Emanuel's Outreach Team reaches out to the world beyond our walls. The team organizes these activities built on the generosity of Emanuel members. A few of our outreach activities are:

Katie's Kitchen and Care Cupboard provide services to Modesto Junior College students. We offer breakfast to students and staff on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and free food to students on Monday afternoons.

Modesto Family Promise, part of the Interfaith Hospitality Network, provides a way for congregations to work together to help homeless families. We serve guest families by providing temporary relief from the expense and worry of meeting their immediate needs for shelter and meals and offering human companionship and compassion. Emanuel hosts the guest families for one week approximately four times per year in rotation with other area churches. By taking our turn in Modesto's network of churches, we're able to provide respite for families having difficult times finding work and homes. Many Emanuel members participate by bringing meals, spending quality time with the guests, including overnight stays, cleaning bedding, and setting up beds and other needed items.

We feed our guest families every evening during our host week

Modesto Gospel Mission: Parishioners help serve meals at a local adult rehabilitation facility. We also have a Thanksgiving canned food drive to support this mission.

Quilting Project: In conjunction with Lutheran World Relief and local needs, Emanuel is sponsoring a Mission Quilt Project. We are collecting fabric and other materials, assembling "quilt front kits", and planning group "quilt gatherings" to finish the quilts.

Other activities of the Outreach Ministry include the Giving Tree at Christmas and providing gifts for families with limited resources.

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