Calimesa Connections A bimonthly Newsletter of the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church

391 Myrtlewood Dr, Calimesa, CA 92320 August - September 2016MGA GRADUATES NINETEEN

by Arlys Fillman

19 Graduate from Mesa Grande Academy

10 Graduate from Mesa Grande Academy 8th Grade

8TH GRADE GRADUATES

Mesa Grande Academy’s ten eighth grade graduates celebrated at the Calimesa SDA Church on Thurs-day evening, June 2, 2016. An ad-ditional student, Samantha Amey Vyskocil, completed the 7th and 8th grade requirements this year and will

Back Row: Austin Wilcox, Grace Dryer, Joliet Paris, Wyatt Daniel, Kaleb Humpal, Han-nah Gorton. Middle Row: Luke Hagelgantz, Ele’sia Campbell, Alex Sun, Jordan Shattuck, Otinelis Iancu, Emmanual Gonzalez, Krista Neuendorff. Front Row: Aubree Cobb, Griffin Mupas, Gregorio Strang, Kirsten Soderblom Michaela Kruse, Sasha Gabriel

Back Row: Feng Yang (Jerry) Gong, Joshua Abbott, Logan Neal, Ryley Stilson, Joy Burdick, Shana Yang. Front Row: Isabelle White, Jayden Aronson, Madelaine Hoffer, Rachel Lang-ford.

EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATION

Mesa Grande Academy’s 2016 Se-nior Class celebrated their completion of high school on the weekend of June 3-6, 2016. The nineteen graduates represent the 25th graduating class of MGA.

All four events of the weekend featured the extensive and varied musical, speaking and acting talents of the Class of 2016 as well as the chosen speakers. The speaker for the Conse-cration service on Friday evening, held at the Calimesa SDA Church, was Mr. Charlie Strang, father of Gregorio (Goyo).

The Sabbath services were also held at the Calimesa Church. During the 8:30 am service, class members Wyatt Daniel, Luke Hagelgantz, Otinelis Iancu and Alex Sun were the speakers. For the 11 o’clock Bacca-laureate service, the class chose one of their teachers and MGA alumni, Mr. Jacob Knight as the speaker. As part of this service, two Calimesa Church students were baptized: Hannah Gor-ton and Krista Neuendorff.

Commencement was on June 6, 2016 at the McAnally Center on the campus of Mesa Grande Academy. The class chose another one of their teachers as the speaker, Mr. Justin Serns.

More than a third of the graduates attended MGA for 13 (K-12th) or 12 (1st-12th) years: Grace Dryer, Sasha Gabriel, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Ka-leb Humpal, Otinelis Iancu, Krista Neuendorff and Kirsten Soderblom.

Five graduates are members of the National Honor Society: Grace Dryer, Hannah Gorton, Luke Hagelgantz, Krista Neuendorff and Kirsten Soderblom.

join the 9th grade class next year. This year, the Tanya Aaen Award

was given to Joy Burdick. This award recognizes all around excel-lence as an eighth grade student at MGA.

Calimesa Connections Newsletter of the Calimesa

Seventh-day Adventist ChurchVol. 2016, No. 4

Editor....................................Michael FillmanAssociate Editor ..........................Bonnie ParkerCopy Editors......Arlys Fillman, Richard ParkerReporters: Damaris Matthews, John Parrish, Roxy Heinrich, Heidi Steffen.Calimesa Connections is a general publica-tion of the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church. Its purpose is to share news and ideas relevant to its members. It is published every two months and sent free of charge to the home of every Calimesa SDA Church member.

