VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE FEBRUARY 4, 2024

We open our service with song. Pastor Gail Linstrom begins by welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family, and calls us to worship with a reading from Psalm 65. We then join in reciting the Lord’s Prayer as our opening prayer. Nick Baltazar and Ed Manacop lead us in our praise singing, and Albert Ramseyer takes up the praises and concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.

 

In her sermon “Will You Follow,” Pastor Gail takes a detailed look at the Twelve Apostles, as they are described in the New Testament, and draws the parallels between them and us as we also try to be Jesus’ disciples. Jesus chose the Twelve out of the large group of his followers to train them to carry on his work when he was no longer present. They came from every segment of their society. Some had been disciples of John the Baptist, others were tax collectors, political radicals, fishermen, and Torah scholars. Some, like Peter and John, became well known. Others are only names in the Gospels and Acts. Some have entire Gospels and New Testament letters ascribed to them, like Matthew, John, and Peter. Others may have been almost illiterate. What they had in common is that they answered the call of Jesus to follow him. It is up to us to answer that call affirmatively and carry out the work that Jesus gives us.

 

Pastor Gail then leads us in the sacrament of communion, and you are invited to participate as well.

 

Verdugo 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 have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned. All CCLI songs are performed under Verdugo Community Church’s 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 2024 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2024 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.