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Sermons from Verdugo Community Church, 4300 Verdugo Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Services are 10:15 AM on Sunday. A Free Methodist congregation.
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Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
In her sermon, “God’s Gifts Reveal Our Identity in Him,” Pastor Gail looks at Paul’s explanation in 1 Corinthians 12 that the spiritual gifts the Holy Spirit bestows on believers are unique to each of us. We need to discover what spiritual gifts we have been given, as well as insight into what our strengths are. To use our gifts and talents effectively, we must grow our relationship with God and with each other. Then as the body of Christ, we can work together using our spiritual gifts to accomplish his plan to build the Kingdom of God on earth.
Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons selected worship services 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.
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Tuesday Sep 19, 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 gives our Call to Worship inspired by Psalm 34, and 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, “God’s Gifts Reveal Our Identity in Him,” Pastor Gail looks at Paul’s explanation in 1 Corinthians 12 that the spiritual gifts the Holy Spirit bestows on believers are unique to each of us. We need to discover what spiritual gifts we have been given, as well as insight into what our strengths are. To use our gifts and talents effectively, we must grow our relationship with God and with each other. Then as the body of Christ, we can work together using our spiritual gifts to accomplish his plan to build the Kingdom of God on earth.
Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and selected worship services 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.
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
In her sermon, “God’s Love Abides in Open Hearts,” Pastor Gail looks at John 15 to explore what Jesus meant when he says that he is the true vine and we are to be his fruitful branches. The relationship was one his listeners understood and were familiar with. By appreciating the life cycle of the grapevine, we see how branches that can no longer bear fruit must be pruned so that the healthy ones can thrive. Jesus affirms that his believers have been chosen by him. As disciples we are to abide in Jesus and obey his commandment to love one another, so we will bear much fruit. To conclude this part of the service, there is a period of personal reflection on what this means to each of us.
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.
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
We open our service with song. Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Nick Baltazar opens use with a prayer and Michelle Hensley calls us to worship with a reading of Psalm 24. 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, “God’s Love Abides in Open Hearts,” Pastor Gail looks at John 15 to explore what Jesus meant when he says that he is the true vine and we are to be his fruitful branches. The relationship was one his listeners understood and were familiar with. By appreciating the life cycle of the grapevine, we see how branches that can no longer bear fruit must be pruned so that the healthy ones can thrive. Jesus affirms that his believers have been chosen by him. As disciples we are to abide in Jesus and obey his commandment to love one another, so we will bear much fruit. To conclude this part of the service, there is a period of personal reflection on what this means to each of us.
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.
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
In her sermon, “Our Hearts Revealed,” Pastor Gail looks at the Easter story as found in John 20 and other scriptures to show that our response to the actions of God shows what is in our hearts. God had rolled away the stone that separated Mary Magdalene, John, and Peter from the evidence that Jesus had been resurrected. John and Peter saw the empty tomb and went home, believing. Mary stayed and encountered the risen Lord, although she did not recognize him until he called her name. God is always seeking us out by name, ready to help remove the obstacles to belief, but we must respond in love. When we do, we, too, can encounter the risen Lord and be transformed into his messengers of hope and salvation.
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.
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 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 calls us to worship with a responsive greeting and opens us with a prayer based on Psalm 16. 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, “Our Hearts Revealed,” Pastor Gail looks at the Easter story as found in John 20 and other scriptures to show that our response to the actions of God shows what is in our hearts. God had rolled away the stone that separated Mary Magdalene, John, and Peter from the evidence that Jesus had been resurrected. John and Peter saw the empty tomb and went home, believing. Mary stayed and encountered the risen Lord, although she did not recognize him until he called her name. God is always seeking us out by name, ready to help remove the obstacles to belief, but we must respond in love. When we do, we, too, can encounter the risen Lord and be transformed into his messengers of hope and salvation.
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.
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
n her sermon, “Walking With Jesus – On Land and Water,” Pastor Gail looks at the story of Jesus walking on the water in Matthew 14 to explore why we, like Peter, doubt that God will give us what we need to do what he wants us to do. Peter starts out walking on the water, then sees the waves and begins to sink. Jesus reaches out and pulls him back up, but chides him for his doubts. To doubt is a common human reaction to the unknown future. Instead of faith, we give way to fears about what might happen in the future instead of living in the present and seeing what God is doing. She invites us to walk with Jesus and to keep your eyes upon him—on land and water.
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.
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 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 reading from Psalm 89 and Albert Ramseyer opens us with 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, “Walking With Jesus – On Land and Water,” Pastor Gail looks at the story of Jesus walking on the water in Matthew 14 to explore why we, like Peter, doubt that God will give us what we need to do what he wants us to do. Peter starts out walking on the water, then sees the waves and begins to sink. Jesus reaches out and pulls him back up, but chides him for his doubts. To doubt is a common human reaction to the unknown future. Instead of faith, we give way to fears about what might happen in the future instead of living in the present and seeing what God is doing. She invites us to walk with Jesus and to keep your eyes upon him—on land and water.
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.
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
In her sermon, “Not Your Ordinary Church Picnic,” Pastor Gail looks at the miracle of the Feeding of the 5,000 which is found in all four Gospels, comparing it to similar miracle involving the prophet Elisha found in 2 Kings 4. In both situations the skeptics cannot see how they can do what God wants done. Only by responding in faith do they find out how God will provide. God calls us all to bring what we have to the task, and trust him to use it to accomplish more than we could ever do alone.
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.
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
We open our service with song. Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Linda Kozik calls us to worship reading from Psalm 36, and Mike Minasyan opens us with prayer. Nick Baltazar, Ed Manacop, and Mike Minasyan 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, “Not Your Ordinary Church Picnic,” Pastor Gail looks at the miracle of the Feeding of the 5,000 which is found in all four Gospels, comparing it to similar miracle involving the prophet Elisha found in 2 Kings 4. In both situations the skeptics cannot see how they can do what God wants done. Only by responding in faith do they find out how God will provide. God calls us all to bring what we have to the task, and trust him to use it to accomplish more than we could ever do alone.
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.