VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE DECEMBER 4, 2022

Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family on this Second Sunday in Advent. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship with a reading from Isaiah 11, and we light the second Advent Candle signifying Peace and sing a carol. Albert Ramseyer opens us with prayer. Kim Cox, Jessica Jimenez, and Mike Minasyan lead us in praise and worship music. Greg Hart takes up the concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.

 

In her sermon, “The Kingdom of Heaven Has Come to Us,” Pastor Gail explores the ways the Bible describes what the coming of the Christ means, and in particular the role that John the Baptist played in preparing the way for Jesus. John challenged people to truly repent and seek God, while also announcing that a greater one was coming who would baptize with the Holy Spirit. Jesus was that one, and he gives us life and hope to live in the Kingdom of God both here and in eternity. With the coming of Jesus the Kingdom of God has truly come to us.

 

Pastor Gail then leads us in Communion, so you are invited to have bread or crackers and a beverage ready to participate in this sacrament.

 

Verdugo is again meeting in person but makes its Sunday sermons available to you on Facebook and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com.

 

Prayers of the People has been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of individual prayer requests. All CCLI songs are performed under Verdugo Community Church’s license with CCLI.

 

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.

 

Verdugo is online at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch and www.verdugochurch.org.

Sermon copyright 2022 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.