ANC: Summer Internship

We have two remaining openings for summer internships with Austin New Church and Restore Communities. Internships start May 28th and housing is provided. Interns will have three primary responsibilities: Serving our non-profit partners “Music For the City” day camps with the under-resourced in East Austin providing mentoring, projects, and events for children in partnership with [...]

Ministry in Ethiopia

Thanks ANC for allowing me the honor of representing you with our partner the Eden Projects in Africa. Amazing example of a holistic model of ministry. Who’d have thought that every tree planted has a face and a name? “If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry [...]

ANC Women’s Bible Studies

Austin New Church is providing four different Bible Studies for Women this spring. These serve both as a great opportunity to connect with other women of ANC, but also an opportunity to grow in understanding of Scripture. There is a Thursday morning study, a Monday lunch study, a Tuesday evening study, and an online study. [...]

Missional Church: Partnership

Yesterday morning a neighbor and I drove down to the Hays County Sheriff’s Departments “Brown Santa” warehouse. We were going to pick up presents to be delivered to families in our community who are in need. To our surprise, the only thing they had left was a trailer load of Christmas hams, and no one [...]

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 (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 (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 [...]

Missional Church: Year in Review

Many of you have requested an additional look at the ANC Mission Report for August 2008-September 2009. Below is from the document we handed out at our gathering this past Sunday. Please be in prayer as we consider both personally and corporately how we can “Love our Neighbor and Serve our City (and world)” even [...]

Advent Conspiracy: Worship Fully

Click HERE to listen or to download the Podcast for “Advent Conspiracy: Worship Fully” As we begin taking back the Story of Christmas, We have to first ask the question: What are the distractions that keep us from Worshipping Fully? When we look at the story of Christmas, in its purest moment (at birth of [...]