will be provided.

Help us make progress

toward a cure. Come and

walk Saturday, April 30th.

Elizabeth will bring a Min-

istry Moment about our

participation to our worship

services on April 3rd.

Help save lives Saturday,

April 30th!

Faith Lutheran Church

will once again be participat-

ing in the annual “Great

Strides” walk at Bonelli Park

starting at 10:00 a.m. on

Saturday, April 30th, to

raise funds to help find a

cure for Cystic Fibro-

sis.

It is a 5k mostly level

walk and lunch will be

served afterward. We are

Team Faith Lutheran

Church, and T-shirts are

available for our team

(cost: $10).

Elizabeth Crowther is

once again organizing the

walk. We have gotten to

know her friend with CF,

Elizabeth Clark, well over

the years.

Ask friends to sponsor

you in the walk.

Go to the Via Verde exit

off the 57

and turn to

the

east. Tell

the person at

the gate you

are there for

the CF walk

and you

may get a

discount. Park and find us

under a pop-up on the left,

marked Team Faith Lu-

theran Church. You may

give the money you have

raised there.

Lunch and refreshments

G R E A T S T R I D E S W A L K A P R I L 3 0 T H

H O N O R D I A N E A P R I L 3 R D epic and legendary potluck

lunches.

Diane retired at the end of

March, but is helping train

our new Administrative As-

sistant, Lori Neu. (see page

3)

We will receive a special

love offering at our worship

services in the morning as a

gift for Diane.

The Women of Faith

group is organizing the

meal. (see page 2).

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M O U N T A I N M O V E R

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Faith Lutheran Church

has a median age in the

high 30’s.

We encourage the pres-

ence of children at

worship. We also

provide free profes-

sional child care.

Our new worship and

ministry building is

designed in a California

Craftsman style.

Discover the many

things God is doing at

FLC on our website

at: www.faithsd.net

Subscribe to our

free weekly E-pistle

Ezine, and be a part

of our PrayerNet by

sending your email

address to

flc@faithsd.ne.

Get details from our

FLC This Week

printed announce-

ments at worship ser-

vices.

For More

Join us Sunday, April

3rd, in thanking Diane

Biermann for her 17

years of service to the

church as Pastor

Berkedal’s administrative

assistant after our 10:00

a.m. worship at around

11:15 a.m. in the Parish

Hall.

Bring some food to

share for one of our

EASTER THANKS

It was a glorious

morning celebrating the

Resurrection of Our

Lord, Jesus Christ, and

the validation

of his death

on the cross.

Our thanks

to all who

contribute their time,

treasure and talent to

bring The Hope of East-

er to so many.

LEARN IN SUNDAY

SCHOOL

Sunday School for

youth in pre-school

through 6th grade takes

place after the Children’s

Sermon at our 10:00 a.m.

worship services. Con-

tact Elizabeth Crowther

or Katie Gyore at

flc@faithsd.net for infor-

mation about Sunday

School.

SEEDS OF FAITH

Our Seeds of Faith

Garden group gathers at

the garden on the third

Saturday of every month

at 1:00 p.m.

Learn and teach how

to grow your own food

Contact Lisa Blair at

626 422-9097 or at lis-

amblair127@ yahoo.com

for more info on how to

help care for Creation.

(see page one).

Contact Nancy Brew-

ster at 626 484-5894 for

more info.

The Women of Faith

normally meet on the

first Saturday of each

month for planning and

Bible Study at 10:00 a.m.

in the Parish Hall.

However, this month

there will be no regular

meeting. The group will

be organizing the con-

gregational potluck lunch

for Diane on April 3rd.

The Men of Faith

gather the second Satur-

day of each month at

8:00 a.m. in the church

parking lot.

They go out for break-

fast together and return

to do work projects.

Come and enjoy the

fellowship and the work.

Contact Jerry Bain at

626 810-2733 for info on

B R I N G Y O U R F A I T H I N T O F O C U S

WOM E N O F F A I T H M E N O F F A I T H

H OW T O R E A D T H E B I B L E , W E D N E S D A Y S

7:00 p.m. in April and ear-

ly May”

How to Begin (April

6th), Inductive Bible

Study (April 13th), Basic

Principles of Bible

Study (April 20th),

Tools for Bible Study

(April 27th), and In-

Depth Bible Study

(May 4th).

Each topic stands inde-

pendent of the other.

Come any week and learn

the basics for Bible Study.

Come and encounter

God and feed your rela-

tionship through the Bible

reading experience.

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the Men of Faith.

If you’re like most peo-

ple, you want to read the

bible, but you don’t know

where to begin.

