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Pastor Gail Whitcome Linstrom – “Discipleship and Prayer” – Verdugo Community Church November 17, 2024

In her sermon, “Discipleship and Prayer,” Pastor Gail concludes our study of the book of James by looking at how James 5 reminds us of the importance of prayer. James admonishes Christians to pray for each other for physical and spiritual healing, and to help each other when we are discouraged and liable to be led astray. Our prayers are heard and can be of tremendous power. While we do not always see the result we prayed for, we do see God working in our lives, and we draw nearer to God because we prayed. James’ mantra would be “pray, pray, pray,” and that is what we should always strive to do.

 

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.

 

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE NOVEMBER 17, 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 86 and Michael Blanco 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, “Discipleship and Prayer,” Pastor Gail concludes our study of the book of James by looking at how James 5 reminds us of the importance of prayer. James admonishes Christians to pray for each other for physical and spiritual healing, and to help each other when we are discouraged and liable to be led astray. Our prayers are heard and can be of tremendous power. While we do not always see the result we prayed for, we do see God working in our lives, and we draw nearer to God because we prayed. James’ mantra would be “pray, pray, pray,” and that is what we should always strive to do.

 

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.

Pastor Gail Whitcome Linstrom – “Wealth and Wisdom” – Verdugo Community Church November 10, 2024

In her sermon, “Wisdom and Wealth,” Pastor Gail addressed the question of how we as Christians should acquire and use wealth. In chapter 5 of Jame’s letter he condemned those who abused others to get wealthy. Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels challenged the rich young ruler to not let his wealth rule his heart and get in the way of salvation. Jesus warned against putting your faith in earthly wealth but instead instructed us to store up treasures in heaven through helping those in need. John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, who eventually earned a large income as an academic writer, and speaker, confronted the challenge of not letting this divert him from his helping others. His practical advice to believers is to first ensure that they have met their obligations to family, employees, and creditors, then to spend the surplus on helping others is advice we should take to heart.

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday service and sermon available to you on Facebook at https://verdugochurch.podbean.com 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 CCLI songs are performed under Verdugo Community Church’s 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.

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE NOVEMBER 10, 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 118 and our Affirmation of Faith. Pastor Gail lead us the Lord’s Prayer as 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, “Wisdom and Wealth,” Pastor Gail addressed the question of how we as Christians should acquire and use wealth. In chapter 5 of Jame’s letter he condemned those who abused others to get wealthy. Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels challenged the rich young ruler to not let his wealth rule his heart and get in the way of salvation. Jesus warned against putting your faith in earthly wealth but instead instructed us to store up treasures in heaven through helping those in need. John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, who eventually earned a large income as an academic writer, and speaker, confronted the challenge of not letting this divert him from his helping others. His practical advice to believers is to first ensure that they have met their obligations to family, employees, and creditors, then to spend the surplus on helping others is advice we should take to heart.

 

Verdugo makes its Sunday service and sermon 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 CCLI songs are performed under Verdugo Community Church’s 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.

 

Pastor Liz Cornell – “Unexpected Lessons on Love” – Verdugo Community Church October 20, 2024

In her sermon, “Unexpected Lessons on Love,” Pastor Liz Cornell of Cucamonga Christian Fellowship, looks at the interaction between Jesus and the disciples in Mark 10 when, after Jesus had explained his coming passion and resurrection, they wanted him to agree to give them political power in the coming Kingdom of God. When Jesus asked if they were willing to pay the price he was going to pay, they said they would. Jesus responded that while they might indeed suffer the same fate, he had not come to create an earthly kingdom. Instead of the greed, abuses, and tyranny of earthly rulers, anyone wanting to be great in the Kingdom had to become the servant of all. God is love, and ambition is not compatible with love. Love is about faithfulness, and following Jesus even when things don’t seem to make sense. God’s love is sacrificial, humble, and abundant.

 

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 have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned. All CCLI songs are performed under Verdugo Community Church’s 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.

