Upcoming Events:            

Friday, May 16, 7:00pm -- K.F.C. (4th-6th Grade Youth)  

Saturday, May 17, 10:00am -- Pregnancy Resource Center Baby Shower (ECDC)

Saturday, May 17, 6:00pm -- 2014 Confirmation Faith Expressions

Sunday, May 18, 9:00am -- Rite of Confirmation

Wednesday, May 21, 10:00am -- Quilting for Lutheran World Relief  

Monday, May 26 -- Memorial Day holiday; Offices Closed  

Wednesday, May 28, 7:00pm -- Semi-Annual Voters' Meeting (Fireside)

Sunday, June 1, 3:00pm -- Spring Concert (Sanctuary)

Sunday, June 22, 4:00pm -- T4M Update, Congregational Meeting    

Please remember the Annual Voters Meeting, which will be held on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm in the Fireside Room. The agenda (attached) will include election of three LGB members and approval of the annual budget among other interesting information.  

May Divine Design Project:

Hey Designers! We got a good start last month on the pre-school VBS props.

This will be our last chance to get them finished! We meet this Sunday the 18th 

from 6:30-8:30PM in the Fireside Room. Hope to see you there.  --Kris Back 

When we visited our LCMS partner church in Chile, we were impressed by the great need for missionaries to Chile. We attended a church service for releasing a missionary to return home and were in awe of the care shown to him, even as the congregation was saddened by the loss. Then we learned that a missionary was preparing to go to Chile, a former Area Director of Missions in the LCMS, Rev. Dr. James Tino. Our church extended an invitation for Rev. Tino to visit OSLM. He arrives Saturday, June 7th and leaves Tuesday, June 10th. Marcos and I will provide for his transportation. He needs housing for Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights. Please call the church office if you can assist. You can read more about him at www.globallutheranoutreach.com   

--Marcos and Susan Contreras

• Parker Brandt attends Our Savior Lutheran School and will attend Livermore High next year. He enjoys baseball and hopes to be a professional baseball player or engineer. His favorite foods are ribs, pizza, spaghetti, cake, ice-cream, brownies, cookies and chocolate.

• Ryan Brandt also attends OSLS and will attend Livermore High. He enjoys eating churros, pizza, and his Grandma's favorite cookies and muffins.  He likes baseball, sports, hanging out with friends, worshipping God, and going to Giant's games. He wants to be an Air Force pilot and then fly commercial or private planes.

• Ethan Compton loves computer games, boating, knee-boarding and camping. He is an 8th grader at Livermore Valley Charter School and will attend the Charter Preparatory next year. He might want to be a veterinarian some day. His favorite foods are tri-tip, rice and chicken.

• Alyson Frieders is an 8th grader at East Avenue Middle School and will attend Livermore High next year. She plays soccer and volleyball and hangs out with friends. She enjoys eating pizza and strawberries. She hopes to become a forensic scientist one day.

• Erich Groneberg excels at Tae Kwon do and fishing.  He attends Mendenhall Middle School and will attend Granada next year. He loves bacon cheeseburgers and pizza and hopes to be a chef or engineer some day.

• Juliana Santos attends OSLS and will be Livermore High next year. She enjoys soccer, drawing, video games, sleeping, eating, running, basketball, baseball, football, tennis, and school. She LOVES popcorn and wants to be either a marine biologist or a music major.

• Brandon Siu's goal is to be an Olympic swimmer.  Besides swimming, he enjoys apple slices with peanut butter. He will attend Granada after completing the year at TVCCA.

• Kyle Switzer attends the Livermore Valley Charter School and will be at Livermore High next year. He wants to be a mechanical engineer. He enjoys soccer, golf and RC. He doesn't like food (?!) but his most favorite is Taco Bell's bean and cheese burrito.

• Rachel Sylwester excels at volleyball, tennis, and enjoys traveling. She likes sushi and pasta. She attends Mendenhall Middle School and will attend Granada High next year.   She hopes to be a lawyer or politician one day.

• Hannah White attends Vineyard Homeschool and will attend Bishop O'Dowd High School next year. She likes dance and playing guitar and loves baked potatoes!  She hopes to be an architect some day.

