You are invited to in-person worship this Sunday, September 11 at 10 am. *Masks are optional. The bulletin for this Sunday is available for viewing HERE. You can also worship online by going to our website “watsonville1stumc.org” and click YouTube or Facebook. It will be uploaded on Sunday afternoon for your viewing.
Season of Ordinary Time
Sunday, September 11, 2022, 10 am
This Sunday is In-Person Lego Sunday!
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: “How Jesus Sees Us” by Pastor John
Choir Anthem: Look for the Beautiful
Matthew 13:44-45
Buried Treasure Hidden in a Field
44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and
reburied; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.”
Pearl of Great Price
45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls;
46 on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.”
Message Entering the Word of Icons Rev. John Song
Part 7: “The Christ of Sinai”
We are reaching the end of the sermon series of “Entering the Word of Icons”. I admire your dedication of showing up each Sunday during the icon tour to deepen your understanding and appreciation of each of these beautiful icons that informs our Christian faith.
This Sunday we will be learning about the Christ of Sinai icon. This icon is considered one of the oldest Byzantine religious icons and is the earliest known work. It is painted on a wood panel dating back to the 6th century from St. Catherine’s Monastery located in Sinai, Egypt. We are created in the image of God. Along the way our images got distorted. This icon, I believe, is the key to restoring our original image.
“All of us who are human beings are in the image of God. But to be in God’s likeness
belongs only to those who by great love have attached their freedom to God.”
~ Diadochus of Photike
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
~ Marcel Proust, the 20th century French novelist
“Our deepest fears are the dragons that guard our greatest treasures.”
~ inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke
