Guidelines for Gathering at the Church BuildingWe are adjusting the mask requirement for the church building. If you feel comfortable without a mask, you do not have to wear one. If you still feel more comfortable with one on, please feel free to continue wearing one. Communion will remain the same as it has been […]
First Christian Church, Grand Junction – Praising God, Changing Lives!
First Christian Church, Grand Junction – Praising God, Changing Lives!
Posts by Chip Ferron
Guidelines for Gathering at the Church Building as of May 1, 2021 We are adjusting the mask requirement for the church building. If you feel comfortable without a mask, you do not have to wear one. If you still feel more comfortable with one on, please feel free to continue wearing one. Communionwill remain the […]
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 – Week 14 (Year A) Reading for Today: Numbers 6:22-27 Verses for Reflection: Numbers 6:24-26 (NRSV) 24 The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you […]
Reading for Today: Matthew 13:18-23 Verses for Reflection: Matthew 13:18-23 (NRSV) 18 “Hear then the parable of the sower. 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. 20 […]
Reading for Today: Matthew 13:1-17 Verses for Reflection: Matthew 13:3a (NRSV) 3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen!…” Reflection: Listen! I could reflect on the rest of the words Jesus spoke, of the parable of the sower and Jesus’ response to the question of why He taught in parables, but I […]
Reading for Today: Matthew 12:46-50 Verses for Reflection: Matthew 12:49-50 (NRSV) 48 But to the one who had told him this, Jesus replied, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 And pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Reflection: These are difficult words to hear…if we […]
Reading for Today: Matthew 12:38-45 Verses for Reflection: Matthew 12:38 (NRSV) 38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” Reflection: Jesus didn’t respond to kindly to the request for a sign; rather, he replied, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign…” […]
Reading for Today: Matthew 12:33-37 Verses for Reflection: Matthew 12:33 (NRSV) “Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.” Reflection: “For the tree is known by its fruit.” Wow! You probably don’t need me saying much after […]
Reading for Today: Exodus 24:12-18 Verses for Reflection: Exodus 24:13-14 (NRSV) 13 So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. 14 To the elders he had said, “Wait here for us, until we come to you again; for Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has […]
Reading for Today: Exodus 20:1-21 Verses for Reflection: Exodus 20:18-19 (NRSV) 18 When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking, they were afraid and trembled and stood at a distance, 19 and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do […]