Service, Justice & Ministry Partners
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PROP Summer Food for Kids Program
During the summer, when children do not receive free lunch at school, our local food shelf, PROP, provides additional food to their families. Families often have difficulty securing enough food in the summer months. Last summer the program fed more than 800 school age kids healthy and nutritious food! PROP is a valuable partner of Immanuel's and we have supported the Summer Food for Kids drive for many years. In recent years we have collected cans of tuna fish with much generosity and success! This year, however, PROP has asked that we consider raising $1000 in financial donations. Food shelves can purchase food in bulk at discounted prices at places like Second Harvest Heartland where donating $1 has the potential of buying 3 meals! Consider giving generously to PROP Summer Food for Kids by clicking HERE. Checks will also be accepted (memo: PROP Summer Food). Donation deadline is July 31st.
Humanity Alliance Food Pack Event
Help prepare food for families in need
Wednesday, June 10, 5-7pm in Victoria (REGISTER)
The Humanity Alliance prepares and delivers thousands of meals each week to families in need. Most of the families are in Carver or Hennepin county, however some are in other areas also. Adults and youth (age 7+) can come to help prepare food. Immanuel confirmation students as well as adults have volunteered in the past, and found it to be rewarding and fun!
Volunteers can either carpool (meet at 4:30 pm in the Immanuel parking lot) or to meet at the Humanity Alliance in Victoria (arrive before 5 pm).
Read more about the Humanity Alliance. Contact Ruth at lundeworld@yahoo.com if you have questions.
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:
- June 16
- August 18
- October 20
- December 15
Register HERE for as many dates as you would like.
Redeemer Community Meal
June 17, 6:00-9:00pm
Join the Redeemer Lutheran Church community for a summer cookout. There will be fellowship, good food, and Immanuel’s servant song band will be providing music. Drop in as you are able and join the fun. Address: 1800 Glenwood Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55405.
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.
Men Serve Lunch at Simpson Housing
Saturday, July 18, 2026 at the NEW site! (REGISTER)
Great news!! No experience needed to participate in the next Men’s Simpson House Lunch Service. We’ll leave promptly at 10:00am from the Immanuel parking lot, carpool over to Simpson’s NEW site in Minneapolis (you will receive address & details after you register) and serve a hot lunch to 30-35 homeless individuals in need. Best of all, you’ll be back to Immanuel no later than 1:30pm. Register online or email davidalanbeach@gmail.com. If you’re interested, act fast: There are a limited number of volunteer slots available, and they fill up quickly!
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.
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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.
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