VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE MAY 15, 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 opens us in prayer. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship with a reading of Psalms 148. Guest music director Nicolas Baltazar accompanied by Mike Minasyan lead us in praise and worship music. Albert Ramseyer gives us his reflections on the just completed 2022 Annual Conference of the Free Methodist Church in Southern California. He then takes up the concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People. Pastor Samantha Davidson in her sermon gives us a fresh perspective on the episode in Acts 11 when the Holy Spirit fell upon gentile believers while Peter is baptizing them. Peter then stays with them and shares their meals. This surprises and concerns some of the other believers. Peter sees that the Spirit has broken down these ethnic barriers and all are welcomed as believers. She challenges us to ask the Holy Spirit to rest upon us and surprise us with what it will be doing in our everyday lives, using the prayer, “Come, Holy Spirit.” Pastor Dan Davidson 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 and will make its Sunday sermons available to you on Facebook and will post audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com.

 

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 Samantha Davidson and Verdugo Community Church.