It’s so big, and it seems

so complicated. And

then there’s the “so-and-

so begat so-and-so, and

so-and-so begat…”

What’s with that?

We’ll be learning the

raw basics of Bible study

at our Wednesday night

Evening Prayer service, at

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by Diane to make a

smooth

transition.

Faith

Secor is

returning

as our

Sunday

morning

child care provider.

Faith has first aid and

CPR training as well as

ECE units. Welcome!

LIFT is a group for

post-Confirmation

through high school

youth. They host movie

nights, community ser-

vice projects, Bible

study, and more.

Our Christians in Action

(C.I.A.) group is for young

adults (from approximately

20—35 years of age). All

young adults are welcome.

They gather for Bible

Study, brunch, community

service projects, beach

trips and more.

They are planning a

book drive for the Prison

Library Project.

Contact James Berkedal

(jberkedal @ gmail.com)

with questions.

next funds we send will

enable the church to put

up the metal beams and

the roof.

A group is already

worshiping there with-

out the roof.

We have been incredi-

bly generous in the past.

Please prayerfully consid-

er this mission project in

your giving plans.

We are now building

our 5th church in Tanza-

nia, East

Africa

with our

brothers

and sis-

ters in

Christ of

the Morogoro Diocese

(like our “synod”).

The walls are up and the

We are very pleased to

announce the addition of

three new staff persons to

our ministry team.

FLC member Lori Neu

will be Pastor Berkedal’s

new administrative assis-

tant upon the retirement

of Diane Biermann (see

page one). And, FLC

member Jeanne Koenig

will provide back-up.

Both are being trained

L I F T C I A

C H U R C H I N T A N Z A N I A N E W S T A F F A T F L C !

U R T H E C H U R C H M I N I S T R Y O P P O R T U N I T I E S ADULT CHOIR

Come on Thursdays at

7:00 p.m. in the worship

space and sing a new

song to the Lord!

All experience levels

are welcome.

Contact Dan Ambrosini

at ambrosini.daniel

@gmail.com or at (909)

392-8400 to participate.

FLC BIBLE BOOK

CLUB

Our book club is cur-

rently studying the Bible’s

book of Psalms on Mon-

days at 7:00 p.m. in the

Conference Room, down

the hall in our worship

building.

Participants may begin

any time.

Contact Sam Kamler

for information about our

FLC Book Club.

PIZZA WITH PAS-

TOR AND SALLY

Come for a no-agenda

gathering to get to know

Pastor Berkedal and his

wife Rev. Sally Welch

Thursday, April 14th at

6:30 p.m. in the

Parish Hall. We’ll

supply the pizza,

salad and drinks.

RSVP to 909 599-

3978. Child care will be

provided upon request.

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Check the group’s Face-

book page, Christians in

Action, for more info.

Contact Candace

Martinez at martinez.

candace000@gmail.com

or at 909 234-1555 for

other activities. Find

them on Facebook at

LIFT(Living in Faith

Together).

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or Pastor Berkedal at

909 599-3978 or at

dberkedal @faithsd.net

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mation.

Worship on April 3rd

will include “Clap for the

Lord” Sunday at FLC.

All

those

at

wor-

ship

will be

given

a clap-

per marked “Clap for

the Lord” and will be

asked to shake it every

time they hear the word

“Lord” during the wor-

ship service.

Come for a fun time

celebrating the good

news of Jesus’ victory

over sin, death, and of all

the forces that defy God.

Invite a friend or rela-

tive to share this wor-

ship experience with

you.

Our Vacation Bible

School is now being

planned for this summer.

In addition to the

scores of volunteers we

will need, a small group

of leaders will be need-

ed. They will be trained

to take over in the event

that our director, Lia

Gyore, is not able to be

present that week.

Contact Lia at 909

962-7060 or at li-

agyore@hotmail. com,

C L A P F O R T H E L O R D S U N D A Y V A C A T I O N B I B L E S C H OO L !

T H R E E M O R E T H I N G S 1.) WALK, DANCE,

PRAY

Come for Christian Tai

Chi, prayerful walking

outside, exercise and

prayer in the worship

building resuming Fridays

at 4:00 p.m.

Call Rev. Sally Welch at

909 599-3978 for more

information.

2.) SWIM WITH

MIKE

Do you like to swim?

Help raise money for ath-

letes all over the country

who become physically

challenged to finish their

education. Take part in

USC’s Swim With Mike

event on Saturday, April

2nd, or sponsor Pastor

Berkedal!

Contact the church at

909 599-3978.

3.) BEL CANTO

CHOIR GROUP

COMING

FLC is working to wel-

come an element of the

Bel Canto Women’s

Choir from Azusa Pacific

University in April.

