Move-In Ministry Serves 300th Household
As the temperatures in Austin cool a bit and calendars turn to October 2025, the Move-In Ministry has served its 300th household. Beds. dressers, couches, coffee and end tables, bath towels, pots and pans, cups and plates, and other household necessities have been donated, stored and inventoried, and delivered to people exiting homelessness or at […]
Bluebonnets and Redistribution
I’ve been smitten by bluebonnets ever since moving to Texas more than 30 years ago. I carefully seeded a side garden area at our home in Houston—etching the pebble-like seeds with a knife as instructed by the package—but to no avail. It wasn’t until we moved to Austin that I had any luck. One spring […]
New ACL Board President
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 at the University of Texas-Austin. He’s been a vital part of ACL’s Move-In Ministry for the past two years. The Rev. Brad Highum, after eight […]
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 it. Beds, dressers, couches, kitchen tables and chairs, bookshelves, end tables, lamps, and household items like pots and pans, dishes, silverware, Tupperware, glasses and cups, […]
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, ACL has sought ways to fellowship and minister in Austin following the simple moniker that we can do “more, better, together.” Bread For All’s Busiest […]