Church Profile: East Ida Immanuel Lutheran Church
Name of church: East Ida Immanuel Lutheran Church
Address: 6272 W. Albain Road in Monroe
Denomination: Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
When did the church begin? 1849
Pastor: Rev. Curtis Garland
Service times: 5:30 p.m. Saturdays and 9 a.m. Sundays. All Saturday services and any mid-week services during Lent and Advent are livestreamed.
Other times: Fellowship, 10:15 a.m. Sundays; Adult Bible Class, 10:30 a.m. Sundays; Sunday School (except in the summer), 10:30 a.m. Sundays
Ministries offered by the church: Support for Selah’s Center of Hope, Christmas in Ida and Monroe County Opportunity Program; blood drives; food drives for holidays; annual spaghetti dinner to help a someone in need; annual golf outing to benefit seminarians at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Social media: East Ida Immanuel Lutheran Church on Facebook
Website: eastidaimmanuel.com
Phone number: 734-269-2961
More information: “Members of the church make and distribute more than 150 quilts each year to both local and worldwide charities. Services have been/are held in the same church building since 1877,” the church said.
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This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Church Profile: East Ida Immanuel Lutheran Church
