Christmas Grill Out

Several Restore Groups will be hosting the last big downtown grill out of 2011.  On December 4th from 4pm-6pm several Restore Groups will be gathering downtown at 7th and Neches to eat and fellowship with some of our homeless brothers and sisters, in order share the Christmas spirit with these often forgotten folks. To sign [...]

Mission Peru

Well, the Mission Peru team has been back for about a week, so I wanted to tell you a little bit about the trip.  One thing that weighed heavy on me throughout this mission was how honoring it was for our team of 6 to partner with Kairos Ministries in Iquitos, Peru.  As a team [...]

Serve Austin Sunday: Garage Sale 4 Orphans

The last Serve Austin Sunday (SAS) for 2011 is right around the corner, October 30th.  For those who may not know what SAS is, every time there is a fifth Sunday in a month (four times a year), we cancel our worship gathering, and go “be the church” to our city.  Meaning, instead of gathering [...]

Peru Kids

October 9 – 21, ANC will be sending 6 people to serve with a school and church in Iquitos, Peru. What excites us most about this mission is that we are partnering with people that are already seeing the Kingdom of God move in great ways.  The initiatives we are doing with them are things [...]

Respond to the Central Texas Fires

Unless you have had your television off for the last 48 hours, then you are aware that right now central Texas is being burned by several uncontrollable fires.  We recognize that those that consider ANC their home, are spread out all over the greater Austin area, so for now, we are asking you to respond [...]

East Side Children’s Book Drive

We agree with Helen Exley, when she says, “Books can be dangerous.  The best ones should be labeled ‘This could   change your life.‘”  Many of us have seen the affects of reading in our own lives.  The truth is, one of the very keys to end cycles of poverty is not in handouts, rather [...]

Back-To-School Back-pack-Drive

Since the beginning of ANC, we have teamed up with local organizations to do back-pack drives for students who can’t afford the basic necessities required of them to attend school.  I’m not sure if you can call something a tradition after only four times, but we would consider this a tradition, since we have participated [...]

July 31st, Homeless GrillOut

Hey Restore Communities, Serve Austin Sunday is just around the corner – July 31st.  We have several projects left to volunteer for.  That being said, whether you are serving at the grillout or not, as a Restore Community you can help us, help the homeless this summer.  Instead of each group making so many bags, [...]

ANC sending some to Haiti!

ANC’ers, Many of you know, that many of our own will be leaving tomorrow morning to spend a week in Haiti with HELP End Local Poverty.  We are sending, two of our pastors, Matthew Hansen and Lamar Stockton.  Along with them will be Jill Stockton, Jeremiah Keck, Shonna Shelton, and Beverly Shelton. If you would [...]

An Amazing Opportunity to Serve

Many of you may remember this, and I know some of you were not here.  That being said, over a year ago, we were contacted by our partners at Communities in Schools about one of their students dying with cancer, his name was Homar.  Homar was one of the four brothers, and all of them [...]