There are two teams that fall under H.O.P.E. Ministry:

• The Resource Team led by Gin Johnson
• Migrant Farm Worker Ministry team led by Ed & Terri Gonzalez

Our two teams, The Resource Center and the Migrant Farm Workers, work together to provide hope for the needy and those in crisis. The congregation came through again with donations of clothing, bedding, fabric and household goods. We are especially pleased that former sewing students of Betty Granlund’s have organized to become self-sufficient and are determined to give back, by helping those in need in the community. They have learned to quilt, make cloth diapers and have almost taken the burden of making Christmas stocking away from us. This year, beside making 105 hygiene kits, we were asked to help several seriously ill people with dietary problems who could no long eat solid food.

Immanuel’s H.O.P.E. Ministry Team made their annual Christmas delivery to the farm worker camps outside of Woodburn on December 16th, 2006. Food boxes and warm clothing, along with Christmas stockings filled with goodies, gift cards, and other essentials were delivered.

Community Mission

This ministry is organized under three groups:

• Host - To welcome guests and new members.

• External Communication - To communicate to the Woodburn community about Immanuel, our events, worship and the upcoming new building facility.

• Focus Group - To interview and learn more about the "felt needs" of senior aged people and families with young children.

Our present and future plans are to strengthen our connections with seniors and young families. We are always searching for those without a church home - through invitations to current activities within the church.

Willing Workers - Quilters

Women quilters at Immanuel meet every Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in the downstairs fellowship hall to make quilts to sell and also to be given to people in need.

  Some of the quilts are distributed to migrant farm workers living in camps near Woodburn. Over the years, most quilts have been delivered to the yearly Lutheran World Relief Ingathering where quilts from Lutheran congregations throughout the U.S. are gathered and delivered to the poor and victims of natural disasters in various parts of the world.

Anyone interested in quilting is invited to attend -- the coffee pot is always on!