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THRIVENT/HABITAT

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY/THRIVENT BUILDS WEEK

When one thinks of mission trips, we usually think of going to far-off countries and working among people who haven’t yet heard of God’s love in Jesus. While that kind of mission work is still around in several forms, there is another mission trip that’s closer to home.

Imagine being involved in a mission trip that lets you sleep in your own bed, see your family daily, and even stay involved in your regular bowling night or whatever you do in the evening. That kind of a mission trip is what’s going on the week of May 11 - 15 as 16 of our TLC members gather with Christians from all over the SE Wisconsin area to participate in the 4th Thrivent Builds/Habitat for Humanity “Framing Week.”

The goal of H4H is to provide affordable housing for all of God’s people, both here in the US and in other countries around the world. Candidates to receive the houses built are carefully screened and must put in at least 500 hours of sweat equity before being considered for one of the homes being built.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a non-profit financial company specifically created by and working with Lutheran Christians, has put up over $100 million dollars over these 4 years to build homes across the country. The City of Milwaukee has received 40 of those homes, helping to stabilize and improve one of the poorer neighborhoods of the city.

For the first time, Trinity has enough volunteers to have our own house to work on. We work under the direction of several H4H experts who help us get things in the right order and teach us what we need to know in order to make a solid home.

We could still use a few more volunteers to cover the end of Framing Week because several of our volunteers can only work the first 2 or 3 days. There’s room for nail-pounders, board cutters, go-fers, sweepers, carry-ers, and more. If you’re available and willing to spend a couple of days doing this special mission work of building, see Bill Elmore or Pastor Bill for more information, or sign up with your name, phone and email on the sheet in the entry.

For more information on Habitat for Humanity and Thrivent’s partnership with them, visit www.habitat.org  and www.milwaukeehabitat.org/thrivent.html.