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About our Pastor

Pastor Tim Drom is now serving Lutheran Church of Our Savior as our Interim Pastor. Pastor Drom comes to us with years of experience in Interim Ministry. He is specially trained and skilled to serve the special needs of a congregation in the Call process. Pastor Tim can be reached at through the church office at (909) 882-5013 or at PastorTim@LCOSavior.org.

Tim was born in San Bernardino at Norton AFB and graduated from high school in Santa Maria, CA. After serving in the Air Force, Tim graduated with an undergraduate degree in History from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He then attended Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he received his Master of Divinity degree. He was ordained into Word and Sacrament ministry in the American Lutheran Church on September 18, 1983.

He served as Pastor at Faith Lutheran, Yucaipa for thirteen years. He later served as Chaplain at the Village of Childhelp in Beaumont. He has served as an Intentional Interim Pastor for Peace/Corona, First/San Diego, Eden/Riverside, Our Savior’s/ Banning and most recently Faith/Yucaipa. Tim met his wife, Linda, when he was stationed at Nellis AFB, NV. She has taught in the Redlands School District for the past 24 years. They have two children and one grandchild.

Tim’s hobbies include restoring early model Mustangs and fervently rooting for the Dodgers.

Message from Pastor Tim

February 2012: Bread for the Journey
(get this message as printable pdf)

If you look through Scripture, particularly the New Testament, you will see certain themes that keep repeating themselves over and over again. One of those themes revolves around the word “bread”. That word is used almost 60 times in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, with almost 1/3 of those references from within John alone. Why is this word so important?

Perhaps it's because bread was such a common item in the time of Jesus, common and important. Think about some of those stories that contain “bread” in them. The devil tempting Jesus in the wilderness by challenging him to turn stones into bread. The feeding of the 5, 000 which all started with a young boy sharing his loaves and fish. Jesus including “bread” in his prayer that he gave to us. Jesus instruction to his disciples, “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra tunic”. And of course, the use of bread during the Last Supper. Bread is a common example of life that is woven throughout the whole of scripture.

And so it is with our lives as well. We are very much in tune with smells and how they combine together with taste to create wonderful memories in our lives. Can you imagine never smelling the aroma of fresh baked bread? That memory is locked in with the places and times that are very special in our lives.

During this coming Lenten season we will be coming together on a weekly basis to talk about “bread”. Under the theme, “Bread for the Journey”, we will explore how scripture talks about bread and how God's love and grace is as necessary and close to us as the bread that each of us have in our kitchens.

And as we talk about “Bread for the Journey” during Lent, we will also be helping to make bread possible for those who are lacking daily bread in their lives. All the offerings from the midweek Lenten services will go towards World Hunger. As we learn more about God's love, which is the “rich food we feast upon”, we will also be showing God's love to the world as we go about sharing the gift of bread with those who don't have enough.

Listed below are the themes we will be focusing on during this coming season of Lent. All midweek services will be held at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. There will be a light supper planned for the five Wednesdays following Ash Wednesday.

February 22nd           Ash Wednesday             Bread for the Journey
February 29th           Lent 1                             Welcome Bread
March 7th                Lent 2                               Unleavened Bread
March 14th              Lent 3                               Daily Bread
March 21st            Lent 4                               More than Bread
March 28th              Lent 5                               Abundant Bread

Come and join us as we explore the “Bread of Life” that God gives to us daily.

Peace,

Pastor Tim

Pastor Tim's January message: How Does God Do It?
Pastor Tim's December message: "Pondering Emmanuel"
Pastor Tim's November message: "King of Justice and Peace"
Pastor Tim's October message: "Let's Get Together"
Pastor Tim's September message: "Is Forgiveness Possible?"
Pastor Tim's August message: "Be Made Well and Live"
Pastor Tim's July Message: "Seeing Abundance"
Pastor Tim's June Message: "Come Together in My Name"
Pastor Tim's May 2011 message: "The Hope of Easter"
Pastor Tim's April 2011 message: "Having Vision."
Pastor Tim's March 2011 message: "A God who Knows about Pain ."
Pastor Tim's January 2011 message: "God, who is leading us, will not abandon us.