Family Ministry at Immanuel Lutheran Church seeks to strengthen the faith of families and to equip family units to teach and share the Christian faith in their homes and beyond.

We have begun to offer yearly classes and studies to help the families at Immanuel and in the community. All of our classes center around God's Word and His Living Truth for each and every one of us. We offer these short-term family classes annually:

• Marriage Enrichment
• Baptism Classes
• Little Tykes & God's Word (parents of 2 year old children)
• Let's Worship Together (parents of 4 year old children)
• Faith & Service (parents of 6 year old children)
• Welcome to God's Word (parents & 3rd graders)
• Welcome to the Lord's Table (parents & 5th graders & older) *This is also the first class of our Confirmation Ministry*

Immanuel's Family Life Team recently went through the Family Friendly Partners Network training offered by the North Wisconsin District - though you'll only hear us call it Family Life Training, because it falls off the tongue easier! Through this program, our core team became equipped in various family ministry areas and is working to implement our new knowledge and training throughout all the ministries offered here at Immanuel.

The specialized areas are:

• Training Parents in Faith Formation
• Marriage Ministry
• Parent Education
• Human Sexuality
• Non-Nuclear Families

To learn more about Family Ministry at Immanuel, contact any member of our Family Life Team: Gail Amacher (Family Minstry Advocate), Melissa Tonn (Dir. of Family Ministry), Tom Putskey (Parish Education Director) and Ann Schlice (Marriage Champion).

Other ministry areas within Family Life Ministry are:

• Children's Ministry (Sunday School, VBS & Cradle Roll)
• 5th & 6th Grade Youth & Parent Group quarterly activities
• Family Life Nights (quarterly gatherings for families with children ages 4-10)
• Youth Ministry (for and by 7th through 12th graders)
• Young Adult Ministry ( post-high school through late 20's)