SOCIAL MINISTRIES Thank you to all who took grocery bags for our food donations. We will take donations to the Help Food Warehouse and they will give them to those in need. If you wish to make a donation to the Women’s Support Shelter please mark them and we will deliver them for you. We will continue to collect food items for the Help Food Warehouse through December. You can leave your donations in the plastic tubs located in the narthex. We will be happy to deliver them. Thank you for your continued support. We hope you and your family will have a Happy Thanksgiving. -Social Ministries Committee LADIES GATHERING The TLC Ladies group had a very successful baby shower on September 29th. This effort at collecting much needed infant items benefitted the Premier Choice Pregnancy Center. We learned a great deal about the mission and efforts of this group, had our usual snacks and played some games. We would love to have all ladies of Trinity Lutheran Church, their friends and anyone you think might be interested join us. Our next activity will be a combined purse party and holiday craft make and take. We will meet in the Church library on Friday November 10 at 1:30. Please bring any gently used purses, and/or purse items - such as combs, kleenix packs, wipes, or small hand sanitizers or lotions. We will begin by putting together these purses and items for donation to the Emergency Support Shelter - if you are unable to join us but would like to bring donated items please leave them in the library. When we are done assembling the items for donation we will work on a holiday make and take art/craft item. This is a great time for fellowship and we always have lots of snacks. In December we are planning a cookie exchange - hope you can join us. ALL SAINTS We celebrate All Saints Day the 1st Sunday in November. This year we honor the saints on Sunday, November 5th, join us. QUILTERS Seventy-one quilts from nine Quilters were blessed during Sunday service on October 22. Thank the quilters for their generous work and ministry. CONRATH CORNER “If anyone has any suggestions for this section: recipes, jokes, news about members, etc. we would love to hear from you. Call me at: 360-751-0753” -JoAnn GEORGE OF THE CONGAS That's right, George plays the Congas (as did Ricky Ricardo), not Bongos as I thought they were called. He says the Bongos are the small ones. George Otanez (married to Chris) was born in Los Angeles. His Grandparents were from Spain and his parents were from Mexico. George started playing drums in Jr. High and picked up the congas after high school when he was in a band. After college he went to Med School in Nebraska where he got his MD in Psychiatry. He worked 3 years in General Psychiatry and 2 yrs. in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He then went to Rapid City, SD where he was Director of Mental Health at the Sioux San Hospital for the Indian Health Services. Other employment included 9 yrs. in Tennessee in private practice and California for 5 yrs. in a forensic state hospital. He visited a friend in Longview where Peace Health recruited him but he didn't care for the job so went back to CA where he worked in a maximum security hospital for 8 yrs. He retired from there but worked locum tenen (a healthcare worker who fills in temporarily for other healthcare workers). He was introduced to Chris by a friend in Longview and then moved here. Something he has never done but wants to is go to Spain to visit where his family is from. George volunteers for Kiwanis and is on the Board for Community House and Core Health. He likes golfing, baseball games, traveling (especially to Hawaii) and he and Chris play the card game, 5 Crowns, every day. (I wonder who wins the most.) Great to have you with us, George. Why did Adam and Eve do math every day? They were told to be fruitful and multiply. Why didn't Noah swat those 2 mosquitos? If God is your co-pilot, swap seats. Why didn't Noah go fishing? He only had 2 worms.