By Dave Ellis
The month of January is over for this year and only six more weeks of winter is left. There was not much snow in January compared to last year.
Soon the maple syrup will start flowing.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Mary Mitchell, Shelda Warner, Vestyl Bible, Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Ruby Propst, Alice Johnson, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Hazel Simmons, Mary Alice Simmons, Reva Hartman, Sandy Washburn, Sandra Vandevander and Larry Moyers; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Brian Wilton, Tyler Moore, Tristan Hartman, Ronald Hayes, Becky Hedrick, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Doug Judy, Ronnie Bowers Sr., Allen Kile II, Ruth Simmers, Roberta Bennett, Raven Hoke, Harry Allen Warner, Quinley McConnell, Etha Mae Bowers, Mary Jo Wilfong, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Olin Hoover, Debbie Horst, Rodney Crites, Charlotte Copley, Randy Bennett, Carolyn Gilbert, Glenn Sites, Billy Rowe, Myrtle Hammer, Kathy Propst, Jimmie Bennett, Sandy Bennett, Pam Rexrode, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Jack Judy, Ruthalene Judy and Jason Rexrode.
Prayer thought: “It’s a remarkable truth that God delights in us and wants a relationship with us. Even when we struggle with living today, we have a God who loves us.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Jan. 23 through Jan. 29, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Jan. 23 – 36°, 30°, .02” (39°, 17°); Jan. 24 – 45°, 27°, .25” snow (40°, 16°); Jan. 25 – 34°, 29°, .5” snow + .17” (39°, 20°); Jan. 26 – 37°, 26° (28°, 13°); Jan. 27 – 39°, 27° (40°, 4°); Jan. 28 – 51°, 35° (39°, 19°, 2.25” snow) and Jan. 29 – 44°, 38°, .01” (21°, 7°).
