Missional Church: Success of a Day!

Serve Austin Sunday was a hit!  Today (11/29) the Churches of the Austin New Church Network:  Austin New Church, Soli Deo Gloria, Mustard Seed, and Soul Movement joined together to collectively: feed over 300 of Austin’s homeless population – IN THE RAIN! sort, box, and stock about 500 pounds of donated food for Caritas Austin. [...]

Weather Alert: Cold and Homeless

Austinites, It seems like our first real cold blast is coming our way.  According to KXAN, Monday and Tuesday (30th & 1st) our highs will be 49 and 48.  Along with those temperatures it is supposed to be raining.  I realize this is last minute, but I just learned of the weather conditions. Tomorrow, November [...]

ANC Sermon Notes: Acts 4:23-31

Acts 4:23-31 is the ‘why’ and ‘how’ behind the Dangerous Church! Acts 4:23-31 On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. 24When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. How do the the [...]

ANC Sermon Notes: Dangerous Church – Acts 4:13-17

2 Corinthians 3:17-18 – Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. The truth is, there is [...]

Missoinal Church – Characteristics of a Missional Church, pt. 4

A few weeks ago, I started a mini-blog series on the different characteristics of a missional church.  These are not my original thoughts, in fact, I am steeling this from Tim Keller.  The reason behind this series is due to the fact that the word ‘missional’ has become associated with fads and things we ‘do.’  [...]

ANC Sermon Notes: Dangerous Church, Acts 4:1-4

Dangerous Church – Acts 4:1-4 – “The Beginning of Persecution” Acts 4:1-4 (1) The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people. (2) They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the [...]

Missional Church – Serve Austin Sunday

On November 29th Austin New Church will be canceling their regular worship serve to partner with other communities and local non-profits to serve the city through six different projects.  They are as follows: Restore Pandora: On the corner of Sol Wilson and Pandora Street from 3-5pm we will be partnering with Keep Austin Beautiful and [...]

Missional Church – Characteristics of a Missional Church, Pt. 3

A few weeks ago, I started a mini-blog series on the different characteristics of a missional church.  These are not my original thoughts, in fact, I am steeling this from Tim Keller.  The reason behind this series is due to the fact that the word ‘missional’ has become associated with fads and things we ‘do.’  [...]

Missional Church Blog – Red Cross Certified

ANC’ers, I want to thank and congratulate the 27 ANC’ers who gave 4 hours of their time to get trained as a Red Cross Shelter Volunteer and an official ADRN volunteer.  For those who wanted to get certified but could not due to different circumstances, we will be looking at putting on another training during [...]