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News & Updates
Watch this space for the latest Wilshire news. Check the Events section for information on upcoming events. You can also subscribe to our two weekly emails; Tapestry News, sent Fridays, includes news and a worship preview, while the Monday Recap has links to videos and blog posts from the prior week.
Preparing for Worship
Preparing for Worship - Kathryn Keller. Anyone else feel like you’re in “go mode” right now? I enter worship (or the Sanctuary anyway), grab a seat and thumb through the Tapestry for a preview of coming attractions. What events are coming up? What spicy guest preacher...
I Am Wilshire: Becky Waterfield
I Am Wilshire - Becky Waterfield. Hometown: Beaumont Education: BS, Lamar University; MEd, Texas A&M Commerce Profession: Science Teacher, Counselor Present city: Dallas Tell us about your family. I’ve been married to my husband, Joe, for 52 years. We’ve known...
Joan Hammons marks 15 years as preschool minister
Joan Hammons marks 15 years as preschool minister. Minister to Preschoolers Joan Hammons will be recognized during worship on Sunday, July 10, for her 15th anniversary on Wilshire’s staff. “I really like getting to be part of helping shape somebody’s faith,”...
Preparing for Worship
Preparing For Worship - Jonathan McGregor. In the last year of his life, Soren Kierkegaard stopped going to church. In the 1850s, in Copenhagen, Denmark, everyone went to church. Kierkegaard made himself conspicuous, drinking his coffee at a café in full view...
I Am Wilshire: Al Stewart
I Am Wilshire - Al Stewart. Hometown: Avondale, Arizona Education: BS and JD, University of Arizona Profession: Attorney Present city: Dallas Tell us about your family. I am married to my best friend, Chris. We have four children: Emery, 25, Isla, 24, Curtis, 21 and...
New Safety Measures
New safety measures adopted Wilshire’s Risk Management and Building and Grounds committees, together with our new director of operations, Merik Gillett, recently met to discuss enhanced measures the church could implement for the safety and well-being of our...