You are invited to the Sunday Service on January 11, 2026 at 10 am. The bulletin for this Sunday is available for viewing HERE.

You can worship live on ZOOM by clicking the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9658816441      Meeting ID: 965 881 6441

You can also watch Sunday services at your convenience by going to our website “watsonville1stumc.org” and click YouTube or Facebook. Each Sunday worship will be uploaded on Sunday afternoon for your viewing.

Second Sunday of Epiphany
Sunday, January 11, 2026, 10 am

Children’s Time      “You Don’t Have to Own It to Enjoy It”        Pastor John 

Special Music                   The Trumpet Morning                    Mike Locke-Paddon

Composed by B. F. White, published in the Southern Harmony in 1853
Arr.: Mike Locke-Paddon

Mr. Mike Locke-Paddon was our former Music Director
who will make a special appearance for solo.

Message   “How Shall I Live for the Remainder of My Days?”   Rev. John Song

“What is this? What is this life given to me? What do I do with it? Where is my life going?” Those are good questions. The question becomes even more urgent when we realize that we are finite beings with limited years left in our lives.

By what compass do you follow your journey? What fires your imagination? What unlived life that beckons to be lived? What asks of you something that is so deep within you that perhaps it hurts, but you can’t let go of it because it won’t let go of you? These are some of the “large questions” that need to be asked, especially those of us who’ve entered the second half of life. And so I will share my thoughts on “How Shall I Live for the Remainder of My Days?”

Romans 8:28
“We know that all things work together for good for those who love God,
who are called according to his purpose.”

Matthew 6:33
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you.”

Matthew 7:13-14
“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy
that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it.
For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life,
and there are few who find it.”

You are invited to the Sunday Service on January 4, 2026 at 10 am. The bulletin for this Sunday is available for viewing HERE.

You can worship live on ZOOM by clicking the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9658816441      Meeting ID: 965 881 6441

You can also watch Sunday services at your convenience by going to our website “watsonville1stumc.org” and click YouTube or Facebook. Each Sunday worship will be uploaded on Sunday afternoon for your viewing.

Epiphany Sunday / Domingo de Epifanía
Appearance of the Three Kings
with Holy Communion

Sunday, January 4, 2026, 10 am

Children’s Time   “A Lesson from the Three Kings from the East”    Pastor John

Message                          “Follow Your Star”                      Rev. John Song

The Wise Ones found what they were looking for by following the star that lighted their path. When we trust the “star” that God hung out for us, we move toward life in its fullest and discover joy beyond imagining. What paths is God shining light upon for you this year? 

Matthew 2:9-10

“and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen in the east, until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy.”

“When we commit, the universe conspires to help us.”
~ Paulo Coelho, a Brazilian writer

“Better a fallen rocket than never a burst of light.”
~ Oscar Wilde

“The time to blossom is now, not some time in the future.”
~ John Song

“Together may we reach the bright future we desire to light together. May we,
like the Wise Magi, believe in the Light and follow it no matter where it leads us.”
~ Alice Ann Glenn, retired UM Diaconal Minister

“Nativity and Adoration of the Magi”
by Matthias Stom, the 17th century Dutch/Flemish painter

You are invited to the Sunday Service on December 28 at 10 am.
The bulletin for this Sunday is available for viewing HERE.

You can worship live on ZOOM by clicking the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9658816441      Meeting ID: 965 881 6441

You can also watch Sunday services at your convenience by going to our website “watsonville1stumc.org” and click YouTube or Facebook. Each Sunday worship will be uploaded on Sunday afternoon for your viewing.

First Sunday after Christmas
Sunday, December 28, 2025, 10 am

We will conclude the year with the last Sunday service. There will be lots of carol singing as we read Christmas story from the Gospel of Matthew.

Children’s Time   “Why are Carols sung at Christmas time?”   Carmelita Abenoja

Choir Anthem   Down from His Glory 
Music: E Di Capua, Words: William E. Booth Clibborn

You are invited to the beautiful, timeless Christmas Eve Candlelight Service for the whole family and friends this Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 5 pm. The bulletin for this service is available for viewing HERE.

You can worship live on ZOOM by clicking the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9658816441      Meeting ID: 965 881 6441

You can also watch the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at your convenience by going to our website “watsonville1stumc.org” and click YouTube or Facebook. It will be uploaded on Sunday afternoon for your viewing.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 5 pm

Welcome to Watsonville First United Methodist Church
229 Stanford Street, Watsonville, CA 95076

O Holy Night   
by Solmaaz Adeli, Mezzo-soprano
Composed by Adolphe Adam, 1847 (originally French: Cantique de Noël)

Some Children See Him
by Solmaaz Adeli, Mezzo-soprano
Christmas carol composed by Alfred Burt in 1951, lyrics by Wihla Hutson

Christmas Eve Meditation
by Rev. John Song

Receiving the Light of Christ

*There will be hot cider, coffee, and Christmas sweets in the narthex
following the service for those who want to linger a while for fellowship.

You are invited to the Celebration of Christmas Service on December 21 at 10 am. The bulletin for this Sunday is available for viewing HERE.

You can worship live on ZOOM by clicking the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9658816441      Meeting ID: 965 881 6441

You can also watch Sunday services at your convenience by going to our website “watsonville1stumc.org” and click YouTube or Facebook. Each Sunday worship will be uploaded on Sunday afternoon for your viewing.

Celebration of Christmas
on the Fourth Sunday of Advent
Sunday, December 21, 2025, 10 am

Bring a dish to share!

Children’s Time: “The Christmas Story​” by Pastor John

Sing-Along
Medley of Favorite Christmas Songs
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Deck the Halls
Jingle Bells
Feliz Navidad (Song by José Feliciano)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Choir Anthem
Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room/Joy To the World
Words: Isaac Watt, Paraphrase Psa. 98
Text & Music arr. by Rosemary Hadler based on Tune “Antioch”

Message: “Meaning of Christmas Event” by Rev. John Song

Why did God create the heavens and the earth in the first place? What was God up to? Was there any divine intention or goal? What is the Christmas event all about?

For Christians, the word “incarnation” signifies God becoming flesh in Jesus who personally demonstrated God’s radical unity with humanity. We will explore the cosmic significance of Christmas event for us, the world, and all of creation.

Genesis 1:1-5
In the Beginning

In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a spirit from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.”

John 1:1-5, 9, 14

“In the beginning was the Word, and Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it… The true light, which enlightens everyone was coming into the world… And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.”