Two page newsletter: spring 2008 newsletter| Two page newsletter: spring 2008 newsletter | | |
| Arlington County Chapter, Spring 2008 Newsletter |
| Join Hands Day Service Event A Success! |
On May 3, 2008, tens of Arlington County Chapter members and other volunteers participated in the Arlington County Chapter's Join Hands Day event.
Every week, hundreds of pounds of crops in nearby fields get "turned under" when harvesting them is too labor intensive not commercially worthwhile to bring to market. To avoid this waste, The Mid-Atlantic Gleaning Network (MAGNET) works with local farmers to arrange for these crops to be harvested and distributed to food banks.
Tens of volunteers assembled at Our Savior Lutheran Church and assisted the MAGNET with their efforts. Youth groups from Arlington's Lutheran churches were dispatched to a local field for harvesting. At the same time, others remained at Our Savior and sorted and bagged over 10,000 pounds of sweet potatoes that MAGNET had previously gleaned from fields in North Carolina.
At the end of the day, MAGNET delivered the sorted and bagged sweet potatoes to the Arlington Food Assistance Center in Shirlington. AFAC kept and distributed much of the bounty, sharing the remainder with a food assistance center in Fairfax County.
| Upcoming Chapter Events!!! |
From June through September Thrivent will team with Arlington's four Lutheran Churches to collect cereal for the Arlington Food Assistance Center located in Shirlington. AFAC serves over 900 households per week with supplemental food. Each Arlington Lutheran Church will participate in Thrivent's cereal drive for a month, as follows:
June - Our Savior Lutheran Church
July - Faith Lutheran Church
August - Resurrection Lutheran Church
September - Advent Lutheran Church
| Do You Know What Thrivent Does for Your Congregation? |
Did you know that Thrivent Financial for Lutherans has a program called Care in Congregations® where funding is provided to Thrivent Financial members to conduct fund-raising and/or hands-on service activities to benefit your congregation or its related Lutheran institutions? In fact, Thrivent Financial members are encouraged to use the funds to help the congregation in its ministry to the community.
If you see a need in your congregation that could be helped through this funding, please contact a Thrivent Financial congregational coordinator in your congregation. If you don't know who your three congregational coordinators are, please contact a member of our chapter leadership board, and he/she will help you get in touch with a coordinator.
Have you recently moved or changed your e-mail address or church membership? If yes, you now have an easy and quick way to not only ensure the information Thrivent Financial for Lutherans has on file for you is accurate, but to also update it – immediately!
The Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Web site now has a secure page to review and update this information – with just a few clicks of the mouse.
Go to www.thrivent.com and click on Your Accounts. Enter your User ID and Password (first-time users will need to complete an easy one-time registration) to access the My Accounts page, which provides a comprehensive financial summary of your Thrivent Financial products.
Click “Edit My Page” and a screen will appear showing your name, address, phone number(s), e-mail, church membership information and more. Click on the “Update” link to change any wrong or outdated information, such as where you have church membership.
You also can review and update information on other Thrivent Financial members who reside in your household (e.g., spouse and children).
If you do not have Internet access but need to update information, please contact your Thrivent Financial representative or Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and they will be happy to help you.
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