GOD'S MISSION

The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd is a diverse community of faith and hope committed to worshipping and serving God in the midst of the city. The church is located in one of the most needy neighborhoods of Hartford, CT. Within a one block radius of the church there are close to 1,000 units of publicly funded housing. Poverty, lack of education, crime, and violence are all challenges, which the church has worked to address over the years. The parish membership forms a racially, culturally, and economically diverse community drawn from throughout the greater Hartford region of this historic church.
 
Good Shepherd is a founding and member congregation of Hands On Hartford (formerly Center City Churches), an agency which runs a residence for persons living with AIDS, a senior center, two youth and family centers, a halfway house for the mentally ill, a soup kitchen, and a social service office for relief and advocacy. Parishioners actively support all these enterprises.