by Dave Ellis
They’re here. The whip-poor-wills are making their noise at nighttime to let a person know they are back. Soon the hummingbirds will make their appearances by zipping by. Note of precaution: the ticks are out.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins — Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Sandra Vandevander, Larry Moyers, Freda Jamison, Sandy Washburn, Mary Alice Simmons, Anna Lee Mitchell and Carol Propst; 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, Gloria Moats, Ruthalene Judy, Frankie Judy, David Berg, Tim and Dee McCormick, Jim Judy, Jessie Simmons, Minny Rhoads, Mary and Gary Hess, Phil Downs, Larry Rexrode, Bill Snyder, Troy Bennett, Jim Fawley, Marcia “Marty” Warner, Tom and Judy Borror, Bob and Brenda Sites, Judith Ours, Nancy and Tony George, David M. Hartman, George Hevener, Danny Nelson, David M. Parkinson, Cleo Simmons, Allen Beachler, Tonya Simon, Tom Butterworth, Sherry Hedrick, Bobby Parsons, Robert Bennett, Mary Alice Evick, Rick Phares, Debbie Eye, Merlin Harper, Virgil “Bub” Yokum, Hannah Hedrick, Barbara Judy Harman, Joyce Calhoun, John Moyers, Norma Auville, Shana Johnson, Jerry Warner, Sherman Bennett, Nellie Keplinger, Chuck Hiett, Betty Smith, Greta Pope, Chase Shepke, Barbara Bennett, Woody and Libby Hoover, the family of Jade Mullenax and the family of Doris Lambert.
Prayer thought: “He meets us with grace we don’t deserve and renews us with the self-giving love He poured out at the cross.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for April 21 through April 27, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: April 21 – 78°, 60°, .02″ (53°, 47°), April 22 – 71°, 49° (61°, 27°), April 23 – 79°, 39° (73°, 32°), April 24 – 77°, 45° (62°, 54°), April 25 – 73°, 49°, .44″ (61°, 46°, .01″), April 26 – 66°, 47°, .01″ (60°, 47°), April 27 – 65°, 38° (75°, 48°).