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Housing | Justice Awareness | Racial Justice | The Environment  |  Welcoming Refugees

 

Click HERE to see current editions of the monthly Service & Justice newsletters

 

 

2026 School Supply Campaign

Supporting kids at Prairie View Elementary, Cristo Obrero & Cornerstone

Though summer is just beginning, stores have already decided it is Fall, which means its time to start collecting money for school supplies! This year we will be raising funds to buy supplies for three of our community partners, Prairie View Elementary (133 students), Cristo Obrero, and Cornerstone! Our goal is to raise $2,500 by August 16 so that funds can be used to purchase all the supplies needed by each of these groups. Helping provide supplies for students makes a huge difference for families and in giving students an equal opportunity to begin the school year with the tools they need. Thank you in advance for making this possible!

DONATE HERE or place checks in the offering plate with 'school supplies' in the memo.

We are also collecting backpacks for our three partners (larger & sturdy preferred). These can be dropped off outside the front office. 

As we get closer to August, keep an eye out for additional volunteer opportunities to help distribute and deliver all these supplies to the communities our partners serve. We also invite you join us between worship services on August 23 to help us assemble the kits for each individual student we are sponsoring at Prairie View.

Contact Deacon Savannah for more information.

 

 

Community Meal with Partner Ministry!

Join us in preparing/serving/enjoying meals with our partner congregations and their community!  Every other month we join Salem Lutheran Church (4150 Dupont Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55412) in preparing and serving their to-go meals. Volunteers needed from 4-6:30pm.

Immanuel members are also always welcome to just attend these meals as guests! It is a great opportunity for fellowship.  Future dates:

• August 18
• October 20
• December 15

Register HERE for as many dates as you would like.

 

Ministry Partner Visits

UPCOMING: All Nations Indian Church - June 28, 10:45am (carpool leaving Immanuel at 10am). Please fill out THIS FORM if you are interested.

Here at Immanuel, we are blessed with some incredible congregational partners. We invite you to join Deacon Savannah in attending worship with each of them! 

 

Habitat for Humanity

NEXT WORK DAY:  Monday, July 13, 2026, 8:30am-3:30pm in Minnetonka (REGISTER)

We will work to build an affordable home in Minnetonka. 

No experience required.  Minimum age 16 for construction volunteers. Not only do we build a home, we build community, putting our faith into action. Come join us and help make the dream of home ownership a reality. If you are interested please contact Ruth Lunde for more information.

 

Little Dresses for Africa

Humanitarian relief to the most vulnerable of God’s children

If you can do basic sewing, we have a perfect project for you! Pillowcase dresses, made by volunteers from around the world, go out as little ambassadors to plant in the hearts of little girls that they are worthy. As relationships are built, projects are completed through clean water, education and community.  Premade kits are available to make six pillowcase dresses. Pick up a kit in the atrium at Immanuel. Donations of pillowcases, rickrack, bias tape and thread are also welcome. For more information contact Deacon Savannah.

 

Our Immigrant Neighbors

Update from the Service & Justice Committee

We, your Immanuel Service & Justice Team, share your concerns about our neighbors who are immigrants. We are following our partners’ leads and accompanying them in short- and long-term efforts they indicate are useful. Please call Immanuel’s office (952-937-8123) to volunteer as a notary, lawyer (especially with immigration experience), Spanish-speaker and/or copying assistant. We also anticipate fundraising events with our partners.  The Team also is using guidance and resources from:

• Global Refuge (formerly Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service [LIRS])
• ELCA’s AMMPARO Migrant Ministry (including their Facebook posts)
• Lutheran Social Service’s Refugee Services

We will update you as we receive additional information. If you know someone who is seeking immigration information, please contact us. You can help by supporting local businesses, including restaurants, owned and/or operated by folks who are immigrants. They may be struggling because their usual customers are staying home out of fear.

Minneapolis Area Synod Resources

In recent weeks, our synod office has received requests for resources and information about immigration, ICE enforcement, and support for immigrant communities. They have compiled a webpage in English and Espanol with pastoral messages, trainings, resources, articles, and other helpful links related to the recent executive orders and the impact they have on those in our communities. If you have resources to share, please send to Nicholas Tangen.

 

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 Sarah (sarah@immanuel.us) 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 of baby 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 to drive HERE.