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VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE FEBRUARY 19, 2023

We begin our service with song. Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds and Jessica Jimenez call us to worship with a responsive prayer based on Psalm 99 and 100. Jessica Jimenez, Mike Minasyan and Ed Manacop lead us in our praise singing. Greg Hart takes up the concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.

 

In her sermon “Thrice Upon the Mountain,” Pastor Gail looks at the Transfiguration story from Matthew 17 by recalling the prior mountaintop experiences of the two prophets who met Jesus there, Moses and Elijah. There God met them directly, but they then had to come down from the mountain to complete the work God gave them. In the Transfiguration, the disciples were given an affirmation of the divinity of Jesus, but they each had to return to the real world: Jesus to complete his ministry, suffer death, and then experience resurrection, and the disciples to carry the Good News throughout the known world. We may wish for the mountaintop experiences, but must remember that this is not the end of our journey with God.

 

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 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.

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

Pastor Gail Whitcome Linstrom – “Sabbath Keeping: Worship and Rest” – Verdugo Community Church February 12, 2023

 

In her sermon “Sabbath Keeping: Worship and Rest,” Pastor Gail explains the history and importance of God’s command that we keep one day a week as a Sabbath to him. God has done this as a gift to us to give us a time to rest from the cares of our normal life, and focus on our relationship with God and those that mean the most to us.

 

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.

 

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 FEBRUARY 12, 2023

We begin our service with song. Pastor Gail 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 19, and Luisa Fernandez opens us in prayer. Kim Cox, Jessica Jimenez, Mike Minasyan and Ed Manacop lead us in our praise singing. Greg Hart takes up the concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People. In her sermon “Sabbath Keeping: Worship and Rest,” Pastor Gail explains the history and importance of God’s command that we keep one day a week as a Sabbath to him. God has done this as a gift to us to give us a time to rest from the cares of our normal life, and focus on our relationship with God and those that mean the most to us.

 

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 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.

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

Pastor Gail Whitcome Linstrom – “Being Individuals and a Community of Faith” – Verdugo Community Church February 5, 2023

In her sermon “Being Individuals and a Community of Faith,” Pastor Gail has us consider the link between keeping Sabbath and service. God’s consistently reiterates the need to keep the Sabbath throughout Scripture, not to look pious and righteous but to hear God’s voice reveal his heart to us – that we act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with him. This link between Isaiah 58 and Matthew 25 calls us to help bring the Kingdom of Heaven to earth by caring for the hungry, homeless, vulnerable, and oppressed among us.

 

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.

 

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 FEBRUARY 5, 2023

We open our service with a gospel song. Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship with a reading of Psalm 112, and Jessica Jimenez opens us in prayer. Kim Cox, Jessica Jimenez, Mike Minasyan and Ed Manacop lead us in our praise singing. Albert Ramseyer takes up the concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People. In her sermon “Being Individuals and a Community of Faith,” Pastor Gail has us consider the link between keeping Sabbath and service. God’s consistently reiterates the need to keep the Sabbath throughout Scripture, not to look pious and righteous but to hear God’s voice reveal his heart to us – that we act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with him. This link between Isaiah 58 and Matthew 25 calls us to help bring the Kingdom of Heaven to earth by caring for the hungry, homeless, vulnerable, and oppressed among us.

 

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 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.

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

Pastor Gail Linstrom – “Called as Disciples to Be a Light” – Verdugo Community Church January 22, 2023

In her sermon “Called as Disciples to Be a Light,” Pastor Gail looks at Matthew 4 to show how Jesus called his disciples to follow him in preaching the Good News of the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven, while also helping those in need. She points to current examples of how God has called his people to spread the Good News and change peoples’ lives and communities for the better to challenge us to find ways to do the same in our Verdugo neighborhood and wherever we find ourselves.

 

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.

 

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.

Pastor Gail Linstrom – “Light Amidst the Darkness” – Verdugo Community Church January 15, 2023

In her sermon “Light Amidst the Darkness,” Pastor Gail concludes the Christmas narrative of Mary and Joseph after the visit of the Wise Men, when God directs them to flee to Egypt to protect Jesus’s life, and later to return to Nazareth when the threat is gone. From their story and those of other Biblical people and her own, she shows that God as a plan for each person’s life – and that he will care for them through trials and challenges if they trust him on their journey with him. By following God’s guidance and not culturally-driven expectations and our own desires, we receive unexpected blessings and further God’s plan of salvation.

 

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.

 

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 JANUARY 15, 2023

We open our service in song. Pastor Gail 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 139, and Luisa Fernandez opens us in prayer. Kim Cox, Jessica Jimenez, and Ed Manacop lead us in our praise singing. Albert Ramseyer takes up the concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People. In her sermon “Light Amidst the Darkness,” Pastor Gail concludes the Christmas narrative of Mary and Joseph after the visit of the Wise Men, when God directs them to flee to Egypt to protect Jesus’s life, and later to return to Nazareth when the threat is gone. From their story and those of other Biblical people and her own, she shows that God as a plan for each person’s life – and that he will care for them through trials and challenges if they trust him on their journey with him. By following God’s guidance and not culturally-driven expectations and our own desires, we receive unexpected blessings and further God’s plan of salvation.

 

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.

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

Pastor Gail Linstrom – “The Gift of Light” – Verdugo Community Church January 8, 2023

In her sermon “The Gift of Light,” Pastor Gail alerts us that God works in unexpected ways and in his own timing. She shows how the prophecies in Isaiah 60:1 – 6 which foretell the restoration of Israel’s people to Jerusalem and the birth of Jesus are linked to Matthew 2:1 – 12 when the Wise Men worship Jesus as the newborn king. This is Epiphany: God’s light shines to bring hope and salvation through Jesus Christ, the Lord.

 

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.

 

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 JANUARY 8, 2023

We open our service in song. Pastor Gail 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 Jeremiah 31 and Jessica Jimenez opens us in prayer. Our 2023 praise team of Kim Cox, Jessica Jimenez, Mike Minasyan and Ed Manacop are introduced and Kim, Jessica and Ed leads us in our praise singing. Greg Hart takes up the concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People. In her sermon “The Gift of Light,” Pastor Gail alerts us that God works in unexpected ways and in his own timing. She shows how the prophecies in Isaiah 60:1 – 6 which foretell the restoration of Israel’s people to Jerusalem and the birth of Jesus are linked to Matthew 2:1 – 12 when the Wise Men worship Jesus as the newborn king. This is Epiphany: God’s light shines to bring hope and salvation through Jesus Christ, the Lord.

 

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.

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