SERVICE TO NEIGHBOR

Our Mission Endowment, established in 2003, is a purposeful, outward-looking ministry. Each year 5% of our Endowment is distributed to local, regional, and national/international charities nominated by our members. Since our first disbursement in 2007 and through 2023, more than $400,000 has been provided to more than 75 different organizations.

Emmanuel Members can apply for Mission Endowment funds for your project/organization HERE.

View past Emmanuel Mission Endowment disbursements HERE.

Piecemakers are a dedicated group of quilters who meet in the fellowship room at Emmanuel on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month from 9 am to 12 pm to create mission quilts for Lutheran World Relief (LWR). Established in the 1980’s, they have created hundreds of quilts each year. The quilting group includes members of all ages and skill levels, from experienced quilters to beginners. Together with the LWR group, Piecemakers also create health kits, baby kits, and school kits, to distribute to people in need worldwide.

Twice a year, completed quilts and kits are collected at designated locations across the U.S. and transported to LWR warehouses for storage until needed for disaster response.

In 2023, Emmanuel Piecemakers’ quilts and kits were shipped to many countries including Tanzania, Liberia, and Ukraine.

You can support Piecemakers in many ways, even if you are not able to attend meetings. We gratefully accept cotton material to create more quilts, new or unused sheets for backings, Thrivent dollars for filler and more! If you’d like to sew quilts at home, we have kits and instructions available.

If you're interested in joining or supporting the Piecemakers, you can contact the church office for more details.

Learn more about Lutheran World Relief Quilts HERE.

Emmanuel collects for LWR Personal Care, Baby Care, and School Kits throughout the summer months. You can find a list of items to donate HERE. LWR Kits are specifically designed to help people coping with poverty, disaster, conflict and more. Whether a kit helps someone to maintain good hygiene, care well for a newborn baby, keep education going during a crisis or learn a new vocation, LWR Kits provide dignity and hope in the direst situations.

Learn more about Lutheran World Relief Kits HERE.

Family Promise of the Palouse works to empower families with children experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable independence for a more promising future. Emmanuel works with Family Promise’s shelter program as a Partner Congregation, providing volunteers to cook and host dinners, spend evening time with families and staying the night in our partner congregation to help ensure needs are met.

Learn more about Family Promise of the Palouse HERE.

The Moscow Food Bank has been open to all in need since 1981. It is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit, 100% volunteer-operated, and receives the entirety of its support from the generosity of the private citizens of the Moscow-Pullman community. Emmanuel has two food collection bins outside the north (top side) entrance doors. In addition to donations to the Moscow food bank, we hope to soon have our own little free panty with basic staples for community members in need.

Learn more about Moscow Food Bank HERE.