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Pastor Gail Whitcome Linstrom – “Living Faith – Living Hope – Living Love” – Verdugo Community Church October 29, 2023

In her sermon, “Living Faith – Living Hope – Living Love,” Pastor Gail looks at Paul’s letter to the Ephesians 1 as well as numerous examples in the Old and New Testaments and in recent history such as Mother Teresa to affirm that all believers are saints, not just those who have gone before us, or only those who do spectacular things. As we celebrate All Saints’ Day this year, we should remember that God loves all the saints and has given us the opportunities to love and care for others and to mentor them in their spiritual journey.

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons available to you on Facebook and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com.

 

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 2023 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE OCTOBER 29, 2023

We open our service with song. Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family, and then calls us to worship along with Nick Baltazar who reads from Psalm 145. Luisa Fernandez opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar 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 her sermon, “Living Faith – Living Hope – Living Love,” Pastor Gail looks at Paul’s letter to the Ephesians 1 as well as numerous examples in the Old and New Testaments and in recent history such as Mother Teresa to affirm that all believers are saints, not just those who have gone before us, or only those who do spectacular things. As we celebrate All Saints’ Day this year, we should remember that God loves all the saints and has given us the opportunities to love and care for others and to mentor them in their spiritual journey.

 

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.

 

Worship service copyright 2023 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2023 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.

Pastor Gail Whitcome Linstrom – “Love Wins” – Verdugo Community Church October 22, 2023

In her sermon, “Love Wins,” Pastor Gail looks at Paul’s letter to the Philippians, chapter 4, and then to numerous examples in the Old and New Testaments affirming that God loves each of us just as we are. It is up to us to accept that God loves us and strive to love others as we have been loved.

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons available to you on Facebook and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com.

 

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 2023 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE OCTOBER 22, 2023

We open our service with song. Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family, and then calls us to worship and opens us in prayer. Pastor Gay Zambrano leads us in our praise singing. Pastor Gail leads us in a Litany for the Holy Land to address the current crisis there. In prayer. Albert Ramseyer takes up the praises and concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.

 

In her sermon, “Love Wins,” Pastor Gail looks at Paul’s letter to the Philippians, chapter 4, and then to numerous examples in the Old and New Testaments affirming that God loves each of us just as we are. It is up to us to accept that God loves us and strive to love others as we have been loved.

 

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.

 

Worship service copyright 2023 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2023 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.

Pastor Chris Dodridge – “Practicing Joy” – Verdugo Community Church October 15, 2023

Pastor Chris Dodridge in his sermon “Practicing Joy,” looks at Philippians 4:1 – 9 and reminds us that whatever happens in our lives, we should be “Practicing Joy,” and trusting God as we work out his plan for our lives. **

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons available to you on Facebook and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com.

 

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 2023 by Chris Dodridge and Verdugo Community Church.

 

** We apologize for any technical problems encountered in the recording.

 

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE OCTOBER 15, 2023

We open our service with song. Andrew Mumm welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family and calls us to worship with a reading from 1 Chronicles 16. Luisa Fernandez 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.

 

Pastor Chris Dodridge in his sermon “Practicing Joy,” looks at Philippians 4:1 – 9 and reminds us that whatever happens in our lives, we should be “Practicing Joy,” and trusting God as we work out his plan for our lives.

 

Pastor Chris 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.

 

Worship service copyright 2023 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2023 by Chris Dodridge and Verdugo Community Church.

 

** We apologize for any technical problems encountered in the recording.

Pastor Gail Whitcome Linstrom – “God’s Voice Gives Us Vision” – Verdugo Community Church October 8, 2023

In her sermon, “God’s Voice Gives Us Vision,” Pastor Gail looks at Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, Chapters 4 and 5, where he admonishes the members of the church to use their Spirit given gifts to work together in love, imitating not the world but Christ. We need to find out what our strengths and spiritual gifts are so that when we hear the Lord, we are ready to do what God wants us to do for others to build his Kingdom here on earth.

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons available to you on Facebook and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com.

 

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 2023 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.

 

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE OCTOBER 8, 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 calls us to worship with a reading from Psalm 89, and Michael Minasyan opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar, 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 her sermon, “God’s Voice Gives Us Vision,” Pastor Gail looks at Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, Chapters 4 and 5, where he admonishes the members of the church to use their Spirit given gifts to work together in love, imitating not the world but Christ. We need to find out what our strengths and spiritual gifts are so that when we hear the Lord, we are ready to do what God wants us to do for others to build his Kingdom here on earth.

 

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.

 

Worship service copyright 2023 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2023 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.

Pastor Gail Whitcome Linstrom – “Waiting and Listening for God’s Voice” – Verdugo Community Church October 1, 2023

In her sermon, “Waiting and Listening for God’s Voice,” Pastor Gail looks at instances where God spoke to people in the Bible, such as Moses, Samuel, Elijah, and Jesus and the lessons these teach us to apply in our own lives. Speaking with God begins in prayer, but we must wait for God’s response. God may speak in spectacular ways, as he did at Mount Sinai. But most of the time it is in the gentle whisper that Elijah experienced at Mount Horeb, not the violence of the storm, earthquake, and fire that preceded it. Jesus gave us the example of repeatedly praying alone with God, and being open to what God wants to be done. If we are patient and listen, we will hear what God wants us to do for others to build his Kingdom here on earth.

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons available to you on Facebook and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com.

 

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 2023 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.

 

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE OCTOBER 1, 2023

We open our service with song. Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Pastor Gail calls us to worship with a reading from Psalm 62, and Albert Ramseyer opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar, Mike Minasyan 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, “Waiting and Listening for God’s Voice,” Pastor Gail looks at instances where God spoke to people in the Bible, such as Moses, Samuel, Elijah, and Jesus and the lessons these teach us to apply in our own lives. Speaking with God begins in prayer, but we must wait for God’s response. God may speak in spectacular ways, as he did at Mount Sinai. But most of the time it is in the gentle whisper that Elijah experienced at Mount Horeb, not the violence of the storm, earthquake, and fire that preceded it. Jesus gave us the example of repeatedly praying alone with God, and being open to what God wants to be done. If we are patient and listen, we will hear what God wants us to do for others to build his Kingdom here on earth.

 

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.

 

Worship service copyright 2023 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2023 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.