{"id":5473,"date":"2021-09-21T14:37:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T21:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watsonville1stumc.org\/?page_id=5473"},"modified":"2022-01-12T10:07:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T18:07:31","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/watsonville1stumc.org\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Is your soul in alignment with your life? I find this question very important to ask myself periodically. When my soul is not in alignment with my life, I experience dis-ease in my heart, body, and mind. The 15th century Spanish mystic, St. Ignatius of Loyola, described the root of human discontent, unfulfillment and dis-ease as \u201cBeing out of an alignment with God\u2019s deepest desire for your life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to personally invite you to Watsonville First United Methodist Church to explore our faith community. 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