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| Fort Bend-Wharton County Chapter Chatter-2nd qtr -2005 |
| Care Programs - Mid Year Celebrations |
As we ended May, our Care Programs, have reached a higher level of interest and have created 22 events already completed with 5000 volunteer hours reported as we work to encourage you, our members, to aid ourselves through voluntary action.
For a complete list of projects see :https://service.thrivent.com/apps/mbr_fratMember/FratHomePage
Care in Congregations® - 17 of our 20 our congregations have held or planned to use all or part on the congregation funding available to each congregation ($1300 or $1600 ) to aid ourselves and support the needs of the congregation.
Care Abounds in Communities™ - Funding provided by Thrivent Financial of $20,685 for 2005 in our Chapter is 80% committed for 2005 with projects stretching through November approved. We have supported medical needs, seeding chapel funding at OAK BEND MEDICAL- Rosenberg, family crises help, and other excellent aid opportunities.
CARE in Regions™ - We will participate in a Care in Regions program in 2005- Families Feeding Families and provide a planned hot meal and fellowship time on Thanksgiving day across several venues. West Houston Chapter is the lead chaper. The 2004 Care in Regions grant awarded to complete CARBY CHAPEL AT LUTHERHILL has borne fruit as construction is over 50% complete. Over 1000 campers took advantage of Lutherhill in 2004!!
Join Hands 2005 - We have participated in three Join Hand projects
| Expanded Habitat for Humanity - Opportunity 2006 |
Thrivent Financial has announced a Huge expanded relationship with HABITAT FOR HUMANITY (HFHI) beginning in 2006. We are timely as a Chapter in fostering a relationship with the E Wharton County HFHI affliate and learning how to access supplemental funding . Members at St. Paul's Wharton led the interest level in HFH and successfully received a $5,000 grant as a start up affliate in 2005 as part of Thrivent Financial's current program.
Significant impact expected
Over the coming years, Thrivent Financial with its members will be contributing millions of dollars and many thousands of volunteer hours to strengthen families and communities and provide decent, affordable housing for families. We expect to:
Contribute at least $25 million of corporate funding to supplement funds raised by chapters and congregations.
Build 500 homes per year in the United States, and contribute to the construction of another 500 abroad, for a total of 1,000 homes annually as of 2006.
Engage 100,000 volunteers who invest a combined 500,000 hours of volunteer time in Thrivent Builds projects every year.
Support 100 congregational mission trips annually.
| Families Feeding Families - Thanksgiving, 2005 |
On Thanksgiving Day we intend to join families in W. Houston, North Central Houston and Southwest Houston Chapters to provide a Thanksgiving Meal and Fellowship for those who have needs to join a Fellowshipping time to share with each other. It is expected that we will set up venues around the West side of of Hoston and provide a hot Thanksgiving meal for those who need to support each other and our neighbors who may need a safe place to share a meal. School districts and Assistance Ministries will be invited to provide support and potential needs as we build up a program.
Want to help and be a part - Call Ben Powell - 281 -578 -1569 or email mkpslpmom@hotmail.com
| Welcome : Ann Schaer- Chapter Program Advisor |
Welcome Ann Schaer to our board as the appointed role of PROGRAM ADVISOR. Ann has a passion to help communicate and make available the full benefits of membership we can access. Many of the
benefits of membership can be great aids to you and those you touch.
Ann's email is : schaer@wcnet.net
| CARBY CHAPEL - LutherHill |
Carby Chapel at Lutherhill is 50% completed. Volunteers to complete framing and decks and begin interior work are needed. Call Lutherhill @ Tel :1-888-266- 4613 or 979-249-3232 for needs and come on out!! All Saturdays are available during the summer other time as agreed with the camp!!
Your gift to a Lutheran organization can accomplish even more through the GivingPlus program.
Are you aware that as a member of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, financial gifts you make to a Lutheran organization might be able to be supplemented by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans?
Through Thrivent Financial's GivingPlus program, members can donate financial gifts to two different Lutheran organizations enrolled in the program each year, and Thrivent Financial will contribute $1 for every $2, up to $300 per year for each organization. For example, if you donate gifts of $600 or more to two eligible Lutheran organizations each, Thrivent Financial will contribute an additional $600 ($300 for each organization). In addition, Thrivent Financial will contribute an additional $25 for members who volunteer 25 hours or more at the organization receiving their gift.
All you need to do is complete a GivingPlus Member Gift form (available online or from the Lutheran organization) and submit it with your donation to the Lutheran organization. It's a very simple process.
For complete details and guidelines about this one-of-a-kind member benefit program and for copies of the Member Gift form, go to www.thrivent.com/fraternal/churchcommunity/givingplus.html. If you used the program in the past, please review the site for excellent enhancements made to the 2005 program, which allow even more members to make an even greater impact to the organizations they support through their gifts.
These are exciting times for our Chapter and members as we see our communities grow in numbers . With the growth come needs to witness to our neighbors with acts of good works that are being laid ever more obvious before us. We are blessed to have resources available to us with our membership in Thrivent Financial like no other group of Christians. Let's make the most of these resources !!
Our Chapter is created to do good works
See our Chapter Web Site for details and happenings:
http://www.lutheransonline.com/fortbendwhartoncountychapter
This newsletter was written and edited by volunteer leaders of your local Thrivent Financial for Lutherans chapter to keep you informed of chapter news. If you have any questions and/or comments about the content of this newsletter or would like to learn more about chapter activities being planned in your area, please contact one of your chapter leaders. To access you chapter leader contact information, go to www.thrivent.com; Members/Chapters; Information About My Chapter; View Leadership/Activities/Website; Chapter Leadership Board.
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