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This page is usually updated Fridays. ========== Wednesdays on summer breakWednesday evening Koinonia Café and all faith formation programs are on break for the summer. Sanctuary Choir rehearsals continue at 7 p.m. in Choral Hall. Twice-monthly Lunch & Learn is...
Preparing for Worship: June 29, 2025
By Georgia McKee This Sunday, we have the joy of welcoming two remarkable guests: Jeff Lee, CBF field personnel in North Macedonia, and Yusuph Emmanuel from Twelve21 in Tanzania. As I have reflected on my recent journey to visit the Lees in Macedonia, it’s not just...
I Am Wilshire: Audrey Pottkotter
Hometown: Dallas College: Oklahoma City University Major: Musical Theater and Vocal Performance What are your aspirations for the future? Following graduation, I plan to move to New York City to pursue a career performing in musical theatre. What are your favorite...
Advocacy Update: the One Big Beautiful Bill
While we were planning our summer activities, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) — an approximately 1,000-page “tax” bill which virtually no person in Congress has had the time to read — had already passed the U.S. House of Representatives (by one vote) and is...
Prayer Notes
Wilshire Prayer Notes — June 27, 2025 Hospital/Rehab/HospiceRalph, Shirley, John OthersMarilyn, Bob, Jim, Neil, Martha, Ruth, Dwight, Lillie, Jan, Cathy, Ethan, Emma, Michelle, Marc, Brenda, R.G., Melissa, Donna, Jeri, Sue, Beverley, Bobby, Maria, Kathy, Ella, Owen,...
Geri McKenzie leaving staff after 20 years
Geri McKenzie is leaving her role as Wilshire’s executive director of administration to pursue other opportunities. Her departure will be effective Aug. 31. Geri joined the staff in June 2005 and worked for 18 years in Wilshire’s Pathways to Ministry program, first as...