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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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Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
In her sermon, “Parables of the Lost – and Found,” Pastor Gail uses two parables from Luke 15, the parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin, to show how God constantly pursues us and invites us to embrace the life he offers.
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 may 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.
Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
Pastor Gail Linstrom begins our service by welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. We are called to worship as Pastor Gail and Dale Reynolds lead us in an antiphonal reading of Psalm 23. Dale continues to focus us with a reading from Psalm 51. Pastor Gail opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar and Ed Manacop lead us in joyous singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of our 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, “Parables of the Lost – and Found,” Pastor Gail uses two parables from Luke 15, the parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin, to show how God constantly pursues us and invites us to embrace the life he offers.
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 may 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 Sep 08, 2025
Monday Sep 08, 2025
In his sermon, “Life or Death: Choosing God’s Grace,” Chaplain David Saltzman recalls the choice that God, through Moses, gave his followers in Deuteronomy 30 – love and serve God and receive life and blessings, or follow other gods and receive death and punishment. People then, and now, do not always choose God, but the Bible is full of examples of how God extended his grace to bring people back to him, culminating in the death and resurrection of his son, Jesus. We face the same challenge that was articulated over three thousand years ago – love and follow God, or reject him. This is a decision we make every day as we confront the problems facing us and those around us. When we are tempted to not follow God’s leading, we need to remember that God’s grace offers abundant life and have the courage to choose to live according to that promise.
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 may 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 Sep 08, 2025
Monday Sep 08, 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 25. Luisa Fernandez opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar, Caroline Sandoval, and Michael Minasyan lead us in joyous singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of our 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, “Life or Death: Choosing God’s Grace,” Chaplain David Saltzman recalls the choice that God, through Moses, gave his followers in Deuteronomy 30 – love and serve God and receive life and blessings, or follow other gods and receive death and punishment. People then, and now, do not always choose God, but the Bible is full of examples of how God extended his grace to bring people back to him, culminating in the death and resurrection of his son, Jesus. We face the same challenge that was articulated over three thousand years ago – love and follow God, or reject him. This is a decision we make every day as we confront the problems facing us and those around us. When we are tempted to not follow God’s leading, we need to remember that God’s grace offers abundant life and have the courage to choose to live according to that promise.
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 may 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 Sep 01, 2025
Monday Sep 01, 2025
In her sermon, “God’s Gift of Sabbath,” Pastor Gail traces the requirement to keep the seventh day holy back to creation in Genesis. The need to rest and not work was one of the Ten Commandments and reinforced throughout Scripture, notably in Isaiah 58. By the time of Jesus the Sabbath was celebrated as a time to relax, enjoy the best meal of the week, meet with friends and family and worship at the synagogue. The Pharisees, however, sought to use the Sabbath rules to stop Jesus from healing a man on the Sabbath at a synagogue. Jesus reminded them of the practical exceptions to the Sabbath rules, especially to do good. The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. We need to remember that God wants us to take regular times to stop working and to worship and relax, focusing on our needs for relationship with God and fellowship with 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 may 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 Sep 01, 2025
Monday Sep 01, 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 Psalm 100. Luisa Fernandez opens us in prayer. Ed Manacop and Caroline Sandoval lead us in joyous singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of our 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, “God’s Gift of Sabbath,” Pastor Gail traces the requirement to keep the seventh day holy back to creation in Genesis. The need to rest and not work was one of the Ten Commandments and reinforced throughout Scripture, notably in Isaiah 58. By the time of Jesus the Sabbath was celebrated as a time to relax, enjoy the best meal of the week, meet with friends and family and worship at the synagogue. The Pharisees, however, sought to use the Sabbath rules to stop Jesus from healing a man on the Sabbath at a synagogue. Jesus reminded them of the practical exceptions to the Sabbath rules, especially to do good. The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. We need to remember that God wants us to take regular times to stop working and to worship and relax, focusing on our needs for relationship with God and fellowship with 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 may 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.
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
In his sermon, “Looking in a Mirror: Jesus and Emotion,” Chaplain David Saltzman uses Jesus’s words in Luke 12 to show that we should use our emotions to learn about where we are on our spiritual journey, not suppress them. Strong emotions can teach us that there are areas where we have weaknesses, particularly toward others. In this passage, Jesus showed frustration with his followers and others for not making the same effort to understand what he was teaching that they used to predict the weather. He reminded them that confronting what he taught would not be easy, with even family members disagreeing, but it was something we each have to do. Only then can we be honest with others and better show them the understanding and love of God for them.
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 may 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 Aug 19, 2025
Tuesday Aug 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 challenges us with a reading from Jeremiah 23. Luisa Fernandez leads us in our opening prayer. Nick Baltazar, Caroline Sandoval, and Ed Manacop lead us in joyous singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of our 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, “Looking in a Mirror: Jesus and Emotion,” Chaplain David Saltzman uses Jesus’s words in Luke 12 to show that we should use our emotions to learn about where we are on our spiritual journey, not suppress them. Strong emotions can teach us that there are areas where we have weaknesses, particularly toward others. In this passage, Jesus showed frustration with his followers and others for not making the same effort to understand what he was teaching that they used to predict the weather. He reminded them that confronting what he taught would not be easy, with even family members disagreeing, but it was something we each have to do. Only then can we be honest with others and better show them the understanding and love of God for them.
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 may 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 Aug 11, 2025
Monday Aug 11, 2025
In his sermon, “Don’t Be Paralyzed by Purity,” Pastor Daniel Whipple of Rose City Church uses the circumstances around Jesus curing a woman on the Sabbath found in Luke 13 to show us how we should address the needs of others. Jesus understood that his society thought that physical illness also reflected spiritual failures and sin, even though that is not in the Old Testament. He also understood what the Law truly meant in situations like that confronting the woman. He did not hesitate to cure the woman’s physical problem. When opposed by religious leaders for “working” a miracle on the Sabbath day of rest, he pointed out their hypocrisy in caring for their animals on the Sabbath while being willing to let a human suffer. When we first try doing an activity, such as a sport, it’s easy to “freeze up” when confronted with a new challenge. Our changing society, with claims of religious backing for injustices, can have the same effect. We need to be students of the Word and aware of our society’s beliefs and prejudices if we are to be able to express God’s love when helping 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 may 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 Aug 11, 2025
Monday Aug 11, 2025
Pastor Gail Linstrom begins our service by welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds and Luisa Fernandez lead us in a responsive call to worship based on Psalm 84. Nick Baltazar, Caroline Sandoval, and Ed Manacop lead us in joyous singing. Chaplain David Saltzman takes up the praises and concerns of our 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, “Don’t Be Paralyzed by Purity,” Pastor Daniel Whipple of Rose City Church uses the circumstances around Jesus curing a woman on the Sabbath found in Luke 13 to show us how we should address the needs of others. Jesus understood that his society thought that physical illness also reflected spiritual failures and sin, even though that is not in the Old Testament. He also understood what the Law truly meant in situations like that confronting the woman. He did not hesitate to cure the woman’s physical problem. When opposed by religious leaders for “working” a miracle on the Sabbath day of rest, he pointed out their hypocrisy in caring for their animals on the Sabbath while being willing to let a human suffer. When we first try doing an activity, such as a sport, it’s easy to “freeze up” when confronted with a new challenge. Our changing society, with claims of religious backing for injustices, can have the same effect. We need to be students of the Word and aware of our society’s beliefs and prejudices if we are to be able to express God’s love when helping 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 may 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.