VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE SEPTEMBER 4, 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 calls us to worship with a reading from Psalm 16, and Pastor Gail opens us in prayer. Heidi Sandoval and Mike Minasyan lead us in praise and worship music. Linda Kozik takes up the concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People. Pastor Gail, in her sermon, “The Cost of Discipleship,” looks at two occasions where Jesus addressed that issue: Matthew 7:13 – 29 and Luke 14:25 – 35. She reminds us that it takes more than a passive belief in Jesus to become a disciple. It requires active participation in living the way he taught and demonstrated. It requires us to put him first in our lives, ahead of our other relationships and goals.

 

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.

 

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

Sermon copyright 2022 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.