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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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Monday Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
We open our service with song. Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. We are called to worship with a reading from Ezekiel 37 by Dale Reynolds, who then leads us in the opening prayer. Kim Cox, Jessica Jimenez and Mike Minasyan 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 “Living Water Brings Living Faith” Pastor Gail uses the interactions of Jesus and a Samaritan woman at the well in Matthew 4 to illustrate how any person can meet Jesus where they are. We must put aside the unsubstantiated criticisms of this women added by others after the Gospel was written and read what actually happened in this, the longest conversation with Jesus in the Bible. Jesus breaks with his society’s norms regarding who he can talk with and shows her that he knows who she really is and what her circumstances are. In response to her questions, he reveals to her that he is the promised Messiah. She in turn carries this Good News to her fellow villagers, who also meet Jesus and come away with faith in him as the savior of the world.
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.
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
In her sermon “The Way of Discipleship” Pastor Gail challenges us to answer the question of what “discipleship” means. In Matthew 7 and John 13 Jesus emphasizes that it’s both what we do and why we do it that counts. Calling Jesus “Lord” and doing good deeds only to make ourselves look good or become richer is not what God wants from us. We must follow the example of Jesus, acting out of our love for him and others.
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 Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
We open our service with song. Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. We are called to worship with a responsive reading from Deuteronomy 30 and Psalm 119 led by Dale Reynolds and Kim Cox. Luisa Fernandez leads us in the opening 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 “The Way of Discipleship” Pastor Gail challenges us to answer the question of what “discipleship” means. In Matthew 7 and John 13 Jesus emphasizes that it’s both what we do and why we do it that counts. Calling Jesus “Lord” and doing good deeds only to make ourselves look good or become richer is not what God wants from us. We must follow the example of Jesus, acting out of our love for him and 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 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 Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
In her sermon “The Temptation and Triumph of Jesus,” Pastor Gail looks at the temptations of Christ from Matthew 4, where Jesus uses and follows Scripture to rebuke Satan, in contrast to the story of the Fall. Each temptation would result in immediate good – food after a 40 day fast, spectacular fame as Jesus starts his ministry, and justice and freedom for all those oppressed in the kingdoms of this world. But the price was to abandon God’s plan for Jesus’s ministry and eventual triumph and our salvation. As humans we too often want to bypass God and do good by our own strength and abilities. Jesus showed us that we must obey God and wait for his timing and help to accomplish God’s plan for our lives.
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 Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
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 91 and Jessica Jimenez leads us in the opening 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 “The Temptation and Triumph of Jesus,” Pastor Gail looks at the temptations of Christ from Matthew 4, where Jesus uses and follows Scripture to rebuke Satan, in contrast to the story of the Fall. Each temptation would result in immediate good – food after a 40 day fast, spectacular fame as Jesus starts his ministry, and justice and freedom for all those oppressed in the kingdoms of this world. But the price was to abandon God’s plan for Jesus’s ministry and eventual triumph and our salvation. As humans we too often want to bypass God and do good by our own strength and abilities. Jesus showed us that we must obey God and wait for his timing and help to accomplish God’s plan for our lives.
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.
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 Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
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.
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.
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 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.
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 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.
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 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.
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 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.