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Blessed Again Resale collects used clothing and household items in good condition. These items are then sold, with the profits going to support the work of A Place of Refuge. Blessed Again Resale is located at 7624 W. Hampton Ave., Milwaukee. For information about donating or buying goods, or serving as a store worker, contact Robert Schweiger, or call Dawn Stege at Blessed Again Resale.

Blessed Again Resale Profile Page

Once a month, from September through May, Pastor Schneider leads a Bible Discussion with the residents of Butler Square Apartments in Butler. This group meets from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the second Thursday of each month, and covers topics suggested by the participants. Contact Pastor Schneider for more information,

Butler Square Bible Study Profile Page

At the request of residents of the Capitol Hill Senior Apartments, Immanuel is providing devotional services twice a month. While some of these residents have churches, many either do not or are living far from their home church. Each Chapel service includes hymns, prayers, Bible readings, and a short devotional message. These services provide them with encouragement in the faith, a pastoral contact, and a way to reach out to their neighbors with the Gospel.

Immanuel members have the opportunity to be out in the community, show caring, and share the Gospel. Immanuel members can do this by attending services, befriending those at services, and/or offering to sing/play piano. Capitol Hill Senior Apartments are located at the intersection of Calhoun Road & Capitol Drive in Brookfield. The Chapel is on the 3rd floor of the main building. Services are held the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at 1 p.m. and last 30-45 minutes. Contact the Church Office for more information.

Chapel Services at Capitol Hill Senior Apartments Profile Page

The Christmas Mission Community Dinner ministers serve a Christmas meal to members of Walther Memorial Lutheran Church in Milwaukee and the surrounding community. Ministers also bestow a Christmas present on children in attendance. Donations of food and monies from Immanuel members are needed to serve this Christmas Mission Community Dinner to those in attendance.

On average, the participants in this ministry have served 200 people and have given out more than 100 gifts to the children in attendance. Ministers meet twice a year to go over details. Contact Judy Reich, Terry Krueger, Matthew Barton, or Andy Smith for more information.

Christmas Mission Community Dinner Profile Page

Immanuel ministries are invited to engage in community service by collecting food for two local food pantries. Church secretary Kim Graf will assist ministries with publicity for their food drive and with arrangements for food distribution. The group may transport food to Hope Lutheran Church’s pantry, or Walther Memorial will pick food up from Immanuel and take it to their pantry. Contact Kim Graf for more information.

Food Pantry Profile Page

Immanuel is supporting Pastor Kasongo Gui Kabeo, a pastor of French Speaking African Immigrants that meets on Sunday evenings at Benediction Lutheran Church, Milwaukee. We are supporting Pastor Gui as he receives theological training to become an ordained pastor. The annual budget supports 1/3 of this cost, a grant supports another 1/3, and the rest must be raised in special mission offerings. Contributions can be specifically designated for this ministry on a check or offering placed in the offering plate, or brought/mailed to the office. Contact Pastor Schneider for more information,

French Speaking African Immigrant Work Profile Page

The Giving Plus Program is not currently an active ministry.

Giving Plus Program Profile Page

The Giving Tree ministry’s aim is to provide Christmas to those who are less fortunate. The first week in November, four Lutheran schools in the inner city are contacted. Names of the entire family, and the children’s ages and sizes are requested. Name tags are made with first names only and placed on the tree (set up in the Fellowship Hall) by the Sunday before Thanksgiving.

Members of Immanuel are asked to take a name off the tree, sign their name on the sign up sheet, buy a gift, wrap it, and place it under the tree at church by the due date. Sometimes, instead of a gift, families have received $100 Pick 'n Save gift cards to provide them with a Christmas dinner. There have also been times when a family in need has contacted the church. This mission has been blessed to provide to all those in need. For more information, contact Terry Krueger.

Giving Tree Profile Page

The Immanuel Lutheran Church Quilters, a support ministry of Women in Ministry, is an all-women’s group whose goal is to give comfort to individuals who are suffering and their families. They meet on 1st and 3rd (and sometimes 5th) Wednesdays during the months of Sept. – Nov. and Jan. – May, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Fellowship Hall.

Once quilts have been constructed and sewn, the quilters attach a card to identify Immanuel as well as a Bible verse for the recipient’s encouragement. Quilts are then taken to recipients at Joy House, the Milwaukee Rescue Mission, Froedtert Hospital, and the Salvation Army. Quilts are also given to Immanuel members who are gravely ill or their families. Contact Fritzy Eggold for more information.

