Board of Directors

God blessed this sunny day in Inverness. Along with local Habitat for Humanity representatives, and Thrivent Financial members six local churches will join together to build a very special home in Inverness. Representatives of St. Timothy Lutheran Church of Crystal River, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Hernando, Faith Lutheran Church of Lecanto, First Lutheran Church of Inverness, St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Beverly Hills and Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church of Citrus Springs joined together to "Break Ground".

The construction of this particular home is the result of two organizations—Thrivent Financial for Lutherans® and Habitat for Humanity® International—joining forces in an unprecedented alliance to not only build walls, but to build community as well. Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity, an alliance between these two non-profits, was announced in September, 2005, in Minneapolis, Minn., home to Thrivent Financial’s corporate headquarters. While Thrivent Financial has long been a supporter of Habitat for Humanity, the alliance represents the largest single pledge in the history of either entity and has made possible construction of the Philip Crusco home in this community.

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The four-year, $105-million commitment by Thrivent Financial includes plans to construct up to 500 additional homes across the country each year, to engage 500,000 volunteers in Habitat for Humanity builds, to promote short-term Habitat home-building trips abroad, to provide large grants

to measurably improve substandard housing in specific neighborhoods, and to supplement gifts from Thrivent Financial’s nearly three million members to Habitat for Humanity International.

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