‘Your belief changes trajectories’: Work Life graduates share how Shepherd program helped them find new hope
Lasheea Andrews makes and sells skin care products. Magda Joseph runs a...
40 Years of Shepherd: Breaking the Cycle of Unemployment
There’s a little shed on what looks like an abandoned lot across from the...
Shepherd Found a Way—and So Did They
This year’s 5th graders began their journey at Shepherd during the uncertainty of a global pandemic, when stores were closed, gatherings were limited, and families and schools searched for a way forward. But Shepherd believed then what we still believe now: students need to learn, families need community, and children need a safe and loving place...
Podcasts
Good neighbors needed: How you can build a bridge with the people next door
In the latest Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Podcast episode, Shepherd Executive Director...
Shepherd partnership helps families secure affordable housing
In the latest Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Podcast episode, Shepherd Executive Director...
New book by Shepherd leader explores how to break out of poverty
In the latest Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Podcast episode, Author Tim Streett...
Columns by Jay
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...
We were made to Connect
“Growing up, we lived life in community, but then things changed.” – Jay Height What is community, and why does it matter? Have we experienced the death of the community? Is there a way for us to transform the epidemic of loneliness plaguing our communities into one full of hope and connection? Join Executive Director as he looks back on his life, and the role community has played in his life personally and in the lives of those we serve at Shepherd Community Center....
How can YOU be the Salt?
“You are the salt of the earth.” – Jesus (Matthew 5:13a) In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus uses salt to teach his followers and the crowds about their role to play in the world around them. But why does Jesus use salt as the example? What does it mean to “Be the Salt”?Let’s take a deep dive with Executive Director and Pastor Jay Height into the origins of salt and how we can “Be the Salt.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_yXyLqOU-w&feature=youtu.be So, how can YOU be the Salt?Your time,...
Shepherd Found a Way—and So Did They
This year’s 5th graders began their journey at Shepherd during the uncertainty of a global pandemic, when stores were closed, gatherings were limited, and families and schools searched for a way forward. But Shepherd believed then what we...
‘Your belief changes trajectories’: Work Life graduates share how Shepherd program helped them find new hope
Lasheea Andrews makes and sells skin care products. Magda Joseph runs a...
40 Years of Shepherd: Breaking the Cycle of Unemployment
There’s a little shed on what looks like an abandoned lot across from the...
Podcasts
Good neighbors needed: How you can build a bridge with the people next door
In the latest Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Podcast episode, Shepherd Executive Director...
Shepherd partnership helps families secure affordable housing
In the latest Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Podcast episode, Shepherd Executive Director...
New book by Shepherd leader explores how to break out of poverty
In the latest Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Podcast episode, Author Tim Streett...
Columns by Jay
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...
We were made to Connect
“Growing up, we lived life in community, but then things changed.” – Jay Height What is community, and why does it matter? Have we experienced the death of the community? Is there a way for us to transform the epidemic of loneliness plaguing our communities into one full of hope and connection? Join Executive Director as he looks back on his life, and the role community has played in his life personally and in the lives of those we serve at Shepherd Community Center....
How can YOU be the Salt?
“You are the salt of the earth.” – Jesus (Matthew 5:13a) In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus uses salt to teach his followers and the crowds about their role to play in the world around them. But why does Jesus use salt as the example? What does it mean to “Be the Salt”?Let’s take a deep dive with Executive Director and Pastor Jay Height into the origins of salt and how we can “Be the Salt.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_yXyLqOU-w&feature=youtu.be So, how can YOU be the Salt?Your time,...