Upcoming Events Aug. 6 - Campmeeting - Saul Barcelo Aug. 6 - All church haystack lunch Fellowhip Hall - after 2nd service. Aug. 12 - Mary Quishenberry - Book of Revelation recitation 7 p.m. Sanctuary. Aug. 13 - Campmeeting - Jon Paulien Pro Deo Choir & Orchestra Aug. 20 - Campmeeting - Kendra Haloviak Valentine Aug. 20 - Guy Penrod Live Loma Linda University Church - 7 p.m. Aug. 27 - Campmeeting - Ted Levterov Aug. 27 - Chunestudy Men’s Chorus Calimesa Sanctuary - 5 p.m. Aug. 27 - Vespers and food Church lawn - 6:30 p.m.

ALFRED’S RIDDLEWhat is an SDA Worthington girl

when she gets a sunburn? answer on page 7

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ROATAN HIGHLIGHTSby Bonnie Parker

AUGUST

This is the 8th year our Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church has visited the small Island of Roatan, one of the Bay Islands located off the east coast of mainland Honduras. Without the finan-cial support from Calimesa’s Christmas offering, plus willing teams of volunteers, not only from our church but from the Loma Linda University Service Learning Department, this year’s mission outreach would not have been possible. In recent years, tourism has become part of the island economy; however, the east end of the island, where we worked, still has limited access to medical, dental services and modern conveniences.

The Roatan mission project was started by the recommendation of Steve Dunbar, who has been using Roatan and parts of Honduras as his Loma Linda Uni-versity Marine Biology outdoor classroom for study of ocean life - specifically turtles.

The 2016 team of 27 included students, LLU faculty and the following Calimesa church members under the lead-ership of Pastor Pablo Ariza.

1) DENTAL: (Steve Morrow, Richard and Bonnie Parker, and Jaci Shankel.) We had three dental students, three dental hygiene students, four den-tists, one dental hygienist and three dental auxiliaries. The dental team saw over 250 patients and did over 400 procedures.

2) MEDICAL: (Landan Aveling, Gina Flores, Tom and Meredith Sherwin and Liza West) did health assessments and counseling, minor surgeries and IV sedation for pediatric dental patients.

3) CHILDREN’S MINISTRY: (Sara West, along with the help of Julian Aveling, Shelby Herling, Spencer and

Sophia Sherwin, and as many other teams members as possible to assistant each night). Nearly 100 children crowded into the small Diamond Rock Church. Their enthusiasm for the music, drama, stories and crafts was totally amazing (deafening)! One of the highlights of the week was giving each of the children a new water bottle that was donated by the Calimesa Vacation Bible School attendees. The team brought over 165 and it was fun to see how proudly the kids carried their precious gift! This was definately an improvement from the baggies that they had been using. Thank you Calimesa VBS’ers!

4) COMMUNITY PROJECTS: (Stephen Reilly, Jere Sandberg and oth-ers). At the Camp Bay elementary school, projects included installation of 60 feet of new fence with new gate, new rope for the school’s flag pole, school benches and desks were painted and repaired and a water faucet was fixed so kids could wash their hands.

Words cannot adequately describe the wonderful team spirit and close bond that we made with each other during our week. What a blessing that each of us received along with the people we served.

Shelby Herling and Sophie Sherwin with children of Roatan

Julian Aveling, Jere Sandberg and Tyler Sherwininstalling new fence in Roatan

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AUGUST CAMPMEETING SOON TO BEGIN

Saul Barcelo

Kendra Haloviak Valentine Ted Levterov

Calimesa Church’s August Camp-meeting begins on Sabbath August 6, 2016 and will continue for each of the month’s four Sabbaths. Guest speak-ers for morning worship services are all associated with Adventist institu-tions in the Inland Empire. Each will be developing an aspect of the series theme “Into All the World” during services at 8:30 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. in the church sanctuary.

First among the speakers is Saul Barcelo, a former member of the Calimesa Church pastoral staff and now a chaplain at Loma Linda Uni-versity Medical Center. His August 6 sermon is titled “God Ahead of Us.”

Following on August 13 will be Jon Paulien, Ph.D., dean of the Loma Linda University School of Religion. Himself a member of our Calimesa congregation, Dr. Paulien has chosen the topic “Babble On or Gate of God?” for his message.

