40 Years of Shepherd: A Future Worth Fighting For
It had been a long, exhausting day serving our Shepherd students. Another...
40 Years of Shepherd: A Symbol of Achievement and Hope
A trophy may be made of metal, plastic, and gold paint — but its meaning...
40 Years of Shepherd: Holistic After-School Care
Over the past 40 years, Shepherd has been a beacon of hope for our neighbors, providing safe places where they can feel seen, heard, and loved in their community. By providing holistic care in and out of the classroom, Shepherd Community has built authentic relationships that bring transformation in the lives of our neighbors. In 1988, Shepherd...
Podcasts
Hope at Easter: How Shepherd shares the love of Jesus with neighbors in Indy
In the latest Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Podcast episode, Shepherd Community Center...
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...
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,...
40 Years of Shepherd: Holistic After-School Care
Over the past 40 years, Shepherd has been a beacon of hope for our neighbors, providing safe places where they can feel seen, heard, and loved in their community. By providing holistic care in and out of the classroom, Shepherd Community...
40 Years of Shepherd: A Future Worth Fighting For
It had been a long, exhausting day serving our Shepherd students. Another...
40 Years of Shepherd: A Symbol of Achievement and Hope
A trophy may be made of metal, plastic, and gold paint — but its meaning...
Podcasts
Hope at Easter: How Shepherd shares the love of Jesus with neighbors in Indy
In the latest Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Podcast episode, Shepherd Community Center...
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...
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,...