VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE MAY 12, 2024

We open our service with song. Pastor Gail welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Ed Manacop calls us to worship with a reading from Psalms 36. 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, “Prayerfully Living Mary’s Song,” reminds us that Jesus in his prayers for his disciples in John 15 plainly warned that we would face opposition from the world, but had to fulfill his commandment to love others. On this Mother’s Day, we should remember the prayerful and inspired response by Mary to being told that she would become Jesus’ mother. In Luke 1 Mary accepts this role and praises God for his just actions and faithful remembrance of his people throughout the generations. Mary’s life after this was not always easy. She saw the growing opposition to his ministry that lead to his death, and then to his resurrection by God in fulfillment of his promises. We should remember that Mary’s faith in God emboldened her and was rewarded, and go about spreading the good news with courage and hope.

 

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.