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A Nominating Committee with Pattye Morton as chairman was named at the May meeting of the Galveston County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Additional members are Delores Taylor and Jon Mientzen. Nominees are being solicited for the required offices of President, Vice President, Financial Director, Records Director, and Congregation Service Director. Two of the present directors are no longer eligible to serve according to Thrivent requirements. It is urgent that each congregation nominate qualified personnel to serve. Contact any of the nominating committee members. Pattye Morton can be reached at 713- 249-4102 or kabldg@aol.com; Delores Taylor can be reached at 409-750-3402 or dtylr28004@yahoo.com; Jon Mientzen can be reached at 832-689-9882 or jon.meinzen@thrivent.com. The committee is seeking a representation from different congregations. Please support this effort by recommending people to serve.
At the regular May meeting of the Galveston County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Jon Mientzen , a Thrivent Financial Representative become an advisory member of the Board of Directors. Members of the Board voted to include Jon and welcomed him immediately requesting that he serve on the Nomination’s Committee for the October Election.
Large Thrivent Banners are being distributed to one Congregation Coordinator from each of the twelve member congregations in the Galveston County Chapter. Operating funds were used to purchase the banners from “The Store” online. The large banners may be used for advertising during fund raising for Care in Congregations® and for Care Abounds in Communities® events. A request from one the congregations made the chapter aware of this need. If your congregation has not received the Thrivent Banner contact your Congregation Coordinator to insure that the banner is obtained at the September Board of Directors meeting
Come and find some items that may end up being a treasure for you. You know the old saying, “Another one’s trash is someone else’s treasure. The Garage sale will be August 19 in the Hope Lutheran Fellowship Hall , 1804 South Friendswood Drive from 8:00 A. M. until 2:00 P.M. Money raised from this congregation wide garage sale will go to support Family Outreach, a Community Outreach Center. This is a Care Abounds in Community® Project. Make your dollars serve double duty. Get something you want and help a worthy group in the process.
Soccer games will be continuing throughout the day on August 27, 2006 from 8:00 A. Ml. To 8:00 P.M.on Bay Street in Texas City.. A Care Abounds in Community Project has become part of this effort by supporting the Texas City Citizens Police Academy Association though the selling of drinks, hot dogs, homemade pickles, chips, and water. Have a fun filled day and join in the fund raising for the Police Academy Association by Memorial Lutheran in Texas City. Contact Betty Gailbraith at 409-948-3355 for additional information.
Plans are being made for the Sixth Annual Teen tot Teen Project sponsored by Faith Lutheran Church. The Teen to Teen Project provides Christmas gifts to needy teens who live in the greater Clear Lake Area. Volunteers are being recruited to help. If your youth group would be interested in volunteering please contact Pattey Morton at 713-249-4102. This project is a Care Abounds in Community Project. youth find great benefits from engaging in the support of needy youth.
Faith Lutheran High School youth held their third annual auction on May 7 and were surprised to top the totals for last year. The raised nearly $9000. Pies wer going for $60 each. The "Care in Congregation" supplemental funds helped bring this total to a five digit number. This event, called Auction Fest, began with a Bar-B-Q Baked Potato Sale which began after the first service and ending with a drawing for a wrought iron bench at 2:30 pm. It's what happened in-between that brought in most of the money and brought the most fun. Auction items included 36 cedar trellis and 6 Adirondick chairs that they built under the direction of one of their sponsors, Jason Sturgis. The youth also sold work hours. Other auction items included tickets, trellis, weekend retreats, pies, dinners, tickets and paintings. Mike Button also donated his Cajun cooking for a visit to Brenham. It was a great turn-out and everyone left talking about how much fun they had. This was an event put on by the High School youth to raise money to go to San Antonio as well as Wisconsin to the Apostle's islands. Faith is proud of the ministries of their youth. They had participated in the building of the Lutheran Habitat for Humanity House and became so interested that they went on landscaping that house as well as four other Habitat houses. Thrivents link to our churches had made this year a red letter year for the high school youth of Faith Lutheran.
The Galveston County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans utilized the Join Hands Day Funds in two projects. One project supported activity for Join Hands for Pregnancy Crisis Support Center. Workers folded and stuffed envelopes for the Crisis Pregnancy Center project from 10:00 to 1:00 P. M on April 29, 2006. Youth and adults were then served pizza. A total of $300 was provided to fund the project.
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