By Dave Ellis
Everyone is saying and asking God in prayers for much needed rain. The grass is turning brown and crunchy. Some folks haven’t mowed their grass in four weeks. This heat and a lack of rain is making the gardens harder to grow.
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, Sandy Washburn, Larry Moyers, Mary Alice Simmons and Sandra Vandevander; 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, Donald Burns, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Ruby Gail Roberson, Ruth Bauer, Anna Mauzy, Linda Maxwell Looney, Wayne Kimble, Leann Britton, Bennie and Mary Alice Evick, Martha R. Kimble, Jimmie Bennett, Ruthalene Judy, Stanley Propst, Kathy Puffenbarger, Wanda Pitsenbarger, Gloria Moats, Tim and Dee McCormick, Judy A. Simmons, Nancy Blankenship, Jackie Smith, Rick Waggy, Frankie Judy, Jim Judy, Jessie Simmons, Lucy and Charlie Westfall, David Berg, Minny Rhoads, Mary and Gary Hess, Phil Downs, Larry Rexrode, Ethel Murphy, Bill Snyder, Troy Bennett and Marcia “Marty” Warner.
Prayer thought: “Heavenly Father, thank you for your overwhelming gift of grace. As we pause to reflect on all the resulting blessings, we’ll find ourselves in grateful praise to our generous God.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for July 8 through July 14, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: July 8 – 89°, 64° (85°, 61°); July 9 – 90°, 67° (75°, 62°, 1.41”); July 10 – 92°, 71° (78°, 61°); July 11 – 85°, 64° (80°, 52°); July 12 – 84°, 60° (87°, 56°); July 13 – 91°, 59° (88°, 63°, .34”) and July 14 – 92°, 61° (83°, 62°, .03”).
