Immanuel Lutheran Church is entering into its 89th year of ministry on Detroit’s eastside dedicated to loving and serving Jesus by loving and serving our community. Just as many city Lutheran parishes encountered, Immanuel has experienced times of loss and gain. As the Chandler Park community in which Immanuel is located experienced ethnic and cultural changes, the congregation also went through changes. There was a tremendous amount of loss that saw Immanuel reach an average worship attendance of 60 people.
However, at this point in our history, Immanuel is experiencing a renaissance of growth, growing to a worshipping community with two worship services each Sunday and multiple educational opportunities. The ministries of Immanuel include the usual with ushers, greeters, nursery attendants, choirs, assisting ministers, maintenance ministry, bible class instructors and congregational council members. But in addition, we offer an active food pantry feeding ministry, health care advocacy and awareness ministry, MOSES core team organizing ministry, audio visual ministry and we have become an integral part of the community in which we serve.
One of the biggest areas of focus for the ministry is with the youth ministry. Currently Immanuel offers a Friday youth night for over 60 youth in grades 1 through 12 featuring Confirmation Prep, Confirmation and Rites of Passage through the school year , SHAPE mentoring ministry, youth choir, dance and mime ministry, Pray and Play Basketball, Sumer Youth Program and Wednesday night youth Bible Study. Our youth ministry has grown so much, on any given Sunday our 11:00 a.m. worship service will be comprised with a majority of youth and young adults who grew up in our ministry.
We are dedicated to reversing the current trend we see in our community of widespread hopelessness and high dropout rates as we seek to expand our ministry and offer after school services in the fall. We are proud of the Lutheran witness to the love of Christ which is exhibited at Immanuel.
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