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This page is usually updated Fridays. Father’s Day reflection tableSunday, June 21, in the Narthex, you’ll find a table of candles created as a space for reflection on Father’s Day. While this is not a holiday in the liturgical calendar, we want to honor the fathers...

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I Am Wilshire 75th Anniversary Special: Max Post

What brought you to Wilshire and when? Lunch. I moved to Dallas in September 1959 to work for Texas Instruments after finishing graduate school at the University of Oklahoma. I joined the large Baptist church downtown. At lunch someone asked, “Why aren’t you going to...

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Preparing for Worship: June 21, 2026

By Kelly Akins Today we celebrate Father’s Day. I am fortunate to have a loving relationship with my Daddy. He set a wonderful example of living a good life, not an easy life, as George and Timothy say during family dedications. When I was growing up, he was the...

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Celebrating 75 Years: A Wilshire Timeline

Wilshire was born on June 14, 1951, when a group of dedicated Baptists gathered in a Lakewood home to organize a new church. We are grateful for the vision of those founders, for the generations who have sustained it over the past 75 years, and for those who will...

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I Am Wilshire 75th Anniversary Special: Charlene Law

What Wilshire has given to me ... A high school group that made me feel welcome. Some are still close friends today. I joined Wilshire in October 1960 with my parents, Charlie and LuFan Watson, and sisters, Evelyn and Mitzi. I was in the ninth grade. In the summer of...

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Preparing for Worship: June 14, 2026

By Heather Mustain Today marks 75 years of Wilshire’s faithful witness and presence to our community, our neighborhood and our world. We have spent the last few months remembering and reflecting on memories and milestones, ministry and mission, and although our...

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Prayer Notes

Wilshire Prayer Notes — June 19, 2026 Hospital/Rehab/HospiceVal, Shirley, Larry OthersKent, Haidynn, Julian, Edith, Jan, Deborah, Jerry, Martha, Donna, Neil, Montgomery, Marilyn, John, Brenda, Ella, Owen, Emily Friends and Family Concerns• Carolyn, cancer• Sarah,...

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