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The Pines Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans had another exciting year in 2004. We were able to help many community organizations and, thus help our neighbors in the community. Our Chapter started the year with $9,430 from Thrivent Financial for the Care Abounds in Communities™ program. We were able to raise and additional $15,724 and were able to provide a total of $25,154 to local organizations for use in the community. The non-profit organizations that were helped are:
In 2004, the Chapter was active in the Join Hands Day nationwide project. Thrivent Financial gave each Chapter $1,000 to be used in some way for a project that involved youth and adults working together. Our Chapter worked with a local organization to help reroof a house in Southern Pines. We used the $1,000 to help pay for the shingles. Youth from St. James and Our Saviour participated in the project along with adults from both congregations. It was really great to see how our youth were eager to help others.
The four congregations in our Chapter in 2004 held 14 Hands-on Service and Fund-raiser projects to help with congregation needs. These activities included a hike-a-thon, care meal ministry, Advent Devotional Booklets, Greening of the Church, Spaghetti dinner and dessert silent auction, landscape project, electrical distribution project, video taping of sermons and church services, and handicap accessable project. These were carried out within the congregations by Thrivent Financial members and other volunteers with support from the Care in Congregations® allocation from Thrivent Financial.
In 2005, our region has asked the Pines Chapter to include Scotland County in our Chapter. We now cover Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and Scotland Counties. This expands our congregations supported to five. The congregations are:
The following people were voted or appointed to be on the Pines Chapter Board of Directors:
The Board of Directors has approved the following non-profit organizations to be recipients of our fund-raising for 2005:
As stated earlier, the Pines Chapter includes four Counties. If you have received this newsletter, Thrivent Financial has assigned you to the Pines Chapter. If you attend a church other than those listed earlier, and want to transfer your Chapter membership to a Chapter that supports your congregation, please contact Thrivent Financial directly at 1-800-236-3736. Only you can make this change.
I think that you can agree that we had another successful year in 2004. It is only through the work of many people like you that we can make a difference in our communities. Thrivent Financial helps us by providing certain monies that we can use to supplement our fund-raising and hands-on service projects. It is up to each of us to use our time and talents to help make a difference. Your participation in chapter activities is needed to make us a success.
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 our area, please contact one of your chapter leaders. To access your 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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