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Your Chapter’s annual meeting will be held Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at the Houston Inn Restaurant on St. Rt. 42 east of the us 741 intersection. The meeting will commence at 6:00 PM, with recognition of congregational coordinators and service team members, review of your Thrivent Financial for Lutherans chapter supplemental grants and election of your 2008 county Leadership Board followed by dinner, conversation and distribution of door prizes. Seating is limited so please RSVP by November 7, 2007 to Kathy or Will Lapp Chapter Financial Director at WandKLapp@aol.com or 937-746-8171. Please include the names of all attending, phone number and address so we can contact you for confirmation of your attendance. If you will attend and have a Thrivent Financial for Lutherans shirt, please wear it to the meeting.
Chapters of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans are organized geographically and bring together members to help others and help their community. Through the Care Abounds in Communities® program, Thrivent Financial provides funding to members like you who form community service teams to conduct fund-raising activities and/or hands-on service activities to help individuals, families and qualified not-for-profit organizations. Contact a member of our chapter leadership board as noted in this newsletter for assistance in getting started. In 2007 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans provided the Warren Co. OH Chapter $14,280 including Join Hands Day funds to help people and families in Warren County that have a need. Examples include: Franklin & Lebanon Food Pantries, Lutheran Out Door Ministry programs, clothing for indigent children, American Cancer Society, Interfaith Hospitality Network, MOPS and Pregnancy Care Center of Cincinnati.
The Second Time Shop in Franklin will be raising money to provide Christmas clothing for needy children, selected by the Salvation Army. The Franklin Deardorff Senior Center, “Ding-A-Lings” will be putting on its annual musical comedy to raise money to help area Seniors, Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. Franklin High School, McDade Auditorium. "Yesterday" is the theme music and "You Are My Sunshine" will be the signature chorus song. Ticket cost is $5.00 per person. To make reservations call the center at 937-743-8100. More information on these projects and others may be found at the Chapter Web site: www.lutheransonline.com/warrencountyohchapter
There are 10 board member slots, 5 of which are required to be filled for your chapter to be functional and 5 which are optional. Each board member is elected annually. Should you be interested in volunteering a few hours each month as a member of the leadership board, have any questions or would like more detail on any of the positions please contact Will Lapp at 937-746-8171 or WandKLapp@aol.com. To serve on the Leadership Board you must have access to e-mail and several positions require internet access.
If you like working with others and have a desire to reach out to those in need, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans can help. Funding is available for members to purchase materials for hands-on service activities benefiting individuals, families or communities. So, if you are handy with a hammer, love landscaping, notice that sewing or knitting makes you smile, or you have another talent to share with others, why not partner with other Thrivent Financial members to make an impact in your community? For example, a wheelchair ramp is so much more than wood and nails. For a wheelchair user, a ramp represents accessibility to life outside the house — to community, friends and family — and even to living independently. Building a wheelchair ramp is only one example of the impact a little teamwork can have on someone's life. Can you think of other needs in your community and other ways you might be able to make an impact? Call your chapter leadership board for more information.
President: Dean Shupert Vice President: Martha Crist Records Director: Karl Voelkel Congregational Service Team Director: Miriam Bailey Financial Director: Kathy Lapp Communications Director: Glee Krentz Events Director: Gary Nelson Assistant Financial Director: Not filled Community Service Team Director: Not filled Youth Director: Not filled
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