You are invited to the Worship Service on August 16, 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.
Ordinary Time
In God’s Eternal Time
Sunday, August 16, 2026, 10 am
Children’s Time “Forest Understory” Pastor John
A forest understory possesses a quiet beauty that is easy to overlook. Beneath the towering canopy, ferns unfurl, mosses soften fallen logs, fungi weave hidden networks through the soil, and young trees wait patiently for light.
Special Music: Marina Thomas
Sermon Series on “Inner Work”
July 19: Part 1) “The Shadow Knows!”
July 26: Part 2) “Befriending Your Shadow”
Aug. 16: Part 3) “Deep Dive”
Message Inner Work; Rev. John Song
Part 3) “Deep Dive”
Your shadows are parts of yourself that you have disowned because you’re ashamed or even afraid of them. The Shadow has power precisely because it remains in the dark below our awareness. Only when we face and acknowledge the Shadow’s presence and integrate them into our whole selves can we turn the shadow into gold.
We will examine what the “Shadow” is and why doing Shadow work is so important for your growth and wholeness — especially at this chaotic and dangerous time in human history. Unconscious people elect unconscious leaders. Conscious people elect conscious leaders.
Matthew 21:42
‘The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
the Lord has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
“All that is human, I own it.”
~ Juliane of Norwich, the 14th century English woman mystic
“People who don’t confront their demons are destined to be confronted by them.”
~ Michael D’Antonio, Trump biographer
“A way to God is not ascent but descent.”
~ John Song
“Things that sailors have no use going out to the sea:
Fear of going down.”
~ Robert Bly