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE OCTOBER 20, 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 91 and Isaiah 53. Albert Ramseyer opens us in 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, “Unexpected Lessons on Love,” Pastor Liz Cornell of Cucamonga Christian Fellowship, looks at the interaction between Jesus and the disciples in Mark 10 when, after Jesus had explained his coming passion and resurrection, they wanted him to agree to give them political power in the coming Kingdom of God. When Jesus asked if they were willing to pay the price he was going to pay, they said they would. Jesus responded that while they might indeed suffer the same fate, he had not come to create an earthly kingdom. Instead of the greed, abuses, and tyranny of earthly rulers, anyone wanting to be great in the Kingdom had to become the servant of all. God is love, and ambition is not compatible with love. Love is about faithfulness, and following Jesus even when things don’t seem to make sense. God’s love is sacrificial, humble, and abundant.

 

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 have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned. All CCLI songs are performed under Verdugo Community Church’s 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.

Andrew Mumm – “Closing the Gap” – Verdugo Community Church October 13, 2024

n his sermon, “Closing the Gap,” Andrew Mumm continues our study of the book of James by reminding us that to love your neighbor as ourselves we must put aside the differences we see in society. Merely saying pious words and having righteous thoughts are not enough. We must act to meet the needs of others. As we work on being doers of the Word and not just hearers, we will become more aware of God’s direction on what we need to do. Instead of just lifting up our prayers for others, we can become part of the answers to those prayers. If we do not take action, then our faith will die. Our task is to close the gap between what we believe and what we do.

 

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 have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned. All CCLI songs are performed under Verdugo Community Church’s 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 Andrew Mumm and Verdugo Community Church.

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE OCTOBER 13, 2024

We begin our service with song. Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. She invites us to worship and Dale Reynolds provides an opening reading from Psalm 15 and Micah 6:8. Pastor Gail then opens us in 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 his sermon, “Closing the Gap,” Andrew Mumm continues our study of the book of James by reminding us that to love your neighbor as ourselves we must put aside the differences we see in society. Merely saying pious words and having righteous thoughts are not enough. We must act to meet the needs of others. As we work on being doers of the Word and not just hearers, we will become more aware of God’s direction on what we need to do. Instead of just lifting up our prayers for others, we can become part of the answers to those prayers. If we do not take action, then our faith will die. Our task is to close the gap between what we believe and what we do.

 

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 have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned. All CCLI songs are performed under Verdugo Community Church’s 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 Andrew Mumm and Verdugo Community Church.

Pastor Somer Reed – “From Hearers to Doers Using Scripture ” – Verdugo Community Church October 6, 2024

In her sermon, “From Hearers to Does Using Scripture,” Pastor Somer Reed, from Marina Christian Church continues our study of the book of James by challenging us to put our faith to work, to be doers of the Word, and not just hearers. She looks to the examples given by James and incidents in her own life to illustrate what it means to truly live out Jesus’scommandment to love others as you love yourself. The temptations and controversies we see in our lives were present in the First Century church that James was writing to. Then as now, true religion is found not in passive acceptance of the Word, but in addressing the real needs of those around us who have been ignored.

 

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 have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned. All CCLI songs are performed under Verdugo Community Church’s 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 Somer Reed and Verdugo Community Church.

VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE OCTOBER 6, 2024

We begin our service with song. Pastor Gail Linstrom welcomes all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. She calls us to worship and Dale Reynolds provides an opening reading from Psalm 37. Luisa Fernandez opens us in 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, “From Hearers to Does Using Scripture,” Pastor Somer Reed, from Marina Christian Church continues our study of the book of James by challenging us to put our faith to work, to be doers of the Word, and not just hearers. She looks to the examples given by James and incidents in her own life to illustrate what it means to truly live out Jesus’s commandment to love others as you love yourself. The temptations and controversies we see in our lives were present in the First Century church that James was writing to. Then as now, true religion is found not in passive acceptance of the Word, but in addressing the real needs of those around us who have been ignored.

 

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 have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned. All CCLI songs are performed under Verdugo Community Church’s 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 Somer Reed and Verdugo Community Church.