VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEPTEMBER 25, 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. Dale Reynolds and Pastor Gail call us to worship with a responsive reading of Psalm 146, and Albert Ramseyer opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar and Mike Minasyan lead us in praise and worship music. Greg Hart takes up the concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People. Pastor Daniel Whipple, from Rose City Church, in his sermon, “Contentment in a Broken System,” takes a fresh look at Paul’s admonitions to Timothy from 1 Timothy 6. He cautions us that some of Paul’s advices applies to specific problem being experienced by the church in Ephesus in the First Century, and that Paul is not laying down rules for all Christians ar every time and place. The Ephesus church had been corrupted by its leaders love of money, resulting in a lack of contentment. Rich members could dictate who and what would be preached, including some wealthy women. Paul emphasized that Christians should not seek to lord it over others or think they could buy their way to heaven. The contentment of the Christian life comes from treating others with gentleness respect and love, which is valid advice for all of us in this time and place.

 

Pastor Gail 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 but 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.

 

Verdugo is online at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch and www.verdugochurch.org.

Sermon copyright 2022 by Daniel Whipple and Verdugo Community Church.