Besides the many programs described on this web site, Immanuel Baptist Church encourages and is supported by the activities of a number of action groups. Some have their own officers and treasuries; some gather regularly and others occasionally; and some simply pop-up to meet interests or needs when they arise. On a natural and regular basis new groups form as existing ones dissolve.

EARTHCARE (see Outreach and Mission)

FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK involves a dozen or so volunteers from the church to welcome, perform music, share artistic expressions and serve refreshments to and with the hundreds of Portland gallery visitors who walk the streets on the evenings of the first Friday of each month.

LaROMANA MISSION INVOLVEMENT TRIPS (see Outreach and Mission)

MUSIC AT IMMANUEL (see Music)

THEOLOGICAL ROUND TABLE meets occasionally for theologically trained as well as interested lay people who are members of Immanuel, plus their invited friends from other denominations, to deliberate on pre-announced theological subjects. (The nagging problem facing this group is that there is not a round table in the church, so square ones suffice!)

UNOFFICIAL CLERGY HELPERS volunteer from the dozen or more members of Immanuel Baptist Church who are ordained clergy (American Baptist, United Methodist, UCC) as well as any seminarian, offering their leadership in preaching when the Pastor is unavailable or conducting the wedding of any non-IBC couple who requests the church for a marriage ceremony.

VOLUNTEER MAINTENANCE CREW (called "The Elves" in the 1980's, and "The Beavers" in the 1990's, and are a nameless group of custodial volunteers in the current decade) steps forward at the bidding of the Property Committee and/or the Sexton, when non-professional repair and maintenance tasks need to be addressed, including interior decorating and gardening and landscaping.

WAYSIDE SOUP KITCHEN (see Outreach and Mission)

WOMEN'S FEDERATION has been a functioning group at Immanuel for over 87 years, since the merged church formed in 1922. It gathers at least quarterly, for fellowship, inspiration, music and mission support. The group has undergirded and rescued many important projects in and around the church over the years, and continues to stimulate vision among a significant number of church members and their friends.

MEN'S BREAKFAST GROUP will meet on the 4th Saturday morning of each month beginning March 27, at 8:30 AM. A home-made breakfast, active fellowship, ping pong and pool, plus a devotional conversation, all will take place for an hour-and-a-half. Men of whatever age are enthusiastically invited to come to the Church's Fellowship Hall off the parking lot, and to bring friends. Please phone in reservations to Rob Warner, 571-9670.