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Join us for in-person worship this Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 10:00 am

October 21, 2022

You are invited to in-person worship this Sunday, October 23 at 10 am. *Masks are optional. 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. 

Season of Ordinary Time
Sunday, October 23, 2022, 10 am

Children’s Time               “Feeding of the 5000”                  Pastor John

Choir Anthem   I Want to Bloom Where I’m Planted  
(Words & Music: Nancy Woods Harrison)

Message by Rev. John Song   
What Animals Teach Us:
Part 2) “Wisdom of the Body”

This is the second part and the conclusion of the sermon series on “What Animals Teach Us”. This Sunday we will conclude with Part 2) “Wisdom of the Body”. 

This is an opportunity for us to experience firsthand how much love went into our creation and creating each of us. Richard Rohr wrote, “God loves by becoming them. God comes to you disguised as your life. The theology of Incarnation is God’s radical unity with humanity.”

We will learn what Embodied spirituality is all about. Embodiment shifts the focus from cognitive, linguistic, or language-like phenomena or the thinking mind towards connecting, listening, and embodying the inherent wisdom of the body to inform and direct us. We will learn a few basic skills to turn toward the body that will help and enrich our lives.

“The theology of Incarnation tells us that
God decided to make home in our bodies.”
~ John Song

“No one can listen to your body for you. To grow and heal,
you have to take responsibility for listening to it yourself.”
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn

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