Breaking the Cycle of Poverty

How Dolly Parton and Shepherd are working together to teach kids to read

Executive Director Jay Height discusses Shepherd Community Center’s adult and children’s literacy efforts, including its partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

How we can help our children thrive in a tough world

Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height discusses how government, businesses and ministries can work together to improve children’s lives.

How Indiana can become the best state in the nation for children

Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height casts a bold vision for the future of Indiana: how can the state become the best in the nation to raise a child?

Shepherd’s economic impact in Indianapolis pays huge dividends

Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height interviews Phil Powell, executive director of the Indiana Business Research Center, on the economic impact of Shepherd’s work in the community.  

Shepherd is taking innovative steps to address America’s housing crisis

Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Shepherd’s Director of Housing Dennis Westlake discuss the ministry’s innovative efforts to help neighbors find affordable housing.

How Shepherd is responding to America’s critical lack of affordable housing

Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Shepherd’s Director of Housing Dennis Westlake discuss how the lack of affordable affects neighbors in Indianapolis and through the United States.

What does the future hold for Shepherd Community Center?

Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height talks about the ministry’s future as it prepares to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its founding.

How should the community respond to the youth violence plaguing our city?

Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height discusses how the church and the community need to respond to the surge in youth violence in Indianapolis.

How inflation has left lower-income workers struggling to buy groceries

Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Dave Miner of the Indy Hunger Network discuss the effects of inflation on low-income families.

Why are so many people hungry when we’re surrounded by so much food?

Shepherd Community Center Executive Director Jay Height and Dave Miner of the Indy Hunger Network discuss why chronic hunger remains a persistent problem in Indiana.