VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE APRIL 6, 2025

Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to our service worship and to participate in the life of our church family and then calls us to worship. Dale Reynolds focuses our hearts and minds with a reading from Psalm 86. Michael Blanco opens us in prayer. Marvin Juan, Ed Manacop, and Caroline Sandoval lead us in our praise 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.

 

Pastor Somer Reed from Marina Christian Fellowship, in her sermon, “He Is with Us in the Preparation,” continues our Lenten journey by reminding us that we should seek God not just at the milestones in our journey of faith, but as we prepare for them. This theme is found in the Psalms, the prophets and Paul’s letters, and, lived out by Jesus in his ministry. Our lives are like a long and winding road, with twists, highs and lows. What we learn in the low spots makes it possible to understand and appreciate God’s role in the high spots. Rather than dwell on past problems, we should strive, as Paul said in Philippians 3,:12 to “press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.“

 

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 Somer Reed and Verdugo Community Church.