Mercy Outreach at Immanuel

"... the LORD has told you what is good. This is what the LORD requires from you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to live humbly with your God." (Micah 6:8, God's Word Translation)

"So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith." (Galatians 6:10)

Here at Immanuel Lutheran we value equipping God's people for works of mercy and grace. Like the disciples who first worked out of Jerusalem to Samaria and than to the other parts of the world, we also have a concentric ring plan that engages in acts of mercy and compassion in our local community and also to the world at large.

In our local community we support many projects that reach out to needy families. For example, at Christmas we provide an opportunity to individuals to give to poor families a special Christmas toy that brings joy and happiness. In addition our ladies (LWML) at Immanuel work hard at raising support for local social care ministries like "His House" and making quilts (Sew in Love) for the disadvantaged across the border in Mexico. Also, each week members and friends of Immanuel Church drop off canned, non perishable food items, etc. to donate to the Lutheran Social Services. This ministry has an excellent reputation of being fiscally responsible in helping the homeless, the abused, and the frail. It is through this ministry that hundreds of thousands of people and their families are aided each year. This ministry reaches those in need of counseling, emergency services, job training, transitional housing, help for the elderly, utility assistance, and much more.

A little further out and into the urban areas, we are in a growing partnership with the Nehemiah Project, which is a new ministry to reach the Los Angeles inner city. This ministry is to people in every life situation: addiction problems, runaway youth, gangs, prostitution, children who come from homes where neither a father or mother exist, the hundreds of single-parent homes, the de-churched and those with broken lives who need to regain hope.