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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 Jan 01, 2025
Wednesday Jan 01, 2025
In his sermon, “Light in the Darkness,” Martín Mumm reminds us that to get to the joy and peace of Christmas we sometimes have to go through darkness. Looking just at our own problems, it does not seem possible to find peace. Yet in both John 1 and Genesis 1 it is God who creates and sends the light to overcome the darkness. Jesus came into our world from the darkness and vulnerability of the womb so that we could become children of God. As in our own lives, birth is just the beginning of the story. As children we all must be loved and nurtured. Peace on earth did not arrive with Christmas, and the challenge to each of us is what we can do to cause peace to grow. One way to nurture the light that came into the world at Christmas is to practice forgiving those who we have grudges against and to reach out for forgiveness from those we have hurt.
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.
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 2024 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2024 by Martín Mumm and Verdugo Community Church.
Wednesday Jan 01, 2025
Wednesday Jan 01, 2025
We begin our service with Pastor Gail Linstrom welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship with a poem based upon Psalm 24. Michael Blanco and Luisa Fernandez light the fourth Advent candle, the Candle of Peace. Chaplain David Saltzman gives our opening prayer. Nick Baltazar, Ed Manacop and Juan Marvin lead us in our praise singing. Albert Ramseyer takes up the praises and concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.
In his sermon, “Light in the Darkness,” Martín Mumm reminds us that to get to the joy and peace of Christmas we sometimes have to go through darkness. Looking just at our own problems, it does not seem possible to find peace. Yet in both John 1 and Genesis 1 it is God who creates and sends the light to overcome the darkness. Jesus came into our world from the darkness and vulnerability of the womb so that we could become children of God. As in our own lives, birth is just the beginning of the story. As children we all must be loved and nurtured. Peace on earth did not arrive with Christmas, and the challenge to each of us is what we can do to cause peace to grow. One way to nurture the light that came into the world at Christmas is to practice forgiving those who we have grudges against and to reach out for forgiveness from those we have hurt.
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.
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 2024 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2024 by Martín Mumm and Verdugo Community Church.
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
In her sermon, “Where’s the Joy?,” Pastor Liz Cornell from Cucamonga Christian Fellowship begins by observing that traditionally the life of John the Baptist is associated with this Advent Sunday, the Sunday of Rejoicing. Our modern view of joy is hard to reconcile with John’s life of austerity and his ministry of preaching repentanc and utlimately his arrest and execution by the authorities. However, if we look at God’s story of bringing us salvation and John’s part in it, we see real joy through John’s preparing the way for Jesus, the ultimate source of our joy. We see the joy in the miracle births of both John and Jesus. We see the joy in following John’s instructions to help others wherever we are, and in drawing nearer to a God who through Jesus draws closer to us.
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.
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 2024 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2024 by Liz Cornell and Verdugo Community Church.
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
We begin our service with Pastor Gail Linstrom welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship reading from Isaiah 12. Then he and Pastor Gail light the third Advent candle, the Candle of Joy. Pastor Gail gives our opening prayer. Nick Baltazar, Ed Manacop and Mike Minasyan lead us in our praise singing. Albert Ramseyer takes up the praises and concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.
In her sermon, “Where’s the Joy?,” Pastor Liz Cornell from Cucamonga Christian Fellowship begins by observing that traditionally the life of John the Baptist is associated with this Advent Sunday, the Sunday of Rejoicing. Our modern view of joy is hard to reconcile with John’s life of austerity and his ministry of preaching repentanc and utlimately his arrest and execution by the authorities. However, if we look at God’s story of bringing us salvation and John’s part in it, we see real joy through John’s preparing the way for Jesus, the ultimate source of our joy. We see the joy in the miracle births of both John and Jesus. We see the joy in following John’s instructions to help others wherever we are, and in drawing nearer to a God who through Jesus draws closer to us.
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.
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 2024 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2024 by Liz Cornell and Verdugo Community Church.
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
In her sermon, “Prepare to Be Agents of Abounding Insight,” Pastor Gail continues our celebration of Advent by reminding us that it is a time when we should reflect on how much the coming of Jesus and his promised return demonstrate the depth of the love God has for us. God’s overflowing love is for everyone, even those who reject him or hate him, and is our model as his agents of love. Jesus washed the feet of Judas and shared the bread of the last supper with him. Confronted with those we do not care for, we should show the same type of love. James and Paul challenge us to grow in spiritual wisdom and insight so that our moral conscience lines up more and more with the way God views us and our world. This includes practicing spiritual disciplines that teach us true self denial so that we are open to God’s leading. Christianity is not all about us and our gaining heaven. Opening our hearts to receive and give love prepares us to be used in the world to bring heaven to earth in the here and now!
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.
