IN OUR CITY

Supporting Austin

Partnering with ministries in our own community to provide support for those in need.

LOCAL MINISTRIES

Mariposa Bread For All Sheltering Initiative Meals on Wheels Feed My People UpBring

Mariposa

Mariposa Family Learning Center is ACL’s newly named and established effort in SE Austin to provide young families with high-quality child care, supplemented by parent education and support. MFLC will use a “2-Generation” approach – working simultaneously with children and their parents – with the goal of increasing each family’s access to economic, social, educational or spiritual resources.

Bread For All

Sheltering Initiative

Meals on Wheels

Over 20 Shepherd of the Hills members and friends deliver meals to those in need through the Meals on Wheels of Central Texas organization. Each route takes a maximum of 2 hours to pick up the meals and make the deliveries. If a weekly or monthly route does not fit your schedule, “on call” volunteers are also urgently needed. You would receive a call around 9am and asked if you can deliver a route out of Holy Cross or Parker Lane Methodist Church.

Feed My People

Feed my People is a collaboration of 15 Christian congregations providing breakfast for homeless and working poor at the Methodist Family Center at 13th Street and Lavaca every Tuesday and Thursday. Shepherd of the Hills purchases, prepares, and serves each month on the 5th Tuesday (usually 4 times a year). Start time is early, so this is a perfect before-work opportunity to serve. Check the calendar for dates and times.

UpBring

UpBring is committed to giving all Texas children a brighter future. ShepHills supports three ministries of UpBring: BeREAL, helping foster youth transition to self-sufficiency as they age out of care; New Life Children’s Center, a residential center for young women between the ages of 11-17 needing in-depth therapy, personal development and spiritual care; and Foster in Texas, helping interested persons become foster parents.