40 Years of Shepherd: From Sick Care to Health Care
At Shepherd, our goal is to help our families live in healthcare rather...
40 Years of Shepherd: The Shepherd Family
When Shepherd Community first began, it wasn’t the impressive...
Shepherd honored as a Champion of Impact in Indianapolis for its work helping neighbors break free from poverty
Indiana University’s football team wasn’t the only champions crowned in January. The Indianapolis Recorder recently honored Executive Director Jay Height and Shepherd Community Center with its annual Champions of Impact Award. Height and the Shepherd team were recognized for the lasting difference they have made in the lives of thousands of...
Podcasts
Gaps in SNAP benefits contribute to hunger crisis in Indianapolis
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height discusses why gaps in SNAP...
Shepherd partners with IPS high school to promote students’ mental health
Shepherd Community Center Chief Engagement Office Phil Edwards and Arsenal Technical...
It’s the season for volunteers. Here’s how you can serve at Shepherd.
Shepherd Community Center Director of Volunteer Engagement Donna Alexander explains how...
Columns by Jay
Shepherd Community Center marks 40 years of community collaboration to break the cycle of poverty
After 40 years of committed service on Indianapolis’ near Eastside, Shepherd Community Center is breaking ground on its most ambitious project yet. The Ruby Project will bring new housing, a wellness center and expanded education to one of the city’s most underserved neighborhoods. What started in 1985 as a shared Thanksgiving meal has grown into an organization reaching more than 10,000 individuals each year. With the Ruby Project, Shepherd Community Center is looking not just to grow, but to...
How you can have an encounter this year with your neighbors – and with Jesus
By Jay Height and Jeremy Height In Luke 8, we find Jesus where we often find Him in the Gospels -- on the move. And while He is on the move, Jesus has a life-changing encounter with an unnamed woman, whose issue with blood gives us a glimpse, not only of radical faith, but also of the intersection of blessing our community and bringing people to Jesus. This woman was desperate because of her illness. It would have caused her not only physical pain, but also would have made her to be considered...
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...
Shepherd honored as a Champion of Impact in Indianapolis for its work helping neighbors break free from poverty
Indiana University’s football team wasn’t the only champions crowned in January. The Indianapolis Recorder recently honored Executive Director Jay Height and Shepherd Community Center with its annual Champions of Impact Award. Height and...
40 Years of Shepherd: From Sick Care to Health Care
At Shepherd, our goal is to help our families live in healthcare rather...
40 Years of Shepherd: The Shepherd Family
When Shepherd Community first began, it wasn’t the impressive...
Podcasts
Gaps in SNAP benefits contribute to hunger crisis in Indianapolis
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height discusses why gaps in SNAP...
Shepherd partners with IPS high school to promote students’ mental health
Shepherd Community Center Chief Engagement Office Phil Edwards and Arsenal Technical...
It’s the season for volunteers. Here’s how you can serve at Shepherd.
Shepherd Community Center Director of Volunteer Engagement Donna Alexander explains how...
Columns by Jay
Shepherd Community Center marks 40 years of community collaboration to break the cycle of poverty
After 40 years of committed service on Indianapolis’ near Eastside, Shepherd Community Center is breaking ground on its most ambitious project yet. The Ruby Project will bring new housing, a wellness center and expanded education to one of the city’s most underserved neighborhoods. What started in 1985 as a shared Thanksgiving meal has grown into an organization reaching more than 10,000 individuals each year. With the Ruby Project, Shepherd Community Center is looking not just to grow, but to...
How you can have an encounter this year with your neighbors – and with Jesus
By Jay Height and Jeremy Height In Luke 8, we find Jesus where we often find Him in the Gospels -- on the move. And while He is on the move, Jesus has a life-changing encounter with an unnamed woman, whose issue with blood gives us a glimpse, not only of radical faith, but also of the intersection of blessing our community and bringing people to Jesus. This woman was desperate because of her illness. It would have caused her not only physical pain, but also would have made her to be considered...
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...