Praying for Revival!

And let me tell you there are people who are

hungering and thirsting to hear this good news of

God in Jesus Christ and those for whom Our

Savior’s is just the place to experience the faith.

We have a church where you don’t have to check

your mind at the door. We aren’t afraid of science

or scientific inquiry. We aren’t afraid to look at the

Bible and Christian tradition with a critical eye and

ask questions that are important to us and to our

world. We allow people to integrate their faith and

their daily lives in ways that are intellectually

honest. We proclaim a loving God who in Jesus

Christ has come to save the world and offer life and

life abundantly---not scare us into end times hysteria

or compel us to circle the wagons and shut ourselves

off from the world. We are honest about our own

brokenness and the reality that all of us fall short of

the glory of God and because of this we rejoice with

the angels and archangels and with all the company

of heaven about God’s love for us and the fact that

while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.

We have good news to share my friends! Too many

of us have fallen for the lie that faith is simply an

intellectual agreement to a theological proposition.

Faith is meant to drive us into the streets, into the

town squares, into the marketplaces as we proclaim

Jesus in word and deed! Faith should fill us with

laughter and joy for the goodness of God and with

tears and lament for the brokenness of God’s world.

Faith should drive us out and then call us back with

others in tow to hear the word and be nurtured with

the presence of Christ! Pray with me for a revival

here at Our Savior’s! Pray with me that the Holy

Spirit might grace us with an outpouring of love and

passion for God and for God’s world. Pray with me

that people might come to know God’s love through

what we do here together! Amen! Come Holy

Spirit!

Peace!

Pastor Jeff

On June 8th we celebrate the day of Pentecost. You

can read the story for yourself in the Acts of the

Apostles 2.1-21. It’s one of those great Bible stories

where while meeting together in a room suddenly the

presence of the Holy Spirit perceived to be as a great

wind and looking like little flames dancing around

the heads of the followers of Jesus makes itself

known! The result is that the Good News of Jesus is

proclaimed so that everyone hears in their own native

language and some 3000 folks are added as followers

of Jesus on that day! What I love about the story is

what is implied. You see we are told that the

disciples are all together in a room when the

Pentecost event begins. But then we hear that folks

from all over the world who were in Jerusalem for the

festival began to hear them speaking in their own

native tongue. And of course Peter seems to stand up

in the midst of it all and after he is done with his

Pentecost speech the aforementioned 3,000 are added

to the believers. What is implied is that there was

movement!

You see there’s no way that those first followers

could have stayed in the room or even the building in

which they were meeting. It’s simply impossible.

They most have moved outside! They most have

gone into the streets! They most have been in the

public areas where all these visitors could have heard

the proclamation and where Peter could have stood

up and accommodated the many thousands who

listened to him. Remember 3,000 came to faith and

we can only guess on how many thousands didn’t.

What is implied is that the faith of these followers of

Jesus compelled them to go out! To go to where the

people where and to speak about the good news they

had encountered in this one called Jesus. It seems to

me that is exactly what we need to happen today. We

need to go out! We need to stop being so shy about

our faith, about our church and about our ministry

and share the good news with others. We need a

revival!

The Messenger ~ June 2014 Our Savior’s Lutheran Church and School ▪ San Clemente, California

“Inspired to Love, Encouraged to Think, and Sent to Serve”

