VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE MAY 21, 2023

We open our service with song. Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Michelle Hensley opens our worship with a reading from Psalm 62. Luisa Fernandez centers us in prayer. Kim Cox, Jessica Jimenez, Mike Minasyan, 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 his sermon, “Being Who G*d Made You To Be,” Andrew Mumm looks at John 17:9 – 14 where Jesus is praying for his disciples, and, for us. Andrew reminds that just as Jesus knew the strengths and faults of his immediate disciples, he knows ours as well, but his love for us is not diminished by that knowledge. God wants us to be who we are as we follow him and spread his Good News to others.

 

Pastor Gail then leads us in the sacrament of communion, and you are invited to participate as well.

 

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 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. Our email address is verdugofmc@gmail.com. Contact Pastor Gail at (323) 500-3343.

 

Sermon copyright 2023 by Andrew Mumm and Verdugo Community Church.