Kendra Haloviak Valentine, Ph.D., will speak on “The Praying

Imagination” for the August 20 ser-vices. She is an associate professor in the HMS Richards Divinity School at La Sierra University.

The final speaker for the series, on August 27, is Theodore “Ted” Levterov, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Loma Linda University School of Religion and also a Calimesa member. He will speak on “Ellen White and Revelation 14: A Case for the Missing Jesus.”

Two special concerts are planned: 1) Guy Penrod, gospel vocalist and formerly of the Bill Gaither trio, will be in concert at the Loma Linda University Church on August 20, 2016 at 7:30 pm. Tickets must be purchased on line at itickets.com or by calling 800-965-9324 as they will not be available at the door. 2) The Wil-liam Chunestudy Men’s Chorus will present a free concert in the Calimesa Church sanctuary on August 20 at 5 p.m.

John Paulien

by John Parrish

Musicians from our Calimesa church and special guest artists will be featured in sacred music presenta-tions throughout the August series. Our own Camp Meeting Vocal Band, keyboardists Michael Fillman and Carole Bretsch, and the Kim Family Strings will be joined by the visit-ing Connor Smith Trio, the Shan-non and Kellie Barnes vocal duo, and vocalist Desmond Clark. Other musicians include the Pro Deo Sing-ers and Orchestra, keyboard players Dona Klein and Gary Donesky and instrumentalists Erika Jones (accor-dion), Wilbert Perez (trumpet) and Dennis Blomberg (banjo).

If you were challenged as a child when asked to memorize a Bible verse, join others at the church on Friday, August 12, at 7 p.m. to hear Calimesa member Mary Quishenberry recite the entire Book of Revelation from memory.

On Sabbath morning, August 20, the Pro Deo Singers and Orchestra, from Loma Linda, will share their vibrant and youthful blend of sacred music.

An all-church haystack lunch will follow the second service on August 6. On all other August Sabbaths, the regular visitors potluck will be pro-vided by designated Calimesa family members.

Guy Penrod

The William Chunestudy Men’s Chorus

DID YOU KNOW THAT . . . compiled by Bonnie Parker

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Lou and Marjorie Venden June 5, 1951

…Louis and Marjorie Venden celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary on Jun 5, 2016? They were married on June 5, 1951 at the Glendale City Church in Glendale, CA. Their three daughters, four grandchildren and their 18-month-old great granddaughter hosted a lovely family luncheon on June 5, 2016.

…Darrell Petersen graduated from Loma Linda University in June 2016 with a PhD in Health Policy and Leadership? The title of his dissertation was “Leader-ship at the Point of Contact: Exploring Empowering Leadership with Frontline Employees”. Darrell is very interested and passionate about bringing the conver-sation of leadership to entry-level em-ployees that serve customers on the front lines of organizations. He would like to thank his Calimesa church family for all of the support and encouragement during his academic journey. Congratulations Dr. Petersen!

good amount of time learning the music to accompany us with an accordion and two guitars. Marian Chrispens states that “the entire trip was a very special experience learning about this part of our world.”

…on July 5, 2016, Bryan Soderblom was traveling from a business meeting back to the office when he was in a motor-cycle accident? His legs were run over by a truck. The left leg sustained severe inju-ries- he had a crush injury with open fibula tibia fractures. He had emergency surgery and a rod was placed in his leg. The right leg sustained fractures in the knee joint. He spent ten days in the hospital and was sent home Friday, July 15. Bryan had just graduated Summa Cum Laude from Pacific Union College with a double major, BS in Aviation and a BS in business administration with honors. He had also just started his employment as the chief pilot and director of marketing for Vine View Scientific Aerial Imaging, Inc., based in the Napa Valley. However, this new job is on hold as he has home care coming to do nursing and Physical Therapy. The real work of PT will begin once he heals a bit more and can put weight on his legs. Bryan’s address is: 230 Sky Oaks Drive, Angwin, CA 94508. He would be happy to have some encouragement in the mail.

