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

flc@faithsd.ne.

Get details from our

FLC This Week

printed announce-

ments at worship ser-

vices.

For More

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.

.

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!

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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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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-

dace000@gmail.com or

at 909 234-1555 for oth-

er activities. Find them

on Facebook at LIFT

(Living in Faith To-

gether).

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

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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.)

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-

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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.

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