Thrivent Builds 2008 house as of Saturday, May 3.
photo by Wayne Cornelius
Thrivent Builds 2008
With a four-year $105 million commitment to sponsor homes, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is Habitat for Humanity International’s largest financial ally to help increase the non-profit housing ministry’s home building production. 2008 marks the third year of the Thrivent Builds project and the second year that Habitat Wake is participating.
The national Thrivent Builds project is an exciting opportunity for all area Lutheran churches to come together in fellowship and stewardship to provide housing for a local family in need. All who are affiliated with one of the Lutheran churches or who are Thrivent members (and who are at least 16 years old) are welcome and encouraged to volunteer on a Saturday construction day. No experience is necessary. Habitat Wake provides the training and tools.
Congregations with members participating in the Thrivent Builds 2008 projects:
- Abiding Presence Lutheran Church (Fuquay-Varina)
- Christ the King Lutheran Church (Cary)
- Grace Lutheran Church (Raleigh)
- Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (Raleigh)
- Hope Lutheran Church (Wake Forest)
- Joy of Discovery Lutheran Church
- Lord of Life Lutheran Church (Garner)
- Our Savior Lutheran Church
- Resurrection Lutheran Church (Cary)
- St. Philip Lutheran Church (Raleigh)
Please contact your church's Congregational Habitat Coordinator (via your church's social outreach ministry program) to learn about plans for 2008. Congregational Habitat Coordinators from each church who'd like to put together a work party for your church, please contact Jim McDonald--one of the Lutheran Coalition project leaders--at rtpjim@aol.com or 303-0294 to begin the planning.
Nights at the Ballparks
Join Thrivent Financial for Lutherans at area ballparks for fun, food & fellowship! Both games are free and open to the public, but tickets are required and are limited.
A suggested donation of $5 per person or $10 per family (no cash -- checks payable to "Capital NC Chapter of Thrivent Financial") will benefit Habitat Wake.
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Night at the Ballpark form
Donations & RSVP, Attn: Tina Tibbitts
5540 Centerview Dr, Suite 311
Raleigh, NC 27606
Questions
Christiane.Tibbitts@thrivent.com
852-1971, option 0
| Carolina Mudcats RSVP by May 14 Sat. June 14 game 6:15 p.m. in Zebulon www.gomudcats.com |
Durham Bulls
RSVP by June 12 Sat. July 12 game 7:05 p.m. in Durham www.durhambulls.com |
Groundbreaking
A few dozen volunteers joined the prospective homeowner on Saturday, April 26 to break ground on the build site. Eastern Wake News covered the event. (Read the story or see a brief video.) Eastern Wake News story and photo by Denise Sherman.
Construction
Volunteers from Abiding Presence & St. Philip built the first walls on Saturday, May 3. photos by Wayne Cornelius
Thrivent Builds 2007: The First Year in Wake County
In 2007, Habitat Wake was selected for the affiliate's first year in the national home-building alliance Thrivent Builds. The effort built homes in partnership with 355 American families. Locally, a coalition of Lutheran churches that enjoyed its first build with Habitat Wake in early 2007, joined the efforts with the Capital Area Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans to raise money and recruit construction volunteers. Read more.
