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Children going into K –
6th grades as well as volun-
teers had a great time
learning about God at
Cave Quest: Following
Jesus The Light of the
World.
Our thanks to all who
contributed to making this
possible. Our special
thanks to our Director, Lia
Gyore, and her family and
wonderful volunteer staff.
Children received a t-
shirt, Interactive Bible
Memory Buddies, cool sci-
ence gizmos and a real
experience of the good
news of Jesus Christ in
Word and in deed.
Thank you!
V B S A G R E A T S U C C E S S
F L C F E E D I N G T H E H U N G R Y We set a goal of giving
$7,800 lbs. of food and hy-
giene items (including produce
from our Seeds of Faith gar-
den), to our local emergency
food pantry in 2016!
We have given 3,403 lbs.
so far, or 44% of our goal at
58% of the year.
We seek to help the people
who need our help in the
name of Jesus Christ with a
little extra food throughout
the year.
Food that does not need
cooking, small water bot-
tles, canned food, staple
food, easy-to-prepare food,
diapers and personal hy-
giene items are much need-
ed.
If you prefer, you can
contribute funds and volun-
teers will shop for you.
God is doing great things
at Faith Lutheran Church.
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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
Get details from our
FLC This Week
printed announce-
ments at worship ser-
vices.
For More
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BUILDING
PROGRESS ON
5TH CHURCH IN
TANZANIA
The walls are up and
pipe has been purchased.
We recently sent
$742.53 for roof work on
our current project to-
gether with our brothers
and sisters in Tanzania.
Please make this oppor-
tunity a part of your giving
plans.
ADULT CHOIR
Come and sing a new
song to the LORD!
Come on Thursdays at
7:00 p.m. in the worship
space and learn to sing in
a choir.
All experience levels
are welcome.
Contact Dan Ambrosini
at ambrosini.daniel
@gmail.com or at (909)
392-8400 to participate.
INDEPENDENCE
DAY PARADE
THANKS
Our
thanks
to all
who
decorat-
ed, supplied, walked
with, and rode on and
our FLC Float in the La
Verne Independence Day
Parade. Our special
thanks to organizer
Doug Halvorsen!
The Women of Faith
will resume their regular
gatherings and Bible
Study on September
10th. They will help in-
formally with various
projects through the
summer.
Contact Nancy Brew-
ster at 626 484-5894 for
more info.
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
R E T U R N O F T H E J E D I A U G U S T 1 9 T H
Come to our next free
outdoor summer movie
night Friday, August 19th
on the Central Green at
8:00 p.m.!
We will be viewing
“Star Wars: Return of the
Jedi”, a classic movie, the
third of the original trilo-
gy, with values of endur-
ance, freedom, loyalty,
and cooperation.
Our youth and young
adult groups will help with
the set-up and hospitality.
The church will provide
beverages, popcorn, and
the movie as a service to
our church and our com-
munity!
Invite your friends and
family to come and share
this event with you: Star
Wars, under the
stars!
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the Men of Faith.
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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.
They are also helping
with the outdoor family
movie nights this sum-
ary 3rd and 4th. The
rooms for the overnight
option are full, but you
can sign-up in case more
become available. There
are spots open for the
actual retreat day on Sat.
the 4th. Sign-up on the
announcement wall at
church. Contact Rev.
Sally Welch at 909 599-
3870 for more info.
Our FLC congregational
retreat will take place at
the Serra Retreat
in Malibu. It’s
theme will be
“Rising Up in
Christ’s Love in
Everyday
Life” (Living with
our Faith in the
Realities of This World).
It will take place Febru-
We had a great
time of community
building at the Ran-
cho Cucamonga
Quakes game in
July.
We definitely
want to do it again.
Our thanks to all
who made the
event possible!
L I F T C I A
2 0 1 7 F L C R E T R E A T Q U A K E S T H A N K 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 SUNDAY SCHOOL
BEGINS A NEW
YEAR IN
SEPTEMBER
Our Sunday School
classes will resume Sep-
tember 18th.
Please be praying about
whether God might be
calling you
to help in
some way
in the fall.
WALK, MOVE, PRAY
RESUMES IN SEPT.
Come for prayerful
walking outside, and ex-
ercise and prayer in the
worship building resum-
ing in September after
the Walk, Move, Pray
group’s August break.
Call Rev. Sally Welch
at 909 599-3978 for
more information.
SUNDAES ON
WEDNESDAYS
Come for build-your-
own Sundaes on Wednes-
day nights in August at
8:00 p.m., following our
Wednesday night worship
service of Evening Prayer,
Bible Study, and Holy
Communion.
Invite your friends for
this cool way to beat the
heat and build Christian
relationships.
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mer.
Contact James Berkedal
(jberkedal @ gmail.com)
with questions.
Check the group’s Face-
book page, Christians in
Action, for more info.
They will be helping
with our outdoor family
movie nights on August
19th.
Contact Candace Mar-
tinez at martinez. can-
at 909 234-1555 for oth-
er activities. Find them
on Facebook at LIFT
(Living in Faith To-
gether).
