32nd. Avenue Jubilee
Center- The mission of the 32nd
Avenue Jubilee Center is to help
our Northwest Denver neighbors
move away from poverty and need.
Key activities include: The
Bienvenidos Food Bank, Health
Care Initiative, Youth
Enrichment Program (serving
school age youth, including an
after school program), and
Program for Intercultural
Communication & Language Skills.
Good Shepherd provides
financial, in-kind and service
support.
Bridgeway- Bridgeway is a small,
non-profit organization that
provides housing, support, and
education for pregnant &
parenting teens. Bridgeway also
offers on-site daycare for
current & former resident’s
babies. Good Shepherd provides
financial and in-kind support.
CO Haiti Project- The Colorado
Haiti Project is a non-profit
organization dedicated to
building cross-cultural
understanding of Christ’s
presence in the world. In
partnership with the Episcopal
Diocese of Haiti, The Colorado
Haiti Project offers educational
and medical resources to the
people of Chevalier/Petit Trou
de Nippes so that, in working
together to meet these basic
human needs, we may grow
together in God’s reconciling
love. Good Shepherd provided
financial support to The
Colorado Haiti Project in 2006.
Covenant Cupboard –Covenant
Cupboard is an Arapahoe County
based food pantry supported
primarily by The Presbyterian
Church of the Covenant (host),
Good Shepherd and St. Peter
Lutheran Churches. Covenant
Cupboard’s mission is to address
the food security needs of
seniors, disabled individuals,
and the unemployed or
underemployed households in our
community in a compassionate,
dignified and secure
environment. Good Shepherd
provides financial, in-kind and
service support to Covenant
Cupboard. We have two members of
Good Shepherd who serve as Board
members for Covenant Cupboard.
House of Hope- Family Tree House
of Hope is a homeless shelter
and self-sufficiency program,
providing safe shelter and a
broad range of services to women
with children, helping them to
be safe, strong and
self-reliant. Good Shepherd
provides financial, in-kind and
service support to House of
Hope. In 2007 we would like to
renew of program of providing a
monthly dinner for House of
Hope.
Mary’s Hope- The mission of
Mary’s Hope Workshops is to
provide tools for spiritual
healing and recovery of
survivors of profound childhood
abuses. To accomplish this
mission, Mary’s Hope Workshops
conducts workshops and retreats
to educate about the spiritual
wounds left in the wake of
childhood abuse and techniques
to facilitate the healing and
recovery of those wounds. Good
Shepherd provides financial
support to Mary’s Hope.
St. Clare’s Ministry- St.
Clare’s Ministry is a ministry
of the Episcopal Church of St.
Peter and St. Mary. This
ministry includes St. Clare’s
Supper, Overnight Shelter,
Clothes Closet and Community
Vegetable Garden activities. St.
Clare’s Supper began in some
form over 30 years ago with sack
lunches. It evolved through the
years to a full sit down dinner
served every Tuesday night. The
dinner program evolved even
further with the addition of a
“clothing closet” and finally
into an Emergency Overnight
Shelter. Good Shepherd provides
financial and in-kind support
for St. Clare’s Ministry.
St. Francis Center-
The mission of
St. Francis Center is to reveal
God’s love for humanity by
providing a safe place for
people who are homeless in Metro
Denver to meet their basic needs
for day-to-day survival while
offering them assistance to
transition out of homelessness.
Good Shepherd provides
financial, in-kind and service
support to St. Francis.
Additionally, members of Good
Shepherd serve on the Board and
Development Committee.
Sudanese Community Church- The
Sudanese congregation was formed
to minister to the spiritual and
temporal needs of the growing
refugee community in Colorado.
The Sudanese Community Church
conducts all pastoral and
sacramental functions and
provides English classes,
women’s support group,
assistance with transportation,
and in every way we try to
assist our congregation with
their basic needs. In 2006
Outreach provided only very
limited in-kind support to
Sudanese Community Church.