“More, Better, Together” - Ministries Serving Low-Income Neighbors – Fall 2024 Newsletter We are the ELCA congregations in and around the Texas capital city—and that includes you. Since its inception in 2011,…
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Rent Assistance Program #4 – 2024
This past summer, Austin City Lutherans provided rent assistance to support 73 households. Through this effort, our fourth rent assistance program, we distributed more than $76,000 to support individuals and…
Move-In Ministry Passes the 100-Mark
ACL's Move-In Ministry served its 100th household in February of this year. People exiting homelessness - individuals and families - have received beds, living room furniture, kitchen tables and chairs,…
ACL Winter 2023/24 Newsletter
AUSTIN CITY LUTHERANS “More, Better, Together” Ministries Serving Low-Income Neighbors – Winter 2023 Greetings in Christ’s Name from Austin City Lutherans! We are the ELCA congregations in and around the…
Rent Assistance 2023 – Stories of Favorable Outcomes
On the first Monday in March of this year at our outside receiving line at Bread For All Food Pantry, I checked in a man whom we hadn’t seen for…
ACL Summer/Fall 2023 Newsletter
AUSTIN CITY LUTHERANS “More, Better, Together” Ministries Serving Low-Income Neighbors – Summer/Fall 2023 Greetings in Christ’s Name from Austin City Lutherans! Greetings in Christ’s Name from Austin City Lutherans! We…
Desmond’s “Poverty, By America” – Book Review
Matthew Desmond’s new book, Poverty, By America, takes a hard look at prevalence of poverty in the richest country in the history of the world. As a writer on inequality…
ACL Rent Assistance Program Fundraiser
Rent assistance is a sure-fire strategy in the prevention of homelessness. During the past three years of the Covid pandemic, numerous city, county and federal rent-assistance funding streams have helped…