AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

Exhibit 24(b)8(r)

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT is made as of this 30th day of June, 2020 by and among MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust I”), MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST II, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust II”), MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST III, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust III”)( (Trust I, Trust II and Trust III each referred to individually, as the “Trust” and, collectively the “Trusts”), MFS FUND DISTRIBUTORS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“MFD”), and THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS, a Wisconsin fraternal benefit society (the “Company”), on its own behalf and on behalf of each segregated asset accounts of the Company as set forth on Schedule A of the Agreement (defined below) (the “Accounts”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement (defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Trusts, the Company and MFD are parties to a certain Participation Agreement dated June 6, 2017 (the “Agreement”), in which the series of shares of each Trust (each, a “Portfolio,” and, collectively, the “Portfolios”) and the classes of shares of those Portfolios (the “Shares”) offered by each Trust to the Company and the Accounts are set forth on Schedule A of the Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Company will issue certain variable annuity and/or variable life insurance contracts (individually, the “Policy” or, collectively, the “Policies”) which, if required by applicable law, will be registered under the 1933 Act;

WHEREAS, to the extent permitted by applicable insurance laws and regulations, the Company intends to purchase the Shares of the Portfolios as specified in Schedule A of the Agreement on behalf of the Accounts to fund the Policies, and the Trusts intend to sell such Shares to the Accounts at net asset value; and

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement to add an additional Policy to Schedule A; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises set forth herein, the parties hereto agree that Schedule A of the Agreement is deleted and replaced with Schedule A attached hereto.

Except as expressly amended hereby, the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

[Signature page to follow.]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS		MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST,
By its authorized officer		on behalf of the Portfolios
		By its authorized officer and not individually,
		By:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx SVP, Chief Growth Officer		[Name] [Title]
			MFS FUND DISTRIBUTORS, INC.		MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST II,
By its authorized officer,		on behalf of the Portfolios
		By its authorized officer and not individually,
By:
[Name] [Title]		By:
		[Name]
		[Title]
		MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST III,
		on behalf of the Portfolios
		By its authorized officer and not individually,
		By:
		[Name]
		[Title]

SCHEDULE A

ACCOUNTS, POLICIES, AND PORTFOLIOS

SUBJECT TO THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

Name of Separate Account and Date Established by Board of Directors		Policies Funded by Separate   Account		Share Class		Trust		Portfolios Applicable   to Policies
Thrivent Variable Annuity Account I, established 10/31/2002		Thrivent AdvisorFlex Variable Annuity Contract #1CC16 W-WR-FPVA		Initial				(1)
		Thrivent Retirement Choice Variable Annuity #ICC20- BZ-FPVA		Service

(1) Portfolios Applicable to Policies:

VIT I		VIT II
MFS Global Equity Series		MFS Blended Research Core Equity Portfolio
MFS Growth Series		MFS Core Equity Portfolio
MFS Investors Trust Series		MFS Corporate Bond Portfolio
MFS Mid Cap Growth Series		MFS Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio
MFS New Discovery Series		MFS Global Governments Portfolio
MFS Research Series		MFS Global Growth Portfolio
MFS Total Return Bond Series		MFS Global Research Portfolio
MFS Total Return Series		MFS Global Tactical Allocation Portfolio
MFS Utilities Series		MFS Government Securities Portfolio
MFS Value Series		MFS High Yield Portfolio
		MFS International Growth Portfolio
		MFS International Intrinsic Value Portfolio
		MFS Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Portfolio
		MFS U.S. Government Money Market Portfolio
		MFS Research International Portfolio
		MFS Strategic Income Portfolio
		MFS Technology Portfolio
VIT III
MFS Blended Research Small Cap Equity Portfolio		MFS Limited Maturity Portfolio
MFS Conservative Allocation Portfolio		MFS Mid Cap Value Portfolio
MFS Global Real Estate Portfolio		MFS Moderate Allocation Portfolio
MFS Growth Allocation Portfolio		MFS New Discovery Value Portfolio
MFS Inflation-Adjusted Bond Portfolio

And any other Portfolios or series of shares of the Trusts that are available and open to new investors on or after the effective date of this Agreement.