…Trace Hoffer and Paul Emerson were partners in a “random act” of kind-ness for flying Rhonda Soderblom to be with Bryan? Mom Rhonda is doing patient (pain) management, paper work, cooking and just being mom for as long as she’s needed!

…we are saying a fond farewell to Jere Sandberg? Jere will be moving to Idaho Springs, Colorado in August. He will continue to work at Starbucks and plans to snowboard a lot! (He already has his season pass!) Jere has been an active member of our church’s young adult group and one of the church worship team coor-dinators. You will be missed!

CONGRATULATIONS TO LOUAND MARJORIE VENDEN ON THEIR

65th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

…Shirley Jones was recently hon-ored on her retirement from Loma Linda University after an amazing 51 years in management of multiple medical-practice departments? She and her late husband, Paul, became Calimesa Church members in 1975, and she has become the “go-to” volunteer for leadership in countless proj-ects including feeding and hospitality for visiting musician groups, church Christ-mas decorating, women’s activities, and others. Congratulations, Shirley! (And keep up the good work …as you haven’t retired yet from Calimesa!)

…Diana Albertson, Rowena Masih, Esther and Matthew Tan, Georgie and John Barrett, Jere and Marian Chrisp-ens spent twelve days traveling together on a river boat cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg on the Volga River from June 27- July 10, 2016? Amazing sights and cultural experiences made for last-ing memories. The first meal on the ship was interrupted by the ships musicians delivering a cake (specially made and hand carried by Esther Tan on the plane) to Jere and Marian’s table to celebrate their 51st wedding anniversary! The Rus-sian River boat crew also made a special celebration for the evening meal on July 4th with American flags on our tables and the passengers from the USA (about 40) singing, “God bless America” for the ships passengers. The ships musicians spent a

Lou and Marjorie Venden June 5, 2016 at 65th Wedding

Anniversary luncheon

Darrell Petersen and HeatherJillian and Megan

Shirley Jones

Russia Tour Group: Diana Albertson, Georgie and John Barrett, Esther and Matthew Tan,

Jere and Marian Chrispens and Rowena Masih.

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DID YOU KNOW THAT ...continued

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…Kirsten Soderblom just graduated from Mesa Grande Academy with high honors? She will be attending La Sierra University in the fall. We’ll have to be surprised by her choice of study!

…Mark Soderblom has been doing an internship with Loma Linda University media team for the past year? He has also been doing free-lance work on multiple film productions in the Los Angeles area, including working on the Hollywood film, “The Clapper”.

…Damaris Matthews recently spent four days in San Antonio, Texas attending a family reunion with more than 100 rela-tives from ten different states?

…Cassia Owen received her Mas-ters of Science in Physiology from Loma Linda University, May 29, 2016? Pres-ently she is doing some freelance photog-raphy of weddings, babies and portraits. Cassia’s husband, Austin is a third year dental student at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry. They have been part of our church family for the past year. Cassia is a member of a women’s singing group called ‘Laudat’, which often share their talents with area churches.

… Geoscience Research Institute scientists, including Ben Clausen, spent nine days in June in the Italian, French and Swiss Alps in preparation for leading a geology excursion there for church admin-istrators in June 2017? Flying home on Turkish Airlines, Ben spent twelve hours at the Istanbul airport just two days after the terrorist attack there, where security was high but pleasant -- as good as or better than any other large international airport. Bens says, “I would still recom-mend flying Turkish Airlines as a service oriented, low-cost option.”

…Alberta Brown witnessed the spaceship Juno entering its orbit around Jupiter on the screens of Jet Propulsion Laboratory through the invitation of her son Larry, a NASA physicist?

