December 1, 2008 - "I really think I'll be working until I die. I'll be at work till the day they carry me out on a stretcher with a coroner's tag tied to my big toe." Read more >>

End-of-Year Opportunities Maximize Your Gift to LHM A Charitable Gift Annuity offers tax savings if completed before Dec. 31, 2008 and also gives you fixed payments for the rest of your life. The Tax-Free IRA Gift Opportunity allows you to make a tax-free gift (if you are 70 ½ or older) with a portion of your required minimum distribution while lowering your taxable income. Thrivent's GivingPlus matching gift program can help make your gift go further. Direct Gifts are tax-deductible if post-marked by Dec. 31, 2008. Endowment gifts are also tax-deductible and allow you to help provide for strong base for the future of the ministry.