During the summer, when children do not receive free/reduced lunch at school, PROP provides additional food for families who often have difficulty securing enough food in the summer months. More than 800 school age kids receive healthy and nutritious food, including kid-friendly staples like mac & cheese, peanut butter, sliced deli meat, yogurt, cheese sticks and granola bars. This summer Immanuel is collected 5oz cans of tuna in water. We have a goal of collecting 400 cans each months - May, June & July.
Help Deacon Savannah and her pet cockatiel 'Tuna' reach our next goal by July 1st!
Join us for two community cookouts this summer with our partner churches in North Minneapolis! At each meal you are invited to come prepare and serve a meal, and to enjoy the opportunity to get to know our neighbors across the synod.
All are invited to attend, but if you’d like to help serve, please sign up!
Tuesday, June 4th at Salem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, 4-6pm
Wednesday, July 17th at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, 4-7pm
Benefitting Prairie View Elementary in Eden Prairie
Help us provide school supplies for students at Prairie View Elementary School! This year we are doing things a little differently with the opportunity to sponsor a student, providing all their supplies for the year! Once you have completed your shopping, return supplies to Immanuel in a bag labeled with the grade you have purchased for. Supplies can be dropped off in the cardboard school bus outside the office starting July 1st through August 21st.
If you would like to purchase additional supplies outside the lists provided, these supplies will be donated to Cristo Obrero in Shakopee to support the free school supply store they provide for their congregation before the school year begins.
*Estimated costs based off current Target school supply prices
CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP (after you choose a student grade to sponsor, you will receive an email with the supply list.)
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Finally, we are looking for 3-5 volunteers to help distribute school supplies at Prairie View’s back-to-school night on August 28th (time TBD).
During the past year the ELCA has initiated the “Truth & Healing Movement” as an intentional opportunity for the church to increase it’s understanding of our colonizing impacts on Indigenous people in the past and present. The movement is focused on providing opportunities to learn the true, and largely ignored, history and current realities of Indigenous people with the hope that by listening and learning, these truths will bring healing for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike.
At Immanuel, we have decided to start a group committed to this work within our own context here in Eden Prairie and in Minnesota. We will be meeting monthly over the course of the next 9-12 months to learn together and to form our own action plans for how we might be better neighbors- following the guidance of Native Governance Center (see video below). If you are interested in joining this group, we will have our first meeting on Wednesday, June 12th at 6pm in the Library. Reach out to Deacon Savannah with any questions! Check out the video "Beyond Land Acknowledgement":
We know your life is busy but we also know you have a heart for helping others. We can help! Immanuel often has opportunities to assist with projects that require a very limited time commitment. Consider joining our On-Call Servant email list! When a need arises we will send an email and if you are available to help, let us know. It's that easy! Send an email to MaryKay in the office and you will be added to the distribution list.
Support our partner Redeemer Lutheran as they help with a food shelf in their neighborhood. Donations ofbaby wipes and diapers of all sizes are needed - these items are in high demand for families accessing food shelves. Volunteers are needed to deliver diapers to N. Minneapolis the first Saturday of the month.
Help supply needed items for our Ministry Partners by purchasing items from our Target Registry. If you click on each item, you will see details about which program or organization the donation will support!
All purchases will be sent directly to Immanuel for distribution to the designated organization. This registry can also be found in stores. Registry items are updated frequently based on needs and current donation drives. Check back often!
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