“Austin Blessings Co-op stands in the gap to show kindness to anyone with a need in our community.
We are a non-traditional cooperative that will partner with any church, non-profit, business or ministry who shares that vision and who wants to make a difference.”
- Pastor Brian Rawson, Founder
brawson@riverbend.com
An Austin which embraces its vulnerable neighbors, unifies the community, and transforms lives across the region.
We unite Austin to bring value, respect, and peace to all who are suffering in our community by providing practical assistance, emotional and spiritual support.
Austin Blessings Co-op was founded by Riverbend Church in 2019 to provide a platform for delivering services to Austin’s most impoverished residents. In the Spring of 2020, as COVID-19 began to ravage our communities, it became clear that a single church, while well-intentioned, could not satisfy the increasing demands for all of the practical, emotional, and spiritual needs of our community.
Riverbend Church, together with a number of faith-based partners, non-profits, businesses, and others, began to organize and collaborate around the resources each organization could bring to bear on the significant challenges facing our communities.
We share a love for the bruised, battered, broken, and bored that transcends backgrounds, language barriers, and beliefs.
We care for its well-being, neighborhood by neighborhood, person by person.
We strive for purpose-driven, sustainable, local partnerships and collaboration for the greater good.
We serve Austin without worrying about who among us gets the credit. God gets all the credit.
We are entrusted with God-given resources that we manage with love, care, and diligence.
And we believe it was intended to be demonstrated.
We devote ourselves to serving vulnerable people and neighborhoods in and around the city of Austin.
We commit ourselves to serving the whole person, focusing on practical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
We mobilize compassionate people and organizations.
We connect faith communities, non-profits, businesses, and people to do the most good with what we are given.
We create a venue for our neighbors to serve or be served, just as they are, right where they are.
We elevate the people, organizations, and ministries serving on the front line, to provide hubs of hope in every corner of the city.
We innovate to extend our reach, facilitate collaboration, and ensure good stewardship of our resources.
Austin Blessings Co-op is only successful because of volunteers like yourself. There is work to be done in this city every day of the week. We encourage you to join this incredible Community of Kindness!
Austin Blessings Co-op is blessed to have a team of talented and committed staff that daily lead a significant volunteer-base we call our Community of Kindness. Together, we share a love for the bruised, battered, broken, and bored that transcends backgrounds, language barriers, and beliefs.
Brian Rawson
Mission’s Pastor
Riverbend Church
Thiago Duzzi
Associate Mission’s Pastor
Riverbend Church
Bailey Huffman
Missions & Outreach Coordinator, Riverbend Church
Blessings Delivered
Krista Ross
Volunteer Coordinator
Austin Blessings Co-op
Carol Robertson
Threads of Love
