Julia Mitchell is the Founder of Tender Shepherd Ministries, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to using the arts as a means to communicate the love of God for His Creation. Through this organization, artwork, books, music and other creative avenues will share the story of God's love for His people. The work created and shared will also communicate about the many glorious things He has given us for our joy and provision. These will be the criteria for work to be included as we move forward. The work we select will need to demonstrate skill and excellence while at the same time expressing a tone of worship and reverence of the God who loves all that He has made.
MISSION:
The mission of Tender Shepherd Ministries is to show through all of the arts the love of God for His people and His creation.
VISION AND GOALS:
We are at the beginning of this vision and hope you will keep an eye on our progress. As we currently see it, there will be two separate divisions through which Tender Shepherd Ministries will do its work. They are:
1. AGENTS of GRACE: This is the prayer and service arm of Tender Shepherd Ministries and is a mission-based program designed to spread the good news of God's Love and grace by caring about people who are in need. Agents of Grace will be actively praying for those with concerns of all kinds: health, finance, relationship and more. We will be available to pray at any time day or night. We will visit people in the hospital, at home, at church as well as praying for people we meet each day in our normal activities. The objective is to let everyone we meet know that the Lord loves them and cares about their daily lives and well-being. It is also to stand alongside people in need while their need is being met, providing connection to those who can offer companionship, food, clothing, etc. It is our hope to bring this activity in the form of instruction that can be taken to churches who may then equip their congregation to be Agents of Grace. Churches may contact us to find out more. Agents of Grace will be funded by donation and through the sales of the second arm of Tender Shepherd Ministries: Designed for God.
2. DESIGNED FOR GOD: Development of a wholesale and retail art business whose products communicate God's love and care for His creation. We will begin with an online retail STORE on this website for the purpose of supporting Christian artists whose work meets our mission. Products will include: Prints, cards, mugs, t-shirts, books, music CD's, and more. A portion of sales from this store will also provide a funding stream to our Agents of Grace missions programs. Our second step will be to expand into the wholesale business world to help spread the good news of God's love by sale of products through other retail stores, nationally and internationally.
OBJECTIVES:
We will begin with our STORE and later develop the wholesale business as it will be the funding arm for Agents of Grace missions. Julia is beginning the store with her own creative work but looks forward to adding the work of other Christian artists, writers and musicians as time goes along. In addition to providing an opportunity for Christian artists to make an income from their creativity, a portion of the proceeds from these sales will go to support our own Agents of Grace activities as well as missionaries working in the arts around the world. We will continually have new products available for purchase, so check back often.
Julia has just released a new inspirational/devotional book entitled, The Way Home, Growing in Relationship with God and Humanity. Tender Shepherd Ministries is the publisher for the paperback book and Westbow Press, a division of Zondervan and Thomas Nelson, will be carrying the ePub version of the book.
501(c)3 NON-PROFIT
We are working on establishing a 501(c)3 non-profit status so that donations made to Tender Shepherd Ministries for the furtherance of our work may be tax deductible. Currently any contributions to Tender Shepherd Ministries would not be tax deductible. If you would like to make a contribution to help move us toward our goal, you may visit our Contact page and send us an email. We hope you will check back often and watch our progress as we grow these divisions of Tender Shepherd Ministries.
MISSION:
The mission of Tender Shepherd Ministries is to show through all of the arts the love of God for His people and His creation.
VISION AND GOALS:
We are at the beginning of this vision and hope you will keep an eye on our progress. As we currently see it, there will be two separate divisions through which Tender Shepherd Ministries will do its work. They are:
1. AGENTS of GRACE: This is the prayer and service arm of Tender Shepherd Ministries and is a mission-based program designed to spread the good news of God's Love and grace by caring about people who are in need. Agents of Grace will be actively praying for those with concerns of all kinds: health, finance, relationship and more. We will be available to pray at any time day or night. We will visit people in the hospital, at home, at church as well as praying for people we meet each day in our normal activities. The objective is to let everyone we meet know that the Lord loves them and cares about their daily lives and well-being. It is also to stand alongside people in need while their need is being met, providing connection to those who can offer companionship, food, clothing, etc. It is our hope to bring this activity in the form of instruction that can be taken to churches who may then equip their congregation to be Agents of Grace. Churches may contact us to find out more. Agents of Grace will be funded by donation and through the sales of the second arm of Tender Shepherd Ministries: Designed for God.
2. DESIGNED FOR GOD: Development of a wholesale and retail art business whose products communicate God's love and care for His creation. We will begin with an online retail STORE on this website for the purpose of supporting Christian artists whose work meets our mission. Products will include: Prints, cards, mugs, t-shirts, books, music CD's, and more. A portion of sales from this store will also provide a funding stream to our Agents of Grace missions programs. Our second step will be to expand into the wholesale business world to help spread the good news of God's love by sale of products through other retail stores, nationally and internationally.
OBJECTIVES:
We will begin with our STORE and later develop the wholesale business as it will be the funding arm for Agents of Grace missions. Julia is beginning the store with her own creative work but looks forward to adding the work of other Christian artists, writers and musicians as time goes along. In addition to providing an opportunity for Christian artists to make an income from their creativity, a portion of the proceeds from these sales will go to support our own Agents of Grace activities as well as missionaries working in the arts around the world. We will continually have new products available for purchase, so check back often.
Julia has just released a new inspirational/devotional book entitled, The Way Home, Growing in Relationship with God and Humanity. Tender Shepherd Ministries is the publisher for the paperback book and Westbow Press, a division of Zondervan and Thomas Nelson, will be carrying the ePub version of the book.
501(c)3 NON-PROFIT
We are working on establishing a 501(c)3 non-profit status so that donations made to Tender Shepherd Ministries for the furtherance of our work may be tax deductible. Currently any contributions to Tender Shepherd Ministries would not be tax deductible. If you would like to make a contribution to help move us toward our goal, you may visit our Contact page and send us an email. We hope you will check back often and watch our progress as we grow these divisions of Tender Shepherd Ministries.