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Andrew Mumm – “The Art of Letting God” – Verdugo Community Church July 23, 2023

 

In his sermon, “The Art of Letting God,” Andrew Mumm looks at Ecclesiastes 11 and Matthew 13 to remind us that we need to surrender to God’s will and be present in the moment, trusting him to lead us through whatever is unfolding. We do not know how our efforts will turn out, and if we think we can go our own way, we will be disappointed. Letting go and accepting God’s direction is the sure way to live life.

 

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 Andrew Mumm and Verdugo Community Church.

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE JULY 23, 2023

We open our service with song. Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family then calls us to worship reading from Psalm 105. Nick Baltazar opens us with prayer. Nick Baltazar, Ed Manacop, and Mike Minasyan 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 his sermon, “The Art of Letting God,” Andrew Mumm looks at Ecclesiastes 11 and Matthew 13 to remind us that we need to surrender to God’s will and be present in the moment, trusting him to lead us through whatever is unfolding. We do not know how our efforts will turn out, and if we think we can go our own way, we will be disappointed. Letting go and accepting God’s direction is the sure way to live life.

 

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 Andrew Mumm and Verdugo Community Church.

Pastor Gail Whitcome Linstrom – “A Holy God and His Holy People” – Verdugo Community Church July 16, 2023

In her sermon, “A Holy God and His Holy People,” Pastor Gail looks at Leviticus 19 to show that God is holy and wants his people to be holy. God’s instructions on holiness are based on our loving and helping others. Jesus reaffirmed this when he summarized the Law: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind; and, love your neighbor as yourself. Pastor Gail reminds us that holiness comes from the heart, not from following a rigid legalistic set of “do’s and dont’s.” God calls us to be a holy people whose hearts have been transformed, and our response is love our neighbors as we love ourselves.

 

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 JULY 16, 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 5, and Luisa Fernandez opens us with prayer. Nick Baltazar, Ed Manacop, and Mike Minasyan lead us in our praise singing. Hugh Linstrom takes up the praises and concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.

 

In her sermon, “A Holy God and His Holy People,” Pastor Gail looks at Leviticus 19 to show that God is holy and wants his people to be holy. God’s instructions on holiness are based on our loving and helping others. Jesus reaffirmed this when he summarized the Law: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind; and, love your neighbor as yourself. Pastor Gail reminds us that holiness comes from the heart, not from following a rigid legalistic set of “do’s and dont’s.” God calls us to be a holy people whose hearts have been transformed, and our response is love our neighbors as we love ourselves.

 

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.

Pastor Gail Whitcome Linstrom – “Fruitful Transformation by the Holy Spirit” – Verdugo Community Church July 9, 2023

In her sermon, “Fruitful Transformation by the Holy Spirit,” Pastor Gail looks at Paul’s comparison in Galatians 5 of the differences between a Spirit-filled and worldly life. . She points out that Paul was not seeking to impose rules on the new believers, but to invite them to live in the freedom of the Spirit as God intended. Too often people seek to gain power over others by creating “church” rules and forcing others to comply. Paul rejected this and reminds us that it’s only through the Holy Spirit transforming our hearts, not by adhering to rules, that we receive the fruits of the Spirit and use them to show love towards each other and the world.

 

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 JULY 9, 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 Michelle Hensley calls us to worship and guides us in a responsive prayer using Psalm 119. Nick Baltazar and Mike Minasyan lead us in our praise singing. Luisa Fernandez takes up the praises and concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.

 

In her sermon, “Fruitful Transformation by the Holy Spirit,” Pastor Gail looks at Paul’s comparison in Galatians 5 of the differences between a Spirit-filled and worldly life. . She points out that Paul was not seeking to impose rules on the new believers, but to invite them to live in the freedom of the Spirit as God intended. Too often people seek to gain power over others by creating “church” rules and forcing others to comply. Paul rejected this and reminds us that it’s only through the Holy Spirit transforming our hearts, not by adhering to rules, that we receive the fruits of the Spirit and use them to show love towards each other and the world.

 

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.

Pastor Gail Whitcome Linstrom – “Pray, Pray, Pray” – Verdugo Community Church June 25, 2023

In her sermon, “Pray, Pray, Pray,” Pastor Gail looks at the admonition for believers to pray found in 1 Timothy 2:1 – 7. This includes prayer for everyone, including those people and leaders that we do not like. When we pray, we may not get what we request but we do experience a closer relationship with God and discover God’s plan for building his Kingdom here on earth. Christian communities need to practice prayer for their members and their communities. At Verdugo Community Church as we work together to make disciples by loving and living in community with our neighbors, prayer is essential.

 

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 JUNE 25, 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 Ben Jimenez calls us to worship with a reading from Psalm 34. Nick Baltazar and Mike Minasyan lead us in our praise singing and Luisa Fernandez opens us 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, “Pray, Pray, Pray,” Pastor Gail looks at the admonition for believers to pray found in 1 Timothy 2:1 – 7. This includes prayer for everyone, including those people and leaders that we do not like. When we pray, we may not get what we request but we do experience a closer relationship with God and discover God’s plan for building his Kingdom here on earth. Christian communities need to practice prayer for their members and their communities. At Verdugo Community Church as we work together to make disciples by loving and living in community with our neighbors, prayer is essential.

 

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.

Pastor Gail Whitcome Linstrom – “The Way to Pray through Life” – Verdugo Community Church June 18, 2023

In her sermon, “The Way to Pray through Life,” Pastor Gail looks at the Lord’s Prayer as found in Matthew 6 as more than words, but as a guide to how we should live as the children of God. We affirm that God is our father and we are his children and remember he is Holy and to be taken seriously. We are in the Kingdom of God here and now, not at some future time. We can ask God to provide us with what we need, but not be greedy. We should ask for forgiveness from God, and for the strength to forgive others, and to be preserved from temptation and rescued from evil.

 

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 JUNE 18, 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 Michelle Hensley calls us to worship with a reading from Psalm 27. Nick Baltazar and Mike Minasyan lead us in our praise singing and Nick Baltazar opens us in prayer. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.

 

In her sermon, “The Way to Pray through Life,” Pastor Gail looks at the Lord’s Prayer as found in Matthew 6 as more than words, but as a guide to how we should live as the children of God. We affirm that God is our father and we are his children and remember he is Holy and to be taken seriously. We are in the Kingdom of God here and now, not at some future time. We can ask God to provide us with what we need, but not be greedy. We should ask for forgiveness from God, and for the strength to forgive others, and to be preserved from temptation and rescued from evil.

 

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.