By Dave Ellis
From this writer, “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May God bless you in the year of 2024.”
Good-bye autumn, hello winter. Not noticeable in the first week, but there will be more daylight by the minute each day.
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 and Darlene 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, Wayne Vandevander and the family of Frenchie Moates.
Prayer thought: “Loving Father, I’m so grateful for the birth of Jesus and His mission of rescue and redemption. Thank you for His certain return for me.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Dec. 11 through Dec. 17, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Dec. 11 – 34°, 27° (49°, 39°, .02”); Dec. 12 – 44°, 18° (38°, 33°); Dec. 13 – 46°, 23° (39°, 29°); Dec. 14 – 47°, 24° (35°, 20°); Dec. 15 – 56°, 23° (33°, 31°, .51” ice); Dec. 16 – 54°, 26° (34°, 31°) and Dec. 17 – 39°, 35°, .36” (38°, 30°).
