PASADENA COVENANT CHURCH

June 2010

By Kreig Gammelgard, Transitional Support Pastor & Tim Dally, Lead Pastor

Pastor Tim Dally and Elaine have arrived in Pasadena! 
Read it again, folks.  This is not a figment of your imagination nor a typo…, but truth.  The long and 
prayerful search for a new lead pastor is complete, and an exciting new ministry adventure lies before you.  
God is so good! 
 
As a brief reminder, let me re‐introduce you to God’s man for this season in the life of Pasadena Covenant: 
 

Tim is ordained in the Christian Church and has served for 30 years as a youth pastor, church planter, 
executive pastor, transition pastor and lead pastor at churches of various sizes and ages.  Tim was 
introduced to the Evangelical Covenant Church by Dr. David Nystrom, a former guest speaker at 
Pasadena Covenant Church, and Vice President of Academic affairs at William Jessup University near 
Sacramento, where they met when Tim was an  adjunct professor. Tim will transfer his ordination to the 
Covenant in the near future while settling into his new “tribe”.  With a variety of educational degrees in 
Theology, Philosophy, Spiritual Formation and Religion and Society, including a D.Min in Practical 
Theology in the Postmodern Context; plus his plethora of experience in the church and his passion for 
people. This is a wonderful fit for leading Pasadena Covenant Church for many years to come. 
 
Tim would readily admit that Elaine, his wife of 30 years, is the better half.  They have 4 grown children, 
two who live in the LA area, and Tim and Elaine will soon be grandparents! 
 
Tim has a love for sports, both watching and playing; a love for art, both drawing and painting; and a love 
for collecting things and trying new things.  If you don’t find him in the office, you have a good change of 
finding him at the gym, a bookstore, a coffee shop, or on a hike. 
 
To get in touch with Tim you can reach him at tdally@pasadenacovenant.com or (626) 795‐9381 ext. 103. 
 
From my perspective, I am leaving Pasadena Covenant Church in very capable hands.  Enjoy one another. 
Love one another.  Follow and serve God together.  I’ll look forward to staying in touch with you all and 
now a word from Tim: 
 
                                  
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I have an assignment to write something for a space in the ‘newsletter.’  The first thing that comes 
to mind is a statement: We listened intently, after saying something about “wherever,” and we are in 
Pasadena.  This is the place we felt called to be – this is the “wherever” part beginning to happen.  Who 
would have imagined this? 

We have spent a little over 30 years listening and being “wherever” we needed to be.  It has often 
been surprising, but not a surprise, about the places and things that needed to be done.  The rear 
view mirror has always made a little more sense than looking out the windshield and following 
that voice.  That place in the book of Hebrews where it describes Abraham and Sarah as going into 
the future with a God they barely knew has forever meant something to me.  I have always desired 
a trusting faith like Abe that has more to do with following, seeking proximity to God and his 
leadership, rather than waiting for a lot of clarity. 

This Sunday I will be installed as the Lead Pastor of Pasadena Covenant Church.  I know it will be 
an important moment for me on the stage.  As I spend time on my knees I will be remembering 
servanthood, passion, commitment, giftedness, integrity, and the God I answer to.  When I respond 
to the challenges of pastoring it will undoubtedly become a ‘marker’ in my life.  The occasion will 
have meaning and continue to gain new meaning through the years as I start by saying – “By the 
grace of God I will…I do.”  The “installation” ceremony will cause me to remember who I am and I 
am wondering what that will mean here in this place, at this time, being who I am. Then about the 
time everyone is getting really bored with the whole affair my heart will be racing in the 
confirmation trying to imagine what is next at a place with such a legacy.  

In the Bible, the leadership of God led people into promises, suffering, celebration, relationships, 
the wilderness, exile, the waters of baptism, prayer, all kinds of victories and brand new places.  
We don’t always know where we are going with clarity, or what is next, but we listened and this is 
the place we felt called to be.  I don’t know how many things Sunday’s “installation” can mean, but 
for my self and my family it is about following and being called to be here.  We listened, and after 
saying something about “wherever,” we ended up in Pasadena. 

