The Confirmation Classes of 2016 and 2017 will meet from 6:00pm to 7:30pm on the second and fourth Sundays this coming year. Confirmation ministry is for students in grades 6 to 8; however, only students in grades 7 & 8 will meet on Sunday nights. The Sunday School cur-riculum for students in grades 6 to 8 is designed to supplement the class time on Sunday eve-nings and therefore students in grade 6 will still be part of the Confirmation program. Eligible students and their parents will be notified by mail in early September with a calendar and pro-gram for the year. The first Sunday meeting will be September 27th, to which all 7th and 8th grade students and their parents are invited.

Over the past few months Council Highlights have indicated that studies were being made to determine if handicap accessibility can be accomplished. The result of the studies is that it will be possible to have St. John’s handicap accessible.

To receive more information as to how this can be accomplished as well as the plan to finance the projected cost of the project, please plan to attend one of the information and discussion meetings which are scheduled for the following times:

Sunday – November 16, 2014 Meetings in the Parish Hall: 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

Monday –November 17, 2014 Meeting in the Parish Hall: 7:00 p.m.

One of the many things we are thankful for at St. John’s is an event like the spaghetti dinner on Oct. 25. A great time for fellowship, the dinner is also one way we help those around us—with proceeds from the dinner helping people both through a local food bank and through ELCA World Hunger.