The are now planning a

tour of South Africa in

May. Watch for the

details and share our

worship with this spec-

tacular choir.

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B Y T H E N U M B E R S Students enrolled in

our pre-school: 77. (+5)

Faith Lutheran

Church Fan Page likes

on Facebook: 684 (+55)

Average daily

faithsd.net web site

visits in past 30 days: 28

(+5)

People received as

members in 2016: 12

Worship attendance

at this point in 2016

compared to 2015: -5%

Giving to our General

Ministry Fund at this

point in 2016 compared

to 2015: -10% (+2.5%

Giving to our Mort-

gage Fund this year:

$31,409.00 (31.84% of

goal at 25.00% of

year)

Emergency Food

Pantry giving in 2016:

1,606 lbs. (20.59 of our

7,800 goal at 25.00% of

the year.)

changing ministries.

Contact Pastor

Berkedal at dberkedal@

faithsd.net or at 909 599-

3978 with any questions

or to RSVP. The day and

time will be set when we

know who will be in the

class.

Come and learn how to

live the abundant joy of

the Christian life.

You can connect to

all our social media

on the “Media” tab at

www.faithsd.net.

Check out our page at

“Faith Lutheran Church

San Dimas” on Face-

book. Click on “like” to

become a fan. And, you

can friend Pastor

Berkedal on Facebook

by doing a search for

David Berkedal.

“Follow” us on Twit-

ter by going to twit-

ter.com, from our Media

tab and signing-in,

Pastor Berkedal’s Blog

posts short articles peri-

odically. Check it out

through our web site

Media tab.

Check out our

YouTube channel at

www.YouTube/FLC505

and get your free sub-

scription to FLC videos.

Find pictures of our

events on our Faith Lu-

theran Church Fan Page

on Facebook and in

Shutterfly albums

(password faithsd).

Skype Pastor Berkedal

at david.berkedal.

Username on Insta-

gram: flcsd. #FLCpens

Review us on

Yelp.com on your phone

Find special opportuni-

ties for giving at

www.faithsd.net.

Come in and get con-

nected.

Maybe addiction is a

better metaphor for our

powerlessness over sin

and our need for a Sav-

ior. 12-step programs

like AA began in a

church basement and

follow the gospel pro-

cess of conversion.

Read past our Easter

Gospel reading in Luke

24 and you will find

these words of Jesus,

Victory! Over what?

For some, nothing at all.

What can Easter mean

to a world uncomforta-

ble with sin, repentance,

or a need for conversion

from the old life to a

new birth?

Most people know

something is wrong, but

can’t express it until they

open their hearts to

some painful realities.

“‘Thus it is written, that

the Messiah is to suffer

and to rise from the dead

on the third day, and that

repentance and for-

giveness of sins is to be

proclaimed in his name to

all nations, beginning from

Jerusalem.”

Trust Jesus, turn from

sin, and experience new

life!

S O C I A L M E D I A C O N N E C T I O N S

A N O T E F R O M T H E P A S T O R

N E W M E MB E R S H I P C L A S S N E X T F I R S T C OMM U N I O N C L A S S

A class preparing bap-

tized young people in 4th

grade or above or 10

years old or older, includ-

ing adults, for their first

communion will take

place Saturday, April 16th,

at 10:00 a.m.

Participants will gather

in the Conference Room,

down the hall in the wor-

ship building,

Parents of participating

children are asked to come

and will take part in their

child’s first communion cele-

bration the next day, Sunday,

April 17th. Baptismal spon-

sors (Godparents) will take

part as well

on Sunday if

they are in

the area.

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We are currently plan-

ning our next three-

session class for FLC

member-

ship.

It features

a summary

of the Bible

and Chris-

tian history, the story of

Faith Lutheran Church,

and how to become in-

volved in its many life-

Find an expanded version of

this story and comment on it

at http://pastorberk-

edalsblog.blogspot.com/

505 East Bonita Avenue

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P H O T O O F T H E M O N T H

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THE VISION CORNER

What if we provided the funds to pay our

mortgage, support all our existing ministries, and

call an associate pastor and a minister of music?

What gifts and strengths would we want those

persons to have? What new ministries is God

calling us to do? Who could we reach toward

realizing our mis.sion to introduce people to new

life in Jesus Christ that grows into enthusiastic

living?

Send your thoughts to flc@faithsd.net or call

them in to the church at 909 599-3978, or speak

with Pastor Berkedal or a

member of our Church

Council about them. Pray

about how you can help

realize our mission.

Youth sprint for candy-filled Easter eggs after our third service. The tomb is

empty! Sweet!

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