Episodes

Monday May 26, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
In his sermon, “One God, Three in One,” Chaplain David Saltzman uses the words of Jesus in John 14 to help explain the relationship of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as the Trinity. He makes the point that unlike human relationships, there is no hierarchy. The Trinity is not a chain of command but a circle of love working in distinct roles unified by the same mission. Each aspect of God works to provide us with the love and support we need to help bring about the Kingdom of God.
Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the services and sermons at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies will be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.
All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.
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 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.

Monday May 26, 2025
VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE MAY 25, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
Pastor Gail Linstrom begins our service by welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship with a reading from Psalm 33, and Michael Blanco opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar and Ed Manacop lead us in joyous singing. Albert Ramseyer takes up the praises and concerns of the church, our city, and our world in the Prayers of the People. Pastor Gail concludes our service by leading us in Communion and you are invited to participate.
In his sermon, “One God, Three in One,” Chaplain David Saltzman uses the words of Jesus in John 14 to help explain the relationship of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as the Trinity. He makes the point that unlike human relationships, there is no hierarchy. The Trinity is not a chain of command but a circle of love working in distinct roles unified by the same mission. Each aspect of God works to provide us with the love and support we need to help bring about the Kingdom of God.
Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies will be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.
Prayers of the People have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned.
All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.
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 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.

Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
In his sermon, “Love and Truth,” Chaplain Daniel Whipple looks at the promise in John 14 that the Holy Spirit would bring Jesus’s words and deeds to mind in his followers. He points out that this has been an ongoing gift. Although the Gospels were written down years later, then copied and translated over the centuries, they retain their truth and power. We need to ask the Holy Spirit to help us discern what we see or hear is true and whether is leads us to Jesus. One way to decide if a statement about Jesus is true is to remember that Jesus refused every offer of political or military power, and always called for loving and helping others. We need to follow the example of Jesus’s life and teaching and not be distracted by the false calling of the world.
Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the services and sermons at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies will be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.
All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.
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 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by Daniel Whipple and Verdugo Community Church.

Monday May 19, 2025
VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE MAY 18, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
Pastor Gail Linstrom begins our service by welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship with the reading of Psalm 67, and Louisa Fernandez opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar, Ed Manacop, and Caroline Sandoval lead us in joyous singing. Albert Ramseyer gives us a report on the Annual Conference and takes up the praises and concerns of the church, our city, and our world in the Prayers of the People. Pastor Gail concludes our service by leading us in Communion, with she and Louisa leading us in a responsive reading based on the Lord’s Prayer. You are invited to participate.
In his sermon, “Love and Truth,” Chaplain Daniel Whipple looks at the promise in John 14 that the Holy Spirit would bring Jesus’s words and deeds to mind in his followers. He points out that this has been an ongoing gift. Although the Gospels were written down years later, then copied and translated over the centuries, they retain their truth and power. We need to ask the Holy Spirit to help us discern what we see or hear is true and whether is leads us to Jesus. One way to decide if a statement about Jesus is true is to remember that Jesus refused every offer of political or military power, and always called for loving and helping others. We need to follow the example of Jesus’s life and teaching and not be distracted by the false calling of the world.
Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies will be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.
Prayers of the People have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned.
All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.
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 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by Daniel Whipple and Verdugo Community Church.

Tuesday May 13, 2025
Tuesday May 13, 2025
In his sermon, “The God Who Sees Us,” Chaplain David Saltzman uses the story of Hagar from Genesis 21 to illustrate how God sees and hears us when we cry out for help. Hagar was thrown out of Abram’s household into the desert, with her child Ishmael, and both faced death. God did not abandon them. He reassured Hagar that they would live, her son would become the father of many nations, and, opened her eyes to a well of water so they could go on. God shows us the same compassion and help in overcoming our problems. God’s love and plan is for us to accomplish the great things he has planned for us and through us.
Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the services and sermons at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies will be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.
All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.
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 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.

