MEDIA ALERT

April 18, 2007


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Contact: Jane Simpson, Director of Public Relations, (402) 978-5646.

Lutheran Family Services hosts Freed for Life fundraising event

Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska (LFS) is hosting the third annual Freed For Life Dinner on Saturday, April 28, at Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd. in Lincoln. The dinner/program begins at 6:30 p.m. A special pre-event workshop on planned giving opportunities to support prison ministry will be offered at 5 p.m.

Funds raised at the FREED for LIFE event will go to "Muriel's Fund" for the endowment of Nebraska Synod, ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) prison ministry and "The BRIDGE," a community re-entry program for ex-offenders that was founded by Pastor Bud Christenson and his late wife, Muriel. The BRIDGE is administered by Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska.

This fundraising event will feature dinner, fellowship, music and an opportunity to meet some of the men and women served through this ministry of the Nebraska Synod and Lutheran Family Services. The program will feature testimonials by former and current inmates.

Tickets are $40 per person or $320 for a table of eight. For more information, view the LFS web site at www.lfsneb.org or call 402-978-5603. Registration and contributions can be made online or by sending information and checks to:

LFS Foundation, Muriel's Fund
Attn: Mary Langdon
124 South 24th St., Suite 230
Omaha, NE 68102

Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska is a statewide, multi-service, human care agency. Serving over 35,000 individuals annually, the mission is to provide human care services that build and strengthen individual, family and community life.

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