It’s hard to believe that the dog days of August are here already. Which means fall is coming shortly and activity picks up as September roles around. So here are just a few things that I have coming up as we look ahead.

Sunday, August 21, 2022 is the annual Sunday Service at Eagle Valley Church, followed by a lunch provided by the Friends of Eagle Valley Church. There will NOT be worship held at St. Johns or Hope on that Sunday.

Sunday, August 28, 2022 Hope UCC has invited St. Johns to join them at their annual Social and service at 10:30am. Confirmation Exploration Orientation for Confirmation Exploration Classes will be Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 6:30pm at Hope Church. This is for both students and parents.

Confirmation Exploration Classes will start on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 4:00pm at St. John’s. Classes will last until 5:30pm Creation Preaching Series - Over four Sundays starting September 18, 2022, I will be doing a series of sermons using a four-week cycle of suggested readings and reflect on what God’s desires are for our relationship with our environment as individuals and as a church.

Sunday, October 30, 2022 will be Confirmation Sunday for those students for whom the Summer Intensive of Confirmation Exploration Classes is their second year and choose to be confirmed. This isn’t everything of course. Check this newsletter, the bulletin, and online for other happenings at the church.

And as always, I am open to suggestions (maybe a blessing of the animals on or near October 4, 2022?) If there are traditions that I am missing, please let me know. If I am not doing them most likely it’s because I don’t know about them. What else might we be doing together? Let’s see where the Spirit leads us next.

God’s grace and peace.
Pastor Deb Kunkel

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