A congregational service team includes all Thrivent Financial for Lutherans members who want to come together to help a particular congregation or its associated Lutheran institutions. Teams help by conducting fund-raising activities and/or hands-on service activities such as painting the church or building cabinetry for the fellowship hall.

The congregational service team must have three Thrivent Financial for Lutherans members from separate households registered as congregational coordinators. These members do not need to be members of the congregation.*

In addition, at least six Thrivent Financial for Lutherans members (benefit, associate and/or youth members), each from a different household, must participate in an activity to receive supporting funds from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans through the Care in Congregations® program. Congregational coordinators may be included in the required six member households.

Participating congregational service team members may differ from one activity to the next, and participants do not need to be members of the congregation benefiting from the activity. (If the six-member-household requirement is met, nonmembers may and are encouraged to participate in the activity.)

Funds that a congregational service team uses to help its congregation or related Lutheran institution(s) go directly from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans to the congregation or institution through the Care in Congregations® program.

Note: A congregational service team also may conduct Care Abounds in Communities^® activities to benefit individuals, families, local communities or organizations that are exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. (This includes charitable, educational and religious organizations.) In these situations, the service team requests funds and accesses resources from a chapter leadership board through the Care Abounds in Communities^® program.

* To allow access to necessary information for their volunteer roles, congregational coordinators' customer information at Thrivent Financial will show that they belong to the congregation in which they serve as congregational coordinator.

Additional Topics
Care Abounds in Communities®
Care in Congregations®
Leadership board: overview
Differences between 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(8) organizations
Six member household

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