Featured Ministries & Programs – Society of the Good Shepherd

Good Shepherd Ministries of Prayer and Formation

Rooted in the spirit of the Good Shepherd, we provide spaces for daily prayer, spiritual formation, and community worship across all cultures and denominations. Our mission is to nurture the soul, guide the faithful, and inspire lives devoted to peace, compassion, and divine service. Through retreats, mentorship, and interfaith circles, we equip individuals to serve humanity with a shepherd’s heart.

Santa Maria Home Health Care

Santa Maria Home Health Care stands as a ministry of compassion and dignity. We offer care to the elderly, the sick, the disabled, and the forgotten. Our caregivers bring not only medical assistance, but the healing presence of love. With no regard for background or belief, we walk beside those in need, ensuring their final days are filled with comfort, peace, and dignity.

Good Shepherd Medical Recycling Initiative (GSMRI)

Through the recycling and redistribution of medical equipment, GSMRI breathes new life into items often discarded. Hospital beds, walkers, wheelchairs—each piece becomes an instrument of mercy in our hands. With every delivery, we affirm the sacredness of human life and relieve burdens with love and urgency, especially in moments of emergency.

Education and Literacy Empowerment

We believe that knowledge is both power and liberation. Our literacy programs and educational outreach bring light into places of despair, from under-resourced schools to the adult seeking a second chance. We provide books, mentorship, scholarships, and digital tools to bridge divides and offer hope for a future guided by wisdom and faith.

Good Shepherd Vocational and Allied Health Training

Through job readiness, technical training, and allied health certification programs, we equip people to serve with skill and dignity. From nursing to caregiving to administrative skills, we prepare individuals to be healers and helpers—pillars of support in their communities—bringing wholeness to broken systems and forgotten neighborhoods.

Missionary Outreach & Peacebuilding

Our missionaries are peacemakers and bridge-builders, committed to reconciliation, interfaith unity, and holistic development. Whether abroad or at home, we train and deploy individuals who will sow healing in places wounded by division. We believe the Gospel is not only preached but lived—through actions that restore, uplift, and reconcile.

Agricultural & Environmental Stewardship

The land is sacred, and so is our call to protect it. Through sustainable farming, food security programs, and environmental awareness, we empower communities to grow with dignity and resilience. We teach stewardship of creation as a moral obligation, blending faith and science to combat hunger and ecological harm.

Hunger & Homelessness Relief

We cannot preach love and ignore the empty stomach or the cold child. Our hunger relief and housing assistance ministries answer Christ’s call to feed the hungry and shelter the homeless. Every meal served, every shelter offered, is a declaration of human worth and divine presence in the margins.

Digital Evangelism & Technology Access

In an age of information, we bring light into the digital world. Through online outreach, digital literacy training, and global connectivity, we evangelize with relevance and reach the unreached. We provide tools and training for communities to engage, learn, and lead in today’s technology-driven society—faithfully and fruitfully.