Called to serve: How former missionary Donna Alexander went from Ukraine to Indy’s near Eastside
Donna Alexander, Shepherd Community Center’s director of volunteers,...
Health-care costs are pushing people into poverty. Here’s how Shepherd is helping.
Health-care expenses, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, pushed about 8...
‘Christ-centered hope’: How Gary Everling helps Shepherd focus on its strategic mission
Gary Everling, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Hendricks Regional Health, serves on Shepherd Community Center’s Board of Directors. Everling says Shepherd’s Christ-centered approach to breaking the cycle of poverty inspires his commitment to serving with the ministry. How did you first get involved at Shepherd Community...
Podcasts
How Shepherd’s Shalom Project helps neighbors through community policing
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Indianapolis police officer...
Shot in the chest: How a member of Shepherd’s Shalom team saved a child’s life
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and paramedic Shane Hardwick...
Shepherd’s groundbreaking Shalom Project meets neighbors’ needs where they live
Shepherd’s groundbreaking Shalom Project meets neighbors’ needs where they live Shepherd...
Columns by Jay
Why loving your neighbors is the secret to a happy and healthy life
In 1938, researchers at Harvard University asked a vital question that remains highly relevant 85 years later: What are the factors that determine if a person leads a healthy and happy life? To find answers, the researchers began a long-term study involving 268 Harvard sophomores, whose ranks included a future president, John F. Kennedy. Eventually, the participants’ spouses and children were added to the study, which continues to this day. What did the scientists determine, after eight...
How do we respond as the church in America declines? Get back to the basics of being salt and light.
An important thing to remember about surveys is that one in isolation is of limited value. Are the numbers accurate? Is it showing us an anomaly, or does it signal something wider and deeper? But a cluster of surveys, pointing in the same general direction, can help us accurately identify emerging trends. And there’s little doubt that the Christian church in America is trending downward. Consider these data points: A Gallup survey in August 2019 found that only 36% of Americans said they have...
From gas to food to childcare, prices are soaring. And my neighbors feel the pain.
From gas to food to childcare, prices are soaring. And my neighbors feel the pain. The numbers just don’t add up for my neighbors. As inflation soars at the highest rate in more than 40 years, many families on the near east side of Indianapolis are struggling a bit more each month to pay the rent, feed their children, buy gas to get to work and back, and even to purchase necessities like soap and laundry detergent. One mother recently told me she now washes her family’s clothes less often at...
‘Christ-centered hope’: How Gary Everling helps Shepherd focus on its strategic mission
Gary Everling, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Hendricks Regional Health, serves on Shepherd Community Center’s Board of Directors. Everling says Shepherd’s Christ-centered approach to breaking the cycle of poverty...
Called to serve: How former missionary Donna Alexander went from Ukraine to Indy’s near Eastside
Donna Alexander, Shepherd Community Center’s director of volunteers,...
Health-care costs are pushing people into poverty. Here’s how Shepherd is helping.
Health-care expenses, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, pushed about 8...
Podcasts
How Shepherd’s Shalom Project helps neighbors through community policing
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Indianapolis police officer...
Shot in the chest: How a member of Shepherd’s Shalom team saved a child’s life
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and paramedic Shane Hardwick...
Shepherd’s groundbreaking Shalom Project meets neighbors’ needs where they live
Shepherd’s groundbreaking Shalom Project meets neighbors’ needs where they live Shepherd...
Columns by Jay
Why loving your neighbors is the secret to a happy and healthy life
In 1938, researchers at Harvard University asked a vital question that remains highly relevant 85 years later: What are the factors that determine if a person leads a healthy and happy life? To find answers, the researchers began a long-term study involving 268 Harvard sophomores, whose ranks included a future president, John F. Kennedy. Eventually, the participants’ spouses and children were added to the study, which continues to this day. What did the scientists determine, after eight...
How do we respond as the church in America declines? Get back to the basics of being salt and light.
An important thing to remember about surveys is that one in isolation is of limited value. Are the numbers accurate? Is it showing us an anomaly, or does it signal something wider and deeper? But a cluster of surveys, pointing in the same general direction, can help us accurately identify emerging trends. And there’s little doubt that the Christian church in America is trending downward. Consider these data points: A Gallup survey in August 2019 found that only 36% of Americans said they have...
From gas to food to childcare, prices are soaring. And my neighbors feel the pain.
From gas to food to childcare, prices are soaring. And my neighbors feel the pain. The numbers just don’t add up for my neighbors. As inflation soars at the highest rate in more than 40 years, many families on the near east side of Indianapolis are struggling a bit more each month to pay the rent, feed their children, buy gas to get to work and back, and even to purchase necessities like soap and laundry detergent. One mother recently told me she now washes her family’s clothes less often at...