…on May 24, 2016 Alex Larson suc-cessfully defended his Master’s Thesis? Dorothy Larson-Grant, Alex’s mother, relates that she was able, with other family members, to be present as Alex gave his defense. Dorothy continues, “To say I was proud is just the tip of the iceberg!” His thesis, “Church Member’s Reactions to Religious Disaffiliation”, was and is complex. He is continuing to study and

research this topic, and probably will for his lifetime. Alex is grateful and owes a big “thank you” to those who persevered through the on line survey. More than 500 people responded! (On this same day, Dorothy and Tim Grant celebrated their one year wedding anniversary!

…Tyler Sherwin graduated Magna Cum Laude on June 12, 2016 from Walla Walla University with a Bachelor’s De-gree in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance? He has moved to Camas, WA to work at a wealth manage-ment firm. He is very excited to start his first full time job in the field of his study, but it is hard to have him move so far away. Spencer Sherwin finished his first year of college at WWU and enjoyed it very much. He and Tyler got to play in the WWU orchestra together for one last year, just like in the old days when they were young. Spencer is spending his second summer working at Leoni Meadows Camp near Placerville, CA. Sophie Sherwin fin-ished her sophomore year at Mesa Grande Academy and is enjoying playing with MGA’s volleyball and basketball teams in tournaments this summer. We were very privileged to have Tyler and Sophie accompany us this year on the Calimesa church mission trip to Roatan. The trip has been a huge blessing to our family for several years and we are thrilled to have been able to share it with all our children.

… Lisa McMillan received her Doc-tor of Physical Therapy degree June 12, 2016? She was honored with two awards during the graduation ceremonies at Loma Linda University: Community Service Award, chosen by the administration of the School of Allied Health for initiating physical therapy care in conjunction with street medicine outreach and the Faculty Award, chosen by the physical therapy department.

…that Rianne Margart-Morrison graduated June 12, 2016 with honors from Loma Linda University School of Allied Health with a B.S. in Communication Disorders? She will continue this fall toward her Master’s program to become a licensed speech pathologist (like her dad Greg Margart). Rianne and her hus-band Brandon, live in Colton. Brandon just finished active Marine duty and will be going to school and working at San Bernardino Valley College. He is taking pre-physical therapy requirements.

…the Kindergarten Sabbath School class, along with siblings and friends, en-joyed a fun “Art Event” hosted by Pastor Isaac on June 29, 2016. Donna Zuppan, Kindergarten coordinator, reports that the art event featured Susan Turley from Art Barn. She coached all of us in painting a beach scene that included sand, waves and a huge crab complete with “wiggle eyes” on canvas. This was a super fun event for all ages (yes, Bonnie Parker painted too!). We concluded the morning with snacks and got to take our “one-of-a-kind” paintings home! Thanks so much Pastor Isaac and Susan for this fun event! Yeah! We are so grateful for a fun Pastor that prioritizes summer fun for us all!”

…Mark Janzen, age 12, son of Bruce & Frances Janzen, recently earned a national gold medal for his high score in the National Royal Conservatory Music Development Program. He is learning to play the trumpet along with piano and pre-fers to play bluesy, jazzy, upbeat songs as well as praise songs. His favorite day of the week is the Sabbath and hates to miss church even when sick. Mark’s passions are somewhat limited by his severe ec-zema and allergies, but he has the support of his extended family, friends and a great doctor to help him through. He hopes to become a pilot like his dad and grandad someday. Besides music he loves jumping on the trampoline with his friends, playing with his dog, Champ, working on solving his Rubik’s cubes in less than 30 seconds and going to karate class where he has recently earned his high green belt.

Calimesa Kindergarten Sabbath-School enjoying painting

Mark Janzen

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…Shannan Margart is employed with Loma Linda’s Adult Day Health Program as one of their client assistants? She works just around the corner from dad Greg’s office and is very excited to be part of the Loma Linda medical work environ-ment.

