VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE MAY 18, 2025

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 the reading of Psalm 67, and Louisa Fernandez opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar, Ed Manacop, and Caroline Sandoval lead us in joyous singing. Albert Ramseyer gives us a report on the Annual Conference and 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, with she and Louisa leading us in a responsive reading based on the Lord’s Prayer. You are invited to participate.

 

In his sermon, “Love and Truth,” Chaplain Daniel Whipple looks at the promise in John 14 that the Holy Spirit would bring Jesus’s words and deeds to mind in his followers. He points out that this has been an ongoing gift. Although the Gospels were written down years later, then copied and translated over the centuries, they retain their truth and power. We need to ask the Holy Spirit to help us discern what we see or hear is true and whether is leads us to Jesus. One way to decide if a statement about Jesus is true is to remember that Jesus refused every offer of political or military power, and always called for loving and helping others. We need to follow the example of Jesus’s life and teaching and not be distracted by the false calling of the world.

 

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 Daniel Whipple and Verdugo Community Church.