Episodes

Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Pastor David Saltzman looks at how God has intended all things to work for the good from Creation onward in his sermon, “Still We Rise.” He uses Jacob’s response to meeting Adonai in his about the ladder to heaven and the determination of the women followers of Jesus to go the the tomb and complete his burial regardless of the obstacles to show us ways act on our faith to address our own problems.
Verdugo Community Church is transitioning back to in-person services, and is working out the technology to continue making its Sunday service available to you online at this site and by video on Facebook at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch.
Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation located in and serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065.
Verdugo is also online at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch and www.verdugochurch.org
Sermon copyright 2021 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church. An audio copy of the service is also posted on this podcast site.

Monday Apr 12, 2021
Verdugo Community Church Worship Service for Easter Sunday April 4, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Happy Easter! Verdugo Community Church returns to in-person service today. We begin today’s celebration with song, led by Music Director Heidi Sandoval. Lead Pastor Gail Whitcome 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 Isaiah 6 and 26. Albert Ramseyer opens us with prayer. Heidi leads us in more Easter praise and worship music. Pastor David Saltzman looks at how God has intended all things to work for the good from Creation onward in his sermon, “Still We Rise.” He uses Jacob’s response to meeting Adonai in his about the ladder to heaven and the determination of the women followers of Jesus to go the the tomb and complete his burial regardless of the obstacles to show us ways act on our faith to address our own problems. Pastor Gail then leads us in Communion, so you are invited to have bread or crackers and a beverage ready to participate.
Verdugo Community Church is transitioning back to in-person services, and is working out the technology to continue making its Sunday service available to you online at this site and by video on Facebook at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch.
Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation located in and serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065.
Verdugo is also online at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch and www.verdugochurch.org
Sermon copyright 2021 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church. An audio copy of the sermon is also posted on this podcast site.

Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
April Bates-Fearon joins us from Empowering Lives International. Her sermon, “Seeds of Future Hope Now,” uses Romans 5:1 – 5 and the experience of persons helped by ELI to remind us that God can use our responses to adversity to build endurance, character, and hope.
Verdugo Community Church is recording its Sunday service and sharing it with you on this site and as a video on Facebook at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch.
We look forward to the time when we can again safely worship together in person. Hopefully this will be this Easter!
Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation located in and serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065.
Verdugo is online at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch and www.verdugochurch.org.
Sermon copyright 2021 by April Bates-Fearon and Verdugo Community Church. An audio copy of the sevice is also posted on this podcast site.

Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Verdugo Community Church Worship Service for March 21, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Lead Pastor Gail Whitcome 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 31, and Pastor Gail opens us with prayer. Music Director Heidi Sandoval leads us in praise and worship music. Albert Ramseyer focuses us on the concerns of the congregation and the world with the Pastoral Prayer. April Bates-Fearon joins us from Empowering Lives International. Her sermon, “Seeds of Future Hope Now,” uses Romans 5:1 – 5 and the experience of persons helped by ELI to remind us that God can use our responses to adversity to build endurance, character, and hope. Pastor April guides us through Communion, with the participation of her daughter Lydia, so you are invited to have bread or crackers and a beverage ready to participate.
Verdugo Community Church is recording its Sunday service and sharing it with you on this site and as a video on Facebook at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch.
We look forward to the time when we can again safely worship together in person. Hopefully this will be this Easter!
Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation located in and serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065.
Verdugo is online at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch and www.verdugochurch.org.
Sermon copyright 2021 by April Bates-Fearon and Verdugo Community Church. An audio copy of the sermon is also posted on this podcast site.

Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Pastor David Saltzman, in his sermon, “A Good Snake Is Hard to Find,” shows how God’s saving grace turns what we most fear into the blessing of a stronger faith.
Verdugo Community Church is recording its Sunday service and also sharing it with you on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/verdugochurch An audio copy of the entire service is also found on this podcast site.
We look forward to the time when we can again safely worship together in person.
Sermon copyright 2021 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.

Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Verdugo Community Church Service March 14, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Lead Pastor Gail Whitcome 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 32, and Pastor David Saltzman opens us with prayer. Guest Worship Leader Joletta Sells leads us in praise and worship music. Albert Ramseyer focuses us on the concerns of the congregation and the world with the Pastoral Prayer. Pastor David, in his sermon, “A Good Snake Is Hard to Find,” shows how God’s saving grace turns what we most fear into the blessing of a stronger faith. Pastor Gail and Andrew Mumm guide us through Communion, so you are invited to have bread or crackers and a beverage ready to participate.
Verdugo Community Church is recording its Sunday service and also sharing it with you on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/verdugochurch
We look forward to the time when we can again safely worship together in person.
Sermon copyright 2021 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.

Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Pastor Gail invites us to consider the Ten Commandments in light of God’s love for us in her sermon, “The Law of Life and Love.”
Verdugo Community Church is recording its Sunday service and sharing it with you on this site and as a video on Facebook at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch.
We look forward to the time when we can again safely worship together in person.
Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation located in and serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065.
Verdugo is online at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch and www.verdugochurch.org.
Sermon copyright 2021 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church. An audio copy of the service is also posted on this site.

Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Verdugo Community Church Worship Service for March 7, 2021
Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Lead Pastor Gail Whitcome 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 Albert Ramseyer opens us with prayer. Guest Worship Leader Nathan Gray leads us in praise and worship music. Pastor David Saltzman focuses us on the concerns of the congregation and the world with the Pastoral Prayer. Pastor Gail invites us to consider the Ten Commandments in light of God’s love for us in her sermon, “The Law of Life and Love.” Pastor David guides us through Communion, so you are invited to have bread or crackers and a beverage ready to participate.
Verdugo Community Church is recording its Sunday service and sharing it with you on this site and as a video on Facebook at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch.
We look forward to the time when we can again safely worship together in person.
Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation located in and serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065.
Verdugo is online at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch and www.verdugochurch.org.
Sermon copyright 2021 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church. An audio copy of the sermon is also posted on this site.

Saturday Feb 27, 2021
Saturday Feb 27, 2021
Pastor David continues our Lenten journey in his sermon “Get Thee in Front of Us, Jesus.” In Mark 8 after Peter rebukes Jesus for predicting His death and resurrection, Jesus challenges Peter, and all of us, to follow Him regardless of the cost.
Verdugo Community Church is recording its Sunday service and sharing it with you on this site and as a video on Facebook at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch.
We look forward to the time when we can again safely worship together in person.
Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation located in and serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065.
Verdugo is online at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch and www.verdugochurch.org.
Sermon copyright 2021 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church. An audio copy of the service is also posted on this site.

Saturday Feb 27, 2021
VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE FOR FEBRUARY 28, 2021
Saturday Feb 27, 2021
Saturday Feb 27, 2021
Lead Pastor Gail Whitcome 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 34, and Pastor David Saltzman opens us with prayer. Music Director Heidi Sandoval leads us in praise and worship music. Albert Ramseyer focuses us on the concerns of the congregation and the world with the Pastoral Prayer. Pastor David continues our Lenten journey in his sermon “Get Thee in Front of Us, Jesus.” In Mark 8 after Peter rebukes Jesus for predicting His death and resurrection, Jesus challenges Peter, and all of us, to follow Him regardless of the cost. Pastor Gail guides us through Communion, so you are invited to have bread or crackers and a beverage ready to participate.
Verdugo Community Church is recording its Sunday service and sharing it with you on this site and as a video on Facebook at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch.
We look forward to the time when we can again safely worship together in person.
Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation located in and serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065.
Verdugo is online at www.facebook.com/verdugochurch and www.verdugochurch.org.
Sermon copyright 2021 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church. An audio copy of the sermon is also posted on this site.