Upcoming Preachers at Pasadena Trustee/Council Meeting for 2010

Covenant Church! June 7th - Trustee Council
June 19th - Leadership Retreat
June 6th: Tim Dally Installation July 5th - Trustee Council
June 13th: Mission Sunday August 2nd - Trustee Council
June 20th: Tim Dally
June 27th: Tim Dally Staff Out of the Office:
Laurie Cornell: June 7 - 19th
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Sunday Morning Happenings For Adults

at 9:00 a.m.
Beyond the Box
We meet in the Gathering Place from 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Sunday mornings with light
refreshments. All are welcome to come. For further information, please contact Bruce Wear (626) 797-
4126 or bwear@earthlink.net.

Couriers
All are welcome to join us for good teaching and good fellowship in the Fireside Room. We are
currently studying in Hebrews with John Wipf. Refreshments will be served. For further information
contact Marilyn Hanks (626) 791-3782.

Companions in Christ
In our Sunday morning Companions in Christ group, we reflect on the Bible study materials on
the core value of knowing God. Newcomers are welcome to try us out to see if they would like to join our
group. We meet from 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. in the second-floor room above the Gathering Place, off the
west stairway to the balcony. For more information, please contact Jennifer Mawhorter (909) 621-2389 or
jmawhorter@pomona.edu.
Companions in Christ
We are an open group and welcome newcomers. We meet in the Corner House. For further
information please contact Anita Sorenson (626) 791-9116 or anitasor@pacbell.net.

Alpha Next Steps

We meet in the Santa Barbara Room. For further information please contact Randy or Marianne
Hill at (626) 798-2097 or hikerhill@gmail.com /marianne.haver.hill@gmail.com.

Tuesday, June 15, Sarah Circle meets from 9:30 a.m. -

The next Koinonia Prayer and Praise
potluck will be on Sunday, June 6th, at
6:00 p.m. at the home of Jim and Dianna
Willette.
Please contact Dianna to coordinate your
potluck item.
1:00 p.m. in the Fireside Room. We welcome all
women to join us for service projects, including
preparing kits for VBS. At 11:30 a.m. we will have a
“Chat with Elaine Dally” to get acquainted with our
new pastor’s wife.
There will be a salad luncheon following our meeting.
For more information, please contact Mary Barkman.
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Save the Date!
Aslan’s Place
PCC Family VBS
For all ages, infant thru adult!
Dates: Monday-Friday, July 12-16
Theme: C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch,
and the Wardrobe
Schedule:
Optional early activities*:
5:00 - 5:45 p.m.: active games
5:45 - 6:30 p.m.: brown bag dinner
Main Event:
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.: opening assembly & video
7:30 - 8:00 p.m.: age group Bible study &
discussion
8:00 - 8:30 p.m.: family crafts & counselor
trivia challenge
* Join us when you can!
$15 per family optional donation requested from
PCC families to help defray costs. Please invite your
friends & neighbors to join us as our guests!
Volunteers needed for Aslan’s Place!
Aslan’s Place is an exciting, fun-filled adventure
into C.S. Lewis’ classic The Lion, the Witch, and
the Wardrobe, that will take place Monday-Friday,
July 12 - 16, from 5:00 - 8:30 p.m. It’s also a great
way for Pasadena Covenant to reach out to our
neighbors. Please consider volunteering your time
to make this dream a reality. Helpers are needed
for the following positions.
1. Photographer (5 - 9 p.m. daily)
2. Registration (5 - 6:30 p.m. Monday & Tuesday)
3. Brown-bag dinner host (no cooking involved)
4. Craft leader (no planning required, 7:30 - 9 p.m.
daily)
5. Active game leader (no planning required, 4:30
- 6 p.m. daily)
6. Sound/video tech (6 - 8 p.m. daily)
7. Set design set-up/take-down (Sat. and/or Sun.
July 10 - 11 and July 17 - 18)
For more information regarding any of these
volunteer opportunities, please contact Vikki Randall
Sixth Grade Promotion Sunday!
On June 27th, the 6th graders will move from
Club 145 to the Youth program. This will give
you a jump start on all the fun summer activities!
Plan to attend Pancakes & Parables at 9:00 a.m.
on Sundays!
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Cross-Cultural Continued from Previous Column

