Please join us for in-person worship this Sunday, March 13 at 10:00 am! The bulletin for this Sunday is available for viewing HERE.
Second Sunday of Lent
Sunday, March 13, 2022, 10 am
Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday, March 13th !
Turn your clock 1 hour forward before you go to bed on Saturday.
Please join us every Sunday for in-person Worship at 10 am wearing masks and social distancing. You can also worship online by going to our website “watsonville1stumc.org” and click Facebook or YouTube. It will be uploaded on Sunday afternoon for your viewing.
Children’s Time: A Sufi Story: The Diamond in Your Pocket by Pastor John
For Special Music, Brandon and Trisha Kett will offer a beautiful song “The Wayfaring Stranger.”
Special Music: The Wayfaring Stranger by Brandon and Trisha Kett
“The Wayfaring Stranger” is a well-known American folk song originating in the early 1800’s about a plaintive soul on the journey through life. The lyrics were originally published in 1858. The songwriter is unknown. During the Civil War in 1862, the lyrics were found on the wall of a Confederate prison, inscribed by a dying Union soldier.
Message: Jesus as a Template for Transformation Part 2) “Deny Yourself”
by Rev. John Song
The Seven Week Lenten Sermon Series continues with Part 2) “Deny Yourself.” This commend is the first of three commands that Jesus required for transformation. Eckhart Tolle said, “If all there is in your life is ‘me,’ then suffering is inevitable.” Jesus’s first command of “deny yourself” is a portal out of the state of obsession with the self which leads to liberation. What does it entail to do the work of self-denial?
Ephesians 1:2 (The Message)
“It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for.
Long before we first heard of Christ, he had his eye on us,
had designs on us for glorious living,
part of the overall purpose he is working out
in everything and everyone.”
