The Verdugo Community Church’s Podcast

In his sermon, “Be Transformed,” Chaplain David Saltzman begins a two-part series on Romans 12 by emphasizing verses 1 and 2. Paul admonishes us to seek God’s help in transforming our minds to move past the demands of our society and the negative judgments of others and ourselves. This transformation is a life long journey, not a fixed destination. However, as we go, we have the good news that God loves us for who we are and wants us to become who we were created to be.

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the services and sermons at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies may be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.

 

All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.

 

Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Our email address is verdugofmc@gmail.com. Contact Pastor Gail at (323) 500-3343.

 

Worship service copyright 2026 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2026 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.

Pastor Gail Linstrom begins our service by welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship with a reading from Psalm 40, while Pastor Gail leads us in responsive prayer. Ed Manacop and Caroline Sandoval lead us in joyous singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of our church, our city, and our world in the Prayers of the People. Pastor Gail concludes our service by leading us in Communion, and you are invited to participate.

 

In his sermon, “Be Transformed,” Chaplain David Saltzman begins a two-part series on Romans 12 by emphasizing verses 1 and 2. Paul admonishes us to seek God’s help in transforming our minds to move past the demands of our society and the negative judgments of others and ourselves. This transformation is a life long journey, not a fixed destination. However, as we go, we have the good news that God loves us for who we are and wants us to become who we were created to be.

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies may be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.

 

Prayers of the People have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned.

 

All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.

 

Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Our email address is verdugofmc@gmail.com. Contact Pastor Gail at (323) 500-3343.

 

Worship service copyright 2026 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2026 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.

In his sermon, “The Fire of Love,” Martín Mumm first looked at Exodus 3 where the living God chooses Moses, a shepherd because he had killed an Egyptian, to go to Pharaoh and free his people from slavery. God has seen their suffering and heard their prayers. Paul in Romans 12 urges us to live our ordinary lives mindful that we are part of the body of Christ, his church. Moses had work to do for God, and God promises to be there to help. God has seen our pain and heard our prayers and will be there for us as we work together in the body of Christ to make things right in our world as well. As the fire Moses saw in the bush did not consume it. We need to confront our differences in love with each other, always remembering that we are all the children of God.

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies may be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.

 

Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Our email address is verdugofmc@gmail.com. Contact Pastor Gail at (323) 500-3343.

 

Worship service copyright 2026 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2026 by Martín Mumm and Verdugo Community Church.

Chaplain David Saltzman begins our service by welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family, then leads a responsive call to worship. Dale Reynolds focuses us with a reading from Psalm 105. Ed Manacop leads us in joyous singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of our church, our city, and our world in the Prayers of the People. Chaplain David concludes our service by leading us in Communion, and you are invited to participate.

 

In his sermon, “The Fire of Love,” Martín Mumm first looked at Exodus 3 where the living God chooses Moses, a shepherd because he had killed an Egyptian, to go to Pharaoh and free his people from slavery. God has seen their suffering and heard their prayers. Paul in Romans 12 urges us to live our ordinary lives mindful that we are part of the body of Christ, his church. Moses had work to do for God, and God promises to be there to help. God has seen our pain and heard our prayers and will be there for us as we work together in the body of Christ to make things right in our world as well. As the fire Moses saw in the bush did not consume it. We need to confront our differences in love with each other, always remembering that we are all the children of God.

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies may be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.

 

Prayers of the People have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned.

 

All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.

 

Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Our email address is verdugofmc@gmail.com. Contact Pastor Gail at (323) 500-3343.

 

Worship service copyright 2026 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2026 by Martín Mumm and Verdugo Community Church.

In her sermon, “The Duality of Keeping Sabbath and Practicing Discipleship,” Pastor Gail on this Labor Day weekend reminds us that God ordained that one day a week was the Sabbath, a time to refrain from ordinary work and a time to worship. In both the Old and New Testaments we learn that God does not want us to abuse this gift. Isaiah 58 found God’s people claiming to fast on the Sabbath, while also exploiting their workers and fighting amongst themselves. Isaiah explains that God wants his people to celebrate the Sabbath not by supposedly pious actions, but by seeking justice for their own workers and the oppressed, feeding the hungry, providing shelter for the homeless, and not forgetting the needs of their own extended families. Jesus in Matthew 25 repeats this admonition with the parable of the sheep and goats at the last judgment, where those who did help even the least of society actually did so directly to God and are rewarded. As Christians we need to remember this and act as God requires us to.

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the services and sermons at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies may be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.

 

All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.

 

Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Our email address is verdugofmc@gmail.com. Contact Pastor Gail at (323) 500-3343.

 

Worship service copyright 2026 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2026 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.

Pastor Gail Linstrom begins our service by welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Hugh Linstrom focuses us with a reading from Psalm 119. Luisa Fernandez opens us in prayer. Joletta Sells leads us in joyous singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of our church, our city, and our world in the Prayers of the People. Pastor Gail concludes our service by leading us in Communion, and you are invited to participate.

