sharing God’s message

with audiences throughout

the year at church and

community events.

And, the Berrytones will

sing! They have sung many

times at

FLC

over the

years

and have

included

FLC members among

them.!

The two groups have a

common purpose: to share

the message of Christ’s

gospel through the arts.

Come and celebrate as

John Craig affirms what

God did for him at his bap-

tism on Confirmation

Sunday, June 4th, The

Day of Pentecost. A stole,

special gifts, and a person-

alized cake will be included

in the festivities at our

10:00 a.m. worship service.

Our first year student,

D A Y O F P E N T E C O S T / C O N F I R M A T I O N

V B S C OM I N G I N J U L Y tions and for volunteers.

Our theme will be “Camp

Out: Getting S’more of

Jesus”.

Please mark a white pew

envelope “VBS” to help with

those expenses not covered

by registration fees.

We will also be needing a

lot of volunteers serving in a

variety of ministries.

Make an eternal differ-

ence in the life of a child

this summer.

Contact VBS director

Lia Gyore at 909 962-7060

or at liagyore@hotmail

.com to volunteer or for

more information.

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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

Our Vacation Bible

School for young people

in pre-school through

6th grades is coming dur-

ing the third week in July.

Our preliminary plan-

ning is that it will last

three days and will be

geared toward special

needs children, though all

children will be welcome.

Watch for the an-

nouncement that our

web site is up for registra

Ashleigh Neu, will bring a

message on What Confir-

mation Means to Me from

the class.

Come and support John

as he takes this important

step into readiness for

greater service in the life

of our community.

SPECIAL GUESTS

Chrysalis

will bring

liturgical

dance to

our Confir-

mation Sun-

day worship

service. The

ministry of

this ensemble focuses on

SUNDAY SCHOOL

Children in pre-school

through 6th grades will

have their last class of the

summer on June 11th

after the

Children’s

Sermon at

our 10:00

a.m. Sunday worship ser-

vice. Teachers will be

honored the same day.

Speak with director

Katie Gyore for info.

about Sunday School!

ROMANS ON

WEDNESDAYS

Come and worship at

our evening service on

Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.

We are currently study-

ing the book of Romans,

celebrating Holy Com-

munion, and focusing on

prayer each week.

BE THE MATCH

EVENT

A local group will be

using our facilities for an

event, in which we will

be participating, to have

a fund-raising walk and

to encourage people to

take part in the national

bone marrow registry on

Sunday, June 11th from

1:00 p.m.—4:30 p.m.

Adults $10 and Children

$5.

ings and activities of the

Women of Faith.

The Women of Faith

group will gather on Sat-

urday, June 4th, at 9:00

a.m. to go out for break-

fast, planning, and Bible

Study, including planning

help with the Fathers

Day Chili Cook-off.

Contact Nancy Brew-

ster at 626 484-5894 for

more info on the up-

coming summer gather-

The Men of Faith gath-

er the second Saturday

of each month at 8:00

a.m. in the church park-

ing lot. They go out for

breakfast together and

return to do work pro-

jects.

This month, they will

gather on June 10th and

will finalize plans for the

Fathers Day Chili Cook-

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

QU I L T S P R E S E N T E D

Handmade quilts

were presented to

Ryan Craig, Kole Bar-

rett, and Jacob

Huelskamp, three

graduating high school

seniors, at worship in

May.

Members and

friends of the congre-

gation had traced a

hand and signed their

names, some with per-

sonal messages, on the

back of the quilts in the

weeks prior to the

presentation.

This ceremony is the

seventh in a series of

Christian life events in

which parents, children,

and baptismal sponsors

come to the altar to-

gether for gifts and a

blessing.

Find out more about

the life of the Faith Lu-

theran Church Christian

community, including

our Faith Stepping

Stones ministry for

youth and their families,

at http://

www.faithsd.net/#/faith-

that-works/youth.

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off.

Contact

Jerry Bain

at 626

810-2733

for info on

the Men of

Faith.

care will be provided if

requested.

Don’t miss this oppor-

tunity to grow in the

practice of your faith.

Contact

Pastor

Berkedal at

flc@faithsd.

net.

LIFT is a group for

post-Confirmation

through high school

youth. They host movie

nights, community ser-

vice projects, Bible

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)

making of an icon, healthy

refreshments, and a clos-

ing prayer circle.

Class will take place in

the worship building and

walking the campus. The

fee is a donation to our

emergency food pantry.

For further information

call Rev. Sally welch at

909 599-3978.

Rev. Sally Welch will be

leading a class of

exercise, liturgical

dance movement

and spiritual for-

mation called

“Movement In The Spirit”.

It’s in July and will consist

of four Friday classes from

4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The

class format will contain

Biblical spiritual themes, the

Are you ready to be-

come a member of Faith

Lutheran Church?

Our Introduction to

Faith classes are being

organized to start in June.

Come and learn the

Bible as a single story, the

basics of Christian Church

history and about our life

together at FLC.

Free professional child

L I F T C I A

S U M M E R W I T H F A I T H 2 0 1 7 I N T R O T O F A I T H C L A S S E S

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 SUMMER BIBLE

CAMP BROCHURE

Bible camp experienc-

es are often life-changers

for children through, and

especially, high school

youth. Camps are held

from the beach to the

mountains.

Brochures are available

now on the announce-

ment

tables

at FLC.

SUMMER ADULT

CHOIR SCHEDULE

Come on Thursdays

(except June 8th & 29th

and July 6th & 20th) at

7:00 p.m. in the worship

space and sing a new

song to the Lord!