…Devon Heinrich has met the man of her dreams? Dustin Baumbach, a Ph.D. candidate working under Stephen Dunbar, recently proposed to Devon. Devon will finish her Master’s in Speech Language Pathology at Loma Linda Uni-versity in June. Dustin is currently doing research on Hawksbill turtles off the coast of Honduras. He has recently devel-oped an app to record sea turtle sightings around the world. Devon’s parents, Milo and Roxy Heinrich are thrilled to be get-ting a second son-in-law!

….you are needed? The funeral din-ner committee sometimes gets requests for refreshments to be served after a memorial service and is looking for volunteers will-ing to bake cookies when needed. Please volunteer by calling Louise Holder, 909-795-7136 (please leave a message) and you will be contacted when a need arrises.

….Timothy Giang recently gradu-ated with a degree in Social Studies, a secondary education teaching certificate and, best of all, a job at Calexico Mission School (South Eastern California Confer-ence)? Michael Giang just started a Pe-diatric Residency at Loma Linda Univer-sity Medical Center and his sister, Elissa Giang, will be taking nursing at Southern Adventist University.

….Mitchell Fairhurst graduated from the University of Redlands April 23, 2016 with his BS in Business Administra-tion & Public Policy? The night of bac-calaureate he got a call that he was hired by Skanska, a Civil Engineering Co. in Riverside, as a Project Controls Coordina-tor. Between graduation and starting his new job, Mitchell went to China with his business professors for three weeks, visit-ing several financial institutions in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai as well as visiting many cultural sites. It was both educational and fun, but Mitchell was glad to be back in the USA!

… Donna Becker received her Mas-ter’s Degree in Nursing from Loma Linda University? Donna has been “wearing many hats” – teacher in the school of nurs-

ing, mother, grandmother, daughter and homemaker.

….that Harold and Cindy Neuen-dorff celebrated their 22nd wedding an-niversary, May 22, 2016?

...Rachel Myhre has started the Oc-cupational Therapy Assistant program? She has completed her prerequisites at Southern Adventist University and is now starting a two year OTA program at Adventist University of Health Sciences in Orlando, Florida which is part of the Adventist Health System.

...Michael and Arlys Fillman spent four weeks in Australia in June. This was a family vacation with their daughter Lau-rella, son-in-law Adam Case, grandson Joshua, and Adam’s parents, David and Sheila Case of Ohio. Melbourne, Ayer’s Rock, Cairns and Sydney were the main areas visited. Mike’s favorite location was the tropical and warm Cairn’s area where a snorkel trip to the Great Barrier Reef was enjoyed. He says, “life seemed simpler and safer in Australia - like we had stepped back in time. It was certainly a wonderful trip, and, since a few asked, we never ate any shrimp on the barbi.”

...Scott Jones and Samira Behiyat were married on June 20, 2016 at Roar-ing Camp Railroads in Felton, Santa Cruz County, CA? “Our honeymoon was spent exploring the coast as we drove back down to Riverside. Sam is a newcomer to California so we just enjoyed the wonders of the central coast of California. A few highlights from our honeymoon: a day in San Francisco, most of a day in Santa Cruz and San Jose, enjoyed the beaches and redwoods of Big Sur, and we were enthralled by Hearst Castle.” As a child, Scott was dedicated at our church twenty years ago and more recently he was active in leadership of the young adults working with Pastor Isaac Kim. In 2005, Scott was part of a three -person advance team to launch the first Roatan Mission Trip. Currently Scott teaches history and

Scott Jones and Samira Behiyat were married on June 20, 2016

Mike and Arlys Fillman visitingBondi Beach near Sydney, Australia

economics at La Sierra Academy. Sam works in the Human Resources Depart-ment at La Sierra University and they are now attending La Sierra University Church. Scott, you are missed for your leadership and we wish you and your new bride much happiness. Come visit often!