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 2024 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2024 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
We begin our service with Pastor Gail Linstrom welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship reading from Psalm 111. Then he and Pastor Gail light the second Advent candle, the Candle of Faith. Albert Ramseyer gives our opening prayer. Nick Baltazar and Ed Manacop lead us in our praise singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.
In her sermon, “Prepare to Be Agents of Abounding Insight,” Pastor Gail continues our celebration of Advent by reminding us that it is a time when we should reflect on how much the coming of Jesus and his promised return demonstrate the depth of the love God has for us. God’s overflowing love is for everyone, even those who reject him or hate him, and is our model as his agents of love. Jesus washed the feet of Judas and shared the bread of the last supper with him. Confronted with those we do not care for, we should show the same type of love. James and Paul challenge us to grow in spiritual wisdom and insight so that our moral conscience lines up more and more with the way God views us and our world. This includes practicing spiritual disciplines that teach us true self denial so that we are open to God’s leading. Christianity is not all about us and our gaining heaven. Opening our hearts to receive and give love prepares us to be used in the world to bring heaven to earth in the here and now!
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.
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 2024 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2024 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
In her sermon, “Prepare to Be Agents of Overflowing Love,” Pastor Gail begins our celebration of Advent by reminding us that it is meant to be a season of reflection and commitment to God. The coming of Jesus as a baby was foretold by the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah, and we celebrate that today, while also waiting for his return. It is a time of the year when many of us are mindful of being with family, attending church, and helping those in need. These are good acts, but as John Wesley noted, we need to go beyond being superficial “almost” Christians to truly commit ourselves to follow God and become “authentic” Christians. We are sent by Jesus to the world around us to show the way to the Kingdom of God in deeds and words. As we begin our Advent journey, we need to ask ourselves if we have made progress in our faith this year. As Paul said in his first letter to the Thessalonians, if our faith continues to grow, we will be overflowing with love for God and each other. Opening our hearts to receive and give love prepares us to be used in the world.
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.
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 2024 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2024 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
We begin our service with Pastor Gail Linstrom welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Dale Reynolds calls us to worship reading from Psalm 130 and Isaiah 9. Pastor Gail and Dale then light the first Advent candle, the Candle of Hope. Michael Blanco gives our opening prayer. Joletta Sells leads us in our praise singing. Greg Hart takes up the praises and concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.
In her sermon, “Prepare to Be Agents of Overflowing Love,” Pastor Gail begins our celebration of Advent by reminding us that it is meant to be a season of reflection and commitment to God. The coming of Jesus as a baby was foretold by the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah, and we celebrate that today, while also waiting for his return. It is a time of the year when many of us are mindful of being with family, attending church, and helping those in need. These are good acts, but as John Wesley noted, we need to go beyond being superficial “almost” Christians to truly commit ourselves to follow God and become “authentic” Christians. We are sent by Jesus to the world around us to show the way to the Kingdom of God in deeds and words. As we begin our Advent journey, we need to ask ourselves if we have made progress in our faith this year. As Paul said in his first letter to the Thessalonians, if our faith continues to grow, we will be overflowing with love for God and each other. Opening our hearts to receive and give love prepares us to be used in the world.
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.
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 2024 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2024 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
In his sermon, “Trust the Truth,” Chaplain David Saltzman concludes the church year by looking at the importance of knowing and following the truth of Jesus’ teachings. In John 18 Pilate confronts Jesus at his trial with the accusation that he claims to be a king. Jesus asks Pilate what he knows and thinks, and then acknowledges that although his kingdom is not of this world, he came to testify to the truth, and that all who belong to the truth hear his voice. In John 8:32 Jesus said that if you know the truth of his teachings, it shall make you free from the slavery of sin. Jesus’ teaching is that God loves each of us and wants us to help each other. In our present world we are bombarded with numerous examples of groups fighting each other over which version of the truth is right. We should not give in to this, but continue to trust God and remain focused on the truth of Jesus.
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.
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 2024 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2024 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
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 reading from Psalm 25 and Luisa Fernandez opens us in prayer. Nick Baltazar and Ed Manacop lead us in our praise singing. Albert Ramseyer takes up the praises and concerns of the church and our world in the Prayers of the People.
In his sermon, “Trust the Truth,” Chaplain David Saltzman concludes the church year by looking at the importance of knowing and following the truth of Jesus’ teachings. In John 18 Pilate confronts Jesus at his trial with the accusation that he claims to be a king. Jesus asks Pilate what he knows and thinks, and then acknowledges that although his kingdom is not of this world, he came to testify to the truth, and that all who belong to the truth hear his voice. In John 8:32 Jesus said that if you know the truth of his teachings, it shall make you free from the slavery of sin. Jesus’ teaching is that God loves each of us and wants us to help each other. In our present world we are bombarded with numerous examples of groups fighting each other over which version of the truth is right. We should not give in to this, but continue to trust God and remain focused on the truth of Jesus.
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.
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 2024 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2024 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.