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HOLIDAY GIVING 2024

The holidays can be especially challenging if you are struggling, whether due to a job loss, an illness, or a personal crisis. Bringing joy and financial assistance to those in need will make an incredible difference this holiday season! All sign ups can be found online or on the bulletin board across from Fellowship Hall.

SIGN UP FOR ALL OPPORTUNITIES HERE

 

PROP Donations at the Thanksgiving Service

DATE: Wednesday, November 27th at 7:00pm

We invite you to bring non-perishable food donations for PROP to our Thanksgiving Eve Worship Service at Immanuel. We will continue to collect items through December 1st. 

• Most needed items include: cereal, Peanut Butter, Jelly, pasta & sauce, oatmeal, toilet paper, kleenex and paper towels.
• We are also looking for 2-3 additional volunteers to help deliver all the donations to PROP on Monday, December 2nd. 

 

PROP Holiday Gift Cards

DEADLINE: November 30, 2024  SIGNUP

Each year, PROP distributes Target gift cards to every child (18 and under) and senior who visit the food shelf during the holiday season. This year they are hoping to collect a total of 1,150 gift cards and are looking to their faith partners for help! For the month of November we will be collecting the following to donate to our partners at PROP. All gift cards can be dropped off in the main office at Immanuel.

• $40 Target gift cards 
• $25 gas gift cards (any gas station)
• $25 grocery gift cards 

 

Cornerstone “Adopt-A-Family” Gift Sponsorship

DEADLINE: December 1, 2024  SIGNUP

This year Immanuel is sponsoring 4 families (20 individuals). Personalized wish lists will be provided with gift ideas for purchase (recommended $40-$80/ person).

• We are also collecting gift cards for a local grocery store to help with a holiday meal for each of these families.
• Help is needed to drop off gifts at Cornerstone the first week of December.

 

Rezek House Gift Sponsorship

DEADLINE: December 8  SIGNUP

Sponsor a resident of Rezek House (LSS transitional living for young adults). Wish lists will be provided with a suggested sponsorship of $100-$150 per person. Bring unwrapped gifts to Immanuel. Watch for a sign-up to get wish lists.

 

Salem and Redeemer Christmas Stores

DONATION DEADLINE: December 10, 2024  SIGNUP

Donate new gifts valued at $10-$15 for all ages and genders to stock the Christmas Stores at Salem Lutheran & Redeemer Lutheran Churches. At these events children will have the opportunity to “shop” for Christmas presents for important people in their lives. Bring donations to the office by December 10th. 

We are also looking for volunteers at both the Redeemer and Salem stores.

Volunteer Opportunities at Redeemer SIGNUP:

• Set Up: Thursday, December 12th 4:30-7pm
• Set Up: Friday, December 13th 10am-1pm
• Volunteer at event: Saturday, December 14th  8:30am-noon (hospitality, shopping, wrapping presents, craft table, etc.)
• 11am-1pm (primarily clean up)

Volunteer Opportunities at Salem SIGNUP: 

• Set-up: Dec. 19th, 4:00-7:00pm
• Volunteer at the Store: Dec. 21st, 8-10am or 10:00am-12:00pm

 

Mitten Tree

DONATIONS ACCEPTED: December 1st - 25th

Adorn the Christmas tree outside of the church office with hats and mittens which will be donated to the PROP Shop and Prairie View Elementary in Eden Prairie. Please avoid thin materials, as they tend to not provide much warmth.

 

ELCA Good Gifts

Purchase gifts through the ELCA World Hunger’s “Good Gifts Catalog” to support ministries in nearly 80 countries around the world: Gift ideas include:

• Purchasing a piglet for a family ($30)
• Sponsoring the tuition for a Farmer’s field school ($75)
• Help provide a safe birth for a mother and child ($750)
• Purchase an Environmentally friendly cookstove for a family ($105)
• And so much more! 

Christmas Service Project

Sunday, December 8th, 1:00pm at Target (Chanhassen)

Thanks to some generous donations from congregation members, we have extra funds to purchase Christmas gifts for the upcoming Salem and Redeemer Christmas Stores and we need your help. Join Deacon Savannah and Grace on December 8th at 1pm at the Chanhassen Target to help us go shopping! Each family or group of students will be given a budget and one hour to go pick out gifts for our partner congregation’s Christmas Stores. Then, after shopping, we invite you to join us for a hot drink at Starbucks as we talk about what it means to serve during the holiday season. Please sign up beforehand on our website, and we hope to see you there!

REGISTER

 

Snow Shovelers Needed

Sign-up to be on-call for weekend worship

Sign-up the whole family to help only if it snows on your scheduled weekend!  Sidewalks at entrances need to be cleared by 4:30pm on Saturdays and by 8:00am on Sundays. Snow blower and shovels are available or you can choose to bring your own.

Questions?  Contact Mark Arvidson. 

SIGN-UP

 

 

Hurricane Helene Response:  Lutheran Diaster Relief

Hurricane Helene hit the coast of Florida as a Category 4 hurricane on Sept. 26 and has ravaged communities in the southeast, from Florida to Virginia. As the floodwaters have started to recede, the extreme devastation — especially in North Carolina and Tennessee — has become clearer.  Your gifts in support of Lutheran Disaster Response help provide immediate relief, such as water, clothing, gift cards, tarps and other needs. Since many hurricanes also require a long-term response, Lutheran Disaster Response provides support on the long road to recovery with disaster case management, construction management, unmet needs, and emotional and spiritual care.  The impact of this storm will continue for years. Lutheran Disaster Response stays until the work is done — even when it takes weeks, months or years, and long after the storm has faded from the headlines. 

Gifts to Lutheran Disaster Response equip us to respond to this and other disasters, whenever and wherever they strike. Gifts designated to "Hurricane Response" will be used in full (100%) for those affected by hurricanes. 

DONATE

 

 

Wednesday Cafe'

Volunteer to serve meals and build community!

Volunteers are needed to prepare, serve, and clean-up an EASY, catered meal once/month.  Approximate time committment is 4:30-7:00pm (flexible).  Join the fun and share your gift of hospitality!

To sign-up or for additional information contact MaryKay Copp.

 

 

NEW Truth & Healing Group

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.  Learn more!

 

 

Have an Hour or Two?

Become an on-call servant!

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.

 

Diaper Squad

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.

Sign up online!

 

 

Community Needs Registry

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!