Our message from Peggy Hensley:

August -- an ending and a beginning. It's the ending of summer, even though the calendar doesn't officially announce the coming of autumn until September.  In August, we begin to feel the approach of autumn.  The nights get a bit cooler, the days a bit shorter.  It's also a beginning for students and teachers who go back to the classrooms for another school year.   I remember hearing my grandmother say that August was the turn of the year and so it is.  We turn from the pursuits of summer and anticipate the delights of the gorgeous colors and brisk weather of fall.  We also begin to think about the upcoming holidays which suddenly seem nearer in August than they did in July.  The Bible eloquently tell us in Ecclesiastes 3:1 that to everything there is a time and season for everything.  Have a blessed August.