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Carlye Townsend 6/1

Theresa Wilson 6/1

JJ Alvarez 6/2

Andrew Frohner 6/2

Kirsten Murphy 6/2

Rob Murphy 6/2

Ryan Campbell 6/3

Ryan Jensen 6/3

Sandy Kos 6/3

Steve Ayers 6/5

Joshua Salwender 6/5

Joseph Butkus 6/6

Ralph Hannah 6/9

Claire Wilson 6/10

Janae Cooper 6/11

Phil Seals 6/12

Walter Wakeman 6/12

Jeff Balaban 6/13

BJ Pergola 6/13

Palmer Rennie 6/15

Hannah Goulding 6/16

Nicole Taylor 6/18

Tyler Mears 6/20

Amy Mendoza 6/20

Gavin O’Byrne 6/20

Conor O’Byrne 6/20

Ken Ross 6/20

Zachary Balaban 6/21

Ellis Jensen 6/21

Camden Kos 6/21

Karen Skipper 6/21

Evey Thomsen 6/21

Michele Young 6/23

Kimberely Martin 6/24

Iain Buchan 6/25

Mel Schwan 6/25

Justin Young 6/25

John Skipper 6/26

Laura Horvath 6/27

William Schmall 6/27

Deanna Huppert 6/29

Betty Nullmeyer 6/29

Denise Campbell 6/30

Ann Hoye 6/30

~ Birthdays ~

June Birthdays, Anniversaries & More

Scott & Barbara Cameron 6/3

Sean & Tammy Peasley 6/3

Charles & Deborah Ramm 6/12

Troy* & Desiree Ferderer 6/17

Mark & Kitty Schmitt 6/18

Kyle & Kelly Winkler 6/18

Ron & Collette LaClair 6/20

Julie & Kelly Doyle 6/22

Tom & Ruth McKeown 6/22

Mark & Mamie Lorimer 6/23

John & Karen Skipper 6/23

Dick & Ann Hoye 6/25

Dalton & Adriann Cardoso 6/26

Phil & Audrey Seals 6/29

Tom & Lisa Banks 6/30

~ Anniversaries ~

JUNE 8, 2014 ~ 9:30AM ALL MEMBERS OF THE

CONGREGATION

Please plan to be in Worship on

Sunday, June 8th for our Annual meeting.

The Annual meeting is held in between services - 9:30am SHARP.

July & August

8:30am Bold Worship

10:00am Classic Worship

6:00pm Evening Worship

Starting July 6

Lutheran Immigration and

Refugee Service (LIRS)

Celebrates 75 years!

This year marks the 75th anniversary of LIRS’s ministries of service

and justice. Initially sparked by concern for European Lutherans

displaced by WWII, LIRS is sustained by God’s call to love the

sojourner and honed by decades of human care for people uprooted

by war, persecution, violence, family separation and human

trafficking. There are 30 million displaced people in the world and

about 10.4 million are refugees, meaning that they have crossed an

international border for safety. About half of all refugees spend at

least 5 years in a refugee camp and many are children with no

parents or adults to accompany them. The United States resettles

about 70,000 refugees a year and LIRS helps about 10,000 of them!

We are a part of a bigger church and a portion of your offering

dollars go to support the good work of organizations like LIRS!

You can find out more by visiting www.lirs.org

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June 2014

Music Notes

Our program year ended at the end of May and many

of our activities will be on hiatus for the summer.

The work of “the church” however, is 24/7, 365 days

a year. Many thanks to our Kids’ Choirs, Bell

Choirs and Celebration Singers for providing great

music for worship throughout this past year. You

can look forward to seeing them back in the fall.

I am also looking forward to the musical offerings

that will be brought by our soloists, ensembles,

worship leaders and instrumentalists throughout the

summer. We have an amazing group of talented

musicians lined up to lead us in song as we praise

God in worship this summer. The program year may

have ended but our musicians consistently offer their

time and talents to our music ministry. I am thankful

to work with such a talented, faithful group.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a great theologian said, “It is

the voice of the Church that is heard in singing

together. It is not you than sings, it is the Church

that is singing, and you, as a member of the Church,

may share in its song.”

I look forward to sharing the Church’s song with you

this summer.

In His Service

Karen Skipper,

Director of Music

Music Ministry Changes

We are delighted to welcome Phil Silas as our

new worship leader for 8:30am worship on

Sunday morning. Phil will begin on Sunday,

June 15th. Phil brings years of experience as a

worship leader and is an award winning

producer, composer, singer and musician who

has worked with both Christian and secular

artists. As Phil begins to establish his worship

team he is interested in auditioning anyone who

has talent as a vocalist, instrumentalist or in the

worship arts (technology, media, art). He is

especially interested in any of our teens or young

adults who have skills they can share! Call the

church office for contact information.