Communication Specialists Pray for Jana Wipf who will travel with a team from
Maranatha High School to Nairobi, Kenya and then
Praise & Prayer Requests :
to Arusha, Tanzania. In Arusha, they will work with
Each year members of the congregation are
a soccer club which aims to
invited to apply for a grant to help support them
in a short term ministry. This year two members keep kids off the streets and
have received grants for this purpose. out of drugs and gangs. The
soccer club works to equip
Pray for Katie VanStelle, who will participate in a
young boys with life skills to
Summer Teaching Program with ELIC (English
help them become active,
Language Institute China).
contributing members of
She will teach English for
society. The team then travels
five weeks in China. Her
to a Maasai village in the bush. There they will
students will be English
interact with children, teach English classes and help
teachers who are required to
repair run-down classrooms. Then they will travel to
take continuing education
Nairobi where they will serve at the Missionaries of
classes. Her desire is that through this programs she
Charity Home, founded by Mother Teresa. This is
will not only help her students in their careers as
both an orphanage and a hospital.
teachers, but that there will be an opportunity to
share about spiritual matters. Jana says, “I am incredibly thankful to have the
• “Please pray for physical needs while I’m in opportunity to go on a trip like this, and to have the
China...for safety in traveling, for restful sleep, for overwhelming support of people around me who will
stamina, and for health. pray for me and my trip, and donate money to make
anything we do there possible.”
• Please pray for meaningful connections with
my students, that God will open the door for • Pray for overall safety for everyone involved—
conversations about faith and that my students can that there will be no sickness, injury, or anything else
see Jesus’ love lived out in me. that would be problematic.
• Please pray for the Christian school where I
• Pray that there will be unity and relationship
am currently employed. Pray that our enrollment
building, both within Jana’s team and with the
will grow so that we can impact more lives for God’s
people with whom they come in contact, wherever
glory.”
team goes.
• Praise: “I am so thankful for all the people
that have supported me on this journey. My family
and the women in my Companions group have been
constant prayer partners and great encouragers
throughout.”
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A huge THANK YOU goes to 11 very special
people in our church family. These 11 individuals
created study and devotional materials for adult
small groups, Sunday School classes and
individuals to use throughout the entire year. The
topics of the material focused on the 6 primary
core values of our church and the seasons of
Advent and Lent. The purpose of the materials
was to foster unity and sharpen our sense of
identity as a church while we traveled through the
season of transition and preparation for a new
pastor.
Feedback on the use of these materials has been
positive: “It stimulated lots of good conversation”; “I
had never thought of things that way before”; “It was
good to go over basic ideas with people I’ve known for
years”; “Wow, it’s really great that people in our own
church wrote these materials! We are really blessed to
have such resources.”
The authors are as follows:
We Seek to Share God – Steve Stuckey
Multi-generational Community - Susan Wood &
Susan Aoki
Advent Reflections – Joni Bicker, Susan Aoki &
Susan Wood
Service – Pat and Charles Del Pino
Knowing God – Kyron Millard
Lenten Reflections – Linda Peacore
Welcoming All – Kaylene Redfern
Worship – Debbie Edgar
None of the materials could have been published
and distributed over the internet with out the
wonderful editing, formatting and proofing done
by Susan Wood and Becky Still. If you enjoyed
using these materials, as you see these authors and
editors on the church campus, please express your
appreciation for all their hard work and service.
Jr. High!
Game Night: Kick off the summer with a night of
Capture the Flag, Mission Impossible, Sardines, and
other awesome games. Pizza and drinks provided.
June 28th
6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Location: Youth Center, $5.00
Sr. High!
Coffee Hang Out: Come celebrate the end of the
school year by chillin’ in the youth room with some
good coffee and good company. We’ll chat, play
games, and just relax.
June 18th
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Location: Youth Room
All Youth!
Pool Parties: Join us on Wednesdays once a month
for a pool party! Locations will be announced on
the website.
June 30th
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Youth Room
Elizabeth House Update -- Summer 2010
Summer 2010 activities include a June family BBQ
and a July alumni workshop on Preventing Child
Abuse. These are for current and past residents and
their families.
Elizabeth House needs used furniture for residents
who are moving out and setting up their own
households: Table & Chairs, Beds (frame, mattress
& spring), dresser, couch, chairs. If you know
someone who is getting rid of good used furniture,
please contact Judy Wipf, Elizabeth House Liaison.
Elizabeth House always needs gently used baby
clothes, children’s clothing and maternity clothes.
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Save the Dates: June 6th:

