VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE JULY 31, 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. Carol Duberowski provides us with an overview of the services available to individuals and churches from the Free Methodist Foundation. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship with a reading from Proverbs 8, and Nicolas Baltazar opens us in prayer. Music Leaders Nicolas Baltazar and Marvin Juan accompanied by Mike Minasyan lead us in praise and worship music. Andrew Mumm takes up the concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People. Pastor Daniel Whipple from Rose City Church returns to our pulpit in his sermon, “The Timing of God’s Economy,” looks at the Parable in Luke 12:13 – 21 of the foolish rich man who thought he could now relax, eat, drink, and be merry with his wealth, but instead died that night. Jesus warned against storing up treasures for ourselves, and not being rich toward God. While we may not be as rich as the man in the parable, we need to be creative in our use of our time, talents, and wealth to be generous toward God and others.

 

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.

 

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

Sermon copyright 2022 by Daniel Whipple and Verdugo Community Church.