Verdugo Community Church Worship Service for March 20, 2022

We begin our service in song. Pastor Gail Whitcome Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family and Albert Ramseyer opens us in prayer. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship with a reading from Psalms 63. Vanessa Simon leads us in praise and worship music. Greg Hart focuses us on the concerns and praises of the congregation in the Prayers of the People. Andrew Mumm in his sermon,“Turn to G*d,” directs us to Luke 13:1 to 9, where Jesus is asked to explain the deaths of people by Pilate or by a construction accident, to which Jesus affirms they were not guilty of sin. Jesus then tells a story about having patience to see good fruit come from an apparently barren fruit tree. Andrew challenges us to not hold on to resentment or even anger toward God when bad things happen to good people, because we must forgive to receive forgiveness. 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 will continue making its Sunday service available to you online at this site and will resume making video copies of the sermon available on Facebook at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch.

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.

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

Sermon copyright 2022 by Andrew Mumm and Verdugo Community Church. An audio copy of the sermon is also posted on this podcast site.