Thank you for partnering with Habitat for Humanity and Thrivent in Building on Faith. Together, we will make an impact in our community during the month of September and in communities across the U.S.!

INSTRUCTIONSWe developed this tool to make it easy for you to spread the word about your Building on Faith event throughout your church. Select the content you’d like to use to create your own bulletin inserts, emails, website content, social media, announcements, and other communications.

Choose from the following information that you’d like to use—then just copy and paste to create your own promotional materials. You can even customize content with details about your church and Building on Faith event where indicated in the [BRACKETED CAPITAL TEXT].

Messaging for Use in CommunicationsUse the messaging below to help describe the partnership between Habitat and Thrivent and how your church is getting involved in Building on Faith. Include details around the event you are participating in so that your church members can get involved.

Organizational Information: Habitat for Humanity is a Christian nonprofit housing organization with a mission to put God’s love

into action by bringing people together to help build strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter. Habitat’s vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Thrivent is a membership organization that guides Christians to we wise with money, so they can live more content, confident and generous lives. For more than 100 years, Thrivent has helped Christians make wise money choices that reflect their values and offer opportunities to be generous where they live, work and worship.

Habitat for Humanity and Thrivent Partnership: Together, Thrivent and Habitat for Humanity help families in need of a safe and decent place to call home. With our communities, who put God’s love into action by pooling their power and passion, our partnership helps both those giving and those receiving on their journey to a more content, confident and fulfilling life.

BUILDING ON FAITH CHURCH COMMUNICATION TOOLKIT

Project/event specific information:[CHURCH NAME] is partnering with Habitat for Humanity and Thrivent to help make a real difference in [COMMUNITY NAME] through Building on Faith. Together, we will dedicate our time and talents to making a difference by [ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION].Activity details:

[DATE] [TIME] [LOCATION] To learn more or sign-up, visit LiveGenerously.com/buildingonfaith or [LOCAL WEB SITE] or contact

[NAME AND CONTACT INFO]

Our community is one of many communities across the US who is hosting a Building on Faith event in the month of September. We are part of a movement of generosity that will make an immediate impact on local housing and community needs.

Social MediaUse your social media presence to help raise awareness, interest, and recruit volunteers for your Building on Faith event. Use the suggested text below or create your own to make Building on Faith a success. Photos are provided to help you craft your posts and you can use your own volunteer photos as well.

Post Examples: Join Building on Faith! Our church is partnering with Habitat for Humanity and Thrivent in a

community improvement project. Learn more: [URL/LINK OR CONTACT INFO] What are you doing on [DATE]? Volunteer with us during Building on Faith with Habitat for Humanity

and Thrivent. We will be [EVENT DETAILS]. Join us: [URL/LINK OR CONTACT INFO] Put your faith into action and help make our community event more amazing! We are [EVENT

DETAILS] with Habitat for Humanity and Thrivent. Want to help? [URL/LINK OR CONTACT INFO]

Tips for Impactful Social Media: Tag your local Thrivent Member Network and Habitat affiliate in your posts when possible. Use

#BuildingonFaith to be part of the larger conversation Use photos from previous church volunteer events or the photos below to add realism to your posts Post multiple times leading up to the event for maximum exposure Include a link to LiveGenerously.com/BuildingonFaith and/or the local Habitat Building on Faith page so

people can learn more and sign-up After the event, post actual volunteer photos to thank your church members, Habitat, Thrivent, and

the community for coming together to make a difference

Pre-Created piecesCustomize with your specific event information and use to communicate with your church members.

Event Flyer Bulletin Insert – Color and Black and White

LogosUse the Habitat and Thrivent Partnership logos to help brand your communications. Right click and save to your computer so you can use these logos where needed.

Photos for use:Use these photos to help with your communications about your Building on Faith event. You can also use your own volunteer photos. Right click and save to your computer so you can use these photos where needed.