Has Christ been born or

renewed in you this Christ-

mas? Was your best pre-

sent the presence of Jesus?

The Christmas season

isn’t finished yet! It contin-

ues from Christmas Day to

the Day of the Epiphany on

January 6th.

As in the song “The 12

Days of Christmas” we are

given not a day or two, but

a generous gift of 12 days to

celebrate and live the amaz-

ing grace of the living God

in our Lord and Savior, Je-

sus Christ.

Then, the season of

Epiphany comes and gives

us an opportunity to contin-

ue the theme by considering

what it means, and how we

express the message of

Christmas in living and shar-

ing our faith.

Show your love for Him

this season.

Share your gifts.

Find a ministry that

needs you.

Let your

giving be a

reflection of

the birth of

the Christ

Child.

This is a

season that lasts forever!

This is the year that be-

gins eternity.

R E F L E C T T H E L I G H T !

S T R A W P O L L S F O R 2 0 1 6 January at worship.

Straw polls are question-

naires that are used to gauge

the sense of the congregation

as to how God is calling us to

minister. Results will be post-

ed and used by our visioning

groups and our church council

to assist in our planning.

Come and fill one out each

Sunday in January to make

God’s voice heard through

you!

Any that you miss will be

available on the announce-

ment tables.

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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.net.

Get details from our

FLC This Week

printed announce-

ments at worship ser-

vices.

For More

What has

God called us

to do, and

who has been

gifted to do

what in our

ministry to-

gether in

2016?

A series of Straw Polls will

be received every Sunday in

SING IN THE 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.

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.

“WALK, DANCE,

PRAY”

Walk, Dance , Pray

takes place Fridays at 4:00

p.m. The group walks,

does Christian Tai Chi,

does devotional Bible

Study and prays together.

All are welcome to join

the class.

Call Rev. Sally Welch

at 909 599-3978 for

more information.

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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.

This month, they will

meet at 9:00 a.m. on Jan-

uary 9th to help with

dedecorating the church

and to discuss the Janu-

ary 31st potluck lunch.

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.

This month they will

also be helping to dedec-

orate the church from

Christmas and to set-up

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

C H R I S T I A N L I F E C L A S S S T A R T S J A N U A R Y 2 3 R D

who choose.

The classes feature a

summary of the Bible

and Christian history,

the story of Faith Lu-

theran Church, and how

to become involved in

its membership and

community ministries.

The class will meet on

three successive Satur-

days at 10:00 a.m. in the

conference room in the

main worship building,

starting January 23rd

Let Pastor Berkedal

know if you need child

care and it will be provid-

ed for you.

Contact the pastor at

dberkedal@faithsd.net or

at 909 599-3978 with any

questions or RSVP.

Come and learn and to

grow to reflect the light

of Christ and to live the

Christian life.

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for Epipha-

ny.

Contact

Jerry Bain

at 626 810-

2733 for

info on the

Men of

Faith.

Come and learn the

basics of the Christian

Life in a three-session

class that leads to FLC

membership for those

Please check your

entry and write any

additions or correc-

tions onto it.

The new directory

will be distributed at

our annual business

meeting on January

31st.

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 currently

planning a book drive for

the Prison Library Pro-

ject.

Contact James Berkedal

(jberkedal @ gmail.com)

elect voting members of

our synod and conference

assemblies, and elect a

nominating committee for

the coming year.

ANNUAL REPORTS

DUE

All committee and min-

istry leaders are asked to

have their reports in by

Sunday, January 24th.

Members of

Faith Lutheran

Church will

gather for our

Annual Potluck

Luncheon and

Business Meet-

ing at approximately 11:15

a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 31st.

We will install new

church council members,

adopt a budget for 2016,

Are you a member of

the Body of Christ at

Faith Lu-

theran

Church?

A sam-

ple Faith

Lutheran

Church

membership directory

for 2016 is taped to a

table in the announce-

ment area at FLC.

L I F T C I A

F L C A N N U A L M E E T I N G 2 0 1 6 M E M B E R S H I P D I R E C T O R Y

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 MAJOR MAINTE-

NANCE

We are now getting

bids for tree-trimming in

our series of urgently

needed major mainte-

nance projects. Re-

surfacing the south park-

ing lot will be next.

Please consider these

needs in your giving to

the Major Maintenance

Fund.

FIRST COMMUNION

CLASS JAN. 16TH

Our next class for stu-

dents in 4th Grade or

above or 10 years old or

older and their parents

will take place Saturday,

January 16th at 10:00 a.m.

in the Conference Room.

First Com-

munion will

take place the

next day.

CHILDREN ARE

WELCOME AT ALL

WORSHIP SERVICES

We provide a glass-

fronted Cry Room in the

worship space, a sermon

just for children, and ac-

tivity sheets for children

to use during worship.

