by Dave Ellis
This past Sunday was a sign of the cold weather that the area will be having for the next three months. Area residents saw single digit temperatures with the wind blowing making the temperature below zero.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins — Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Larry Moyers, Sandy Washburn, Mary Alice Simmons, Anna Lee Mitchell, Carol Propst and Romona Luckel; prayer list — Richard Campbell, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Kenny Williams, Debbie Horst, Neal Eye, Ruth Bauer, Rick Waggy, Gloria Moats, Ruthalene Judy, David Berg, Tim and Dee McCormick, Jessie Simmons, Minny Rhoads, Larry Rexrode, Troy Bennett, Jim Fawley, Tom and Judy Borror, Danny Nelson, David M. Parkinson, Cleo Simmons, Tom Butterworth, Sherry Hedrick, Bobby Parsons, Robert Bennett, Rick Phares, Chuck Hiett, Virgil “Bub” Yokum, Hannah Hedrick, Barbara Judy Harman, Betty Smith, John Moyers, Norma Auville, Shana Johnson, Woody Hoover, Sherry Chambers, Ginger Kimble, Kaylee Bennett, Bruce Lambert, Paul Mallow, Kristin Bodkin, Bonnie Mitchell, Holly Beachler, Donald Burns, Wayne Simmons, Phil Downs, Glenn Sites, Genevieve Bible, Jennifer Scott, Earl Smith, Brian Calhoun, Bobby Bodkin and the family of Bradley Huffman.
Prayer thought: “Whatever you’re facing today, your heavenly Father is present with you. We can trust God holds our future. He’s with you.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Dec. 8 through Dec. 14 were as follows: Dec. 8 – 31°, 20°, 4.5” snow (57°, 38°), Dec. 9 – 32°, 18° (59°, 40°, .15”), Dec, 10 – 48°, 25° (57°, 37°, .01”), Dec, 11 – 29°, 24° (55°, 28°, .77”), Dec. 12 – 35°, 22° (35°, 25°), Dec. 13 – 48°, 21° (40°, 24°) and Dec. 14 – 31°, 7° (41°, 17°).

