You are invited to the in-person Pentecost Sunday Service on May 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 or 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.
Pentecost
Sunday, May 28, 2023, 10 am
Children’s Time “Let’s Learn to Garden” Pastor John
This Sunday, our children will learn how to garden starting with preparing the soil, planting vegetable seeds, watering and attending. They will get their hands in the soil and watch how they grow from start to finish. For children to have the firsthand experience of how nature works will be an invaluable benefit for them for the rest of their lives. So please bring your children for worship on Sunday, May 28. There will be experienced adults who will teach and guide them in gardening. Everything will be provided.
Special Music Balm in Gilda’s Dr. Emily Sinclair, Solo
arranged by HT Burleigh
Message “Come, Holy Spirit!” Rev. John Song
Pentecost Sunday falls on the 50th day after Easter. And this year, it falls on May 28th. The celebration of Pentecost is one of the most ancient celebrations of the Church.
In Acts 2, recounts the story of the original Pentecost. Jews from all over were gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish feast. On that Sunday, ten days after the Ascension of Christ, the apostles were gathered in the Upper Room, where they had seen Christ after His Resurrection:
“And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them parted tongues as if they were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them: And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak with diverse tongues, according as the Holy Spirit gave them to speak.” (Acts 2:2-4)
Jesus had promised to his disciples that he would send the Holy Spirit after he departs from the world. And, on Pentecost, they were granted the gifts of the Spirit.
Abba Lot went to see Abba Joseph and said to him,
“Abba as far as I can I chant a little, I fast a little,
I pray and meditate a little, and I live in peace.
As far as I can, I purify my thoughts. What else can I do?”
Then the old man stood up and stretched his hands towards heaven.
His fingers became like ten lamps of fire and he said to him,
“If you will, you can become all flame.”
~ From the Desert Fathers
Spirit of the living God, fall a-fresh on us;
Spirit of the living God, fall a-fresh on us.
Melt us, mold us, fill us, use us.
Spirit of the living God, fall a-fresh on us.
~ UM Hymnal #393
