Amy LaPierre was a part of a mission team of seven people who traveled to Malawi in June.

The team gave Good News Bibles to the high school and students and Chichewa Bibles to the volunteers. These bibles will be used for the students to study for their Bible Knowledge course and their spiritual growth. They also took the women volunteers from the project to the beach one day.

Greetings from Family Ministry!

Summer is in full swing. Our Youth spent the month of June helping some members of our congregation sprucing up their yards. We felt blessed with our abilities, and I am always filled with joy when our young people want to lend helping hands. We also volunteered our time at the Sharing Bread Soup Kitchen on June 26^th, again, blessed with a great team of youth and adult helpers. We now look forward to July, where the youth will enjoy their annual “Party at the Parsonage” on July 23^rd. This event is open to all 7^th-12^th graders and their families.

We held our first “Pop-Up VBS” in the Crosby Memorial Park on Wednesday, July 10^th, from 12pm-1pm. We are looking forward to the next session, on Wednesday July 24^th, then again on Wednesday July 31^st. There are games, music, make and take activity, and bible stories. We hope to see you there! All ages welcome. As a team effort with Salem Lutheran Church of Deerwood, “Scuba” VBS will be held July 15^th-18^th, from 9am-12pm, at Salem in Deerwood. Capacity is FULL and we can’t wait to make this an even bigger event next year!

A Meal With a Mission was held on Sunday, July 14^th, with proceeds benefitting VBS. THANK YOU to those who donated, as well as an incredible team of Volunteers.

As a reminder, many communications for all family related activities can be found on the Family Ministry FB Page, as well as the Remind App, and church emails.

The Manna Malawi event will be held Sunday, August 18th at The Bridge Tavern, Hwy 6 North, Crosby from 2:00 t0 6:00pm. The band will be Wanted. There will be a silent auction and a raffle tickets are available at the church on Sundays and during office hours.

The raffle prizes this year will be a Traeger grill package which includes $100 Emily Meats gift card, Traeger grill with grilling tools and pellets; a kayak with paddle; a bike rental package from Cykel and Hudson Smokehouse and 3 cash prizes: $300, $200 and $100.

Immanuel will be one of the sponsors for Music in the Park where the event will be advertised, raffle tickets will be sold along with popcorn and snow cones.

Maryn and Jayla Conner, two sisters from Immanuel have been painting a mural at the food shelf.

Thank you Maryn and Jayla for all of your work.

Thank you to Mark Carlson and Pat Neros for the photos.

New Members were welcomed into the Immanuel family on Sunday, June 30. Please make sure to welcome these people when you see them.

The July Meal With A Mission on Sunday, June 14th benefited Immanuel's Vacation Bible School.

The August Meal With A Mission on August 11th willl be sponsored by Immanuel's staff. The funds raised will be used for community outreach. The exact cause has not been determined. Last year a meal was served to the residents of Edgewood and Dellwood Apartments.