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Please plan to attend for food, entertainment, and door prizes the ALL-MEMBER PICNIC, to be held Sunday, September 13, 2009, from 3:00 - 6:00 PM at Mineral Springs Park in Owatonna. The event is sponsored by both the Owatonna and Steele County Chapters of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. The reservation deadline is September 8th, so contact Cherry Schwartz at 507-451-6676 ASAP with the names and number of attendees.

Also, please note that voting for the 2010 Owatonna Chapter leadership board will take place at the picnic. As a membership organization, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is unique to the financial services world in many ways. Our members choose who will represent them on the nationalboard of directors governing the organization as well as choose their local chapter leadership board.

The election process is a very important way for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans to demonstrate two required elements of a fraternal benefit society:

1. An active, viable chapter system that involves many members
2. A representative form of government

Without this election process, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans would not qualify as a tax-exempt fraternal benefit society and would not be able to provide the benefits to need individuals, congregations and communities that it does today.

Here are the individuals running for chapter leadership positions in 2010:

President: Scott Golberg
Vice-President: TBD
Financial Director: Verdetta Tusa
Records Director: TBD
Assistant Financial Director: Gordon Meiners
Communications Director: Mark Lysne
Community Service Team Director: Dan Henrikson
Events Director: Cherry Schwartz
Congregational Service Team Director: Melissa Block

If you have any interest in becoming a chapter leader, please contact Scott Golberg at 507-455-2570. Exercise your right to vote in your chapter leadership board election, and take part in the fun, food, and entertainment at the picnic! See you there!

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is a faith-based, not for profit financial services organization with approximately 2.6 million members. Thrivent Financial and its subsidiaries offer a broad range of financial products and services including life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, disability income insurance, bank products and more.

Thrivent Financial members are organized into local groups, called chapters. Chapters provide a way for members to connect with another to give back to their communities, congregations and causes they care about through charitable activities, as well as come together for educational and member social events.