By Dave Ellis
It finally happened. The area got snow. Not everyone got a good amount of snow, but it’s a blessing to have the white powder on the ground. It’s time to get the snow shovel out and remove the snow off the sidewalk and driveway.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Mary Mitchell, Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Alice Johnson, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Hazel Simmons, Reva Hartman, Larry Moyers, Mary Alice Simmons, Sandy Washburn, Sandra Vandevander and Woodrow Hartman; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Tristan Hartman, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Roberta Bennett, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Debbie Horst, Myrtle Hammer, Pam Rexrode, Nancy George, Neal Eye, Margaret Wimer, Sherman Bennett, Donald Burns, David Bowers, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Vada Bible, Ruby Gail Roberson, Gary Hess, Ruth Bauer, Anna Mauzy, Linda Maxwell Looney, Gloria Moats, Sterle Lambert, Martha R. Kimble, Bennie and Mary Alice Evick, Jimmie Bennett, Ruthalene Judy, Wayne Kimble, Stanley Propst and Leann Britton.
Prayer thought: “Christ came as a human to save us from our sins and guide us back to God. Follow Him and you’ll find your way home.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Jan. 1 through Jan. 7, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Jan. 1 – 32°, 30° (62°, 34°); Jan. 2 – 41°, 23° (63°, 39°); Jan. 3 – 43°, 23° (68°, 49°, .08”); Jan. 4 – 38°, 19° (61°, 47°, .01”); Jan. 5 – 44°, 13° (58°, 38°); Jan. 6 – 32°, 28°, 5” snow (38°, 34°) and Jan. 7 – 37°, 31° (44°, 27°).