VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE JUNE 2, 2024

We begin our service with song. Pastor Gail welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Luisa Fernandez calls us to worship with a reading from Psalms 65. Michael Blanco then opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar and Ed Manacop lead us in our praise singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.

 

Pastor Gail in her sermon, “Walking with Jesus – On Land and Water,” looks at Matthew 14 with the story of Jesus, and for a short time Peter, walking on the water. Jesus had just fed 5,000, and told his disciples to cross the Sea of Galilee without him. They obeyed, but encountered a life-threatening storm. Jesus then appears to them, walking on the water. Peter asks and is allowed to walk on the water toward Jesus, but sees the storm and begins to sink and has to be rescued by Jesus, who chides him for a lack of faith. When they get in the boat, the storm is stilled, and the disciples realize Jesus truly is the Son of God. We, too, are disciples of Jesus, like those in the story. Jesus asks us to step out in faith and promises that he will be with us and help us as we journey with him.

 

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.