VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE MAY 28, 2023

We open our service with song. Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Albert Ramseyer opens our worship with a reading from Psalm 104 and then leads us in the Lord’s Prayer. Kim Cox 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. As part of that we celebrate Greg’s retirement after 44 years of teaching, and, send Kim out to her new ministry with our blessings and thanks for all she has done with us.

 

In her sermon, “A Voice for All,” Pastor Gail focuses on the meaning of Pentecost. She reminds us that as set out in John 14, Jesus promised during the Last Supper that the Holy Spirit would come, When Pentecost came, as related in Acts 2, it fell upon everyone there, regardless of age, gender, or background. Through the Holy Spirit, God empowers each of us to follow him and spread the 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 Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.