Good Shepherd Community Center, an outreach ministry of the United Methodist Church, has launched its new website with help from desktop publishing students of St. Aloysius High School.

The website serves as a point of reference for Vicksburg and surrounding communities in addition to the non-profit organization’s Facebook page.

“Students used Weebly, a web hosting service, to produce a free, high quality website for Good Shepherd Community Center,” said desktop publishing instructor Christin Matthews. The current website, www.goodshepherdcommunitycenter.weebly.com, offers information about the ministry, programs, event photos and ways to support the center, including links to donate and volunteer.

The site will become www.goodshepherdcommunitycenter.org once the free plan is upgraded.

The website was created by senior students Anna Fletcher, Claire Gamble, Meredith Hull, McKaylan Gray, Haylee Prescott, Cameron Curtis and Zachary Taylor and freshman student Tyler Easterling.

In addition to building the website, students learned how to make a web design questionnaire, a document often used by web designers to understand the particular needs and wants of clients. “It was fun learning how to create a website, especially for a place we serve frequently,” said St. Aloysius High School senior McKaylan Gray. “It is great to be able to help out in our community.”

St. Aloysius High School seniors visit Good Shepherd weekly to read books, sing songs and play games with the children as part of their theology class.

“It has been an amazing experience forming bonds with the individuals at Good Shepherd and a great feeling knowing that we helped spread their dedication and service to the community,” said senior Haylee Prescott.

Good Shepherd Community Center is outreach ministry of the United Methodist Church.

Founded in September 1986 as a tutoring program, Good Shepherd Community Center now provides a daycare, after school tutoring program, GED Program and a free medical clinic for needy community families.