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dogs and brats, the
Woman of Faith will or-
ganize, and the LIFT and
CIA groups will lead the
games.
The Jem City Jazz Cats
big band will be our musi-
cal guests!
Martin Luther wrote a
little pamphlet to help
Christians know the ba-
sics of the
Christian
faith!!! It’s
called the Small
Catechism, and
it’s available
now in English
and in Spanish from our
publisher, Augsburg/
Fortress as a free app!
We’re approaching the
500 Anniversary of the
Lutheran Reformation in
2017, and the Small Cat-
echism will be a big part
of it.
Search your app store
for “Catechism” and
look for the burgundy
square with the vine.
A study version is also
available for a small fee.
Download your free
app today!
Rally Day will begin our
new program year at FLC
on Sunday, Sept. 11th.
Our celebrations will
include a picnic, with
games and activities for
children, and Ministry
Faire (see below) starting
at about 11:15 a.m. Sign-
up on the announcement
wall in mid-August to
bring a salad, side-dish, or
a dessert to share.
The Men of Faith will
cook hamburgers, hot
C A T E C H I S M A P P R A L L Y D A Y 2 0 1 6
T H R E E M O R E T H I N G S 1.) FLEXING OUR
FAITH WITH
STOCKS
Pledges to the needs of
our Ministry Fund and our
Mortgage Fund may be
begun or revised upward
or downward at any time.
We are also set up to re-
ceive gifts of appreciated
stock. With the stock
market at or near an all-
time high, this may be a
good time.
2.) MINISTRY
FAIRE SEPT. 11TH
All FLC groups are invit-
ed to have a display and
sign-up sheets for their
organization on Rally Day
Sunday, Sept. 11th (see
above). Help promote
and grow your group!
Discover new opportu-
nities to be a part of what
God is doing at FLC!
3.) NEWEST
MEMBER RECEIVED
We welcomed Joseph
Edward Shea (pictured in
arms) as
our new-
est mem-
ber, by
Holy
Baptism,
in July!
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B Y T H E N U M B E R S Students enrolled in
our pre-school: 72.
Faith Lutheran
Church Fan Page likes
on Facebook: 762 (+14)
Average daily
faithsd.net web site
visits in past 30 days:
27.4 (+5.4)
People received as
members in 2016: 19
Worship attendance
at this point in 2016
compared to 2015: -6%
Giving to our General
Ministry Fund at this
point in 2016 compared
to 2015: -16% (+2.5%
needed for Budget)
Giving to our Mort-
gage Fund this year:
$57,944.00 (58.74% of
goal at 57.69% of
year)
Emergency Food
Pantry giving in 2016:
3,403 lbs. (43.63% of our
7,800 goal at 57.69% of
the year.)
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come), proportional
(based on a percentage of
that income) growth giv-
ing (leading to 10% (a
tithe) and beyond) is the
Biblical standard.
Consult your financial
advisor for others.
We need you to be a
faithful giver.
Please prayerfully con-
sider what God is calling
you to do today.
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.
“We are to fear and
love God so that we do
not tell lies about our
neighbors, betray or
slander them, or destroy
their reputations. In-
stead we are to come to
their defense, speak well
of them, and interpret
everything they do in the
best possible light.”
Who is my neighbor?
Everyone who is in need,
Having watched both
political conventions on
television, and anticipat-
ing the battles coming
between now and No-
vember, I submit Lu-
ther’s explanation of the
meaning of the 8th Com-
mandment (You shall not
bear false witness against
your neighbor) for na-
tional consideration and
repentance:
including my “enemies”.
(Luke 10:25-37)
We offer the peace of
God and the reconciling
work of Jesus Christ.
We offer Jesus, who
breaks down every barrier.
Let us really listen this
election season, and let our
words be a credit to Jesus,
who is in us.
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
S T E W A R D S H I P C O N F I R M A T I O N C L A S S Confirmation is a two
year program for youth in
the basics of the Lutheran
branch in the Christian
faith and of the Christian
life that begins as early as
7th grade. Students do
not need to be members
of FLC to take part.
Confirmation Classes
begin with an orientation
and planning night Thurs-
day, September 8th at
7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall
for both
new and
returning
students
and their
parents.
The
entire class will be commis-
sioned with their parents
and baptismal sponsors at
either service on Rally Day
Sunday, Sept. 11th.
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We have some financial
challenges at FLC (see
lower left), but
they are noth-
ing that God
can’t handle.
There are
many way to
support our ministries
financially and help them
flourish and grow.
First fruits (the first
check you write after in-
Find an expanded version of
this story and comment on it
at http://pastorberk-
edalsblog.blogspot.com/
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505 East Bonita Avenue
San Dimas, California 91773
P 909 599-3978
F 909 599-3324
W www.faithsd.net
David Berkedal, Pastor
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
J E S U S C H R I S T T H A T G R O W S I N T O
E N T H U S I A S T I C C H R I S T I A N L I V I N G .
www.faithsd.net
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 [email protected] 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.
VBS Director Lia Gyore (right) extraordinaire listens to a child at a morning
opener event during Vacation Bible School. (story page 2)
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