Hello fall (autumn) and good-bye summer.
What a summer the area had with a good amount of rain, not too many days with 90° temperatures and lots of humid days.
Good luck to the bow and arrow hunters as the deer and bear season starts Saturday and runs to Dec. 31.
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, and Carol Propst; prayer list — Richard Campbell, Kenny Williams, Ruth Bauer, Rick Waggy, Jim Fawley, Jessie Simmons, Minny Rhoads, David Berg, Troy Bennett, Danny Nelson, Sherry Hedrick, Tom and Judy Borror, David M. Parkinson, Cleo Simmons, Tom Butterworth, Bobby Parsons, Rick Phares, Gretta Pope, Virgil “Bub” Yokum, John Moyers, Norma Auville, Shana Johnson, Sherry Chambers, Shirley Bland, Chris Phares, Robin Gery, Nancy George, Grace and Albert Hammer, Cameron Beachler, Lisa Dingess, Kitty Waggy, Mary Lou Wagoner, Donna Bennett, Peggy Pitsenbarger, Amy VanMeter, Lynwood Pennington, Bob Hoops, Ronnie Pitsenbarger, Carl Thompson, Kaylee Bennett, Mickie Huffman, Woody Hoover, Rhonda Stump, Pollyanna Johnson, Shirley Propst, Brenda Allen, Max Propst, Julie Evick, Brenda Kiser Fisher, Harold Michael, Phyllis Ruddle, Myra Sue Hartman, Logan McMillan, Leon Heavner, Freda Jamison, Carolyn Beasley, Crystal Hoover, David Simon, Clinton Eye, Keith Hoover, the family of Jeffrey Craig and the family of the Rev. Stanley Kile.
Prayer thought: “Loving God, I need encouragement through these tough times. I pray for assurance of Your eternal glory.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Sept. 14 through Sept. 20, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Sept. 14 – 75°, 52° (82°, 56°), Sept. 15 – 81°, 45° (79°, 51°), Sept. 16 – 86°, 54° (71°, 58°), Sept. 17 – 88°, 62° (72°, 55°, .03”), Sept. 18 – 82°, 63° (81°, 57°), Sept. 19 – 73°, 64° (83°, 53°) and Sept. 20 – 73°, 65°, .38” (82°, 60°, .7”).