Important Church Dates
Saturday, June 5: Welcome celebration
dinner for Tim & Elaine Dally at the church
(time to be announced).
June 20th:
Sunday, June 6: Tim Dally officially installed
as part of the worship service (Evelyn Johnson
& others from the conference to attend).
Saturday, June 12: Farewell & appreciation
BBQ for Kreig Gammelgard (evening time and
location to be announced).
Club 145 (1st - 6th grade)
Birth - 5 years: Regular classes
June 13th:
No Club 145 (1st - 6th grade)
Birth - 5 years: Regular classes
Club 145 (1st - 6th grade)
Birth - 5 years: Regular classes
June 27th:
Club 145 (1st - 6th grade)
Birth - 5 years: Regular classes

Sunday, June 13: Mission Sunday followed by

an all church luncheon (fundraiser for the
youth mission trip).

Sunday, June 20: Celebration lunch for Laurie

We need the following supplies!
Cornell following worship.
 Bars of soap  Spaghetti or
Sunday, June 27: Evening Worship Service
 Spaghetti sauce, noodles
Celebrating what God has done through Joan
Reeve Owens at 6:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary. or pasta sauce  Peanut Butter
 Canned Fruit  Spaghettios or
 Canned Chili ravioli
 Canned Beans  Bulk Dried
Beans
Thank you for your support!
The Pasadena Covenant Men’s Book Club will meet on
Thursday, June 24, in the Corner House at 7:00 p.m. Contact Kaylene Redfern for more information at
kredfern@earthlink.net
to discuss Ishi in Two Worlds by Theodora Kroeber.
On July 29, we will discuss Santa Biblia: The Bible
through Hispanic Eyes by Justo Gonzalez.
Please contact Tom Andrews for more information If you would like to be added to our “Email or
thomasfandrews@yahoo.com or (626) 797-6190. Phone” Prayer Chain list, please contact
Doreen Rudder at the church office.
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539 North Lake Avenue
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JUNE 2010
1 Tuesday 13 Sunday 23 Wednesday
1:00 p.m. Erik Tyberg Memorial Service 9:00 a.m. Classes for all ages No Youth
2 Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Prayer Gathering for the 24 Thursday
7:00 p.m. Jr./Sr. High Youth Group Worship Service 7:00 p.m. Men’s Book Club
3 Thursday 10:30 a.m. Worship Service 25 Friday
4 Friday 11:45 a.m. All Church Luncheon 26 Saturday
5 Saturday (youth mission trip fundraiser) 27 Sunday
8:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast 12:30 p.m. Food Closet 9:00 a.m. Classes for all ages
5:30 p.m. Welcome Celebration 14 Monday 9:30 a.m. Teacher Breakfast Meeting
Dinner for Tim & Elaine 15 Tuesday 10:00 a.m. Prayer Gathering for the
6 Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sarah Circle Worship Service
9:00 a.m. Classes for all ages 16 Wednesday 10:30 a.m. Worship Service
10:00 a.m. Prayer Gathering for the 7:00 p.m. Jr./Sr. High Youth Group 11:45 a.m. Hospitality
Worship Service 17 Thursday 6:00 p.m. Evening Worship Service
10:30 a.m. Worship Service 18 Friday Celebrating Joan Reeve Owens
11:45 a.m. Hospitality 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Coffee Hang Out 28 Monday
6:00 p.m. Koinonia Prayer & Praise 19 Saturday 6:00 p.m. Jr. High Game Night
potluck 8:00 a.m. Leadership Retreat 29 Tuesday
7 Monday 20 Sunday 30 Wednesday
9:30 a.m. Food Closet 9:00 a.m. Classes for all ages 7:30 p.m. Jr./Sr. High Youth Group
7:00 p.m. Trustee Meeting 10:00 a.m. Prayer Gathering for the
8 Tuesday Worship Service
9 Wednesday 10:30 a.m. Worship Service
No Youth 11:45 a.m. Celebration Luncheon for
10 Thursday Laurie Cornell
11 Friday 21 Monday
12 Saturday 6:45 p.m. Peace & Justice Meeting
5:30 p.m. Farewell BBQ for Kreig 22 Tuesday