We will say goodbye to Stephanie as her last

worship day with Our Savior’s will be on June

8th. We are currently looking for a pianist/

accompanist to serve as our main instrumentalist

for 10:30am worship and serve as our

accompanist during choir season. If you know

of someone with great talent who might be a

good fit please share the world. They can

contact Karen Skipper for more information.

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Youth and Children’s Page

by Bob Cooper - Director of Youth and Children’s Ministries

Looking Back, Moving Forward

Here we are in June already, didn’t school just start?

Didn’t we just celebrate the birth of our Savior? How

does it get to be June so fast? We have had a wonderful

program year here in the OSLC Youth Ministry! Our

Wednesday evening kids program, J.A.M. (Jesus and

Me) has been such a blessing, seeing those little faces

light up as they learn about the love of Jesus and how it

applies to them. Our 5th grade confirmation students

have really impressed me this year as well with their

commitment and interest, they really like to go deeply

into the lessons and have been eager to gain insight, and

it has been wonderful to be a part of it.

The middle school group just keeps getting crazier and

crazier! Some nights we have to sit kids on the floor

because we have run out of couch space (and there is a

LOT of couch space) and that is wonderful, middle

school can be a difficult transition for some kids and I

am glad that they see our group as a way to stay

surrounded by like-minded friends and connect with

their faith.

Our high school group had another wonderful “Tacos

and Talent” fundraiser that will help fund our summer

trip to the Western States Youth Gathering to be held at

the end of June. A big thank you to all of those involved

with making this event happen, from the cooks in the

kitchen, decorations, technical team, stage crew, talent,

salsa makers, and of course those in attendance who so

generously donated to the cause, the youth of OSLC

thank you.

June is the month of transition which is also good,

preschoolers become kindergarteners, kindergarteners

become elementary schoolers, elementary schoolers

become middle schoolers, middle schoolers become

high schoolers, high schoolers become college students

or enter on a career path, and all the while parents say

“where did the time go?” It’s all just as has always been

and just as it should be; even if it makes us a little sad

to see them grow up.

One last reminder, our middle and high school groups

meet all through the summer and once a youth has

graduated 8th grade they may begin attending the high

school group and once a youth has graduated the 5th

grade they may attend the middle school group, hope

to see the kids in their new groups in late June.

So here’s to a great year and looking forward to a

fantastic summer! Remember, friends are ALWAYS

welcome!

Bob Cooper,

Youth and Children’s Ministry

June 1 - Sunday HSYG 6:00pm, YR

June 4 - Wednesday Kids Club 3:00pm, YR

MSYG 6:30pm, YR

June 7 - Saturday Welcome Inn 7:45am

June 8 - Sunday HSYG 6:00pm, YR

June 10 - Tuesday

Gilchrist House 6:00pm

June 11 - Wednesday MSYG 6:30pm, YR

June 15 - Sunday Car Wash Fundraiser 8:00am

HSYG 6:00pm, YR

June 18 - Wednesday MSYG 6:30pm, YR

June 22 - Sunday Graduate Sunday

HSYG 6:00pm, YR

June 25 - Wednesday MSYG 6:30pm, YR

June 25-July 1 - Wednesday - Tuesday HS Western States Youth Gathering

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Graduate Sunday

June 22, 2014

10:30am

Worship Service

We would like to recognize and pray for all our

graduates on Sunday, June 22nd at the 10:30am

worship service. If you are a graduate of High

School, College, Trade School or the military we

would like to honor you and your achievements

on this special day. To be listed in the bulletin

please send your information to the Church office

no later than Sunday, June 15th. We will invite

all graduates in attendance to come forward for a

time of recognition and prayer.

Extreme Week

August 11 - 15 (Monday-Friday)

All Youth & Families are welcome to join us for the

crazy fun of EXTREME WEEK!

Mark your calendars now!