Knit 1, Pray Too provides outreach and support to others in need by giving items made in love and prayer. Members gather in prayer and fellowship to make items to give away freely as the need arises, including prayer shawls, newborn/preemie hats and booties, preemie burial gowns, and helmet liners for soldiers. Knit 1, Pray Too meets every Tuesday night in the Chapel from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Contact Pat Behling for more information. 

Knit 1, Pray Too Profile Page

Immanuel Lutheran Church belongs to the Lutheran High School Association of Greater Milwaukee. The Association has three campuses. Approximately fifty students from Immanuel receive Christian education at the secondary level. Contact Pastor Schneider for more information.

Lutheran High Schools Profile Page

Lutherans For Life is neither a church body nor a denomination but a voluntary organization of pro-life, pro-family individuals whose mission is to witness to the sanctity of human life through education based on the Word of God. Lutherans For Life promotes the sanctity of life by providing free resource materials (i.e. DVDs, books, exhibits, brochures, etc.) for a variety of topics, including abortion, infanticide, chastity, post-abortion, and euthanasia. The Milwaukee metro area chapter, called Exodus XX, holds general meetings at area churches twice a year, usually on a Sunday, from 2 to 4 p.m. Contact Robert Schweiger for more information.

Lutherans For Life - Exodus XX Chapter Profile Page

Immanuel members in 8th grade and beyond are invited to serve a meal at the Milwaukee Rescue Mission once a month on a Saturday from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Ministers may bring a dessert to pass, if they wish. Ministers meet at Immanuel and carpool to the Rescue Mission, where they serve food (no clean-up nor cooking on site is required). Contact Andy Halstead for more information.

Milwaukee Rescue Mission Service Profile Page

Immanuel provides packets at the Information Center that invite new neighbors to services and to activities and organizations in which they may wish to participate. If you know someone who recently moved to the area, feel free to pick one up for them. To help with compiling and distributing these packets, contact Dean Krueger or Mary Todd-Krueger.

New Neighbor Packet Profile Page

A Place of Refuge Ministries of South Wisconsin, Inc. enables people associated with the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod in the greater Milwaukee area to attempt to meet the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of pregnant women and their unborn children. Ministers at APOR assure women in crisis pregnancies that giving their unborn child the gift of life is an option, and provide friendship and assistance throughout the pregnancy and beyond. There are numerous ways for individuals to participate and training is provided by the staff at APOR. Contact Robert Schweiger or Trish Kagerbauer, Development Director at APOR.

Place of Refuge Ministries of South Wisconsin Profile Page

Immanuel members work in collaboration with Lutheran Social Services to sponsor refugee families from around the world. Thus far, the Refugee Co-Sponsorship Committee has looked after refugees from Iran, Somalia, and Burma (Myanmar). This involves assistance with housing, jobs, and transportation as families settle in the United States. LSS is currently looking for ministers to care for arriving Burmese refugee families. Contact Susan Klagmann or Lutheran Social Services for more information.

Refugee Co-Sponsorship Profile Page

The SOS Center is an inner-city Lutheran ministry with a mission: to provide a multi-cultural ministry of Christian love that links volunteers with people in need to Metro Milwaukee. The SOS Center does this by providing after-school tutoring for area children, ESL (English-as-a-Second-Language) instruction, sewing classes, GED tutoring and a summer camp for neighborhood children.

There are many opportunities to help at the center: volunteering, donating items for the after school and summer programs, financial support and praying for the success of the center. For more information, email the SOS Center at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . The Immanuel contact person is Mary Todd-Krueger.

SOS Center Profile Page

Two Tunics is an outreach ministry in which Immanuel volunteers serve at the non-profit New Threads of Hope Warehouse (formerly CorpCare Distributions). Two Tunics is dedicated to fulfilling the Gospel injunction, “The man with two tunics should share with him who has none and the man who has food should do the same” (Luke 3:11).

The Visitor Packet ministry helps Immanuel Lutheran Church to accomplish its mission of Equipping the Saints for Ministry by witnessing to visitors to Immanuel and inviting them to join our congregational services and activities. The visitor packet ministry creates packets of materials for storing at the Information Center so that they may be distributed to visitors to Immanuel.The Krueger ChristCare group is currently managing this ministry. Please contact Dean Krueger or Mary Todd-Krueger if you would be interested in joining them in this effort to reach our community.

Visitor Packet Profile Page

One of Immanuel’s ChristCare groups, led by Carole and Elaine Schmeda, invites the congregation to join them for Wheeling For Healing, an annual bike ride that benefits the Community Memorial Hospital Cancer Treatment Center. The ride usually takes place in August and the route is through Menomonee Falls. Contact Carole or Elaine Schmeda for more information.

Wheeling for Healing Profile Page