This article was originally published in The Indianapolis Recorder By Jay Height 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...
The numbers are staggering, and for families already struggling to pay for necessities, scary. In February, according to the federal government, overall inflation increased at an annual rate of 7.9 percent – the sharpest increase in 40 years. The price of gasoline increased 38 percent year...
Cordell Carter is a revolutionary – at least when it comes to a vision for how governments should operate and how nonprofits should serve people in need. “We need to help heal the wounds that people have,” Carter, commissioner of Tennessee’s Department of Human Services, said...
When Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston recently delivered the General Assembly’s annual Organization Day speech, he decided to highlight Hoosiers’ compassion and resiliency during the COVID-19 pandemic. And the work of Shepherd Community Center was a focal point of his message. “Even through the toughest of times,...
Hi. I'm Jay Height with this week's update to you on the exciting things happening at Shepherd Community. Next week begins a series of every Monday in the month of October, we'll be providing flu vaccines right here in this parking lot. And we're partnering...
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Good stewardship is an obligation in ministry, and a key part of stewardship is understanding when and where to invest resources effectively and efficiently. That’s where collecting and analyzing data comes in. Data in ministry? Isn’t data analysis something that business and governments do? Aren’t decisions in...
The past 19 months have been the most challenging in the history of American education. Schools shut down suddenly as the COVID-19 pandemic first surged in March 2020. Students, parents and educators had to shift quickly to online learning, even in areas like the near east...
Hi, I'm Andrew Green. I'm the Assistant Executive Director here at Shepherd Community Center, and we just wanted to be able to share with you today about what a great summer we've had here at Shepherd, and I have a few friends that...
Hi, I'm Jay Height with this week's update on the exciting things happening in Shepherd Community. We have our summer day camp going on for elementary kids, over a hundred kids, middle school, high school, about 50, and it is really exciting for me...