Vacation Bible Camp 2014

August 4 - 8 Kids entering 1st-5th grade

in the fall of 2014. $95.00 per child

Registration forms available in

the Church & school office and online at

www.oursaviorsonline.net

“Power up”

Youth Group Car Wash

Fundraiser!

Sunday ~ June 15, 2014

8:00am-Noon

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church & School

Parking Lot

2014 Winning

Salsa Recipe

by Lola Davies

6 Roma tomatoes, peeled & finely chopped***

½ onion, finely chopped

½ bunch cilantro, finely chopped

2 cloves garlic put through a garlic press

2 jalapeno peppers, finely chopped

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Salt to taste

Mix all ingredients together. Let set for 1 hour.

Serve with favorite chips.

***To peel tomatoes easily, place whole tomatoes in

boiling water for 30 seconds. Plunge into cold

water. Skins can be easily removed.

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FELLOWSHIP EVENTS @ Our Savior’s

Save the date…

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church

7th Annual Church Picnic.

August 10, 2014 ~ Noon-3:00pm

Tierra Grande Park ~ San Clemente

Vacation

Bible School Aug 4 - Aug 8, 2014

9:00am to Noon ~ Ages 4

years - to 3rd grade.

Registration forms are available in the

church & school office or online at

www.oursaviorsonline.net

Cost: $50.00 for 1st child and $40.00 for

each additional child in family.

Family Fishing Day

Saturday, June 21st at 1:00pm

Bring your poles and bait to

Island Way at the Dana Pont

Harbor. Picnic lunch and

great family fun.

Summer Kick-Off Potluck

Sunday, June 15th

at 5:00pm

Join OSLC

in welcoming summer days!

Food Rockin Worship Fellowship

Please bring a dish to share...all dishes welcome.

OSLC is heading to the Big A!

Family Day at Angel Stadium

Friday ~ July 25th at 7:05pm

LA Angels - vs - Detroit Tigers

$20.00 per person

LAST DAY TO PURCHASE TICKETS

SUNDAY, JULY 13

Name_____________________________________

Phone #___________________________________

E-mail ____________________________________

# of tickets _________________________________

Please make checks payable to OSLC.

Memo: Angel Game

You may drop off your order form and check

Sunday mornings in the offering plate,

drop off or mail your check to the church office.

For questions about any of these fellowship events

please contact Katherine Yeakel at

(949) 292– 7910

maycoffee777@aol.com

YOU ARE WANTED:

2014 BLAST OFF VBS VOLUNTEER

CREW MEMBERS!

Love fun? Love Kids? Love serving?

Then YOU ARE WANTED for 2014 VBS!

Please visit https://kyeakel.wufoo.com/forms/

blast-off-with-2014-vbs/ to register today to be

apart of this amazing crew and experience!

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Alooooha!

"Ono good grinds, bruddah", said Big Kahuna as he

walked out the kitchen door after another successful

and scrumptious Kane Breakfast this past month.

This was no haole mainland feast, the menu was

straight from the back roads of Waikiki on the

leeward side of the Hawaiian Island of

Oahu. Rainbow Drive-In to be specific. What grinds

did we offer?

Eggs - any style as long as it was scrambled.

Portuguese Sausage - also called linguica - watch

out for the hot ones!

Spam - no Hawaiian breakfast is complete

without it.

White rice - made perfectly sticky in a rice

cooker.

Fried rice - my wife says it's better than any

Chinese restaurant - want to know the

secret? Day old extra long grain white rice. Yep,

have to make it the day before you prepare the

fried rice.

Sriracha Hot Sauce – Spicy Vietnamese hot sauce

(made in Irwindale, CA). You may have heard of

them in the news. Local residents don’t think it is

so “hot” when the company prepares the peppers

and filling the air with eye watering vapors.

King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls - imported straight

from their factory in Torrance, CA.

Pineapple and Mango fruit salad. So tropical.

POG Juice - Shig's special recipe of pineapple,

orange and guava delicately blended into fruit

juice nirvana.

