VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE OCTOBER 20, 2024

We begin our service with song. Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship reading from Psalm 91 and Isaiah 53. Albert Ramseyer 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.

 

In her sermon, “Unexpected Lessons on Love,” Pastor Liz Cornell of Cucamonga Christian Fellowship, looks at the interaction between Jesus and the disciples in Mark 10 when, after Jesus had explained his coming passion and resurrection, they wanted him to agree to give them political power in the coming Kingdom of God. When Jesus asked if they were willing to pay the price he was going to pay, they said they would. Jesus responded that while they might indeed suffer the same fate, he had not come to create an earthly kingdom. Instead of the greed, abuses, and tyranny of earthly rulers, anyone wanting to be great in the Kingdom had to become the servant of all. God is love, and ambition is not compatible with love. Love is about faithfulness, and following Jesus even when things don’t seem to make sense. God’s love is sacrificial, humble, and abundant.

 

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 Liz Cornell and Verdugo Community Church.