By Dave Ellis
Happy Thanksgiving to all. For those who are traveling, be careful and drive safe. The forecast is for rain on Thanksgiving Day and then cold weather is coming.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Alice Johnson, Hazel Simmons, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Sandy Washburn, Larry Moyers, Mary Alice Simmons and Sandra Vandevander; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Roberta Bennett, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Debbie Horst, Myrtle Hammer, Neal Eye, Donald Burns, Ruth Bauer, Rick Waggy, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Anna Mauzy, Jimmie Bennett, Linda Maxwell Looney, Gloria Moats, Bennie and Mary Alice Evick, Ruthalene Judy, Tim and Dee McCormick, Frankie Judy, Jim Judy, Jessie Simmons, David Berg, Lucy and Charlie Westfall, Minny Rhoads, Mary and Gary Hess, Phil Downs, Larry Rexrode, Bill Snyder, Troy Bennett, Jim Fawley, Marcia “Marty” Warner, Tom and Judy Boor, Bob and Brenda Sites, Nancy and Tony George, David M. Hartman, George Hevener, Joy Warner, David M. Parkinson, Laura Kropp, Danny Nelson, Cleo Simmons, Judith Ours, Allen Beachler and Gaylon Sponaugle.
Prayer thought: “The more time we spend with God in prayer, the more we’ll be able to enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Nov. 18 through Nov. 24, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Nov. 18 – 65°, 46° (54°, 27°, .02”); Nov. 19 – 58°, 43° (56°, 26°); Nov. 20 – 66°, 38° (51°, 25°); Nov. 21 – 38°, 30° (41°, 35°, 2.14”); Nov. 22 – 36°, 22°, .18” (46°, 35°, .06”); Nov. 23 – 45°, 36°, .12” (55°, 32°) and Nov. 24 – 55°, 33° (34°, 29°).