Gravy - when ordering at the Rainbow Drive-In,

you say "Gravy all over." The men were

concerned about the cholesterol impact of beef

gravy on their already meaty breakfast. No fear,

there were no animal products used in the making

of the gravy. Another secret of the Rainbow

Drive-In.

Oh, another secret ingredient at the Men's Breakfast is

there every time we meet. Ono good fellowship. Our

time together, whether arriving at 6am to help cook,

or arriving just in time for the discussion, is valued

by all who attend. A great casual gathering with a

cross section of the OSLC men. New members and

long time members all come together to share time,

stories, viewpoints, ono good grinds and fellowship.

For those not sure of the words used in the

article: Ono good grinds means good food. Kane

means men. Haole is derogatory for a person not of

Hawaiian decent. This is Hawaiian Pidgin, a local

dialect used throughout the Hawaiian islands. There

is a wall at the Jordan river, where baptisms are

performed, that has Mark 1:9-11 in many languages,

including Pidgin. See if you can recognize it:

“Dat time, Jesus come from Nazaret town, Galilee

side, an John wen baptize him inside da Jordan

River. Right den Jesus wen come up outa da water.

An you know wat? Jesus wen see da sky broke open,

an wen spock Godʼs Spirit coming down on top him,

jalike one dove. An wow! Had one voice from da sky

wen say, “You my boy! I really get love an aloha fo

you, an I stay good inside cuz a you!”

Mark 1:9-11

Getting back to the Kane Breakfast in May, the Big

Kahuna lead us in a discussion about Abigail, Nabal

and David from 1 Samuel and it was another passage

from the Bible that few of us we familiar with or had

heard before. This is what I personally enjoy about

the Men's Breakfast. Pastor Jeff seeks out the hidden

gems that are lesser known, good narratives and

applicable to our current lives.

How can something written 1000 years before Christ

was born apply to your life today? What culinary

experience will be offered next? Come and join us

June 14th at 7am to 8:30am to find out. We meet in

the Church Kitchen.

Mahalo,

Bruddah John

mulli63@gmail.com

(949) 212-5590

Use your smart phone to put the

June Men's Breakfast on your

calendar:

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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT

OUR SAVIOR’S

Sunday Morning Bible Study

9:45am ▪ Founders Room

Sunday Morning: 2 Kings! We continue our look

at this wonderful double book of the Bible (1 and 2

Kings). Together we are learning about the history

of Israel and Judah and some of the great stories.

Come join us each Sunday morning.

Wednesday Manna Bible Study

Founders Room

11:00am to Noon every Wednesday

Manna will not meet on June 25th

Join the group for a Bike Ride

Saturday ~ June 21, 2014 ~ 9:00am For more information contact Sharon Guilliams at

(949) 842-6391 or email sguilliams@cox.net

Saturday ~ June 14, 2014

7:00am - 8:30am

Calling all men…..

You are invited to join us for a

men's breakfast at OSLC.

RSVP: John Mulligan at mulli63@gmail.com

Hope you will be able to join us.

Seeking a Digital Native

If you are a digital native with a

desire to help Our Savior’s Lutheran

Church stay connected in the cyber world of

Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and

Pinterest. If you know what I mean by SoLoMo

Networks and have run across “Highlight”, “Ban.jo”

and ”Roamz” then you just might be an answer to

prayer! If you think it would be fun to keep the Our

Savior’s community more connected via social

media and look at how digital community can help

us to inspire others to love, encourage them to think

and send them out to serve, then Pastor Jeff wants to

talk with you. Sound interesting? Let’s talk!

We would like to

thank everyone for

having had the

opportunity to serve

as delegates to the

2014 Assembly of

the Pacifica Synod.

As you may know

this Assembly was held in Waikiki, Hawaii and

hosted by the Hukilau Conference. The Aloha

Spirit began at Registration and continued

throughout the Assembly.

We were blessed to be in the company of Pastor Jeff,

a true leader and a fantastic travel partner. Thank

you Pastor Jeff for showing us the way, sharing

great meals, oh, and of course attending worship,

assembly business meetings and an outing to a local

congregation and then on to the Plantation Village

where we learned about life on an early sugar

plantation.

