‘I learned to place my life in the Lord’: How Shepherd interns grew in their faith and service
In the first of two articles about Shepherd Community Center’s 2023...
‘A beacon of light on the east side’: Board member Jose Juarez talks about what’s so special at Shepherd
Jose Juarez, the family and community engagement director with...
‘I was just praying’ for help’: How a Shepherd job fair made a lasting difference
The young man came to Shepherd Community Center’s first community resource fair on July 25 desperate to find a job and to find something to eat. The man’s mother died when he was only 6 years old; his father is in prison. Seemingly alone and without regular access to necessities, the man found help at Shepherd that day. “He has an appointment...
Podcasts
Shepherd is taking innovative steps to address America’s housing crisis
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Shepherd’s Director of...
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...
Columns by Jay
Legos at Easter: We’re made to work together to build something beautiful with our neighbors.
Legos at Easter: We’re made to work together to build something beautiful with our neighbors. My grandchildren love to build all sorts of things – spaceships, castles, skyscrapers – with Legos. For them, snapping together brightly colored Lego bricks to create something new is a fun outlet for their imagination. I’m not so enamored with Legos myself – I’ve had too many late night, barefoot encounters with hard-edged bits of plastic that a grandchild left behind on the floor. The other...
As inflation bites, my neighbors water down their children’s milk to make ends meet.
As inflation bites, my neighbors water down their children’s milk to make ends meet. Inflation is an insidious tax on people in poverty. And it’s one that forces my neighbors on the east side of Indianapolis to make heartbreaking choices each day. I know parents who in recent months have begun to water down their children’s milk to make it go further. I’ve seen multiple families move into one small house because they can no longer afford a home of their own. And I’ve listened as mothers...
‘I was just praying’ for help’: How a Shepherd job fair made a lasting difference
The young man came to Shepherd Community Center’s first community resource fair on July 25 desperate to find a job and to find something to eat. The man’s mother died when he was only 6 years old; his father is in prison. Seemingly alone...
‘I learned to place my life in the Lord’: How Shepherd interns grew in their faith and service
In the first of two articles about Shepherd Community Center’s 2023...
‘A beacon of light on the east side’: Board member Jose Juarez talks about what’s so special at Shepherd
Jose Juarez, the family and community engagement director with...
Podcasts
Shepherd is taking innovative steps to address America’s housing crisis
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Shepherd’s Director of...
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...
Columns by Jay
Legos at Easter: We’re made to work together to build something beautiful with our neighbors.
Legos at Easter: We’re made to work together to build something beautiful with our neighbors. My grandchildren love to build all sorts of things – spaceships, castles, skyscrapers – with Legos. For them, snapping together brightly colored Lego bricks to create something new is a fun outlet for their imagination. I’m not so enamored with Legos myself – I’ve had too many late night, barefoot encounters with hard-edged bits of plastic that a grandchild left behind on the floor. The other...
As inflation bites, my neighbors water down their children’s milk to make ends meet.
As inflation bites, my neighbors water down their children’s milk to make ends meet. Inflation is an insidious tax on people in poverty. And it’s one that forces my neighbors on the east side of Indianapolis to make heartbreaking choices each day. I know parents who in recent months have begun to water down their children’s milk to make it go further. I’ve seen multiple families move into one small house because they can no longer afford a home of their own. And I’ve listened as mothers...