Austin Disaster Relief Network
Austin Disaster Relief Network (ADRN) is a network of Greater Austin churches and trained volunteers who are prepared and ready to meet the emotional, spiritual and physical needs of those affected by disaster, great or small. The vision of ADRN is to see the Church bring hope into crisis through the transforming power of Jesus Christ to every life and community that we serve. Their mission is to glorify Christ by equipping, empowering, and mobilizing the Church of Greater Austin to shepherd those affected by disaster and meet their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Please visit https://adrn.org for more information.
Drive a Senior
Drive a Senior-ATX has been providing free transportation and support services to senior adults in Austin since 1985. Our main mission is transportation, but our impact is relationships. We pride ourselves in providing high-quality volunteer-based services which are layered with care, empathy, and inclusion. When a client joins our services, they are treated like family and will build meaningful relationships with our staff and volunteers.
Please take a look around https://www.driveasenioratx.org to discover all that Drive a Senior-ATX has to offer.
Highland Lakes Camp
Our programmed camps and retreats are designed with our faith focus in mind to provide opportunities for all of our guests to learn about and grow deeper in their relationship with God.
Our mission objectives are to: Introduce people to Jesus Christ, Connect Christians with other Christians, Strengthen believer’s faith, Challenge believers to serve mankind, Provide a safe place of education for all children, teenagers, and adults, Teach leadership, citizenship, personal individual growth, and discipleship in Jesus Christ, and Serve ministries and churches by providing a place of retreat
For more information please visit https://hlccc.org.
Hill House Ministry
Since its founding in 1989, Hill House has done more than merely help students to survive their university years with their faith intact. We have sought to recover a tradition of Christian living and scholarship that takes both the Bible and contemporary culture seriously. Ours is not a new vision. We stand in the tradition of the Reformation and of contemporary writers such as Francis Schaeffer and C.S. Lewis.
Greg and Mary Jane Grooms lead the Hill House Ministry. Their conviction in leading Hill House is that the Bible is true and that all of life is spiritual and meant to be lived to the glory of God. It is a conviction that is reflected in Greg’s teaching. He begins with the Bible and moves to everything else, from academics to pop culture.
Many students have been influenced by a secular view, influenced first by modernism and then postmodernism. This popular, yet mistaken, view rejects exclusive truth and pressures individuals to keep their faith private and separate from the ‘real world.’
Hill House seeks to help students develop a solid Biblical framework of worldview and theology so that they are confident in their faith. For more information, please visit http://www.hillhouseaustin.org or contact Greg and Mary Jane Grooms.
Reformed University Fellowship
RUF is a Christian ministry at UT, dedicated to reaching students with the good news of Jesus and to equip our students to serve others. RUF stands for Reformed University Fellowship and is the campus ministry of the Presbyterian Church in America.
If you are interested in supporting RUF, you can do so in a few ways:
Sign up to receive prayer updates;
Volunteer to give RUF students rides to church;
Financially support RUF at UT.
For more information see www.ruf.org/UT.
Reformed University Fellowship International
RUF-I obeys God’s Word by welcoming students from all nations and equipping kingdom ambassadors for Christ’s worldwide church. RUF International seeks to reflect God's grace to an international audience.
To learn more, visit http://www.ruf.org/about/ruf-international or contact Molly Farrell.
Safe Families for Children
Safe Families for Children seeks to keep children safe and families together. Safe Families for Children is rooted in faith, fueled by radical hospitality, disruptive generosity, and intentional compassion, to build a network of caring and compassionate volunteers to support families facing social isolation. Our goals are to prevent child abuse and neglect, reduce the number of children entering the child welfare system, and support and stabilize families.
For more information, visit https://austin.safe-families.org.
Texas Reach Out
At Texas Reach Out, we provide Christian men and women leaving the criminal justice system with safe housing, spiritual guidance, employment assistance, social skills, and support while reintegrating into society. Through these five services, we prepare formerly incarcerated men and women to live life as productive citizens walking in the fullness of life with Christ.
For more information please visit http://texasreachout.org/.
Vida House
Vida House exists to train ministry leaders in and for cross-cultural mission in life-giving ways. We partner with churches and non-profits, working in under-resourced communities in Austin, to provide holistic leadership development that includes spiritual, biblical, ministerial, vocational and communal formation.
For more information, or to find out how you can get more involved, please contact Josh Eby.
Worship in the Woods
Worship in the Woods is a hiking and camping community in Austin. Our goal is to share the good news of Jesus, enjoy God's creation and build Christ centered hiking communities. You can find out about events by joining our meetup page.
For more information please visit https://www.worshipinthewoods.org.
Young Life of Austin
The mission of Austin Area Young Life is that every student in Austin schools would hear the gospel of Jesus Christ and grow in their faith. College volunteer leaders and staff build relationships with students at local public schools and share the love of God in word and in deed. Caring adults mentor leaders, pray for students, serve in various roles and support the mission financially. You can get involved by praying, joining the Committee for a semester or year, opening your home to the volunteer leaders, delivering food for club, or giving financially.
For more information, please reach out to Chris Fisher or Emma Isenhart.