• Madeline Wolfson likes to dance, go horseback riding, play the piano and play the flute. Her favorite foods are macaroni and cheese, pizza, cake, steak and cookies. She is home-schooled at Wolfson Academy and will continue with that for high school.

Come see their "Faith Expressions" this Saturday night at 6:00 pm! 

The New Neighbor Ministry  that has been arranging visits to new families in Livermore for over three years has a new feature. We can now correlate the addresses of homes recently purchased with the addresses of present members of OSLC. Therefore we can now systematically alert members of OSLC when we discover a home recently purchased on their street. This makes it possible to welcome families who really will be future neighbors.

About a dozen members have been contacted so far and the results are encouraging.  This approach will be continued during the summer months. If home sales continue at the present rate, we may be able to arrange about ten contacts each week. Members will be alerted by telephone or email. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Charlie Swift at 925-443-4366 or by email at charlesswift@att.net.

The Pastor Call Committee met for the first time on May 12, 2014. Its members include: Larry Gomes (Chairman), Jill Santos, Henry Westfall, Julia Lee, Norm Back, Nancy Mueller, Jesse Yow, Hanna Miller, Wayne Shotts, and Kayla Marchini. I ask that the congregation support this Committee in two ways: First, please PRAY for them and the Holy Spirit to lead them to our next Pastor; Second, please provide names of potential Pastor candidates to any of the Committee members. The Elders are working to refine a Senior Pastor Position Description for the Committee to work with. We will be working hard to keep you updated as they undertake this important process.

                                                            God's Peace,

                                                            Randy Brandt, Chairman of the Congregation

Elections to select new members for the Lay Governing Board will be on Wednesday night, May 28th, during the Congregational Semi-Annual Meeting.  Five outstanding candidates - Randy Brandt, Bill Even, Mark Miller, Ted Sanlis and Diane Schildbach - are on the ballot to fill the three open positions.  A short biographical sketch of each one is available by  clicking here.  Please give them your prayerful consideration.          -- Mark Klins, Vice-Chair  

Proposed Bylaw Changes: The Lay Governing Board will be presenting a proposed Amendment to the OSLM Bylaws at the May 28, 2014, Voters' Meeting. Please click here to get a complete description of the proposed Amendment (including the reasons for it). This description will be available at the meeting, and before then it can also be found at the back of the Sanctuary.    --Norman Back, LGB Secretary    

LGB April Meeting Minutes Available: The Lay Governing Board had its regular

monthly meeting on April 8, 2014. The meeting minutes are available by clicking here. Feel free to contact any Lay Governing Board member if you have any questions.

The Nominating Committee for the California-Nevada-Hawaii (CNH) District of the LCMS is looking for people who can be presented to the next District Convention (in 2015) for election to various District offices. Ordained ministers (pastors), commissioned ministers (teachers, DCE's, etc.), and lay people are all eligible. If you know of someone that you would like to suggest for this, please contact Norman Back by May 28, and he can get the information into the proper format for you. If possible, please be ready to provide the person's name, address, e-mail address, phone number, and congregation. You don't need to get the person's consent; that's the Nominating Committee's job. Thanks for your cooperation.

At Robert Livermore Community Center, 4444 East Avenue, phone  925-373-5760:

• Wednesday, May 21, 11:45am-12:45pm: Come to the Sycamore Room for a free instruction class "Public Transit Travel Training" for seniors and individuals with any disability. 

• Wednesdays through-May 28, 10 - 12pm. Diabetes classes in the Sycamore Room. Learn how to manage diabetes and pre-diabetes with exercise and healthy eating. Learn about prevention, new medications, and coping with complications. Open to adults of all ages. Please register on line at http://www.larpd.dst.ca.us/seniors/seniors.html or call 925-373-5760.

• Store these numbers next to your phone: FYI for an emergency call 911.  Livermore Fire Dept. 925-373-5400. Livermore Police 925-371-4987. Alameda County Sheriff,  510-667-7721.

The blue note book at the kiosk in our gym contains a great deal of information regarding available community resources.  There is a list  of in-home support services and individual care givers.