Austin City Lutherans (ACL) is a 501.c(3) non-profit serving low-income individuals and families. The organization operates Bread For All Food Pantry and developed Mariposa Family Learning Center, a 2-Gen(eration) childcare provider. In 2022, ACL’s Move-In Ministry was established to provide beds, furniture and household items for people exiting homelessness.

Austin City Lutherans consists of the leaders and members of the ELCA worshipping communities in and around Austin, Texas. Formed in 2011, ACL adopted the moniker “More, Better, Together” to guide its activities.

From September 2013 to July 2018, ACL operated Bread For All Food Pantry at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in SE Austin. As of August 2018, the pantry operates out of Faith Presbyterian Church, 1314 E. Oltorf. The pantry, powered by a volunteer base of more than fifty people, typically serves more than 600 unique households per month. Open on Monday evenings, the pantry targets working folks and their children living in economic poverty. While most of the volunteers are Lutheran church members, a handful are friends – equally committed to this type of ministry – who have come alongside to help feed our neighbors in southeast Austin.

In 2018, ACL stepped up to take on the mission challenge of addressing early childhood development in SE Austin. Click on the Mariposa FLC Historical Archive header (above) to learn more about the inspiring story of its establishment and development.

The following ELCA congregations and campus ministry make up ACL: Abiding Love, Faith, First English, Gethsemane, Holy Cross, Lord of Life, Lutheran Campus Ministry at the University of Texas, Palabra de Vida, Peace, Salem, Shepherd of the Hills, St. John’s/San Juan, St. Martin’s, and Triumphant Love. (Prince of Peace, which hosted Bread For All for five years, and Ascension are no longer worshipping congregations.

Austin City Lutherans is a non-profit organization with 501.c.3 status.

ACL’s board of directors consists of:

Dr. Cal Streeter, President; Stephanie Schweinfurth, Vice-President; Janis Coltin, Secretary; Mark Stuckey, Treasurer; Rev. Tom Grevlos; Dick Moeller; Rev. Brad Highum and Rev. Tim Anderson, Director.