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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.
March 17 Advocacy Update: Medicaid Expansion
March 17 Advocacy Update: Medicaid Expansion. Associate Pastor Heather Mustain led the Christian Advocacy Committee’s final Wednesday Advocacy Update on March 17. Those gathered on Zoom viewed a presentation created by Texas Senator Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas, on the...
March COVID Task Force Update
March 2021 COVID-19 Advisory Task Force Update Where We’ve Been – A look back at our congregation’s COVID-19 journey: As we mark the one-year anniversary of the county-wide COVID-19 quarantine, we recollect on the development of the Wilshire COVID-19 Task Force in...
Preparing for Worship
Preparing for Worship - Darren DeMent, associate pastor. This Sunday in worship, we will hear a choral arrangement of the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi. This well-known prayer begins with the line: “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.” The prayer then goes on...
Wilshire Serves Week
Wilshire Serves Week—March 15 – 21. In place of our typical Spring Break mission trip, we are encouraging everyone to find ways this week to show love to each other and to our community. Our activities may still be a bit limited, but Wilshire’s love is abundant....
March 10 Advocacy Update
United Way shared priorities in March 10 Advocacy Update. The Christian Advocacy Committee welcomed Stephanie Mace of United Way of Metropolitan Dallas to an open Zoom session on Wednesday, March 10, to share legislative priorities for the current Texas legislative...
Immigration reform is key advocacy issue
Immigration reform is key issue for Advocacy Committee. Immigration reform is of enormous importance to millions of Americans, notably the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. With recent public polls showing strong support for overhauling...