Contact Dan Ambrosini

at ambrosini.daniel

@gmail.com or at (909)

392-8400 to

participate.

HIGHER EDUCA-

TION HONORS

Are you graduating

from technical school,

community college, col-

lege, professional or grad-

uate school this year?

Call the church office at

909 599-3978 or email us

at flc@faithsd.net and be

sure we know so that we

can recognize your

achievement and honor

you on Sunday, June 11th

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with questions.

Check the group’s Face-

book page, Christians in

Action, for more info.

study, and more.

They currently gather

Sundays at 7:00 p.m.

Contact Candace Mar-

tinez at martinez. can-

dace000@gmail.com or

at 909 234-1555 for oth-

er activities. Find them

on Facebook at LIFT

(Living in Faith To-

gether).

Enjoy the fellowship and

stimulate your taste buds

at our Fathers Day

Chili Cook-off, at FLC

Sunday, June 18th at

11:15 a.m.-i.sh.

Sign-up at the an-

nouncement wall to

bring your chili, corn-

bread, watermelon, or

other side-dishes and

favorite toppings to

share.

Come for the fun and

great chili!

Are you celebrating an

anniversary whose num-

ber ends in a 5 or a 0

sometime in 2017?

If so, you are invited to

reaffirm your wedding

vows on Sunday June

25th at either of our two

worship services!

RSVP at 909 599-3978

or flc@faithsd.net to let

us know of your interest.

Invite your friends to

share the event.!

C H I L I C O O K - O F F R E A F F I R M W E D D I N G V OW S

T H R E E M O R E T H I N G S 1.) CPR TRAINING

AT FLC

Our Faith Pre-school

and Day Care is offering

an Adult, Infant, and

Child CPR & Universal

Procedure Class Satur-

day, June 17th in the Par-

ish Hall, from 9:00 a.m.-

3:30 p. m..

The cost is $75. RSVP

to 909 599-3978 ASAP,

but by June 10th.

2.) NEW CHURCH

IN TANZANIA

Our fifth church is near-

ing the end of construction

in Tanzania. We are re-

ceiving a special offering to

help our brothers and sis-

ter in East Africa build a

struc-

ture for

wor-

ship,

learning and missions.

Please give generously.

3.) SHARE YOUR

FAITH STORY

What’s your story?

Share your spiritual biog-

raphy or just one story

from your life of faith this

summer. Share it during

worship, or film us for

broadcast during worship.

Contact Pastor Berkedal

at 909 599-3978 to get

started.

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B Y T H E N U M B E R S

Students enrolled in

our pre-school: 77 (-1)

Faith Lutheran

Church Fan Page likes

on Facebook: 900 (+9)

Average daily

faithsd.net web site

visits in past 30 days: 24

People received as

members in 2017: 3

Worship attendance

at this point in 2017

compared to 2016: -8

(out of sync with Pente-

cost 2016)

Giving to our General

Ministry Fund at this

point in 2017 compared

to 2016: +4%

Giving to our Mort-

gage Fund in 2017:

$45,415 (51.81% of need

at 42.31% of year)

Emergency Food

Pantry giving in 2017:

1,459 lbs. (25.37% of our

5,750 lbs. goal at 42.31%

of the year.)

drinks and candy to dis-

tribute along the way.

Thank you!

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.

cities in times of disease.

If they had unwanted

children, it was accepta-

ble to leave them ex-

posed in the wilderness.

Christians opened

their homes for the sick

and unwanted and then

built the first hospitals

and orphanages.

Christians held women

in high regard, equal to

men in being created in

In Rodney Stark’s

book, The Rise of Chris-

tianity, he describes sev-

eral factors in the

growth of the Early

Christian Church.

The message of the

cross and the power of

the Holy Spirit were the

most significant.

But the means were

also important:

The Romans fled their

God’s image.

The Romans respected

and admired that. What is

it that sets us apart today?

How do we offer a better

way?

I would suggest that to-

day, it is the same. The

message and the power are

the same. It is the means

that make them visible and

give us a hearing.

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

I N D E P E N D E N C E D A Y F L O A T F I R S T C O MM U N I O N

Four of our young

people celebrated their

1st Communion in May.

Pictured from left to

right, with their parents,

and the boys’ younger sis-

ter, are Jaylinn and Ellah

Miller and Soren and

Gunnar Vaaler.

For more information

about First Communion,

or about Holy Commun-

ion in general at FLC, go

to http://www.faithsd.net/

#/worship/baptism-holy-

communion and scroll

down.

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Sign-up on the an-

nouncement wall at church

to ride on FLC’s entry in

the La Verne Independ-

ence Day Parade float on

Tuesday, July 4th.

The parade starts at

10:00 a.m. Contact Doug

Halvorsen at ((626) 532-

0576) for float location or

more information.

We also need cases of

water and Capri Sun

Find an expanded version of

this story and comment on it

at http://pastorberk-

edalsblog.blogspot.com/

505 East Bonita Avenue

San Dimas, California 91773

P 909 599-3978

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David Berkedal, Pastor

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F A I T H L U T H E R A N C H U R C H

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

I N T R O D U C I N G P E O P L E T O N E W L I F E I N

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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 mission 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.

Kristie Rae Curtis, Travis Alan Parsonage, and Hannah Rae Parsonage were baptized in May.

We welcome you into the Lord’s family. Go to http://www.faithsd.net/#/faith-that-works/

youth to find out more about Holy Baptism at Faith Lutheran Church in San Dimas.

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