After a neighbor’s hard fall, Shepherd and Morales Group stepped up to ensure her long-term safety
The ambulance crew already had arrived and was treating a patient outside...
‘Relationships with others who love Jesus’: How Shepherd interns have built lasting connections
In the second of two articles about Shepherd Community Center’s 2023...
After a neighbor’s hard fall, Shepherd and Morales Group stepped up to ensure her long-term safety
The ambulance crew already had arrived and was treating a patient outside her home on the near Eastside when Shane Hardwick, a paramedic and member of Shepherd Community Center’s Shalom Project team, pulled up to the scene. “(The patient) had fallen off her porch and landed face first onto a concrete pad,” Hardwick said. “There was a significant...
Podcasts
How Shepherd is responding to America’s critical lack of affordable housing
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Shepherd’s Director of...
What does the future hold for Shepherd Community Center?
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height talks about the ministry’s...
How should the community respond to the youth violence plaguing our city?
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height discusses how the church and the...
Columns by Jay
Youth violence in Indianapolis defies easy answers. But I know how you can help.
I recently was sent a disturbing video of a teenager being knocked to the ground by another teen on a Saturday night in downtown Indianapolis. Several teens then surrounded the child – and yes, most teens are still children developmentally and legally – and repeatedly kicked and punched him as he wrapped his arms around his head for protection. Others in the crowd pulled out their phones to record this scene of casual violence in the heart of our city. And yet this brutal assault wasn’t close...
‘Friendship recession’ is ravaging our mental and physical health. Here’s how we fight against it together.
It’s been called the friendship recession. And it’s having devastating consequences on our emotional, mental and physical health. Recent surveys indicate that Americans have significantly fewer close friends on average and are much more likely to say they have no close friends than in previous decades. The friendship recession is so severe that U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has declared that the surge in Americans’ loneliness and isolation is a public health crisis. In May, Murthy...
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...
After a neighbor’s hard fall, Shepherd and Morales Group stepped up to ensure her long-term safety
The ambulance crew already had arrived and was treating a patient outside her home on the near Eastside when Shane Hardwick, a paramedic and member of Shepherd Community Center’s Shalom Project team, pulled up to the scene. “(The patient)...
After a neighbor’s hard fall, Shepherd and Morales Group stepped up to ensure her long-term safety
The ambulance crew already had arrived and was treating a patient outside...
‘Relationships with others who love Jesus’: How Shepherd interns have built lasting connections
In the second of two articles about Shepherd Community Center’s 2023...
Podcasts
How Shepherd is responding to America’s critical lack of affordable housing
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Shepherd’s Director of...
What does the future hold for Shepherd Community Center?
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height talks about the ministry’s...
How should the community respond to the youth violence plaguing our city?
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height discusses how the church and the...
Columns by Jay
Youth violence in Indianapolis defies easy answers. But I know how you can help.
I recently was sent a disturbing video of a teenager being knocked to the ground by another teen on a Saturday night in downtown Indianapolis. Several teens then surrounded the child – and yes, most teens are still children developmentally and legally – and repeatedly kicked and punched him as he wrapped his arms around his head for protection. Others in the crowd pulled out their phones to record this scene of casual violence in the heart of our city. And yet this brutal assault wasn’t close...
‘Friendship recession’ is ravaging our mental and physical health. Here’s how we fight against it together.
It’s been called the friendship recession. And it’s having devastating consequences on our emotional, mental and physical health. Recent surveys indicate that Americans have significantly fewer close friends on average and are much more likely to say they have no close friends than in previous decades. The friendship recession is so severe that U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has declared that the surge in Americans’ loneliness and isolation is a public health crisis. In May, Murthy...
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...