Lenten In-Gathering
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 26th.  Baskets of Promise (formerly know as Health Kits)  will be our Lenten in-gathering.  The kits will be collected in the lower hallway and you may either make a full kit (or more!), buy whatever supplies you wish and we will put the kits together, or give a monetary gift in the offering plate, clearly marked “Health Kits”.  We will collect items through Holy Week.  The kits will be sent to Lutheran World Relief for distribution where needed. Included are these items: one lightweight bath towel, two bars of wrapped soap, toothbrush, and metal nail clippers.  (Combs are also included in the kits we pack but they will be purchased separately in bulk.)
 
Note  -  Heavier towels do not dry quickly in humid climates. Please try to find lightweight bath towels.  And only the above items will be sent to LWR.  If you give something not on the list, it will be donated to Hope House.

Lenten Offering Barns
Our Lenten sacrificial offerings will be sent to the ELCA World Hunger Fund   A barn is our Lenten offering box and is available at the parking lot door near the elevator.   Choose some ways your family can make a difference in another family’s life with YOUR sacrificial giving.  Join with another family to help provide a flock or a herd or a gaggle of the animals on the barn.  Hunger and poverty are worldwide and your gift can help alleviate the struggles that many people have for food..  Also available are ideas for living simply with God, including a 40-day hunger calendar.
The box should be returned to church during Holy Week (Palm Sunday through Easter). If your family would like to keep and fill the barn year-round, place your Lenten offering in a sealed envelope and put it in the offering plate marked “World Hunger”.  If  you wish your gift to be recorded, add your offering envelope number on the box or the  sealed envelope.
For a complete listing of the worship schedule, committee meetings and all the groups that meet at Immanuel, please check the church calendar at Immanuelwebster.org/news/calendar/