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...
40 Years of Shepherd: Where Shepherd was 20 years ago…
Forty years ago, Shepherd started with a small group that wanted to serve their inner-city neighbors. Now, we honor their simple mission to break the cycle of poverty, which has brought hope and transformation to countless lives for the past 40 years, by creating spaces where they feel seen, heard, and loved. We look back on all of the...
Podcasts
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...
Why do people struggle to pay the bills? Our economy isn’t working for everyone.
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height discusses the economic...
New ministry begins here. Power of internships is building new leaders.
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Young Adult Coordinator...
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...
40 Years of Shepherd: Where Shepherd was 20 years ago…
Forty years ago, Shepherd started with a small group that wanted to serve their inner-city neighbors. Now, we honor their simple mission to break the cycle of poverty, which has brought hope and transformation to countless lives for the...
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
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...
Why do people struggle to pay the bills? Our economy isn’t working for everyone.
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height discusses the economic...
New ministry begins here. Power of internships is building new leaders.
Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Young Adult Coordinator...
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...