... the editors goofed in the previ-ous newsletter? We inadvertently did not mention that Del Andrus is also a part of the ‘elite club’ being both a Calimesa church member and a member of the 50th year graduating class (1966) from La Sierra College? (Del Andrus, Bob Faulk, Bonnie Parker, Bob Rentchler and Da-vid Wilkins).

...Beau Darkens, Matthew Shankel and Jordan Shattuck are soon to head to various student mission assignments? Pastor Pablo Ariza interviewed Beau and Matthew about their mission hopes and expectations on Sabbath, July 23, 2016. Beau is heading to Hawaiian Mission Academy to be the Assistant Dean as well as teach P.E. Matthew will be teaching 4th grade on the island of Majuro. They both expressed excitment about their new ventures and also expressed some fear about whether they would relate well to their students. Jordan will be teaching 1st grade at our Adventist school on Yap island.

Pablo Ariza interviewing studentsBeau Darkens and Matt Shankel

Jordan Shattuck

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RIDDLE ANSWERFri-Chick

“UNTIL THAT DAY”Charles Howard (Bing) Brinegar

Nov 4, 1936 - June 15, 2016

Our church family is very sad to say goodbye, for now, to Dr. Bing Brinegar. He was born in La Jolla, CA, attended San Diego Seventh-day Adventist Academy and then Pacific Union College as a speech major. Bing graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1959, and after internship at the Washington Sanitarium and Hospital in Washington, D.C., he was drafted to the U.S. Army serving in Sacra-mento until 1966. He later did a fel-lowship in diabetes at the prestigious Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, MA. Except for three precious years of service at Guam SDA Clinic (1996-1999), he joined LLUMC where he practiced his specialty at the Faculty Medical Offices his entire medical career.

Bing, always a gentleman, was respected, cherished and admired by students, coworkers and patients alike. Bing’s personal relationship with his God and church remained a motivat-ing factor his whole life. He served as deacon, elder and youth director. He would often take youth groups on camping and hiking trips in the Sier-ras introducing and deepening their appreciated for “God’s Second Book.”

Bing is survived by his wife Mer-edith (Cherry Valley), brother Mack (Langdon, ND), daughter Lisa Meter (Riverside, CA), sons Jeffrey (Bea-verton, OR) and Kevin (Boise, ID); their spouses and four grandchildren. He was also loved by three stepchil-

Bing Brinegar

dren, Colleen Landis, Orrin Banta (Oroville, CA), Athiah Chaudry (Brea, CA), their spouses, seven grandchildren and three great grand-children. And his loving dog, Abbey.

Private services for the family were held June 20, 2016 at Emmerson-Bartlett in Redlands; inurnment was on June 23 at Riverside National Cem-etery. A Celebration of Life is planned for the evening of Wednesday, August 17, at 6:30 pm, Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church, Calimesa, CA.

Marylene MorrisMarylene Morris, mother of

Kathi Wild, Karen Davidson and Judie Yakush’s aunt, passed away on May 26, 2016, just three months short of her 90th birthday. Marylene had been a member of Calimesa for four years, as she had transferred her mem-bership from Downey SDA church where she had been an active mem-ber for over 50 years. She enjoyed the sanctuary Adult Sabbath School class and appreciated the friends she had made while attending Calimesa church. For the past two years she was unable to attend for health rea-sons, but enjoyed the visits and contact from church friends. She especially was appreciative of the beautiful yellow prayer quilt that was given her two years ago and always had it nearby to cheer. The family wishes to thank you for your kind thoughts and prayers.

