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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 - Jenna Sullivan, pastoral resident. I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart! (Psalm 111). Our psalm today speaks of wholehearted gratitude. In our staff meeting this week we practiced gratitude as Heather Mustain asked us to...
From the Parish Nurse
What if I was sitting near someone who tested positive for COVID? Because of the contagious nature of the Delta variant, our community is witnessing an increased number of positive cases of COVID-19 among both the fully vaccinated and unvaccinated. Wilshire is no...
Preparing for Worship
Preparing for Worship - Jeff hampton. In worship today we hear the familiar hymn, “This is my Father’s World.” It’s a reminder of the gift we have of this beautiful planet and, if we’ll let it, a call to stewardship. The poem that became the hymn text was...
Fall Plans Update
Fall plans update - Heather Mustain. Masking for all strongly urged; Aug. 15 promotion for preschool, children, youth When we published our plans for this fall just two weeks ago, what we didn’t know was that in less than a week’s time it would all change....
Preparing for Worship
Preparing for Worship - Mary Kay Jackman. Jesus liked to eat. He liked to eat with all sorts of people: tax collectors, Pharisees, Sadducees, lawyers, sinners, disciples, strangers, brothers and sisters, friends and not-friends. Food was important to Jesus, and he...
Preparing for Worship
Preparing for Worship - Ralph Manuel, handbell coordinator. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him! (Psalm 147:1) Among the many adjustments we all had to make during the fifteen months that our church suspended its in-person...