By Dave Ellis
This is a very long weekend as Labor Day is Monday. Sunday starts a new month, September. Usually, September is the beginning of cold temperatures and longer nights as the amount of daylight goes away 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, 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, Neal Eye, Margaret Wimer, Donald Burns, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Ruby Gail Roberson, Ruth Bauer, Anna Mauzy, Linda Maxwell Looney, Leann Britton, Bennie and Mary Alice Evick, Jimmie Bennett, Ruthalene Judy, Wayne Kimble, Wanda Pitsenbarger, Gloria Moats, Jackie Smith, Tim and Dee McCormick, Judy A. Simmons, Nancy Blankenship, 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, Marcia “Marty” Warner, Tom and Judy Boor, Bob and Brenda Sites, Nancy and Tony George, David M. Hartman, Judy Hott Vance, George Hevener, David M. Parkinson, Jim Fawley and the family of Paul Auville, Jr.
Prayer thought: “Dear Father, thank you for your gifts in my life. Let’s ask Him to give us a thankful and generous heart to give as He leads us.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Aug. 19 through Aug. 25, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Aug. 19 – 75°, 60° (83°, 46°); Aug. 20 – 67°, 51° (91°, 51°); Aug. 21 – 69°, 43° (87°, 58°); Aug. 22 – 71°, 42° (82°, 63°); Aug. 23 – 80°, 47° (81°, 51°, .01”); Aug. 24 – 86°, 52° (84°, 62°, .45”) and Aug. 25 – 85°, 54° (88°, 63°).
