The Verdugo Community Church’s Podcast

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE JANUARY 1, 2023

Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Today the service is different, with passages of scripture followed by songs. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship with a reading from Ecclesiastes 3, and we join in a responsive opening prayer. Luisa Fernandez reads the Christmas story from Luke 1:1 – 20. Our praise team of Jessica Jimenez and Ed Manacop lead us in a song of response. Jessica reads from Isiah 63 regarding the promise of a savior, and she and Ed lead us in the responsive song. Pastor Gail then reads 2 Peter 1:1 –11 and leads a time of reflection and sharing on our Advent/Christmas experiences and our hopes for personal spiritual growth and Verdugo’s outreach in the coming yer. Greg Hart takes up the concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People. After our final song of response, 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 Sevice copyright 2023 by Verdugo Community Church.

Pastor Gail Linstrom – “Celebrating His Presence” – Verdugo Community Church December 18, 2022

In her sermon, “Celebrating His Presence,” Pastor Gail looks to Isaiah 40:1 – 11 to remind us that God is a caring and loving God who treated his people, exiled because of their sin, as already being forgiven, and comforted them in the midst of their pain and loss. This is the same God who has shown us grace and mercy during the last three years of chaos and loss, and other traumatic times in our lives. We need to love and treat others the same way just as the Lord has loved us. The Lord wants us to live in the present and do what we can now for others, rather than focusing on a distant reward in heaven.

 

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 2022 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE DECEMBER 18, 2022

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 98. We light the fourth Advent Candle signifying Love and sing a carol. Mike Minasyan opens our service with prayer. Nick Baltazar, Jessica Jimenez, and Mike Minasyan lead us in praise and worship music. Andrew Mumm takes up the concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.

 

In her sermon, “Celebrating His Presence,” Pastor Gail looks to Isaiah 40:1 – 11 to remind us that God is a caring and loving God who treated his people, exiled because of their sin, as already being forgiven, and comforted them in the midst of their pain and loss. This is the same God who has shown us grace and mercy during the last three years of chaos and loss, and other traumatic times in our lives. We need to love and treat others the same way just as the Lord has loved us. The Lord wants us to live in the present and do what we can now for others, rather than focusing on a distant reward in heaven.

 

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.

Sermon copyright 2022 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.

Pastor Adjua Adams – “Why I Celebrate Christmas” – Verdugo Community Church December 11, 2022

In her sermon, “Why I Celebrate Christmas,” Pastor Adjua Adams from Light and Life West in Long Beach, reminds us that the manner and importance of Jesus’ birth was prophesied centuries earlier in Isaiah , and its fulfillment set out in Matthew 1. This fulfillment at Bethlehem brings all people hope and 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 2022 by Adjua Adams and Verdugo Community Church.

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE DECEMBER 11, 2022

Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family on this Third Sunday in Advent. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship with a reading from Isaiah 35, and we light the third Advent Candle signifying Joy and sing a carol. Luis Fernandez opens us with prayer. Nick Baltazar, Jessica Jimenez, Derrick Adams and Mike Minasyan lead us in praise and worship music. Greg Hart takes up the concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.

 

In her sermon, “Why I Celebrate Christmas,” Pastor Adjua Adams from Light and Life West in Long Beach, reminds us that the manner and importance of Jesus’ birth was prophesied centuries earlier in Isaiah, and its fulfillment set out in Matthew 1. This fulfillment at Bethlehem brings all people hope and 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.

Sermon copyright 2022 by Adjua Adams and Verdugo Community Church.

Pastor Gail Linstrom – “The Kingdom of Heaven Has Come to Us” – Verdugo Community Church December 4, 2022

In her sermon, “The Kingdom of Heaven Has Come to Us,” Pastor Gail explores the ways the Bible describes what the coming of the Christ means, and in particular the role that John the Baptist played in preparing the way for Jesus. John challenged people to truly repent and seek God, while also announcing that a greater one was coming who would baptize with the Holy Spirit. Jesus was that one, and he gives us life and hope to live in the Kingdom of God both here and in eternity. With the coming of Jesus the Kingdom of God has truly come 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 2022 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE DECEMBER 4, 2022

Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family on this Second Sunday in Advent. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship with a reading from Isaiah 11, and we light the second Advent Candle signifying Peace and sing a carol. Albert Ramseyer opens us with prayer. Kim Cox, Jessica Jimenez, and Mike Minasyan lead us in praise and worship music. Greg Hart takes up the concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.

 

In her sermon, “The Kingdom of Heaven Has Come to Us,” Pastor Gail explores the ways the Bible describes what the coming of the Christ means, and in particular the role that John the Baptist played in preparing the way for Jesus. John challenged people to truly repent and seek God, while also announcing that a greater one was coming who would baptize with the Holy Spirit. Jesus was that one, and he gives us life and hope to live in the Kingdom of God both here and in eternity. With the coming of Jesus the Kingdom of God has truly come 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 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.

Sermon copyright 2022 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.

Pastor Adjua Adams – “My Story, His Glory, The Witness,” – Verdugo Community Church November 27, 2022

In her sermon, “My Story, His Glory, The Witness,” Pastor Adjua Adams, from Light and Life West, Long Beach, shares how she was able to turn from a harsh and sinful life to one of joy and hope through the love and grace of God, thanks to the ceaseless prayers and love of others for her. We all can similarly do the same for the salvation of others.

 

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 2022 by Adjua Adams and Verdugo Community Church.

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family on this First Sunday in Advent. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship with a reading from Isaiah 9 and 12, and we light the first Advent Candle signifying hope and sing a carol. Jessica Fernandez opens us with prayer. Nick Baltazar, Derrick Adams, Jessica Jimenez, and Mike Minasyan lead us in praise and worship music. Greg Hart takes up the concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.

 

In her sermon, “My Story, His Glory, The Witness,” Pastor Adjua Adams, from Light and Life West, Long Beach, shares how she was able to turn from a harsh and sinful life to one of joy and hope through the love and grace of God, thanks to the ceaseless prayers and love of others for her. We all can similarly do the same for the salvation of others.

 

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.

Sermon copyright 2022 by Adjua Adams and Verdugo Community Church.

Pastor Lavon Gentry – ”Christ Jesus, King of All: From Divinity through Humanity to Victorious Divine Savior and King Eterna” – Verdugo Community Church November 20, 2022

In his sermon, “Christ Jesus, King of All: From Divinity through Humanity to Victorious Divine Savior and King Eternal,” Pastor Lavon Gentry, from Cucamonga Christian Fellowship, looks at the reasons why Jesus followed the path he did, and why that makes him our Savior and King. Christ was with God at Creation, but human sin intervened and left human kind in darkness. Christ voluntarily gave up divinity to be the bridge between humanity and God, was subjected to the same temptations and sorrows we experience, and was obedient to death, even death on a cross, so that humanity might be saved. By these actions he reconciled all things to himself. Reason alone will not get us to where we can understand this mystery: we need to accept in on faith.

 

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 2022 by Lavon Gentry and Verdugo Community Church.