 

In her sermon, “The Duality of Keeping Sabbath and Practicing Discipleship,” Pastor Gail on this Labor Day weekend reminds us that God ordained that one day a week was the Sabbath, a time to refrain from ordinary work and a time to worship. In both the Old and New Testaments we learn that God does not want us to abuse this gift. Isaiah 58 found God’s people claiming to fast on the Sabbath, while also exploiting their workers and fighting amongst themselves. Isaiah explains that God wants his people to celebrate the Sabbath not by supposedly pious actions, but by seeking justice for their own workers and the oppressed, feeding the hungry, providing shelter for the homeless, and not forgetting the needs of their own extended families. Jesus in Matthew 25 repeats this admonition with the parable of the sheep and goats at the last judgment, where those who did help even the least of society actually did so directly to God and are rewarded. As Christians we need to remember this and act as God requires us to.

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies may be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.

 

Prayers of the People have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned.

 

All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.

 

Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Our email address is verdugofmc@gmail.com. Contact Pastor Gail at (323) 500-3343.

 

Worship service copyright 2026 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2026 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.

In his sermon, “Learning to See,” Chaplain David Saltzman looks deeper into the admonition of Jesus found in Matthew 7 against judging others when you are ignoring your own flaws. We all find it easy to judge others, even people we do not know anything about except a group name. We project our own flaws and sins on them. Jesus is reminding us that we should not ignore our own flaws, and should avoid judging others. Instead we should see them as God’s children, loved by him who is always ready to forgive and redeem us.

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the services and sermons at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies may be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.

 

All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.

 

Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Our email address is verdugofmc@gmail.com. Contact Pastor Gail at (323) 500-3343.

 

Worship service copyright 2026 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2026 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.

Pastor Gail Linstrom begins our service by welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds focuses us with a reading from Psalm 7. Luisa Fernandez opens us in prayer. Ed Manacop leads us in joyous singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of our church, our city, and our world in the Prayers of the People. Pastor Gail concludes our service by leading us in Communion, and you are invited to participate.

 

In his sermon, “Learning to See,” Chaplain David Saltzman looks deeper into the admonition of Jesus found in Matthew 7 against judging others when you are ignoring your own flaws. We all find it easy to judge others, even people we do not know anything about except a group name. We project our own flaws and sins on them. Jesus is reminding us that we should not ignore our own flaws, and should avoid judging others. Instead we should see them as God’s children, loved by him who is always ready to forgive and redeem us.

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies may be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.

 

Prayers of the People have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned.

 

All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.

 

Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Our email address is verdugofmc@gmail.com. Contact Pastor Gail at (323) 500-3343.

 

Worship service copyright 2026 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2026 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.

In his sermon, “Lord, Save Me: What Faith Actually Looks Like,” Pastor Brian Scott from Foothill Church uses the episode in Matthew 14 of Jesus, and briefly Peter, walking on the water in a storm, to illustrate what faith means. The disciples were afraid of who was walking on the water toward them until Jesus told them to not be afraid, just as God reveals himself to us in times of trial. Peter asked to join Jesus on the water, and Jesus told him to come out of the boat. Peter had faith he could do it but almost immediately saw that the storm was raging and as he began to sink asked Jesus to save him. Jesus did, they regained the boat, and the storm ceased. When Jesus chided Peter for having doubted, it meant that he was pulled in two directions over what he experienced, not that he did not believe that Jesus would save him. We likewise need to act out our faith in times of peacefulness and storm.

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the services and sermons at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies may be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.

 

All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.

 

Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Our email address is verdugofmc@gmail.com. Contact Pastor Gail at (323) 500-3343.

 

Worship service copyright 2026 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2026 by Brian Scottand Verdugo Community Church.

Pastor Gail Linstrom begins our service by welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds focuses us with a reading from Psalm 43. Luisa Fernandez opens us in prayer. Ed Manacop leads us in joyous singing. Chaplain David Saltzman takes up the praises and concerns of our church, our city, and our world in the Prayers of the People. Pastor Gail concludes our service by leading us in Communion, and you are invited to participate.

 

In his sermon, “Lord, Save Me: What Faith Actually Looks Like,” Pastor Brian Scott from Foothill Church uses the episode in Matthew 14 of Jesus, and briefly Peter, walking on the water in a storm, to illustrate what faith means. The disciples were afraid of who was walking on the water toward them until Jesus told them to not be afraid, just as God reveals himself to us in times of trial. Peter asked to join Jesus on the water, and Jesus told him to come out of the boat. Peter had faith he could do it but almost immediately saw that the storm was raging and as he began to sink asked Jesus to save him. Jesus did, they regained the boat, and the storm ceased. When Jesus chided Peter for having doubted, it meant that he was pulled in two directions over what he experienced, not that he did not believe that Jesus would save him. We likewise need to act out our faith in times of peacefulness and storm.

 

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies may be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.

 

Prayers of the People have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned.

 

All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.

 

Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Our email address is verdugofmc@gmail.com. Contact Pastor Gail at (323) 500-3343.

 

Worship service copyright 2026 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2026 by Brian Scott and Verdugo Community Church.