The Calimesa Kindergarten Class would like to invite each of you to participate in a “Random Act of Kind-ness” by filling shoeboxes for our an-nual fall project. The Kindergarten De-partment plans to participate again this year with “Samaritans Purse Shoebox for Kids Program.” Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization that provides spiritual and physical aid to children who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease and famine. The shoe box gifts are an expression of sharing God’s love and promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

This is a great time of year for each of you to have an opportunity to get school supplies for this project as they are markedly reduced now….items such as…crayons, pencils, pencil sharpeners, markers, notepads, notebook paper and pens. Also, small toys, puzzles, small stuffed animals, balls, jump ropes, toothbrushes and soap. Recepiants are ages three and ten. The items need to fit in a shoe-box. Bring your contributions (war related items and food cannot be ac-cepted) to the Kindergarten Sabbath School classroom. For more informa-tion, contact Donna Zuppan or Isaac Kim.

RANDOM ACTSOF KINDNESS

by Donna Zuppan

Thought For The Day

“If you allow people to make more withdrawals than depos-its in your life, you will be out of balance and in the negative.

Know when to close the account!”

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CALIMESA YOUTHSUMMER ACTIVITIES

On Friday morning, July 15, 2016, Calimesa Church’s youth group loaded up in cars and vans to head to Lake Perris for a day on the water. While there, they swam, wakeboarded and rode inner tubes being pulled by boat drivers Dick Parker, Willy Goltz and Jenny Pederson. In total, 29 youth attended, along with a large group of parents.

Holly Wagner, 16, said “I thought that the ‘out of the classroom environ-ment’ was really awesome! Just boat-ing around the lake, watching people tube and wakeboard and being able to worship on the beach during sunset was amazing.”

Following water activities, the group welcomed in the Sabbath with a haystack dinner meal, provided by the parents, and worship on the beach. Andrew Ciccarelli, Jake Langford and Jayden Wilson played guitars as the group sang before Pastor Aren Rennacker spoke on the need for youth to be ‘light in an ever-dimming world’. The message came at a time

when the youth were preparing to feed the homeless in San Bernardino after church on Sabbath, July 23, and go on a mission trip to Los Angeles to reach out to the less fortunate from July 31-August 5. With these activities coming up, a relaxing day at the lake was still needed and appreciated for this group of teens.

Daniel Tohm, 17, commented, “I thought last Friday was awesome because we had a lot of people that could join us at the lake, hang out with friends and do water activities. The food was great and the music was the perfect touch to welcome in the Sab-bath day.”

Calimesa Church Youth Group at Lake Perris

BOATING AT LAKE PERRIS

Pastor Rennacker leading outin worship at Lake Perris

Youth at recent babysittingnight fundraiser

Parents Night outSaturday evening, July 16, 2016,

the youth held a babysitting night fundraiser. Nineteen children were dropped off at the youth room and were entertained by the youth with games, crafts, dinner and a movie. The parents had a date night and it was a toss-up who had more fun, the youth or the kids. The ‘fundraiser evening’ made some money for the Youth’s up-coming mission trip to Los Angeles.

Friday Evening VespersOn July 22, 2016 the youth had a

vespers at Ted and Tammy Shankel’s home in Calimesa. For worship they watched Louie Giglio’s talk entitled, “How Great Is Our God”, a well-known sermon on the bigness of God and uniqueness of each of us.

Homeless FeedDuring Sabbath School, July 23,

2016, the youth prepared sack lunches and hand written notes for some of the homeless at Seccombe Lake Park in San Bernardino. They left after church to pass out the sack lunches, which included personal handwritten notes and bottles of water. The youth enjoyed interacting with their new ac-quaintances and are planning on doing similar events in the future.

Fundraiser for LA Mission Trip

On Sabbath, July 30, 2016, Calimesa’s youth are planning an amazing summer fundraiser, ‘Sabbath Dinner to Go’! Cottage cheese loaf, salad, bread and dessert for all who have placed orders. The funds are slated for a mission trip to Los An-geles July 31-August 5. During this trip the youth are planning different outreach projects in the city each day and to experience the various cultures that reside in Los Angeles. Twenty-two youth and four adults are signed up to participate.

Holly Wagner and Sasha Alexanderenjoying Lake Perris