Trunk or Treat Returning to RLC!

       Sunday, October 30th        

Activities Starting 5:00 pm

Trunk or Treat Begin between 6:30 & 7:00 pm

• All members are invited to join in an evening of fun, activities, food and treats!!  Friends are invited!
• Christian Education will help with pumpkin carving - please bring your pumpkins with you.
• MOPS and our pre-school families are invited to join in the fun.
• Chili, hotdogs and dessert will be the menu.
• Children should bring their costumes to change into for Trunk or Treating.
• Decorate your trunks and bring your treats for visits from our goblins.
• Trunk or Treat will begin between 6:30 and 7:00 pm, so bring along a bucket or sack to collect your treats.
• Help start the "Scouting for Food" project by donating peanut butter or jelly for Christ Lutheran Food Pantry.

Getting around to writing or updating a will is one of those things that seems to always wind up at the bottom of a "to-do list." We do not want to stop what we are doing to spend time making decisions about the distribution of our assets. We know it's important, but we keep putting it off for a more convenient time.

Sometimes, however, we get a nudge that makes us act. For example, we become aware of a recent death that came suddenly to a friend who didn't have a will, and how this caused so many problems for the grieving loved ones.

Maybe, we are preparing for a long journey overseas and are motivated to "get our house in order" should something horrible happen during the trip.

Then, again, perhaps we receive disturbing news from a physician that causes us to care for long-delayed estate-planning decisions.

Following through on any of these nudges is a good thing, because living without a will is a risky alternative. Acting on nudges has its downside, too. We can make poor or faulty decisions when hurried or driven by emotions alone.

This is one reason it is important to care for your will (as well as advance medical directives and power of attorney) when you are not facing an emotional reaction to a friend's death, a trip deadline or even the unsettling news of a physical ailment. It is so much better to write or update your will when you have the time and mental quietness to concentrate on making sound decisions regarding your estate when you can do it calmly.