Ed Jones, Pastor Welcome to the third month of the year—or, if you were born before 150 B.C., the first! According to the oldest Roman calendars, one year was ten months long, beginning in March and ending in December. It may sound crazy, but you can still see traces of this old system in our…
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Religion, January 2021
Rough Road
Ed Jones, Pastor I love the raw emotions of the psalms. Many imagine strong faith as a smooth road of trusting God. Never wavering. Undaunted by obstacles. The psalms of lament are encouraging in the sense that they give us a glimpse of the struggles in faith that godly men went through. Like David. “How…
Front Page, December 2020
It Was All Treats!
Cynthia Drury Saturday, Oct. 31, Fellowship at The Ranch (FATR) hosted a Halloween Drive Up Trick or Treat event. The 60+ degree weather was perfect for the treat bag distribution. At 10 a.m. the RR residents, children, friends, and dogs began to drive up in their golf carts, cars, and even a bicycle. They were…
Religion, December 2020
Christmas
Ed Jones, Pastor The celebration of Christmas started in Rome about 336 (but it did not become a major Christian festival until the 9th century). Many Christmas traditions, such as decorating trees, started in Germany and later spread to other parts of the world, notably England and the United States. The English term Christmas (“mass…
Religion, November 2020
Fellowship at the Ranch: Thanksgiving
Ed Jones, Pastor In November 1621, after the Pilgrims’ first corn harvest proved successful due to the guidance and teaching of Squanto, a Patuxet Indian, Governor William Bradford organized a celebration and feast. He invited a group of the colony’s Native American allies, including the Wampanoag chief Massasoit. Now remembered as America’s first Thanksgiving—although the…
Religion, October 2020
Trick or Treat Comes to Robson Ranch!
Cynthia Drury Leave all your tricks at home and join us for a treat. Fellowship At The Ranch (FATR) Church is hosting a Drive Thru Halloween Trick or Treat candy distribution at the Robson Ranch Clubhouse parking lot on Saturday, Oct. 31, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Come in your golf cart, car, bicycle, or motorcycle…
Religion, October 2020
Fellowship at the Ranch
Ed Jones, Pastor Above prayer, one of our duties as a Christian citizen is to vote. Proverbs 25:19 says that “Putting confidence (or voting for) in an unreliable man is like chewing with a sore tooth, or trying to run on a broken foot.” God wills us to put our trust in people of character.…
Religion, September 2020
Fellowship at the Ranch: Man and Woman
Ed Jones, Pastor (Adam) said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman (ishah), Because she was taken out of Man (ish).” For this reason, a man (ish) shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife (ishah); and they shall become…
Religion, August 2020
Fellowship at the Ranch: Searching for a New Church Home
Ed Jones You’ve visited twenty different churches but none seem to fit. Some Sundays, you’re excited to get up. Other times, you’d rather pledge membership to Bedside Baptist and call it a day. A desire for faith community is growing by the day and YouTube sermons are starting to feel supplementary at best. You want…
Religion, June 2020
Fellowship at the Ranch
Pastor Ed Jones Why was God so willing to reveal Himself in Bible times but seems hidden and silent today? One reason God may seem hidden today is the simple fact of willful, unrepentant sin. “Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time, He will hide…