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This year, we invite you to join us on March 6-7 for the biggest giving event in Central Texas, Amplify Austin Day. On Amplify Austin Day, you can make an impact on our community with a gift of $5 or more to Micah 6 of Austin. 

 First English Lutheran is a founding member of Micah 6, which has worked for more than 20 years to address food insecurity in Austin. Many of you have volunteered at the food pantry at University Presbyterian or at the Street Youth Drop-in Center at University Baptist, where we serve a home cooked meal to street dependent young people each Saturday. We couldn’t do the work without faithful volunteers like you, so thank you!

Contributions from 11 member congregations cover about 25 percent of our operating budget; Micah 6 relies on grants and individual contributions for the rest. Amplify Austin Day is one of our largest individual fundraising efforts, and happens in a single day! This year, our goal is $15,000.

 So save the date and support our goal for Amplify Austin Day. Go to amplifyatx.org March 6-7 and donate to Micah 6 of Austin.  

West campus can be challenging!  It’s a maze of one-way streets with multiple lanes blocked off for construction all the time. You’ve got scooters and bikes and pedestrians . . . and then there was that time we inadvertently signed up to provide the meal on move-in weekend.

Well, we encountered something new this past Saturday, protest crowds at the newly re-opened Scientology building catty-corner to the youth drop-in entrance.

Arnold and Melissa [the couple who run things at the center] urged folks to drop off their food and leave as they anticipated that things would get more disruptive as the day wore on.  So food was lovingly prepared and delivered but no one stayed to serve.

Anne W. planned the meal and provided the entree, pot roast with gravy and roasted carrots – YUM!  Thanks also to Sarah R., Merrily P., Kristin M. and Jackie C. for rounding things out with sides and dessert.  I am certain that there were many second helpings served and that the meal was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

And, a note.  Kristin M. reports that her husband discovered a method for making mashed potatoes in the Instant-Pot that was a real time saver.  So much easier than boiling batch after batch potatoes on the stovetop.  So hit her up next time you need to prepare mashed potatoes for a crowd.