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Lutheran Brethren Retirement Services Inc history
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Retirement 1831 First Lutheran Pension Fund established.
1888 – North and South Carolina Lutherans join with three other synods to establish the Lutheran Orphanage of the South in Salem, Virginia.
Since 1890, the heart of our mission has always been the same: to honor, inspire and support choice and opportunity in partnership with older adults.
The first National Lutheran Home welcomed residents in 1895 and underwent several expansions.
In June 1917 the three synods held a massive convention in St Paul, Minnesota, and agreed to merge into a unified church body.
Luther Union solicited help from a broader organization, the Lutheran Brotherhood of America, or LBA. The Lutheran Brotherhood had been formed in 1917 to provide for the comfort and spiritual life of Lutherans in the armed services.
1917: Luther Union founded.
Luther Union made a formal agreement with the LBA in 1920 to become the group's insurance auxiliary, open to all Lutherans.
1920: Name changed to Lutheran Brotherhood.
The salesmen encountered strong resistance to the idea of insurance because of the long-held beliefs of Norwegian Lutherans, so Lutheran Brotherhood began publishing a magazine in 1924, aimed principally at gaining the trust of members and prospective members.
Lutheran Brotherhood's board declined to change the name, but by 1927 the point was moot, as the LBA dissolved.
The stock market crash of October 1929 destroyed many businesses, but Lutheran Brotherhood was not immediately affected.
Lutheran Brotherhood was using an actuarial table called the American Experience Table, which was based on mortality rates from the early 1940s. Its president was still Herman Ekern, who had been one of the original instigators of the fraternal benefit society and who had taken over from Reverend Eggen in 1929.
Though the bulk of the society's members lived in rural communities, by the mid-1940s it had penetrated into Chicago, which became a ripe picking ground for new members. Its membership continued to grow, and in 1930 its total insurance in force grew by approximately $6 million, to reach nearly $37 million.
So in 1931 Lutheran Brotherhood hired an investment manager for the first time.
In 1937 the society had 48,500 members, and over $61 million of insurance in force.
He had served on the board of directors since 1940.
He left the society in 1951, and a new era at Lutheran Brotherhood began.
In 1955 the society produced a filmstrip giving the history of Lutheran Brotherhood and clearly explaining benefits.
1960 American Lutheran Church adopts first retirement plan for pastors and lay employees.
1960 – The synods begin to withdraw support from the Children’s Home in an effort to establish programs for children in their own territories.
1962: Lutheran Brotherhood first issues health insurance.
1969: Debuts its first mutual fund.
1972 – Lutheran Social Ministry Agency of Greater Columbia, SC launches a children’s ministry.
1978 – North Carolina Lutheran Homes and St Andrews and Bethany Lutheran Churches cooperate to build and administer Lutherhaus, a federally-subsidized apartment complex for low-income and handicapped individuals in Hickory.
1979 – LFS begins working with Lutheran churches in North Carolina to resettle the Montagnards, a process that continues for many years.
The complex opens in 1980.
In 1980, it relocated to become a nursing home in Rockville, Maryland, and built a 300-bed skilled nursing facility on 30 acres, now known as The Village at Rockville.
The society found a new president, Clair Strommen, in 1980, and Strommen moved quickly to force Lutheran Brotherhood to be more productive and competitive.
1986 – The NC Synod approves broadening the nursing home ministry.
In 1986 Lutheran Brotherhood began issuing its agents laptop computers outfitted with sophisticated software.
1987 ELCA constituted by uniting three church bodies, 285 social ministry organizations, and other entities that address human needs.
1987 – LFS is accredited by the Council on Accreditation, and the agency’s services expand to include foster care and refugee and immigration services.
1988 First ELCA health plan launched.
Retirement 1989 First Group Retirement Plan created for social ministry organizations.
By 1990, Lutheran Brotherhood had spent about $10 million on computers, software, and training for its sales force.
1991 – The NC and SC Synods approve creation of Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas to renew the social ministry partnership between the two states.
1991 – LSA opens Crescent View Retirement Community, a rental retirement community in the Blue Ridge Mountains at Arden.
Retirement 1993 During Churchwide Assembly, Special Needs Retirement Fund established for those with limited means.
1993 – Trinity Oaks Retirement Community opens in Salisbury.
1994 – Abundant Living Adult Day Care Center, Salisbury, comes under the LSA umbrella.
Another fund, the Lutheran Brotherhood Opportunity Growth Fund, was singled out in Barron's in 1996 for its stellar performance.
1997 – In March, complete union is achieved when Lutheran Social Services of Central South Carolina joins forces with Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas.
1998: Brotherhood buys a Minneapolis thrift.
2000 – The new Lutheran Home – Hickory opens.
2001 – Lutheran Home – Hickory West and Lutheran Home – Winston-Salem become part of LSA through a lease-purchase agreement.
Health 2002 Holistic well-being introduced with online health assessment.
Retirement 2002 Helped create first coalition to negotiate cost-effective prescription drugs.
Wellness 2004 Wholeness Wheel created, symbolizing the ELCA’s wellness model.
Wellness 2005 Retirement Planning Group formed to provide 1:1 support for clergy nearing retirement.
The homes are purchased in 2006.
2007 – Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks opens the Virginia Casey Center, dedicated to the care of people with Alzheimer’s disease and memory impairment.
2008 – The purchase of Elms at Tanglewood, an assisted living residence serving elders in Clemmons, North Carolina, is completed at the end of 2008.
In 2008, the organization created National Lutheran Communities & Services (NLCS) to guide the organization through expansion and to serve older adults through new avenues.
2009 – LSA begins providing geriatric care management services on a contract basis in limited areas of the state.
2010 – After years of effort to establish services for seniors in New Hanover County, construction begins on Trinity Grove, a 100-bed contemporary neighborhood-style skilled care nursing home in Wilmington.
2011 – Construction begins on Trinity Glen, a skilled care nursing home that will replace 117 of the Lutheran Home Winston-Salem beds.
2011 – After a yearlong effort and with the blessing of the NC and SC Synods, LSA and LFS become affiliate social ministries.
2012 – In June of 2012, LSA and LFS unite their ministries under the name Lutheran Services Carolinas.
2012 Individualized retirement tracking report developed for members.
2012 – Trinity Glen, the replacement home for Lutheran Home Winston-Salem, opens and hundreds of community volunteers participate in transferring residents to their new home.
2012 – LSC expands its community-based services by launching its own geriatric care management program.
Retirement 2013 Health plan options expanded for health care reform.
2013 – Trinity Ridge, the replacement home for Lutheran Home Hickory West, is completed and hundreds of staff members and volunteers join together to transfer residents to their new home.
2014 – Trinity Elms health and rehab opens in Clemmons, N.C.
2016 – The Building Independence project, a partnership between LSC, Habitat for Humanity, and The Serving Cup, completes the building of three homes for developmentally disabled adults in Raleigh.
Health 2017 Care Coordinators introduced to help members navigate complicated health issues.
Retirement 2018 First-of-its kind wellness platform released, allowing members to tailor their experience.
2018 – Independent living apartments open on the campus of Trinity Elms in Clemmons.
2019 – Trinity Landing, a senior living community in Wilmington, breaks ground.
2020 – LSC joins two NC PACE programs as partner members: PACE of the Triad and PACE of the Southern Piedmont.
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