For the eighth consecutive year Holy Spirit Lutheran Church will host a Kirkland City Council candidate forum. The event will take place at 7 p.m. on Oct. 12 at the church, located at 10021 NE 124th St. in the Juanita neighborhood of Kirkland.

All candidates for Kirkland City Council will be attending, including Jason Chinchilla, Shelley Kloba, Toby Nixon, Dave Asher and Martin Morgan. The forum is expected to last approximately 90 minutes and will be moderated by former Kirkland mayor Mary-Alyce Burleigh.

Candidates will be asked to answer questions during three different stages. The first stage will include questions prepared by the advocacy team of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, the group responsible for organizing the forum. The second stage will be a lightning round where candidates will be asked to answer ten “yes” or “no” questions. The third stage will be questions written on note cards by audience members that will be read by the moderator.

In past years the church’s advocacy team has organized forums on voter referendums and candidates for both the Kirkland city and the 45th Legislative District.

The advocacy team of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church was created to educate, encourage and enable church and community members to advocate their point of view to government leaders and elected officials.

For more information contact Fred Wicks at fredwicks6@gmail.com