We were fortunate to be able to listen to several

inspirational speakers, including the Presiding

Bishop of the ELCA, Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton.

Bishop Eaton was elected to her position at the 2013

ELCA Churchwide Assembly. Expect good things

to happen in the ELCA with this dynamic new

Bishop.

Serving as a delegate is a humbling experience.

Again, our thanks and Aloha,

Alan & Lana Lundgren

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May 2014 ~ Highlights

Pastor Jeff has been meeting with the families

interested in joining OSLC. We will soon be

welcoming them to the congregation.

The Annual Congregational Meeting will be

Sunday June 8th between morning services.

See you there.

A new Time & Talent Survey will be sent to

each household with the Annual Meeting letter.

Please fill out and return.

Vacation Bible School is August 4 - 8 for ages

4yrs – 3rd grade. Spaces are still available.

Sign up for the fun! Volunteers are also

needed.

Respectfully submitted by Liz Derdzinske,

Congregation Council Secretary

Next council meeting ~ June 10 at 6:30pm

Hello my friends in

Christ. How did you

like the new time and

talent survey? Striking

tri fold is it not? Special thanks to Sharon for all her

creativity. In addition to choosing the traditional in-

dividual things that you are willing to do for the

church, the form also asks your opinion about what

do you want to see at your church and what interests

you. What are some things that are missing at OSLC

and can we possibly make them happen. This may be

an event that you remember from another church or

something new that you think is worthwhile. Let us

know your thoughts and we can consider making

them happen. Also this may be the ideal place to just

state that I will help throughout the year from time to

time as the needs arise. It may be doing something

special for the Christmas dinner that requires an hour

or two, or running an errand on short notice. You can

simple state “call me when needed for a short term

event or need.”

Sometimes we do need specific talents. We have a

section that lets you tell us what your strengths are,

accounting, seamstress, plumbing etc. In addition it

also asks you to specify what you care about the

most. This will help us to spend our time in areas that

have a greater importance to the congregation.

We are hoping to have an abundant amount turned in

by the annual meeting, June 8th. Please help us meet

our expectation. You can turn it in at the meeting,

connections table, offering plate, to the office or even

scan and e-mail it. We are easy. Remembering an

older Nike commercial, “Just do it!”

Steve Kos, Stewardship Ministry

Available online at

www.oursaviorsonline.net

OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN CHURCH

TREASURER’S FINANCIAL REPORT

APRIL 2014

Average April Attendance: 300 people

Average Weekly Offering: $ 10.426/wk

Budget Requirement: $ 9,711/wk

Current Month FYTD

Unrestricted Gifts: $41,703 $402,896

Budget: $38,845 $388,447

These are your gifts to the church through general

envelopes and plate offerings; they are used for

operating budget expenses. Annual Contributions

are currently 3.72% above the Congregation

approved annual budget needs.

Designated Gifts: $ 767 $ 9,115

World Hunger $ 398 $ 4,996

Habitat for Humanity $ 369 $ 4,119

Church Mortgage Balance: $ 695,954.23*

*monthly mortgage payment for the classroom

building is paid from the school funds

Thank You For Your Stewardship!

Blessings! Karen Coffee, Treasurer

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Social Concerns Ministry Team News

Welcome INN Breakfasts Our Savior’s will serve snack bags at 7:45am on the

following Saturdays this summer: June 7, June 28,

July 19, August 9, and August 30. We continue to

share a 3 week rotation with Our Lady of Fatima and

St. Margaret’s churches.

Thanks to Bob Cooper and the youth group members

who have been serving food with us. We invite you

to help, too. You can donate or prepare food,

assemble bags, or hand-out the food. Contact Heidi

Works, hsworks7@cox.net or 361-5179, for details.

It is quick and easy, but those we share our food with

are very grateful.

