Our Mission and Vision

The Shepherd's Center of Kernersville has a mission and a vision for the future

• The Shepherd's Center of Kernersville is an interfaith ministries of volunteers who champion and sustain older or disabled adults. (Adopted August 16, 2001)

• The Shepherd's Center of Kernersville empowers individuals and enriches the lives of older or disabled adults in our community.  We believe this provides dignity, respect, purpose, and other essentials of life. (Adopted April 12, 2001)

We rely on a dedicated group of volunteers who are willing to share their time with those who may not be able to take care of themselves.  They're often also available to just sit and chat with elderly or disabled individuals who find themselves alone and lonely.

The Shepherd's Center of Kernersville is committed to enriching and enabling independent living for older and disabled adults and their families in our community.  We recognize what a great place Kernersville is -- a place that we and those we serve proudly call home. 

Welcome to Shepherd's Center of Kernersville on the web.

We want to welcome you to our web site.  We hope that you will visit with us often and that you may be moved to accept our challenge and dedicate some of yourself to the commitments we have made and the goals we have set.  Should you find something here that moves you to react and say that you'd like to help, we have provided a method through the web site for you to communicate your wishes and desires to us. 

This special ministry would be unable to continue providing services to the older or disabled adults in Kernersville, Eastern Forsyth County, Colfax, Oak Ridge and Belews Creek without the gifts of time and finance from our many supporters.  Please come join our family today!  Click here for more information about our programs and our dependence on people like you who are willing to give of time and money to help those of our community who need our services.

Purposes

The Shepherd's Center is an ecumenical organization supported by the area Churches, Service Providers, Service Clubs, Foundations, Merchants and interested individuals, serving older or disabled persons in the Kernersville, Eastern Forsyth County, Walkertown, Belews Creek and Colfax areas.

The Board of Directors is committed to their best efforts to achieve the following purposes:

• To sustain older people who desire to live independently in their own homes and apartments in the community.
   
• To provide opportunities for individuals to use their experience, training and skills in significant social roles.
   
• To enhance life satisfaction in later maturity through artistic expression, community service, caring relationships, life-long learning, and the discovery of inner resources.
   
• To demonstrate life at its best in later maturity.
   
• The Shepherd's Center's program is designed to be helpful to a variety of older people rather than to serve specifically those who are in need by virtue of limited income.
   

(Click here for printable copy of Purpose Statement)