UPCOMING EVENTS AT ST. LUKE LUTHERAN CHURCH The next regularly scheduled Quarterly Board of Directors Meeting will take place on Sunday, July 27th, after the worship service. Reports going to that meeting need to be submitted by July 15th at the latest. V.B.S. 2008 will take place July 28 thru July 31, from 8:45 to 11:45 a.m., for ages 3-13.   Call the office or contact Jilma Seals to enroll or sign up to volunteer.  Transportation is available via our church van in order to get to church on any Sunday, as well as for any special church service or church event, and also for specially planned field trips. Call Mimi Gransden or the church office by the Saturday prior to the need if you are in need of a ride to church for a Sunday morning worship, or any evening worship, or for a field trip. Listen to The Lutheran Hour on radio on KKLA 99.5 FM on Sunday mornings at 7:00 am; and on KBRT radio 740 AM on Sundays at 1:30 pm. Lutheran Hour Ministries sponsors a Christian float in the Rose Parade each January, which is the only Christian float in the parade. KFUO radio is sponsored by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and offers two different ministries: KFUO-850 AM is Gospel based talk radio, while CLASSIC 99 on the FM side at 99.1, brings you the finest in classical and sacred music. Both are easily accessible by going to www.kfuo.org KKLA 99.5 on radio gives you inspirational teaching and talk programs. Do you 'google' for information on the web? Consider searching through the national LWML site. It's free of charge and every search earns money for Lutheran Women's Missionary League's mission work. Go to www.goodsearch.com - then type in LWML; click on verify; then type in your search. It's that simple and it's free. Pass the word so LWML can benefit from this. There are still opportunities to serve and assist the many victims of Hurricane Katrina - the most devastating hurricane season in history. This is a multi-year response effort and will still take approximately an additional 3 to 4 more years. Support and asistance is still needed in Louisianna, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Texas. Lutheran Disaster Reponse teams can be contacted at www.ldr.org Thrivent Build is a coalition of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans with Pomona Valley Habitat for Humanity. A home will be built in Chino Hills beginning in May and going through August 2008. Many volunteers are needed in many categories - contact (909) 865-8782 if you can help. If you know someone who needs a simple, decent, affordable home in Chino Hills, contact Habitat for Humanity at (909) 596-7098 to file an application and to see if they are qualified. There is always a need for assistance from many worldwide disasters, as well as for victims of the fire storm season in Southeran California. You can help others by contacting the following national service agencies: Lutheran World Relief at www.lcms.org; Orphan Grain Train Katrina Relief at www.graintrain.org; Southern District LCMS Baton Rouge at their e-mail address of katrinainformation@southernlcms.org; Salvation Army Disaster Relief at www.salvationarmyusa.org; American Red Cross at www.americanredcross.org (they are in desperate need of blood supply reserves); and NAACP Disaster Relief Fund at www.naacp.org. The American Red Cross can always use blood donations as well as cash donations on a continual basis and for all national disasters. You can call their national hotline at 1-800-435-7669, or go to www.americanredcross.org You can also call any local Chapter Office for local donations. For Inland Valley relief, contact Inland Valley Hope Partners at www.ivcouncilofchurches.org or at www.hope-partners.com Your physical and financial help is always needed by this worthy organization to give assistance to the needy in our area all year long. The Salvation Army Pomona Corps can be reached at www.salvationarmy-socal.org/pomona.html The Salvation Army is there for those that are in need all year long - you can partner with them by supporting their evangelism and assistance efforts. Thank you for making a difference in someone's life and sharing your blessings with others less fortunate. God bless you.