Serve With Us! Outreach Ministries
Community Clothes Closet
The Clothes Closet is a cooperative ministry with 11 other churches Mt. Horeb, Blue Mounds, Mt. Vernon, Daleyville, and Pine Bluff that provides free clothing to those in need. Each church provides day-to-day support, clothing, and staffing for a minimum of one month per year.
Disaster Relief
An annual rummage sale is held to benefit victims of natural disasters, a part of the ELCA Disaster Response.
Food Drives
Food Drives for the Mt. Horeb Food Pantry.
Global Health Ministries
Surplus and used medical supplies for use in health ministry in third world countries is the goal of this ministry.
Habitat for Humanity
Immanuel is a cooperative partner with other churches and civic organizations in the Mt. Horeb area who assist with the building of affordable housing. Immanuel disciples provide work crews, food, and financial support during home building.
Interfaith Hospitality Network
Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) is a network of faith communities who minister to homeless families in the Madison area by providing meals, hospitality, and serving as overnight hosts. There are over 70 networks in the United States. Volunteers are needed to provide meals, serve dinners, provide hospitality, and serve as the overnight hosts. The religious communities in the network work with the families to overcome barriers to self-sufficiency.
Operation Christmas Child
Shoeboxes are provided for Samaritan Purse Project which gives these Christmas gift boxes for children in underdeveloped countries throughout the world.
Prayer Group
If you are struggling with a difficult situation or feeling alone, God is there to help you and we are here to pray for you. Our prayer group meets every week and prayer partners will pray for you on our prayer chain. Our prayer group meets every Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. in the Conference Room. This group is open to anyone who would like to pray and anyone in need of prayer. Please come if you feel the need.
Relay for Life
Teams are organized for the community walk for cancer.
Souper Bowl of Caring
The Souper Bowl of Caring seeks to "love the Lord our God and love our neighbors" by encouraging people to give one dollar each as they leave worship on Super Bowl Sunday. The beauty of the project is that donations collected by each church are sent directly to their charity of choice. Our receipts will go to the World Hunger Appeal.
Visitation Ministry
Outreach is provided to the homebound and hospitalized.
World Hunger Appeal
Activities and forums are held that highlight and encourage support for the ELCA World Hunger Appeal.
Red Cross One A Week Club
Give The Gift Of Life. The Red Cross is encouraging donors to make appointments to give blood anytime. Just call 227-1357 or visit www.givelife.org to make an appointment.
A new Red Cross website was recently launched at www.givebloodgivelife.org Visitors will find everything from common questions about blood donation to information about receiving blood transfusions to recipient stories.
Please read this important message from Debbie Bormann of the American Red Cross... "As many of you know, the Red Cross is unique regarding our National Inventory Management System. This means that in addition to providing blood products to the divisional hospitals that we service, all the regions across the country are able to help each other by supplying blood products when they are needed.
The Madison-based Badger Hawkeye Region shipped 100 O positive units to Texas recently after a police officer was shot and needed 65 units of type O blood. We are able to help other Red Cross regions throughout the nation because of dedicated donors like you. This system enables us to always have the blood available for every patient in need.
If you are eligible to give blood now, please call 1-800-GIVE LIFE (1-800-448-3543) or visit www.givebloodgivelife.org to make an appointment within the next few days to help build our supply up to optimal levels. If you are ineligible to give, please pass this message along to friends, family, co-workers and neighbors and encourage them to give the gift of life.
Remember, when you help the Red Cross, you help America. Thank you for your dedicated support." Debbie Borman, American Red Cross