You are invited to the in-person Worship Service with Holy Communion on Sep. 3 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.
Ordinary Time with Holy Communion
Sunday, September 3, 2023, 10 am
Children’s Time “Breathing In and Out with God” Pastor John
Special Music The Air That I Breathe Jesse Martinez, Solo
by The Hollies, 1974
Breathe On Me
by Edward Hatch & Robert Jackson
Jesse Martinez is a teddy bear of a guy who gives of himself generously to the community. Jesse is a resident of Aromas, California and an active member of the Aromas Community Grange. He is also the Concert Coordinator for the Aromas Community Grange Hall and a member of the Aromas Grange Performer’s Circle. Jesse is a native Californian and was born in Gilroy, CA. He has been playing the acoustic guitar since 7th grade (about 125 years ago) and enjoys performing folk, Americana and soft rock covers for groups and special events in the Monterey Bay area.
Message Breath Work: Rev. John Song
Part 6) “Coregulating with God”
Coregulation is defined most broadly as a continuous unfolding of the bidirectional emotional linkage of two or more people that promotes emotional stability. It is creating a space between individuals where emotions are being continuously mitigated and modified through their linkage that regulates their emotions and more effectively manages anxiety and stress.
In this final Breath Work sermon series, we will learn how to use the knowledge of coregulation and apply it to our relationships with our children, partners and friends. And ultimately, we’ll learn how to co-regulate with God.
John 14:27
“My peace (shalom) I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives.
Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.”
John 20:19-22
21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.
As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
22 When he had said this, he breathed on them
and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”
“I want to be a feather in the breath of God.”
~ Hildegard von Bingen, the 12th-century German woman Christian mystic
“I am a hole in a flute that God’s breath flows through.”
~ Hafiz
