Our school year programs are back in gear. Every day, over 400 students are touched by the ministry of Shepherd Community Center. Really, we are a funnel for friends like you and our neighbors. Together we make a great team to enable families to break the...
It is a challenging time! Giving is down in all sectors of the non-profit world. Governments are talking about taxing non-profits. Many of our families are dealing with major life challenges. Yet I have hope. Why? Because money doesn’t define us. The government will do what it wants, and...
Today, July 31st is the 23rd anniversary of my family moving to Indianapolis to join the work at Shepherd Community Center. We have fallen in love with our neighbors. It has been our privilege to serve with our neighbors to make the near Eastside a better...
So the “heat is on," as the song says. It seems as if there was no spring. Yet for our neighborhood, this is a life and death situation - being stuck in an apartment with no air movement. The local EMS have been busy transporting folks...
Here in Indianapolis we have plenty of food, but we still have hungry people. We have lots of hospitals, but kids still go without healthcare. Indianapolis has lots of great schools and dedicated teachers, but illiteracy is a huge challenge. So what is the problem? Here in Indianapolis, there...
On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of his hotel in Memphis, TN. On the 50th anniversary of his passing, we honor the legacy of this powerful speaker, writer and leader of the civil rights movement — a...
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” -Martin Luther King, Jr. My prayer today is that we always give voice to the voiceless and support to the powerless. May we be Christ to the least and the lost. May...
A few years ago, we built a teaching kitchen as part of our building. This was critical to helping our families learn how to cook. It helps them learn a skill that will help their money go further at the grocery store. It also helps them...
Martin Luther King, Jr. faced many oppositions to his goal of civil rights for all. Folks on each side of the issue criticized and attacked his work. He relentlessly pushed forward, despite the opposition. One who opposed him eventually killed him. Yet his dream did not...
Your gift made during the Christmas season helps us to provide hope to break the cycle of poverty all year long! Shepherd isn’t just here one month a year, but daily, all year long we are working hard to serve our neighbors. This would not be...
