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For additional information regarding<br />

Consecrated Stewards, contact Gary Spencer<br />

at the district office.<br />

Capital Funding Services<br />

Over 600 congregations of our Synod have<br />

benefitted from this unique ministry of LCEF.<br />

As congregations develop their building or<br />

expansion plans, a successful capital campaign<br />

is often an integral part of the process. CFS is<br />

an arm of LCEF that provides professional<br />

service at a reasonable cost, with distinctively<br />

Lutheran doctrine and practice.<br />

CHANGE AND TRANSITION<br />

During the past triennium, our district LCEF<br />

program has seen change in the staff at the<br />

district office. Longtime administrative<br />

assistant, Sylvia Knight, decided to retire in<br />

March, 2012. She has moved to Colorado to<br />

be near her daughter and two of her<br />

grandchildren. In April, 2012, Gail Kanneg<br />

joined our staff as administrative assistant,<br />

after serving on staff for several years at St.<br />

Paul, Orange.<br />

LOOKING FORWARD<br />

LCEF IN THE PSD<br />

Some of the areas in which we are expecting<br />

to make a difference in our district are these:<br />

Lutheran Church Extension Fund<br />

• Provide demographic information to<br />

assist our congregations and schools<br />

as they plan ministry expansion.<br />

• Provide low cost Neighbor to<br />

Neighbor targeted mailing service for<br />

congregations and schools that need<br />

this marketing tool.<br />

• Provide key marketing tools through<br />

the national office of LCEF for our<br />

schools.<br />

• Encourage our congregations to<br />

become more active in stewardship<br />

emphasis, particularly by utilizing such<br />

resources as Consecrated Stewards.<br />

• Develop participation in LCEF<br />

activities with our district’s ethnic<br />

congregations.<br />

• Continue to provide capital resources<br />

for our congregations and rostered<br />

church workers.<br />

• Promote the availability of financial<br />

analysis and business plan<br />

development for our district schools<br />

that is provided in part, by LCEF<br />

funding of this part time staff position<br />

in school ministries.<br />

While all of this is happening, we continue to<br />

cultivate our investor base as we continually<br />

strive to expand the LCEF investor portfolio<br />

in our district. As the Lord continues to<br />

bring the world to our doorstep, He also will<br />

provide us with the opportunities to expand<br />

our ministries to reach others in this vast<br />

mission field of Arizona, Southern Nevada,<br />

and Southern California.<br />

Respectfully Submitted,<br />

The Pacific Southwest District<br />

Lutheran Church Extension Fund<br />

Gary W Spencer<br />

Vice President<br />

Rob Wickord<br />

Assistant Vice President<br />

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