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We have a new resident on our patio. Her correct name is Argeope aurantia. Her common name is the Black and Yellow Garden Spider. I have named her Charlotte. She has strung her web between the firecracker plant and some hanging baskets, and has settled in for the summer. Her web is a circular affair designed to ensnare unsuspecting insects. Each morning Charlotte spins a dense zigzag of silk known as a stabilimentum in the center of the web. Sometimes when I drink my coffee on the patio in the early morning, I get to watch her do her early morning spinning.

Last Saturday night, I was listening to “Grassroots” on Mississippi Public Radio. On the program, the host Bill Ellison played a song from an album by the Country Gentlemen entitled “Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen.”

What a great time we had ministering to our special friends at Prentiss Industries in July through Vacation Bible School. From 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. for four days, our youth and some adults taught songs, Bible stories and crafts to adults with disabilities.

Children's Promotion Breakfast is Sunday, August 8th at 9:45 a.m. in our Fellowship Hall for ages 4 years old - 6th grade. There will be an action-packed adventure story with Bible truths entitled "Kickin-It With Keon" along with a great breakfast. Make sure your children join us!

I hear that we’re in for some hot weather this week. Forecasters are predicting that with a high-pressure area settling over us, we might break the 100-degree mark several times. It’s been a hot summer already. In fact, persons who study this sort of thing have concluded that July was our nation’s hottest month on record.

Lately, I have been talking to the animals. They haven’t been talking back, but I’ve been talking to them.