Children are welcome

to experience worship

and to see their parents

modeling the behavior

they want for their family!

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with questions.

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).

potluck dinner. They

then discuss the book

they are working on

from

7:00

p.m.

—

8:00

p.m.

New participants can

jump in at any time.

Call Sam and Suzi at

909 599-1689 with any

questions.

Christmas is a celebra-

tion of God’s giv-

ing. Our thanks to all

who have responded to

that giving with an ex-

pression of their own by

filling-out their state-

ment of intent for giving

in 2016.

Extra copies of the

forms are available by

scrolling down to the bot-

tom of the opening page

of our website at

www.faithsd.net.

We are looking for

100% participation as

managers

of all God

has given

us. Bring

or mail

your

complet-

ed form

to the

church.

Thank you for your

generous stewardship!

Our FLC Book Club is

studying books of the

Bible, starting with the

Psalms on January 18th.

The group meets in

the Conference Room in

the main worship build-

ing on Mondays from

7:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m.,

except on the first Mon-

day of every month.

On that day they meet

at Sam and Suzi Kamler’s

home at 6:00 p.m. for a

social hour with a light

F L E X I N G O U R F A I T H I N 2 0 1 6 B O O K C L U B T O S T U D Y P S A L M S

T H R E E M O R E T H I N G S 1.) GIVING STATE-

MENTS FOR 2015

Giving statements for

2015 will be available at

the church in alphabetical

order in special boxes

next to the remaining new

offering envelopes starting

in mid-January. Please call

Michelle Lopez (909 518-

1660) if you

have any ques-

tions.

2.) 2016 OFFERING

ENVELOPES

Offering envelopes for

2016 that have not yet

been picked up are availa-

ble on the ushers desk. A

sign-up sheet is also availa-

ble there if you do not

see a set with your name

on it and would like one.

Offering envelopes help

our financial secretary rec-

ord your contributions

and give you a report.

3.) DEDECORATE

The Altar Guild, the

Men of Faith, and the

Women of Faith will re-

move the remaining

Christmas season fea-

tures on Saturday, Janu-

ary 9th at 9:00 a.m.

Come and help pre-

pare for the coming

Epiphany season!

All help will be greatly

appreciated, and you’ll

have a good time, too!

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B Y T H E N U M B E R S can do it by God’s grace!

Students enrolled in

our pre-school: 69.

Faith Lutheran

Church Fan Page likes

on Facebook: 607 (+15)

Average daily

faithsd.net web site

visits in past 30 days: 25

(+4)

People received as

members in 2015: 11

Worship attendance

at end of 2015 compared

to 2014: -2%

Giving to our General

Ministry Fund at the

end of 2015 compared

to 2014: +4% (3.4%

budgeted)

Giving to our Mort-

gage Fund this year:

$97,023.00 (98.4% of

goal at 100% of year);

the difference will be

taken from our previous

years’ surplus.

Emergency Food

Pantry giving in 2015:

7,395 lbs. (95% of our

7,800 goal; we’ll set the

same goal for 2016. We

Come and celebrate

what is in much of the

world another Christ-

mas. An optional pot-

luck supper will take

place in the Parish Hall

at 6:15 p.m.

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.

That’s why my hero

Lyle Schaller says that

when you ask a congre-

gation, “What do me

need more of around

here?”, The answer is

always “Bible Study!”

But when another Bi-

ble Study is prepared,

the faithful who come to

everything are the only

one’s who show up.

Do we know what we

What is most im-

portant for us in 2016?

What is the first thing

that comes to mind?

I think many, if not

most, of us would say

“world peace”.

We are very good at

knowing the right things

to say. Ask any beauty

contestant. But that is

not always what we real-

ly want to live for.

we want, what we would

place a the center of our

lives and turn to in times

of need,?

Jesus is the way that

leads to all good thing.

We respond naturally to

God’s sacrifice on the

cross with an absolute

desire to please God.

That’s a life lived with

importance.

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

COM E T O E P I P H A N Y C H R I S T M A S T H A N K S

Christmas was wonder-

ful this year. We focused

on giving to others in our

community and in the

world and on celebrating

the greatest gift of all

time:

God has entered into

human history and given

Himself to give us new

life.

We thank God, and we

thank all who made these

celebrations so meaningful!

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The Day of Epiphany is

Wednesday, January 6th.

Come and worship the

living God at 7:00 p.m.

Go to the opening page

of our website at

www.faithsd.net for a

short video explaining the

meaning of Epiphany.

We will mark the Day

of Epiphany, celebrating

the manifestation of God

in human flesh.

Find an expanded version of

this story and comment on it

at http://pastorberk-

edalsblog.blogspot.com/

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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.

This month’s photo is not of Faith Lutheran Church. It is a lesson to us. What would stop

you from worshiping? The people at this church in the Philippines have given their answer.

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