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1 F A I T H L U T H E R A N C H U R C H M O U N T A I N M O V E R J U N E, For More Discover the many things God is doing at FLC on our website at: Subscribe to our free weekly E-pistle Ezine, and be a part of our PrayerNet by sending your address to flc@faithsd.ne. Get details from our FLC This Week printed announcements at worship services. 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 Come and celebrate as John Craig affirms what God did for him at his baptism on Confirmation Sunday, June 4th, The Day of Pentecost. A stole, special gifts, and a personalized cake will be included in the festivities at our 10:00 a.m. worship service. Our first year student, Ashleigh Neu, will bring a message on What Confirmation 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 Confirmation Sunday worship service. The ministry of this ensemble focuses on 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. 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 presence of children at worship. We also provide free professional child care. Our new worship and ministry building is designed in a California Craftsman style. V B S C O M I N G I N J U L Y Our Vacation Bible School for young people in pre-school through 6th grades is coming during the third week in July. Our preliminary planning is that it will last three days and will be geared toward special needs children, though all children will be welcome. Watch for the announcement that our web site is up for registra 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 difference in the life of a child this summer. Contact VBS director Lia Gyore at or at liagyore@hotmail.com to volunteer or for more information.

2 M O U N T A I N M O V E R Page 2 B R I N G Y O U R F A I T H I N T O F O C U S 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 service. Teachers will be honored the same day. Speak with director Katie Gyore for info. about Sunday School! Q U I L T S P R E S E N T E D ROMANS ON WEDNESDAYS Come and worship at our evening service on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. We are currently studying the book of Romans, celebrating Holy Communion, 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. Handmade quilts were presented to Ryan Craig, Kole Barrett, and Jacob Huelskamp, three graduating high school seniors, at worship in May. Members and friends of the congregation had traced a hand and signed their names, some with personal 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 together for gifts and a blessing. Find out more about the life of the Faith Lutheran Church Christian community, including our Faith Stepping Stones ministry for youth and their families, at W O M E N O F F A I T H The Women of Faith group will gather on Saturday, June 4th, at 9:00 a.m. to go out for breakfast, planning, and Bible Study, including planning help with the Fathers Day Chili Cook-off. Contact Nancy Brewster at for more info on the upcoming summer gather- ings and activities of the Women of Faith. M E N O F F A I T H The Men of Faith gather the second Saturday of each month at 8:00 a.m. in the church parking lot. They go out for breakfast together and return to do work projects. This month, they will gather on June 10th and will finalize plans for the Fathers Day Chili Cook- off. Contact Jerry Bain at for info on the Men of Faith.

3 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... Page 3 L I F T LIFT is a group for post-confirmation through high school youth. They host movie nights, community service projects, Bible study, and more. They currently gather Sundays at 7:00 p.m. Contact Candace Martinez at martinez. candace000@gmail.com or at for other activities. Find them on Facebook at LIFT (Living in Faith Together). C I A Our Christians in Action (C.I.A.) group is for young adults (from approximately 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. Check the group s Facebook page, Christians in Action, for more info. 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 experiences 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 announcement 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 or at (909) to participate. HIGHER EDUCA- TION HONORS Are you graduating from technical school, community college, college, professional or graduate school this year? Call the church office at or us at flc@faithsd.net and be sure we know so that we can recognize your achievement and honor you on Sunday, June 11th S U M M E R W I T H F A I T H Rev. Sally Welch will be leading a class of exercise, liturgical dance movement and spiritual formation 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 making of an icon, healthy refreshments, and a closing 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 I N T R O T O F A I T H C L A S S E S Are you ready to become 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 care will be provided if requested. Don t miss this opportunity to grow in the practice of your faith. Contact Pastor Berkedal at flc@faithsd. net.

4 M O U N T A I N M O V E R Page 4 C H I L I C O O K - O F F 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 announcement wall to bring your chili, cornbread, watermelon, or other side-dishes and favorite toppings to share. Come for the fun and great chili! R E A F F I R M W E D D I N G V O W S Are you celebrating an anniversary whose number 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 or flc@faithsd.net to let us know of your interest. Invite your friends to share the event.! 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 Saturday, June 17th in the Parish Hall, from 9:00 a.m.- 3:30 p. m.. The cost is $75. RSVP to ASAP, but by June 10th. 2.) NEW CHURCH IN TANZANIA Our fifth church is nearing the end of construction in Tanzania. We are receiving a special offering to help our brothers and sister in East Africa build a structure for worship, learning and missions. Please give generously. 3.) SHARE YOUR FAITH STORY What s your story? Share your spiritual biography 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 to get started. B Y T H E N U M B E R S People received as members in 2017: 3 Worship attendance at this point in 2017 compared to 2016: -8 (out of sync with Pentecost 2016) Giving to our General Ministry Fund at this point in 2017 compared to 2016: +4% Giving to our Mortgage 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.) 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

5 ... T H A T G R O W S I N T O E N T H U S I A T I C C H R I S T I A N L I V I N G. Page 5 S O C I A L M E D I A C O N N E C T I O N S You can connect to all our social media on the Media tab at Check out our page at Faith Lutheran Church San Dimas on Facebook. 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 Twitter by going to twitter.com, from our Media tab and signing-in, Pastor Berkedal s Blog posts short articles periodically. Check it out through our web site Media tab. Check out our YouTube channel at and get your free subscription to FLC videos. Find pictures of our events on our Faith Lutheran Church Fan Page on Facebook and in Shutterfly albums (password faithsd). Skype Pastor Berkedal at david.berkedal. Username on Instagram: flcsd. #FLCpens Review us on Yelp.com on your phone Find special opportunities for giving at Come in and get connected. 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 M M U N I O N Sign-up on the announcement wall at church to ride on FLC s entry in the La Verne Independence Day Parade float on Tuesday, July 4th. The parade starts at 10:00 a.m. Contact Doug Halvorsen at ((626) ) for float location or more information. We also need cases of water and Capri Sun drinks and candy to distribute along the way. Thank you! Four of our young people celebrated their 1st Communion in May. Pictured from left to right, with their parents, and the boys younger sister, are Jaylinn and Ellah Miller and Soren and Gunnar Vaaler. For more information about First Communion, or about Holy Communion in general at FLC, go to #/worship/baptism-holycommunion and scroll down. A N O T E F R O M T H E P A S T OR In Rodney Stark s book, The Rise of Christianity, he describes several 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 cities in times of disease. If they had unwanted children, it was acceptable to leave them exposed 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 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 today, 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. Find an expanded version of this story and comment on it at

6 F A I T H L U T H E R A N C H U R C H THE VISION CORNER F A I T H L U T H E R A N C H U R C H 505 East Bonita Avenue San Dimas, California P F E flc@faithsd.net W David Berkedal, Pastor E dberkedal@faithsd.net M O U N T A I N M O V E R June Connect to WiFi at FLC. Password: welivebyfaith1 (all lower case, ending with the # 1. Discover more news, photos and info at our web site: faithsd.net. 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 , or speak with Pastor Berkedal or a member of our Church Council about them. Pray about how you can help realize our mission. I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : E A S T E R T H A N K S 2 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. P H O T O O F T H E M O N T H Q U I L T S F O R S E N I O R S M E M B E R S H I P C L A S S M O T H E R S D A Y S T U D Y R O M A N S C A L E N D A R A N D F Y I I N- SE RT Kristie Rae Curtis, Travis Alan Parsonage, and Hannah Rae Parsonage were baptized in May. We welcome you into the Lord s family. Go to youth to find out more about Holy Baptism at Faith Lutheran Church in San Dimas.