By Dave Ellis
This is the last full week of fall. It’s been a warm and dry season. The area is six inches less in rainfall compared to last year.
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, Olin Hoover, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Debbie Horst, Myrtle Hammer, Pam Rexrode, Nancy George, Neal Eye, Margaret Wimer, Sherman Bennett, Wendell Nelson, Donald Burns, David Bowers, Vada Bible, Ruby Gail Roberson, Gary Hess, Ruth Bauer, Jeff Evick, Linda Maxwell Looney, Gloria Moats, Sterle Lambert, Martha R. Kimble, Bennie and Mary Alice Evick, Jimmie Bennett, family of Tammy Popp, the family of Donna Fleisher and the family of Monica Flippin.
Prayer thought: “God holds out His forgiving hand as an eternal token of His love. Let’s thank Him for His love, an unchanging love. He will never forget us.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Dec. 4 through Dec. 10, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Dec. 4 – 48°, 39° (46°, 24°); Dec. 5 – 43°, 34° (45°, 19°); Dec. 6 – 37°, 30° (48°, 37°); Dec. 7 – 52°, 32° (62°, 50°, .14”); Dec. 8 – 61°, 35° (50°, 40°, .03”); Dec. 9 – 56°, 41° (48°, 34°, .02”) and Dec. 10 – 56°, 32°, .5” + .25” snow (45°, 36°, .04”).
