Share the Hope of Christ by Designating Thrivent Choice Dollars to LHM

by CHAD FIX

does a wonderful job of connecting and revealing God’s love to a broken people and world today.”

This year’s Spanish Lenten devotions are written by five different Hispanic authors. Morir para dar fruto (Die to Bear Fruit) is the joint work of Ms. Melissa Salomon, Mrs. Abigail Ramirez, Deaconess Rosy Martinez, Dr. Leopoldo Sánchez, and Rev. Héctor Hoppe. As with LHM’s Advent devotions in Spanish, these brief meditations continue to resonate with and inspire Spanishspeaking people.

From Jerez, Mexico, we heard this: “Deeply thankful for these devotionals. They are an outstanding means for us to keep connecting with those with whom we’ve been sharing the Gospel.” From our neighbors to the north, we heard this from Montreal, Canada: “There are many people in our neighborhood, Parc-Extension, who speak Spanish now. Right now, there are two to ten who come to our service on Sundays. They want to give copies to their neighbors, too.”

Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023, is the day that Man of Sorrows, People of Joy, lhm.org/lent, and Morir para dar fruto, paraelcamino. com/cuaresma, can be accessed online and received as a daily email. Both devotionals can be downloaded and printed for personal or group use as well. u

With Thrivent Choice, you can support the causes you care about to change lives by recommending where some of Thrivent’s charitable outreach funds go. Since the program’s inception in 2010, eligible Thrivent members have used this program to direct more than $520 million to churches and nonprofit organizations nationwide. The program has been a great blessing for Lutheran Hour Ministries, bringing in nearly $1.6 million to help share Christ’s message of hope with a hurting world.

If you still have Choice Dollars available from 2022, the deadline to designate those funds is March 31, 2023. Please consider using those blessings to take part in God’s mission to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ worldwide through LHM. Thank you for sharing the hopeful Gospel message through Thrivent Choice!

Supporting LHM through Thrivent Choice is easy. Simply go to thrivent.com/thriventchoice and search under “Lutheran Hour Ministries” or “LHM”. Or call Thrivent at 1-800-847-4836. Eligibility in the program for Thrivent members is based on insurance premiums and contract values. You can find a complete list of eligibility requirements at the Thrivent Choice web page.

Please remember that you must go through the gift direction process every time you receive notification that Choice Dollars are available. Recurring direction of Choice Dollars to organizations is no longer offered by Thrivent. u

by MEGAN MCDANIEL