Austin Mustard Seed is exploring how we can be involved in serving our friends and neighbors who are refugees. If you want to get a picture of life as a refugee, check out Dave Eggers fantastic book What is the What. This book clearly and realistically depicts the horror of war, and the difficulties of the life of a refugee. … Read More
We will spend the next three Sunday liturgies looking together at our Markers. Our markers are a starting point for shared understandings, for a common view of how we see life and do it together. The first of these markers, which we will talk about Sunday, is Story, and here’s how we describe it: At the heart of our faith … Read More
Once a year, kids (and college students and dogs and many adults) dress up in crazy costumes and give us all an opportunity to meet our neighbors. Because of Halloween, we’ll have no midweek meet up this week. Have fun, take pictures and come back with stories!
As a community, we can support and celebrate with each other through prayer. Join us in praying for those both spoken and unspoken during Sunday liturgy. Prayers of thanksgiving for… …for Taylor’s Grandfather, who passed away after a life of loving God – Taylor …for the help of Mustard Seed through a dark season – Forrest …for Brittany’s missionary friends … Read More
This Sunday, our very own Daniel Read will not able to participate in our Liturgy because he’ll be in Minnesota participating in the a national barista competition called Brewer’s Cup. When he’s not serving playing guitar or riding his bicycle, Daniel is coaching some of the best coffee makers in Austin. When our church is scattered throughout the week, we want to … Read More
Prior to beginning our weekly liturgy, we gathered weekly for something we called Cultivate. This was a time for us to dream, pray and plan together — a time to form and shape this young church community. Our weekly liturgy has arrived, but that doesn’t mean it is time to stop dreaming together. From time to time, we will continue … Read More
Imagine if you could do a “Flash Forward” and get an idea of what your life will be like in years to come? We’ll try to do that on this coming Sunday. For the last two weeks, John has led us in a discussion about the kind of roots we want our church community to have. This coming Sunday, we’ll … Read More
Sermon audio from Sunday morning, 10/20/13, liturgy as we continued our series together exploring how our seed of a church can grow to a flourishing tree. Subscribe to the podcast via iTunes
We love Sunday church. But we get even more excited about Monday-Saturday church. This week’s meetup is this Wednesday at 12pm at the Taco Deli (4200 N. Lamar.) If you are an Austinite, you can’t imagine life without tacos. Come to hang out and learn more about Austin Mustard Seed, we look forward to seeing you there! Drop us a line if you can come. Who: You and your … Read More
As a community, we can support and celebrate with each other through prayer. Join us in praying for those both spoken and unspoken during Sunday liturgy. Prayers of thanksgiving for… …the love God is calling the community of Mustard Seed to have for each other (John) …thanksgiving for a healing trip to Virginia and for blessing and peace during a … Read More