Good Shepherd is intensely focused on reaching out to others through a variety of programs and activities, including:
-Children’s Enrichment Workshop (CEW), a collaborative program among three local elementary schools and four Riverside/Avondale churches who offer after-school enrichment programs for students, led by church volunteers
-Annual school supplies drive, whereby our parishioners donate classroom supplies for teachers in a local elementary school
-Shepherd’s Tree, gift-giving at Christmas to students selected by the principal of a local elementary school
-Thanksgiving meals, prepared and delivered by parishioners to families identified as needing help at Thanksgiving
-St. Catherine’s food pantry weekly food collection and delivery
-Gateway Community Services monthly celebration of Holy Eucharist with Good Shepherd parishioners
-Church Without Walls quarterly engagement by providing lunch for 100 people and participating in Holy Eucharist
-Iglesia de la Ascención, Florida, Camagüey, Cuba, our companion parish in the Diocese of Cuba