Date: Saturday, October 1, 2005 (Rain or Shine)   Time: Noon to 4 p.m.

Place: Pavilion at Arlington County's Bluemont Park , 601 N. Manchester Street (off Route 50)

Contact Anne Kauzlarich with your RSVP no later than 9/15  (703) 536-3486   akauzlarich@cox.net

$5 per person/$15 per family to benefit Bethania Kids Ministries in India;  Food by Ribsters; Lots of Fun and Good Fellowship; Music; Door Prizes (must be present to win); Gifts and Games for the children; Advance tickets will be sold in Arlington churches beginning September.  Non-Thrivent Financial members are always welcome.

BENEFITS: Smiles on the faces of others you've helped and a good feeling in knowing you've made a difference in someone's life.

The chapter leadership board is comprised of five required elected positions and five optional elected positions. The top five leadership positions listed below are elected and required in order for the chapter to operate.  The other five positions are optional elected positions.  Elected members serve for one year, January to December, with a maximum of four consecutive terms in any elected leadership position.  If the four-consecutive-term limit is met, the member must take a two-year break before he or she can be re-elected to another board position.  Descriptions of duties are:

PRESIDENT:  Oversees the planning and strategic direction of the chapter leadership board; schedules and conducts regular meetings; provides direction and oversees activity level of service teams; ensures with the support of the vice president that the chapter leadership board election occurs; ensures that the annual financial audit occurs; mentors the vice president; welcomes and admits new members; installs new chapter leaders; solicits input from advisors.  

VICE PRESIDENT:  Provides leadership to the chapter leadership board in the absence of the president; together with or in the absence of the president undertakes the presidential responsibilities as described above; with assistance from the president, oversees the Fall elections of the chapter leadership board.

RECORDS DIRECTOR:  Provides leadership to the administrative functions of the chapter leadership board; receives and processes correspondence to and from community service teams; maintains accurate and up-to-date records, planning calendars, and meeting minutes; submits necessary nonfinancial reports to the Operations Center; verifies that reporting is accurate.  

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR:  Plays a significant role in maintaining financial records for the chapter leadership board; verifies and tracks requests from service teams for program funding; responds to service teams regarding board approval of requested project/funding; collects and retains receipts from service teams for all Care programs; verifies service team expenses and year-end financial reporting to the Operations Center; maintains financial records of income and expenses for the chapter leadership board and respective service teams; authorizes fund tranfers.  

CONGREGATIONAL SERVICE TEAM DIRECTOR:  Supports the congregational service teams by encouraging them to form and initiate projects that qualify for congregational program funds; plays a significant role in working to increase member engagement and growth in congregations with the chapter; monitors congregational coordinator vacancies; supports recruitment efforts to fill vacancies to assure funding occurs through Care in Congregations® programs; serves as a liaison between the chapter and congregational coordinators; trains and supports congregational coordinators; encourages congregational service teams to conduct projects to qualify for funding; provides follow-up to congregational servcice teams to assure projects are completed, funded and reported to the Operations Center; provides feedback to the chapter leadership board on the progress of congregational service teams.  

ASSISTANT FINANCIAL DIRECTOR:  Assists the Financial Director in maintaining financial accounting; supports financial director in all assigned duties, fills in, as necessary, when the Financial Director is absent; may seek to eventually fill the leadership position of the Financial Director.

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR:  Supports service teams and the chapter as they communicate with the congregations and communities; also acts as the liaison with the Operations Center; develops and distributes communications to service team and members; serves as backup to the vice president as legislative contact for the chapter; invites elected officials to attend chapter activities; invites public officials to attend chapter activities; and other duties as assigned.

COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM DIRECTOR:  Supports community service teams by encouraging them to form and initiate activities to qualify for funding; provides follow-up to community service teams to assure activities are completed, funded and reported to the Operations Center; provides feedback to the chapter leadership board on the progress of community service teams; evaluates and monitors progress toward member engagement and growth goals via community service teams.  

YOUTH DIRECTOR:  Looks for opportunities to involve youth in chapter and service team activities, service-learning projects and programs at educational sites; organizes teams of youth or students to lead a project or form a community service team; make youth groups aware of opportunities to get involved in community service teams; promote Thrivent Financial programs to youth at churches; support and represent youth and their involvement at the chapter leadership board meeting.

EVENTS DIRECTOR:  Determines appropriate recognition and events sponsored by the chapter leadership board; develops plans to recognize chapter leadership board members and service team volunteers; works with Manager of Lutheran Community Services to plan gatherings or recongition events; provides guidance and expertise to service teams in planning project and events; designs and sets up displays at events in cooperation with the communications director.  

If you have any interest in serving as or questions about any one of the above-described leadership positions, please call or e-mail any chapter leader listed below.  We are looking forward to hearing from you.

President:   Anne Kauzlarich   akauzlarich@cox.net   (703) 536-3486
Vice President:   Tom Maxwell   t.maxwell@att.net   (703) 536-3842
Records Director:  Marianne Hetzer   mwhetzer@comcast.net   (703) 823-3367
Financial Director:
Congregational Service Team Director:  Dorothy Bartholomew   dorelizbb@yahoo.com   (703) 979-3730
Communications Director:  Sharon Brickhill  brickhil@hhmi.org  (703) 979-3629
Community Service Team Director:  Elaine Roeseler  roeseler@verizon.net  (703) 533-3696

Care in Congregations®   $6,100 allocated by Thrivent Financial amongst the four Arlington churches; $2,780 of Thrivent Financial funds supplemented: $2,546 other funds raised; 125 volunteer hours.

By the way, many Thrivent Financial members are not currently affiliated with a particular congregation on Thrivent Financial records.  If you are attending a Lutheran church, we urge you to call Thrivent Financial Customer Service at 1-800-236-3736 ext. 5909 to ask that your membership be assigned to your Lutheran congregation.