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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 - Abbey Adcox, ministry assistant. Typically, this Sunday would be our annual Spaghetti Lunch & Silent Auction benefiting Wilshire’s Youth Choir, and the students would be deep in preparation for singing and serving on Choir Tour this coming...
March Advocacy updates
March 3 Advocacy Update focused on hunger; two sessions remain. The Christian Advocacy Committee welcomed Dr. Valerie Hawthorne, Director of Government Affairs for the North Texas Food Bank, to an Advocacy Update Zoom session on Wednesday, March 3. Hawthorne shared...
Preparing for Worship
Preparing for Worship - Leigh Curl, pastoral resident. As of today, it feels like we have been in Lent for 368 days. Lent last year began on February 26, 2020, and then lockdown for COVID began about seventeen days later. I saw a tweet just before Easter last year...
Good Nabors
Retiring business administrator to be honored Sunday. Director of Business Administration David Nabors will be honored during worship on Sunday, Feb. 28, on the occasion of his retirement. His departure from Wilshire’s staff was announced last fall and takes effect at...
Advocacy actions support public education
Five advocacy actions to support public education. The Christian Advocacy Committee welcomed Cameron Vickrey of Pastors for Texas Children to an open Zoom session on Wednesday, Feb. 24, to share legislative priorities for the current Texas legislative session. The...
Preparing for Worship
Preparing for Worship - Jenna Sullivan, pastoral resident. What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss to bear the dreadful curse for my soul? This rhetorical question grounds us in our season of Lent. We ask ourselves again and again, what love is this?...