VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE JANUARY 5, 2025

We begin our service with Pastor Gail Linstrom welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship reading Psalm 25. On this second Sunday of Christmas, Pastor Gail lights the Advent Candles. Luisa Fernandez opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar and Ed Manacop lead us in our praise singing. Albert Ramseyer takes up the praises and concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.

 

In her sermon, “Preparing to Be Agents of Our Father’s Business,” Pastor Gail challenges us to find what God wants the Verdugo Church to do within its own neighborhood. God is interested in everything we do and in every season of our lives, as illustrated in Ecclesiastes 3. He wants us to help bring his Kingdom to earth by expressing his love for all in concrete ways by practicing compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience toward each other doing everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,and giving thanks to God the Father. . As we take stock of the conditions in our neighborhood, we need to find the best ways to reach out and help our neighbors.

 

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.

 

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 Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.