By Dave Ellis
This is the last full week of fall as winter starts on Dec. 21. Even though it feels like winter, the area residents are still waiting on that first snowfall to lay.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Mary Mitchell, Shelda Warner, Vestyl Bible, Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tessi, Ruby Propst, Alice Johnson, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Hazel Simmons, Mary Alice Simmons, Reva Hartman, Sandy Washburn, Sandra Vandevander and Larry Moyers; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Brian Wilton, Tyler Moore, Tristan Hartman, Ronald Hayes, Becky Hedrick, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Doug Judy, Ronnie Bowers Sr., Allen Kile II, Ruth Simmers, Roberta Bennett, Raven Hoke, Harry Allen Warner, Quinley McConnell, Etha Mae Bowers, Mary Jo Wilfong, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Olin Hoover, Debbie Horst, Rodney Crites, Charlotte Copley, Randy Bennett, Carolyn Gilbert, Glenn Sites, Billy Rowe, Myrtle Hammer, Kathy Propst, Jimmie Bennett, Marcia C. “Marty” Warner, Paul Mallow, Sandy Bennett, Pam Rexrode, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Ed Hammer, Braden McClanahan, Jack Judy, Ruthalene Judy, Jason Rexrode, Kent Rexrode and the Evelyn Ruddle family.
Prayer thought: “This Christmas season, may you receive God’s great gift in Jesus by faith. May you humbly praise Him anew for all He has done for you.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Dec. 5 through Dec. 11, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Dec. 5 – 45°, 19° (54°, 34°, .02”); Dec. 6 – 48°, 37°, .01” (62°, 37°); Dec. 7 – 62°, 50°, .14” (38°, 21°); Dec. 8 – 50°, 40°, .03” (40°, 23°); Dec. 9 – 48°, 24°, .02” (41°, 19°); Dec. 10 – 45°, 36°, .04” (58°, 38°, .06”) and Dec. 11 – 49°, 39°, .02” (62°, 34°, .12”).