Tuesday May 13, 2025
VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE MAY 11, 2025
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Tuesday May 13, 2025
We begin our service with Pastor Gail Linstrom welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family and calling us to worship with Psalm 100. Dale Reynolds presents the Opening Reading from Psalm 86, and Albert Ramseyer opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar, Ed Manacop, and Caroline Sandoval lead us in joyous singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of the church, our city, and our world in the Prayers of the People. Pastor Gail concludes our service by leading us in Communion, and you are invited to participate.
In his sermon, “The God Who Sees Us,” Chaplain David Saltzman uses the story of Hagar from Genesis 21 to illustrate how God sees and hears us when we cry out for help. Hagar was thrown out of Abram’s household into the desert, with her child Ishmael, and both faced death. God did not abandon them. He reassured Hagar that they would live, her son would become the father of many nations, and, opened her eyes to a well of water so they could go on. God shows us the same compassion and help in overcoming our problems. God’s love and plan is for us to accomplish the great things he has planned for us and through us.
Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies will be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.
Prayers of the People have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned.
All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.
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 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.
We begin our service with Pastor Gail Linstrom welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family and calling us to worship with Psalm 100. Dale Reynolds presents the Opening Reading from Psalm 86, and Albert Ramseyer opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar, Ed Manacop, and Caroline Sandoval lead us in joyous singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of the church, our city, and our world in the Prayers of the People. Pastor Gail concludes our service by leading us in Communion, and you are invited to participate.
In his sermon, “The God Who Sees Us,” Chaplain David Saltzman uses the story of Hagar from Genesis 21 to illustrate how God sees and hears us when we cry out for help. Hagar was thrown out of Abram’s household into the desert, with her child Ishmael, and both faced death. God did not abandon them. He reassured Hagar that they would live, her son would become the father of many nations, and, opened her eyes to a well of water so they could go on. God shows us the same compassion and help in overcoming our problems. God’s love and plan is for us to accomplish the great things he has planned for us and through us.
Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies will be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.
Prayers of the People have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned.
All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.
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 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.

Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
In her sermon, “Believing and Trusting,” Pastor Gail looks at Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus in Acts 9, and how Ananias’s faith and trust in God’s instructions to care for Paul in his blindness so that he could be healed and complete his mission to spread the Word to the gentiles and beyond. We likewise need to affirm our faith by not only believing and trusting but by listening and hearing and obeying God’s leading us to help others.
Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the services and sermons at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies will be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.
All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.
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 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.

Monday May 05, 2025
VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE APRIL 27, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
We begin our service with Pastor Gail Linstrom welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds and Pastor Gail lead us in a Responsive Call to Worship, and Dale continues this with a reading of Psalm 32. Michael Blanco opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar, Ed Manacop, and Caroline Sandoval lead us in our joyous singing. Ed Manacop gave us a report on the dinners he and Albert Ramseyer serve to the unhoused families through HomeAgain Los Angeles. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of the church, our city, and our world in the Prayers of the People. Pastor Gail concludes our service by leading us in Communion, and you are invited to participate.
In her sermon, “Believing and Trusting,” Pastor Gail looks at Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus in Acts 9, and how Ananias’s faith and trust in God’s instructions to care for Paul in his blindness so that he could be healed and complete his mission to spread the Word to the gentiles and beyond. We likewise need to affirm our faith by not only believing and trusting but by listening and hearing and obeying God’s leading us to help others.
Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies will be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.
Prayers of the People have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned.
All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.
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 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.

Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
In his sermon, “Believing Is Seeing,” Chaplain David Saltzman looks at how Jesus’ conquest of death demonstrated that God had begun a new creation, one where belief leads to seeing, not the world’s point of view that belief only comes after proof. In Acts 5 the Disciples’ faith in what God had done through the death and resurrection of Jesus compelled them to disobey the orders of the religious leaders to be silent. In John 20 Jesus appears to the disciples, demonstrating that he is alive and gently helping Thomas regain his faith. Just as God breathed life into the first creation, Jesus breathes on the Disciples and gives them the Holy Spirit. They are commissioned to go out with the good news of this new creation, doing so with forgiveness and compassion to others.
Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the services and sermons at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies will be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.
All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.
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 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.

Monday Apr 28, 2025
VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE APRIL 27, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
We begin our service with Pastor Gail Linstrom welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds and Pastor Gail lead us in a Responsive Call to Worship, and Dale continues this with a reading of Psalm 146. Luisa Fernandez opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar and Ed Manacop lead us in our joyous singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of the church, our city, and our world in the Prayers of the People. Pastor Gail concludes our service by leading us in Communion, and you are invited to participate.
In his sermon, “Believing Is Seeing,” Chaplain David Saltzman looks at how Jesus’ conquest of death demonstrated that God had begun a new creation, one where belief leads to seeing, not the world’s point of view that belief only comes after proof. In Acts 5 the Disciples’ faith in what God had done through the death and resurrection of Jesus compelled them to disobey the orders of the religious leaders to be silent. In John 20 Jesus appears to the disciples, demonstrating that he is alive and gently helping Thomas regain his faith. Just as God breathed life into the first creation, Jesus breathes on the Disciples and gives them the Holy Spirit. They are commissioned to go out with the good news of this new creation, doing so with forgiveness and compassion to others.
Verdugo makes its Sunday sermons and select worship services available to you on Facebook at https://facebook.com/verdugochurch and posts audio copies of the service and sermon at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com. Please note that video copies will be deleted after 90 days under Facebook rules.
Prayers of the People have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned.
All song titles, lyrics, and music are used with permission. CCLI license # 2486815.
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 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.