by Dave Ellis
It is the start of a new month, and now there is more daylight and warmer temperatures. Soon the gardens will be planted with one watching them grow all summer and waiting to be harvested.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins — Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Sandra Vandevander, Larry Moyers, 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 and Woody and Libby Hoover.
Prayer thought: “Dear Jesus, please continue to open my eyes and heart to see how amazing you are. The stunning ministry of Jesus grants forgiveness of sin, purchased at great cost, His death.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for April 28 through May 4, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: April 28 – 76°, 34° (82°, 52°), April 29 – 83°, 53° (89°, 53°), April 30 – 82°, 53°, .12″ (77°, 57°), May 1 – 83°, 51°, .04″ (82°, 49°), May 2 – 81°, 56°, .02″ (85°, 47°), May 3 – 72°, 58°, .27″ (82°, 54°, .09″), May 4 – 71°, 50°, .15″ (88°, 53°, .38″).
Total rainfall for April was 2.45″, compared to 4.04″ in April 2024.
Year-to-date rainfall is 8.86″, compared to 12.64″ for the same time period last year.
