This month we will be getting to know Austyn and Mike McElroy in our effort to learn more about the people that make up Trinity City Church. Be sure to check out Instagram and Facebook to see the McElroy’s life from their point of view.
What neighborhood do you live in?
Summit-University, near Selby/Victoria.
What’s your vocation?
Mike (aka Coach Mac) coaches college football at Bethel University. We originally moved to Minnesota so he could coach at the University of Minnesota (and then we ended up staying here). He's also coached at Concordia-St Paul.
Austyn is a user experience researcher at U.S. Bank. She's found a vocation where she can get paid to professionally people watch, ask a lot of questions, and present her (well-researched) opinions. Hit her up for coffee - she works from home and should probably socialize more LOL.
What’s something a lot of people don’t know about you?
We are high school sweethearts; we started dating before we could drive. We went to college in different states though, so that throws people off.
What's your favorite thing about living in the Twin Cities?
Big city opportunity with smaller city feel. And we can walk to many, many coffee shops and bakeries in our neighborhood. And the public parks here are fabulous.
How long have you attended TCC?
Since 2015; we joined a community group before attending a church service!
What’s something you appreciate about TCC?
The churches we grew up in and attended prior to TCC were Bible churches, mostly non-denominational. TCC introduced us to more formal liturgy, which has helped us appreciate church history and diversity in approaches among protestant churches.
We also love that most of our friends from church live within our neighborhood - it makes it much easier to be part of each others' everyday lives.
“In the fall, we spend a LOT of Saturdays at football stadiums [Asa (4) and Ira (1)] cheering on Mike's team.”