Focus Week (Saturday): 24 Hrs of Prayer.

Starting at 10:30am this morning, people from all over our city, state, and even nation are praying for Austin New Church and our partners. Specifically they are praying for God’s leading for 2010. Thanks to everyone who signed up for a shift for giving of your time, and many of you some of your sleep, [...]

Focus Week (Friday): Sacrifice

All week we’ve been asking and looking for God’s answer to the question… What can I do to be more generous?” This weekend at Austin New Church, we will be having a time of prayer and commitment with the hope of corporately celebrating what God has said. During this time we will take a special [...]

Focus Week (Thursday): Fasting

Today we are talking about the discipline of fasting.  Fasting may be one of the, if not the, most neglected disciplines in the church.  It is often times seen as impractical and maybe a bit archaic.  However, you can’t read the Bible for long to see that fasting was very important.  So, today, I am [...]

Focus Week (Wednesday): Love All.

How will you be a blessing today? If you have been at ANC very long, you know we encourage our people to try to be a blessing. Whether it is down at the corner of 7th and Neches grilling up burgers, “Loving our Neighbors”, or working with one of our many partners, we strategically position [...]

Focus Week (Tuesday): Pure Religion.

What is it that really matters in our faith? That’s a great question to ask at Christmas. In fact, that’s a great question for any time. We like that question when we defend our religion. We don’t mind it when it comes to discussing the “way” we do church or the “style” we prefer in [...]

Focus Week (Monday): Surrender.

2009 Has been an amazing year in the life of Austin New Church. If you haven’t had an opportunity it see our “Year End Report” please do so by clicking HERE. We’re spending this week to focus on prayer not just as a part of the “Advent Conspiracy”, but also as an opportunity to ask [...]