Your enthusiasm and personal leadership skills can be the catalyst to help your church, family and friends experience a life-changing trip!
How to start forming a team
A Thrivent Builds Worldwide trip can be organized by an individual or a group from one or more Lutheran organizations. At least 50% of trip participants need to be Thrivent Financial members and a minimum of 10-15 people are needed for a trip. Think about talking to:
- Your Sunday School
- Church committees you serve on
- Your local Thrivent chapter
Team leader requirements
- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans membership
- Recommendation by the local Thrivent Regional Financial Office and Thrivent Builds Worldwide staff
- Past participation in a Thrivent Builds Worldwide trip or experience leading a similar humanitarian team
- Completion of a Thrivent Builds Worldwide team leader application and Memorandum of Understanding
- International travel experience (waived for those leading trips in the U.S.)
- Ability to recruit Thrivent Financial members to join your team
- Attendance at team leader training
Four straightforward steps to become a trip leader
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Verify your Thrivent Financial membership.
- Contact your local Manager of Lutheran Community Services (MLCS).
- Complete and submit the team proposal (Word, 204K) with your MLCS. Your MLCS recommends you to a Thrivent Builds Worldwide coordinator.
- Participate in an interview with a Thrivent Builds Worldwide coordinator.
Team leader training
You’ll enjoy thorough training to prepare you for leading your Thrivent Builds Worldwide team!
- 2 days of live, interactive training conducted by Habitat for Humanity’s Global Village staff in various locations*
- Travel to the training site is at the team leader’s expense
- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans pays one-half of the team leader training registration fee for Thrivent Financial members
Team leaders for Gulf Coast Community trips do not need to attend the 2-day training session, but are required to participate in online training.
Be inspired
Read journals from past Thrivent Builds Worldwide teams to see how they changed lives — even their own.
* The Thrivent Builds Worldwide program is supported by Habitat for Humanity International Global Village program.
