needs
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height discusses meeting neighbors’...
‘It’s a calling’: Indianapolis police officer talks about his work with Shepherd Community
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay and Height and Indianapolis police...
How ministries like Shepherd partner with government to aid neighbors in need
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Clarence Carter,...
Columns by Jay
Love Your Neighbor
“Love your neighbor as yourself” – Jesus (Mark 12:31) We’ve heard many promises and read many articles about the “war on poverty” over the years. What started with well-meaning intentions and language from a government official has become a deeper heart issue: we traded love and community from the Church for handouts and empty promises from the government. Hear the heart of Executive Director Jay Height as he challenges us to reclaim the mantle that God has given us to live out Mark 12:31 and...
Nehemiah
We’re living in a “friend recession.” But we don’t have to leave it that way. Join Executive Director Jay Height as he takes a look at the story of Nehemiah and the heart of a man who transformed his community amid great adversity, challenges, and opposition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCAfo-xqKoU&feature=youtu.be Through leadership, wisdom, and prayer, Nehemiah led a group to build more than walls; but to rebuild a community and unite people in hope. How can you be a Nehemiah in the...
Labeled vs Loved
Labeled vs Loved – it’s the story of so many people in the world around us. They accept the label the world has assigned them; either they live to try to “fix” it or they accept it as their identity. Dig in with Executive Director Jay Height as he takes a familiar Bible story of a woman who trades her label of unclean, damaged, and unloved for a new way of living full of love, healing, and hope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxGxVmo33O8&feature=youtu.be May we be faithful as we meet the...
40 Years of Shepherd: Where Shepherd was 20 years ago…
Forty years ago, Shepherd started with a small group that wanted to serve their inner-city neighbors. Now, we honor their simple mission to break the cycle of poverty, which has brought hope and transformation to countless lives for the...
40 Years of Shepherd: Where Shepherd was 20 years ago…
Forty years ago, Shepherd started with a small group that wanted to serve...
40 Years of Shepherd: Rooted in Partnerships
From the day Shepherd Community started 40 years ago, it was rooted in...
Podcasts
How Shepherd is helping to meet neighbors’ health-care needs
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height discusses meeting neighbors’...
‘It’s a calling’: Indianapolis police officer talks about his work with Shepherd Community
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay and Height and Indianapolis police...
How ministries like Shepherd partner with government to aid neighbors in need
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Clarence Carter,...
Columns by Jay
Love Your Neighbor
“Love your neighbor as yourself” – Jesus (Mark 12:31) We’ve heard many promises and read many articles about the “war on poverty” over the years. What started with well-meaning intentions and language from a government official has become a deeper heart issue: we traded love and community from the Church for handouts and empty promises from the government. Hear the heart of Executive Director Jay Height as he challenges us to reclaim the mantle that God has given us to live out Mark 12:31 and...
Nehemiah
We’re living in a “friend recession.” But we don’t have to leave it that way. Join Executive Director Jay Height as he takes a look at the story of Nehemiah and the heart of a man who transformed his community amid great adversity, challenges, and opposition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCAfo-xqKoU&feature=youtu.be Through leadership, wisdom, and prayer, Nehemiah led a group to build more than walls; but to rebuild a community and unite people in hope. How can you be a Nehemiah in the...
Labeled vs Loved
Labeled vs Loved – it’s the story of so many people in the world around us. They accept the label the world has assigned them; either they live to try to “fix” it or they accept it as their identity. Dig in with Executive Director Jay Height as he takes a familiar Bible story of a woman who trades her label of unclean, damaged, and unloved for a new way of living full of love, healing, and hope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxGxVmo33O8&feature=youtu.be May we be faithful as we meet the...