VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE MAY 11, 2025

We begin our service with Pastor Gail Linstrom welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family and calling us to worship with Psalm 100. Dale Reynolds presents the Opening Reading from Psalm 86, and Albert Ramseyer opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar, Ed Manacop, and Caroline Sandoval lead us in joyous singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of the 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, “The God Who Sees Us,” Chaplain David Saltzman uses the story of Hagar from Genesis 21 to illustrate how God sees and hears us when we cry out for help. Hagar was thrown out of Abram’s household into the desert, with her child Ishmael, and both faced death. God did not abandon them. He reassured Hagar that they would live, her son would become the father of many nations, and, opened her eyes to a well of water so they could go on. God shows us the same compassion and help in overcoming our problems. God’s love and plan is for us to accomplish the great things he has planned for us and through 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 will 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 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.

We begin our service with Pastor Gail Linstrom welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family and calling us to worship with Psalm 100. Dale Reynolds presents the Opening Reading from Psalm 86, and Albert Ramseyer opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar, Ed Manacop, and Caroline Sandoval lead us in joyous singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of the 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, “The God Who Sees Us,” Chaplain David Saltzman uses the story of Hagar from Genesis 21 to illustrate how God sees and hears us when we cry out for help. Hagar was thrown out of Abram’s household into the desert, with her child Ishmael, and both faced death. God did not abandon them. He reassured Hagar that they would live, her son would become the father of many nations, and, opened her eyes to a well of water so they could go on. God shows us the same compassion and help in overcoming our problems. God’s love and plan is for us to accomplish the great things he has planned for us and through 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 will 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 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.