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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.

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.