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Greetings from the Jefferson County Board. We wish to take this opportunity to wish you every good blessing this holiday season as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May the New Year be filled with peace and joy for each of you as we continue to walk with Him, talk with Him, and share the good news of His love.
In November, in addition to the usual Directors’ Reports, Thrivent Builds Habitat Specialist Lauren Cravens (Executive Director of Jefferson Co. Habitat for Humanity) introduced herself and gave the Board a history of Habitat for Humanity in Jefferson County. We learned the program is ten years old here, with the current Cold Spring house being the sixth home built. She is looking forward to working with Thrivent Financial on future projects. Although Lauren is not a voting member of the Board, she will keep us informed as to how we can help and the status of Habitat build projects in Jefferson County from time to time.
THANK YOU for serving your congregation as Congregational Coordinator. As you know, Thrivent Financial strongly recommends (if not requires) at least one of the three Congregational Coordinators to have an e-mail address on record. In addition, your chapter leadership board has in the past sent periodic e-mails (no more than one per month) to the CCs for the purpose of keeping you in touch with the board and to keep the line of communication open between us. Please register your e-mail address with Thrivent Financial if you have one, and/or provide it to Illene so that you can be added to the list to receive these informational e-mails. Again, thank you!
We realize not every household owns a computer and has internet access. However, folks of all walks of life, youth and senior citizens alike, are becoming more and more depending upon this wonderful tool. It’s a fantastic source of information, for better or worse ... but its here to stay. It has been my pleasure to take the website from an empty template to where it is today, and now it’s time to pass the torch. Joanne has stepped up to the plate and agreed to give the position of Communications Director a shot. She will serve you well, and the Board well, of that we are confident. She currently maintains the website for her congregation, St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waterloo. She will enter the approved Care Abounds in Communities activities on the calendar, so check it often and support those activities when possible, please. She will periodically check the Message Boards and Guestbook areas of the site, so go check it out and leave her some encouragement! Remember to Login first, however, in order to use those features. She will do her best to add pictures with captions to the photo albums (and I’ve offered to teach her “digital scrapping” whenever and if ever she’s interested!) Go visit, if you haven’t already, and be sure to save the website to your “Favorites.”
Well, my time on the Board has come to conclusion. Some of you know that I was a “write in” on the 2003 ballot. Since I was a Congregational Coordinator at the time, I saw my name and wrote “respectfully decline” on it. Steve Zillmer called me anyway, and here we are four years later. I’m glad I said “yes” and I encourage you to say “yes,” too. We’ve all been given gifts, and what a privilege to serve God with friends and neighbors in this manner. Perhaps you have a good idea to help an organization or persons in need in your community. Perhaps you know a few others who would help you bring the idea to the table and turn it into an activity. Perhaps you, too, will know the joy. Many of you already know, since Jefferson County Chapter is such a success (2006 Fraternal “Lodge of the Year”!) because of YOU. Perhaps you will consider a position on the Board in the future. For now, on behalf of Becky Pfeifer and Troy Milbrath and myself, we thank you for the opportunity to serve and will “see you around.” Sincerely, Lynn Mehringer
Jon Nelson, President ... nelsnfam@charter.net ... cell 920-253-8476 Duane Anderson, V ice President ... juduand@charter.net ... 920-674-6007 Cheryl Hochmuth, Financial Director ... chochmuth@hotmail.com ... 920-206-0774 Lisa Kerr, Asst. Financial Director ... lisa.kerr@phci.org ... 920-699-4942 Joanne Kohls, Communications Director ... kohls24.7@verizon.net ... 920-478-3958 Larry Gard, Youth Director ... lgard@oppinc.com ... 608-883-2304 George Neuberger, Community Service Team Director ... attygln@nlgslaw.com ... 920-261-1630 Shirley Wiedenhoeft, Records Director ... sawiedenhoeft@wi.rr.com ... 920-261-7413 Illene Turner-Wagie, Cong. Service Team Director ... ikt@ticon.net ... 920-563-7171 Scott Gronholz, Events Director ... sgronhol@llhs.org ... 920-648-2321 Lane Albrecht, Financial Associate Advisor ... lane.albrecht@thrivent.com ... 920-675-0304
This newsletter is written for you by volunteer leaders of your local Thrivent Financial for Lutherans chapter, and any views expressed are those of the writer. For questions, comments or to learn more about chapter activities in your area, please contact one of your chapter leaders, who are listed on our Web site at: www.thrivent.com/members. Just click on Information About My Chapter.
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