VERDUGO COMMUNITY CHURCH WORSHIP SERVICE NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Pastor Gail Linstrom opens the service by welcoming all to worship and to participate in the life of our church family. Linda Kozik calls us to worship with a reading from Psalm 105. 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, “Living Faith – Living Hope – Living Love, Part 2,” Pastor Gail returns to Paul’s letter in Ephesians 1 where he identifies believers as God’s “saints” and encouraged us to share examples of those who have been “saints” to us in our faith journeys. She then expands the theme by looking at the Beatitudes in Matthew 5 as showing us who God considers important and cares for. This reveals to us who we should be reaching out and caring for in loving action. God can use us to accomplish his plans for good. It is clear that no matter what present condition we find ourselves in, our peace and joy comes from keeping our focus on the Lord.

 

Pastor Gail then leads us in the sacrament of communion, and you are invited to participate as well.

 

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 and the sharing time during the sermon have been edited to respect the privacy and confidentiality of those participating or mentioned. 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.

 

Worship service copyright 2023 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2023 by Gail Whitcome Linstrom and Verdugo Community Church.