Dr. Cal Streeter, a member of Gethsemane Lutheran Church, is the new board president for Austin City Lutherans. Professor Streeter recently retired from the Steve Hicks School of Social Work…
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Bread For All’s Busiest Year Ever – Again
2024 was unquestionably BFA's busiest year ever. For those of us who had turntables back in the day, perhaps I sound like a broken record. The truth is, we're on…
Move-In Ministry Surges in 2024
ACL's Move-In Ministry delivered furniture and household items to 114 individuals and families in 2024. Recipients were either people exiting homelessness or those living in situations making them vulnerable to…
AUSTIN CITY LUTHERANS – Fall 2024
“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,…
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…