American Cancer Society’s RELAY FOR LIFE ~ 2014

Save the Date: JULY 26 & 27 San Clemente High School

2014 marks the 10th annual San Clemente Relay for

Life. This community event raises money and

awareness of the American Cancer Society’s work to

eliminate cancer through advocacy, education,

research and service. And, it’s fun!

Team Our Savior’s will be on the field from 10am

Saturday to 10am Sunday. Online registration is

currently open. Google “Relay for Life San

Clemente” and join Team Our Savior’s. It’s never

too early to fundraise!

Sign-ups to walk laps will be taken in

June by Deb Krogman on the patio.

Details to follow.

Year in Review

As this fiscal year draws to a close, we look back upon all we have done with the opportunities we have been

given to serve with gratitude…

WELCOME INN breakfasts… AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY relay for life… WORLD

VISION aids caregiver kits… FAMILY ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES south county hunger walk,

fall food drive, christmas giving tree shoes, toilet paper & diaper drive, bell choir concert… LUTHERAN

WORLD RELIEF quilts, personal care kits… BREAD FOR THE WORLD bread for the world

sunday, hunger advocacy working group… SAN CLEMENTE MILITARY FAMILY

OUTREACH thanksgiving dinners, baby shower, school supplies… LA HOMELESS tent drive…

SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK pennies and peanut butter food drive… AMERICAN RED

CROSS blood drive… ELCA MALARIA CAMPAIGN world malaria sunday… FRIENDSHIP

BAGS for the homeless… HABITAT FOR HUMANITY monthly free will offering… ELCA

WORLD HUNGER CAMPAIGN & DISASTER RESPONSE monthly free will offering…

PACIFICA SYNOD & ELCA CHURCHWIDE MINISTRIES monthly operating fund

support… LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA monthly

operating fund support… RUSSIAN FAR EAST MISSION quarterly operating fund support.

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SCHOOL NEWS ~ June 2014

Scholastic Book Fair

The end-of-the-year Book Fair, sponsored by

Scholastic Books, will run from May 30th-June

6th, in Room #1. It will be open before school,

during lunch, after school and during all the Spring

Musical performances. Please plan on stopping by

to see the great selection of books and gift items.

This is the perfect opportunity to stock up on books

for all your summer reading.

Yearbook Signing ~ Wednesday ~

June 11th 2:15pm

The end-of-the-year school Awards Ceremony

will be held on Thursday, June 12th at 9:00am.

Awards will be given out for:

Perfect Attendance

Honor Roll

Character Counts,

Character Council Involvement

Presidential Award for Educational Excellence

Elementary Patriotic Concerts

Everyone is invited to attend Our Savior’s

Annual Spring Program. The children, under the

direction of Mr. Rob Swart have been

working very hard.

Performance Schedule:

Friday May 30th at 6:00 pm

Kindergarten through Second Grades

Friday, June 6th at 6:00 pm

Third through Fifth Grades

Preschool Spring Performance

Come join in the fun and watch our

preschoolers perform The Little Red Hen.

Thursday, June 5 at 9:00 am-Tu/Th classes and

Pre-Kindergarten perform in the church Sanctuary.

Friday, June 6 at 9:00 am-MWF am & pm classes

and the Pre-Kindergarten perform in the Sanctuary.

Fifth Grade Graduation

Thursday ~ June 12 at 2:30pm

Church Sanctuary

Donuts with Dad

The preschoolers will be honoring their Dads on

6/9 and 6/10 in celebration of Father’s Day.

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I want to thank the

congregation for allowing

me to be principal of this

wonderful school. It is a

great joy to be the principal

of a school that is part of a

Christian congregation,

where we start the day with prayer led by our Pastor,

offer daily religious education, and hold weekly

chapel for our students. It is also a school where the

excellent local Character Counts program is

enhanced and strengthened through connections with

Biblical stories and characters. Students leave here

with a solid foundation, spiritually, socially and

emotionally, able to take on the challenges of bigger

schools because they know who they are, beloved

children of God.

