You are invited to the Sunday Worship Service on November 17 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.
Kingdomtide
(Kingdomtide is a liturgical season that is observed in the autumn by the United Methodist Church.)
Sunday, November 17, 2024, 10 am
This Sunday is Sunday School with Joan!
[First, children will be in worship. Following the Special Music,
the teacher, Joan Culbertson, will lead our children to the Nursery Room.]
Children’s Time “You Are Created in God’s Image” Pastor John
Special Music Wide River to Cross Brandon & Trisha Kett
Wide River to Cross was written by 72-year-old Buddy Miller of Nashville, Tennessee.
This song appears on Buddy’s 2004 album “Universal United House of Prayer.”
Message “Being God’s ‘Image-bearers’ ” Rev. John Song
We find ourselves on the other side of a threshold facing a future that is dark and unknown. Around us, the world continues to face immense challenges—conflicts, divisions, loss, and a shared longing for peace and justice. These are heavy times, and feelings of anguish, anxiety, powerlessness, and even despair are deeply felt by many.
In the face of uncertainty and unknown, how do we remain hopeful in our faith?
How do we move towards love when fear rises?
How do we face “what is,” without disengaging and with courage?
Wherever you are, and whatever is on your heart, we hope you’ll join us as we create a sanctuary of calm and presence for ourselves and for one another.
“This time, like all times, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Genesis 1:27
“So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female God created them.”
Ephesians 3:19b
“Be filled with the very nature of God.”
John 17:21-22
“I pray that they will all be one, just as you, Father, dwell in me and I dwell in you, may they also dwell in us (Trinity) so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one.”
“My deepest me is God!”
~ St. Catherine of Genoa (1447–1510)
“Stop looking for the one and become the one.”
~ Allana Pratt
