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Immanuel First has a family of ministries and small groups to connect with and serve its congregation and the community, including fellowships for men, women, children and seniors. We also have services in Vietnamese on Sunday afternoons and in Chinese through Grace Chinese Alliance Church.
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Immanuel First Vietnamese Lutheran Church
Founded in December 2000, Immanuel First Vietnamese Lutheran Church is extending the Good News to the Vietnamese community in the San Gabriel Valley with Sunday afternoon worship services, English as Second Language classes, and fellowship opportunities throughout the year. Pastor An Binh Thai leads services Sunday afternoons at 3:00 p.m. in the sanctuary.
Grace Chinese Alliance Church
Immanuel First shares its facilities with Grace Chinese Alliance Church, a congregation of the Christian and Missionary Alliance which has been part of the West Covina community for nearly 20 years. Pastor Ko-Tay Chan leads services in English and Chinese Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m. in the sanctuary.
Adult Minstries
Golf Fellowship
Every Thursday Pastor Okubo and other golf players in the congregation have fun and fellowship playing the links at local courses in the San Gabriel Valley. All golfers are invited to join in.
Lutheran Women's Missionary League
The LWML at Immanuel First supports seminary students in the Concordia University System and ministry work at our church through various fundraising and service activities such as bake sales, ushering at Sunday services, work projects and the year-round collection of "mite boxes" - small coin boxes that are filled up with change, collected and presented to the church several times a year. LWML also serves as the women's fellowship at Immanuel, with luncheons, fellowship with women from area LCMS churches, and other activities.
Monthly Men's Breakfasts
A men's group meets for fellowship and food every third Saturday of the month at the church.
Children and Youth
Cub Scout Pack 51
Immanuel First sponsors Cub Scout Pack 51 of West Covina for boys in the 1st through 5th grades in the church and the local community. The pack has Wolf, Bear, Bobcat and Webelos programs and participates in scouting events throughout the San Gabriel Valley.
Daisy and Brownie Girl Scouts
In the fall of 2007, Immanuel First established two Girl Scout troops: Daisy Troop 4144 for preschoolers and kindergarteners, and Brownie Troop 418 for 1st and 2nd graders. Both troops are under the leadership of Tiffany Claxton.
Lost and Found (LaF)
Lost and Found (LaF) is our all-new youth group which meets Friday afternoons on our church campus. The group consists of high school students from freshmen to seniors and usually takes part in plans that involve social skills and problem solving.
Internet Ministries
ImmanuelFirst.org
Of course, you're viewing it right now. This has been our primary website since December 2002 and has information on our history, beliefs, worship schedule and church events, as well as downloadable MP3 sermons and Bible studies.
IFL Radio at Live365
Immanuel First's own internet radio station plays contemporary Christian praise and worship music 24 hours a day at Live365, the internet's largest and best-known radio hosting site. Included are some of the songs played during communion at our worship services. Click on Listen to Music under Quick Links on the left side of the page or go directly to www.immanuelfirst.org/radio to listen online.
On Facebook
Immanuel First has a group page on Facebook, the world's largest social networking site. Pastor Mason and Debbie Okubo are the group moderators. Join us by entering "Immanuel First Lutheran Church" under Groups or by clicking here. You must have a Facebook account and join our group to leave comments on our page.
On Tangle
Tangle.com is the leading Christian social networking site on the internet. Our church page on Tangle has our IFL TV online videos, which are viewed regularly, and our church blog. Only Tangle members can post comments, but our page is available for viewing at www.tangle.com/iflvideo.
On Twitter
"What are you doing?" Find out what our church is doing at our Twitter page, which has the latest tweets (short messages) on our events, web links and activities. Only Twitter members can tweet back to us, but our page is available for viewing at twitter.com/immanuelfirst.
Music and Worship
The Forgiven
Our Vietnamese fellowship's new youth worship band plays contemporary praise songs that connect with the younger, second-generation members of the congregation.
IFL Choir
Under the direction of A.J. Casas, the IFL Choir performs a variety of traditional hymns and contemporary worship songs at our Sunday services. Each spring the choir also stages a popular fundraiser concert of popular show tunes.
Performing Arts
Members of our congregation perform in original stage productions written by our choir director A.J. Casas. Among its performances have been the 2006 Christmas play The Final Countdown and the 2007 Easter Sunday short play Remember Me.
Service
Lutheran Braille Work Center #199
Volunteers from Immanuel First Church join other area Lutheran churches every Tuesday morning at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in La Puente, California to assemble, pack and distribute large-print books of the Bible, tracts and holiday materials for visually impaired Christians around the world.
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