Academically, Our Savior’s Lutheran School is one

of the best, with our national test scores showing our

students school wide score better than 84% of all K

–5 students tested in the US. By the time our

students get to the 5th grade, they score better than

90% of all US students. This year, two of our fifth

graders, Max and Brock Bowman, earned second

place in the CA State History Day Competition.

This is your school. Please pray for the school, and

know that you are welcome here any time. Drop in

for chapel any Wednesday morning at 8:45am, or

feel free to visit the classrooms. Just check in to the

office, as we do take the safety of students very

seriously and therefore monitor all visitors during

the school day. Most of all, thank your for your

continued support of this valuable ministry, which

reaches so many lives.

Blessings,

Roberta Wall,

Principal

Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in the

truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your

name. Psalm 86:11

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Kid’s Column

June 2014

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Book Fair, Rm 1

“World Hunger”

8:30 Bold Worship

9:30 Sunday School,

Adult Ed., Jubilee

Bells

10:30 Classic

Worship

6:00 Evening

Worship

6:00 HSYG, YR

2 Book Fair, Rm 1

8:45 PTF

Meeting, FR

3 Book Fair, Rm 1

4 Book Fair, Rm 1

11:00 Manna Bible

Study, FR

3:00 Kids Club

6:30 MSYG, YR

5 Book Fair, Rm 1

9:00 Spring Sing,

Sanctuary

6 Book Fair, Rm 1

9:00 Spring Sing,

Sanctuary

6:00 Spring Music

Recital (3rd-5th)

7

7:45 Welcome Inn

Breakfast

8

8:30 Bold Worship

9:30 Annual Meeting

10:30 Classic

Worship

6:00 Evening

Worship

6:00 HSYG, YR

9

10

6:00 Gilchrist

House, HSYG

6:30 Council

Meeting, FR

11

11:00 Manna Bible

Study, FR

6:30 MSYG, YR

12

Last day of

Tu/Th Preschool

2:30 5th Grade

Graduation

13

Last Day of

MWF Preschool

& Pre-K

1/2 Day & Last

Elementary

School

14

7:00 Men’s

Breakfast

@OSLC

15

Car Wash Fundraiser

8:30 Bold Worship

9:30 Adult Ed

10:30 Classic

Worship

5:00 Potluck

6:00 Evening

Worship

6:00 HSYG, YR

16

17

6:30 School

Board Meeting

18

11:00 Manna Bible

Study, FR

6:30 MSYG, YR

19

20

21

9:00 OSLC Bike

Ride

1:00 Family

Fishing Day

22

8:30 Bold Worship

9:30 Adult Ed

10:30 Classic

Worship, Graduate

Recognition

6:00 Evening

Worship

6:00 HSYG, YR

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24

25

No Manna Bible

Study

6:30 MSYG, YR

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27

28

7:45 Welcome Inn

Breakfast

29 “Habitat”

8:30 Bold Worship

10:30 Classic

Worship

6:00 Evening

Worship

6:00 HSYG, YR

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Served

every Sunday

1st Sunday

of the month Last Sunday

of each month

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What’s Happening, Digital Native, Synod Assembly 8

Council & Financial Highlights, Stewardship 9

Social Concerns 10

School News 11

Principal’s Corner 12

God Is Here 12 & 13

Kid’s Column, June 2014 Calendar 14 & 15

Pastor’s Page ~ 1

Birthdays, Anniversaries & More... 2

Music Notes, Music Ministry Changes 3

Youth & Children’s Page, Youth Calendar 4

Youth Events, Graduate Sunday, Salsa Recipe 5

Fellowship, Vacation Bible School 6

Men’s Breakfast 7

Inside this issue:

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church & School

~ The Messenger ~

June 2014

“Inspired to Love, Encouraged to Think, and Sent to Serve”

WORSHIP HOURS

8:30am ~ Bold Worship

9:30am ~ Adult Education

10:30am ~ Classic Worship

6:00pm ~ Evening Worship

Nursery Care available all at all services for children 4 and under!

Church Office

(949) 492-6164 ▪ Fax (949) 492-2904

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School Office

(949) 492-6165 ▪ Fax (949) 492-6132

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