Connie Nelson, Pastor Paul's mother, passed away on June 7. Her funeral will be Thursday, June 13, 2pm, at
Christ the King Lutheran Church, Bloomington, MN.
Families Moving Forward, June 9-16. Guests arrived yesterday to stay with us for the week. We are hosting 4 families who are experiencing homelessness in our church building. There are 8 kids between the ages of 3 and 10 and we are in need of some people who can come and play with them. The timing is 6:30-8pm (or any portion of that time) - the only night we don’t need additional help is Wednesday. Volunteers are also still needed to do the clean up next Sunday morning at 6:45am (it's early!). Please contact kim@immanuel.us for more info or sign-up online.
Redeemer Community Cookout, Wednesday, July 10. Help prepare and serve brats and other picnic food for the free community picnic at Redeemer. Food is provided by Immanuel for this evening meal.
Loaves and Fishes, Thursday, July 11. Help prepare and/or serve the evening meal at the St Stephens Loaves and Fishes site in Minneapolis. Food provided by Immanuel. Linda Herzog is there to direct volunteers.
Little Dresses for Africa. Kits are available at the Registration Desk.
Granola Bar Drive. We have committed to providing 1000 boxes of granola bars to PROP for the Summer Food for Kids program whichsupports families in our communitywhen their children are not receiving school lunches during the summer months. Granola bars can be donated in the red grocery cart. Financial donations also accepted – please give to Kim in the church office.
Gifts to Lutheran Disaster Response designated for “U.S. tornadoes” will be used entirely (100%) to help those affected by tornadoes. Together, we can support those who are on the long road to recovery. Please give at
LDR Tornado Response
A trip to visit our ministry partner in Mexico, AMEXTRA, is being planned for fall 2019. Dates are not yet set and one possibility is during the MEA break in October. Please contact Kim@immanuel.us to express interest or for more information.
If you haven't yet submitted your Building Up pledge please mail in your response card, drop it off at the church office or submit your Building Up pledge online.
