By Dave Ellis
This is the last full week of July, and soon August will begin just like the kids returning to school. As one goes into stores, they already have back-to-school supplies. Doesn’t time fly by.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Mary Mitchell, Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Ruby Propst, Alice Johnson, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Hazel Simmons, Mary Alice Simmons, Reva Hartman, Sandy Washburn, Sandra Vandevander, Jean Landes and Vestyl Bible; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Tristan Hartman, Becky Hedrick, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Roberta Bennett, Olin Hoover, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Debbie Horst, Myrtle Hammer, Jimmie Bennett, Pam Rexrode, Nancy George, Margaret Wimer, Harry Allen Warner, Sherman Bennett, Wendell Nelson, Pete Keplinger, Donald Burns and Abby Sites.
Prayer thought: “Let’s praise and thank God for comforting, convicting and partnering with us. Thank you for the gift of your spirit to help me believe in Jesus.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for July 17 through July 23, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: July 17 – 83°, 63° (80°, 62°, .58”); July 18 – 84°, 61°, .01 (84°, 64°, .01); July 19 – 81°, 61° (89°, 65°); July 20 – 89°, 59°, .02” (87°, 60°); July 21 – 79°, 52°, .3” (88°, 65°); July 22 – 80°, 53° (90°, 61°) and July 23 – 82°, 54° (93°, 60°, .32”).
